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Editorial Roundup: United States 10/03/2023 03:18pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Oct. 2 The Washington Post on Donald Trump and the 14th Amendment If a constitutional provision disqualifying Donald Trump from the presidency sounds too good to be true, that’s because it probably is. A forthcoming law review articl Shooting at major Bangkok shopping mall kills 2 people, and a teen suspect is arrested 10/03/2023 03:09pm • BANGKOK (AP) — A teenage boy with a handgun opened fire inside a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand’s capital Tuesday afternoon, killing two people before being apprehended, authorities said. Police said a suspect was taken into custody less than an hour after the first reported guns Updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine wins FDA approval 10/03/2023 03:05pm • The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use approval for Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax’s updated COVID-19 booster shot, nearly three weeks after approving mRNA vaccine updates from Pfizer and Moderna. The Novavax vaccine still must get approval from the Centers for Dis Referees governing body announces changes to VAR protocols after fallout from Diaz's disallowed goal 10/03/2023 02:34pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The governing body for England's referees will introduce changes to VAR following the errors that led to Luiz Diaz's disallowed goal for Liverpool against Tottenham last weekend. The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) has completed a review of the incident Los Angeles Kings looking to emerge as one of the top teams in the West after adding Dubois 10/03/2023 02:21pm • LOS ANGELES KINGS COACH: Todd McLellan (575-397-124 over 15 seasons). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 11 vs. Colorado. DEPARTURES: G Joonas Korpisalo, C Gabriel Vilardi, LW Alex Iafallo, C Rasmus Kupari, D Sean Durzi. ADDITIONS: LW/C Pierre-Luc Dubois, G Cam Talbot, F Trevor Lewis, D Andreas Englund. GOALIES: C Chanel takes a dip: Viard's spring show brings Paris stalwart down to earth 10/03/2023 01:46pm • PARIS (AP) — As Chanel's models took their sashay down the Paris runway, guests could practically hear the faint splashes from the pools of the villa Noailles. This historic cubist space in the south of France, once graced by luminaries like Luis Buñuel, Man Ray, Dalí — and also Karl Lagerfeld Some of nation's top tacklers reside in the Big Ten and not just at the top football factories 10/03/2023 01:44pm • The Big Ten has long staked its reputation on a rough-and-tough brand of football. It's one reason NFL scouts still spend Saturday afternoons scouring the fields in places such as Iowa City, State College, Madison or Columbus. It's why almost anywhere they go, from Michigan to Northwestern to Pur US Rep. John Curtis says he won't run to succeed Mitt Romney as Utah senator 10/03/2023 01:40pm • U.S. Rep. John Curtis won't run to succeed Mitt Romney, leaving the race to replace the nationally known Utah senator clear of one of the state's best known Republicans. “We’ve accomplished a lot but my work for them is not done," Rep. John Curtis wrote in a Monday op-ed in the Deseret News. “ A string of volcanic tremors raises fears of mass evacuations in Italy 10/03/2023 01:22pm • ROME (AP) — Hundreds of small tremors have shaken a densely populated volcanic area west of the Italian city of Naples in recent weeks, pushing the government to quickly redraft mass evacuation plans, even though experts don’t see an imminent risk of eruption. In the latest of a long string of t Fuller picture emerges of the 13 federal executions at the end of Trump's presidency 10/03/2023 11:52am • CHICAGO (AP) — A day before the federal government executed a Texas man for the killing of an Iowa couple when he was 18, celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz pleaded with then-President Donald Trump — a former client — to call the execution off. During a Dec. 9, 2020, call to the White House, Der Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to three federal gun charges filed after his plea deal collapsed 10/03/2023 11:42am • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three federal firearms charges filed after his earlier deal imploded, setting the case on a track toward a possible trial in 2024 while his father is campaigning for reelection. President Joe Biden’s son has been charged with Sleater-Kinney announce new album ‘Little Rope’ — shaped by loss and grief — will arrive in 2024 10/03/2023 10:14am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a video introducing Sleater-Kinney’s last album, 2021’s “Path of Wellness,” the duo of Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker ask a psychic if they’ll ever record another album. She initially says yes, then changes her answer to “That’s really up in the air.” At Things to know about the Vatican's big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church 10/03/2023 09:13am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including some hot-button issues that have previously been considered off-limits for discussion. For the first time, women and laypeople can vote on sp South Asia is expected to grow by nearly 6% this year, making it the world's fastest-growing region 10/03/2023 06:30am • NEW DELHI (AP) — South Asia is expected to grow by 5.8% this year, making it the fastest-growing region in the world even as the pace remains below pre-pandemic levels, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The latest South Asia Development Update from the World Bank projected growth in the region to sl What it means for patients as 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers go on strike 10/03/2023 06:14am • (CNN) — As a strike gets underway, Kaiser Permanente, one of the United States’ largest not-for-profit medical systems, says it has contingency plans in place so it can continue to provide safe, high-quality care for its 12.7 million members and patients.The strike is the largest health care