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Instagram blames glitch for flood of Creed song suggestions

Instagram says a glitch explains why users have been repeatedly urged to add Creed's "Higher" to their posts, following speculation on X that the band was paying for preferential placement.

October 8, 2026

Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel recommended for parole a third time; Newsom holds final say

Patricia Krenwinkel, the Charles Manson follower serving a life sentence for the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders, has been recommended for parole for the third time. The preliminary decision must undergo a state parole board review before California Gov. Gavin Newsom can decide whether to allow her release.

October 8, 2026

Celeste frozen pizza is done as Conagra trims its brand portfolio

Conagra Brands has stopped making Celeste frozen pizzas, ending production of a budget-friendly freezer staple whose founder, "Mama Celeste," once pitched it on television.

October 8, 2026

Gilded nude Trump statue goes on display inside European Parliament

A gilded statue of President Trump, shown nude and perched on the shoulders of a smaller man, went on display Tuesday inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. It is the latest stop for a satirical protest piece its creator says targets Trump's climate and foreign policies.

October 8, 2026

Canadian grandmother, 61, holds 5-hour plank to top her own world record

A 61-year-old Canadian grandmother says she surpassed her own world record for the longest abdominal plank by a woman, holding the position for five hours at the Huntsman World Senior Games.

October 8, 2026

Ukrainian-Russian dual citizen pleads guilty to helping run $10M money laundering ring

A 42-year-old dual Ukrainian and Russian citizen has pleaded guilty to helping run an international money laundering operation that moved millions of dollars stolen from U.S. bank accounts, the Justice Department announced.

October 8, 2026

Pastor objects after Iowa council prayer ends with ‘Hail Satan’

A pastor interrupted an Ottumwa City Council meeting Tuesday after a former council member opened the session with an invocation that ended with a salute to Satan, setting off a dispute over how far the Iowa city's new open-prayer policy reaches. The man who led the prayer said he is a member of the Satanic Temple, which he said is widely misunderstood. He said he did not give the invocation to make a point or to put a curse on the city, and that members do not worship Satan.

October 8, 2026

Margaret Hamilton, who led software team for Apollo missions, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who led the MIT team that wrote onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo moon missions, died Sept. 30. She was 90.

October 8, 2026

Ransomware recovery firm owner charged with secretly paying hackers, pocketing millions

A man whose company promised to help ransomware victims recover their data without paying hackers allegedly secretly paid the attackers and charged clients substantially more than the ransom amounts, according to a federal indictment.

October 8, 2026

Celine Dion slips during Paris concert, gets back up and finishes song

Celine Dion fell onstage during her Wednesday night show in the Paris area, then gave the crowd a thumbs-up and finished the song.

October 8, 2026

Ex-bank chairman gets 62 months for $23.6 million fraud

The former board chairman and co-owner of Nodus International Bank, a Puerto Rican international banking entity, was sentenced to 62 months in federal prison for a wire fraud conspiracy that cost the bank more than $23.6 million, the Justice Department announced.

October 8, 2026

David Spade criticizes Newsom over vetoed homeless spending oversight bills

Actor and comedian DAVID SPADE says California Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked an audit of the state's homelessness spending.

October 8, 2026

Elon Musk to receive National Medal of Science after Trump rift

President Trump is scheduled to present Elon Musk with the National Medal of Science on Thursday, an honor that several people familiar with their relationship say reflects a reconciliation after last year's bitter falling-out.

October 8, 2026

Roseanne Barr wraps independent sitcom ‘Meemaw’ after 2018 ABC cancellation

Comedian ROSEANNE BARR has finished filming "Meemaw," an eight-episode indie comedy series, more than eight years after ABC cancelled her revived sitcom "Roseanne." No distributor or release date has been announced.

October 8, 2026

Texas Trump voter says ICE arrests are hurting his lumberyard

A Texas lumberyard owner who voted for Trump in 2024 says the administration's immigration enforcement has slowed business in Rio Grande City.

October 8, 2026

Violent crime is plunging, but voters aren’t giving President Trump credit

Yes, violent crime is down sharply under President Trump. Fewer than 4% of voters call it a top midterm issue, and experts disagree on who deserves credit.

October 8, 2026

Minnesota woman convicted of $3.6M Medicaid housing fraud in St. Paul federal court

A federal jury in St. Paul has convicted a Minnesota woman of three counts of health care fraud for a scheme to steal $3.6 million from the now-defunct Minnesota Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) Program, the Justice Department announced.

October 8, 2026

Ancient Jewish ritual bath from time of Jesus lifted intact from Israeli construction site

Israeli archaeologists lifted a 2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath weighing about 25 tons out of the ground in one piece this summer. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists say the find points to a Jewish settlement previously unknown to scholars.

October 8, 2026

Man wanted for attempted murder arrested at rapper Trippie Redd’s Florida mansion

Police arrested a 25-year-old man wanted on attempted murder charges at rapper Trippie Redd's South Florida mansion Tuesday, at the end of a multiagency raid.

October 8, 2026

Aaron Sorkin kept Trump out of ‘Social Reckoning’ to avoid distraction

Director Aaron Sorkin says he deliberately left Trump out of "The Social Reckoning," his new film about Facebook's role in the run-up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, so the subject would not overshadow the movie's focus on the social media company.

October 8, 2026