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Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 18 missing and feared dead, sheriff says 10/10/2025 11:28pm • McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) ��� A blast leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee, leaving behind a mass of twisted metal, burned-out shells of cars and at least 18 people missing and feared dead, authorities said. ���There���s nothing to describe. It���s gone,��� Humphreys County Sheriff Chris D The Latest: Budget office says ���substantial��� firings of federal workers have started 10/10/2025 09:41pm • The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues. Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social platform X that the ���R Things to know about the Qatar training facility planned for an Idaho Air Force base 10/10/2025 07:28pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� When U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday morning that the federal government had reached an agreement with Qatar to build a facility at an Air Force base in Idaho, social media posts began popping up online from people across the political spectrum expressing o Nor'easter without a name to bring ocean flooding and high winds to US East Coast 10/10/2025 06:58pm • A storm without a name was expected to bring flooding to the East Coast from South Carolina to New Jersey and high winds to New York City over the holiday weekend. While the storm affecting the eastern U.S. wasn't tropical, two other tropical storms were churning in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, inc National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police 10/10/2025 06:54pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee's second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois were engaged only in planning and training after a judge handed a loss to the Trump administration and blocked their deployment to the Chicago area. At leas Tennessee company rocked by a deadly explosion supplied the military with explosives 10/10/2025 06:48pm • An explosives plant in rural Tennessee rocked by an explosion Friday that authorities said left 19 people missing and feared dead is owned by a company that processes explosives for the military, according to the company���s website. The explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems��� flattened a buildi Broncos owner praises job by coach Sean Payton and outlines big plans for new stadium 10/10/2025 04:35pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Broncos coach Sean Payton's ���culture of high expectations��� has changed the trajectory of the team since the last time Denver played in London, owner and CEO Greg Penner said Friday. In a state-of-the-Broncos media session, Penner praised Payton's impact, addressed his willingness What to know about National Guard deployments in Memphis and other cities 10/10/2025 03:01pm • National Guard troops started patrolling in Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday, even after judges stalled President Donald Trump's plans to deploy troops to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in other states. The troops, dressed in Guard fatigues and protective vests, with guns in their ho Thousands in Gaza are missing 2 years into the war. Tormented families search for clues 10/10/2025 02:58pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City (AP) ��� When Israeli bombs began falling, Mohammad al-Najjar, his wife and six children fled their house in southern Gaza in the dead of night, dispersing in terror alongside hundreds of others from their neighborhood. When the dust settled and al-Najjar huddled with his fa Violence erupts in eastern Pakistan as Islamists try to march on capital for pro-Palestinian rally 10/10/2025 01:35pm • LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) ��� Violent clashes erupted Friday between police and Islamists in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore after security forces tried to stop thousands of demonstrators from leaving for the capital, Islamabad, where they planned to stage a pro-Palestinian rally outside the U.S. Emba Lane Johnson and Saquon Barkley wonder what's wrong with the Eagles' offense after latest loss 10/10/2025 01:08pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Game in the balance, a decisive play to be made, only for a wildly off-target throw to happen that helped cost Philadelphia the game. Don't worry, Orion Kerkering. Nearly 2,800 miles to the east, the embattled Phillies reliever had some company in the errant throw department in Georgia woman arrested after dogs kill 86-year-old 10/10/2025 12:33pm • BAXLEY, Ga. (AP) ��� Authorities arrested a woman in southeast Georgia on Friday in connection with the death of an 86-year-old woman who was mauled by two dogs. Misty Ann Branch, 53, was taken into custody by the Appling County Sheriff's Office two days after Maria D. Nunez was found dead outside h In Kenya, a search for links between a changing climate and mental health 10/10/2025 03:47am • KILIFI, Kenya (AP) ��� The daily grind of putting food on the table is stressful for people the world over, especially for women, who still provide the bulk of that work. A changing climate adds to the anxiety. Kaloleni in Kilifi County is one of Kenya ���s poorest areas. Women carry buckets of wate Tony Blair is revered in Kosovo for helping end its war. Many ask if he can succeed again in Gaza 10/10/2025 01:36am • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) ��� A U.S. peace plan has propelled former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to the forefront of efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. While his legacy in the Middle East is controversial, especially given his role in taking the U.K. to war as part of the 2003 U.S.-led i As Tropical Storm Jerry churns in the Atlantic, Priscilla and a nor'easter threaten US with flooding 10/09/2025 11:58pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Tropical Storm Jerry churned Thursday in the Atlantic on its approach to the Leeward Islands as Tropical Storm Priscilla and Tropical Storm Raymond moved along Mexico���s Pacific coast, threatening heavy rain and flooding in their paths, forecasters said. Tropical Storm Raymond was an