Reports: 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk out for season

• By Field Level Media
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 2 p.m.
•  8

NFL Network reported that an MRI today confirmed the ACL and MCL injuries to the right knee, which occurred in the final minute of the first half of the 28-18 home defeat. Read more

Central Park Five sue Trump for defamation over debate remarks

• By Mike Scarcella / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 1:17 p.m.
•  121

Known widely as the Central Park Five, the defendants spent between five and 13 years in prison before they were cleared in 2002 based on new DNA evidence and the confession of another person. Read more

Harris, Trump pick up the pace two weeks to Election Day

• By Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 12:59 p.m.
•  14

While Harris was suggesting Trump was unfit for office, the former president was questioning the Biden administration’s competence. Read more

China’s booming gray markets add woes to luxury brands

• By Casey Hall / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 2:49 p.m.
•  4

That market, estimated to be worth $57 billion a year, has been fuelled in recent years by the rise of platforms such as DeWu, where luxury products, often sourced overseas, are sold at discounts from 20% to over 50% to prices at Chinese flagship stores. Read more

Man accused of threatening Pennsylvania party employee over poll watchers

• By Andrew Goudsward / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 12:30 p.m.
•  5

John Courtney Pollard, 62, of Philadelphia, is accused of sending threatening messages to the unidentified party employee, including vowing to “SKIN YOU ALIVE,” according to an indictment filed by federal prosecutors in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Read more

Disney to name CEO Bob Iger’s replacement in 2026

• By Deborah Sophia / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated Noon
•  1

Iger, who is credited with building Disney’s media empire including through the high-profile acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel and the Star Wars franchise, has seen his retirement date extended five times. Read more

Kamala Harris labels current minimum wage as ‘poverty’ pay

• By Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 12:01 p.m.
•  19

Harris tried to draw a contrast with Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump on this issue. Read more

Dow, S&P end down as Treasury yields rise, investors eye earnings

• By Lisa Pauline Mattackal, Purvi Agarwal and Carolina Mandl / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 10:56 a.m.

Many rate-sensitive megacap technology stocks slipped. Tesla was down 0.84%. Read more

Blinken to make another push for Middle East ceasefires

• By Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 10:20 a.m.
•  4

Blinken’s trip to the region, his 11th since the attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, that triggered the Gaza war, comes as Israel intensifies its military campaign in Gaza, and in Lebanon against the Iran-aligned Hezbollah militia. Read more

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces more lawsuits, lawyers seek gag order

• By Jonathan Stempel / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 9:52 a.m.
•  1

Some lawsuits said unidentified celebrities also assaulted Combs’ accusers. Read more

Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa returns from latest concussion

• By Field Level Media
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 8:46 a.m.
•  20

Neurologists and head injury experts were sounding boards for Tagovailoa to “effortlessly make this decision,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said today. Read more

New cases of political violence roil U.S. ahead of election

• By Ned Parker and Peter Eisler / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 8:40 a.m.
•  58

The recent attacks were among at least 300 cases of political violence identified by Reuters since Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including at least 51 incidents this year. Read more

Biden administration proposes free over-the-counter birth control

• By Ahmed Aboulenein / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 8:20 a.m.
•  5

The rule, which expands a federal mandate requiring health insurers to cover preventative care services at no cost to patients under the Affordable Care Act, is being proposed by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury and would come into effect in 2025 if finalized. Read more

Spirit Airlines shares jump 46% on extension to refinancing deadline

• By Aishwarya Jain / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 7:28 a.m.

Confronted with facts on Fox News, Trump claims ignorance

• By Maggie Astor / New York Times
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 6:55 a.m.
•  143

The exchanges that resulted provided a case study in the tactics the former president uses when confronted with facts that contradict his statements. Read more

Hollywood stars hit the road to push vote for Harris

• By Lisa Richwine / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 6:05 a.m.
•  27

Celebrity endorsers such as Garner are part of the down-to-the-wire blitz to mobilize voters ahead of Election Day on Nov. 5. Read more

U.S., Canadian navies sail through Taiwan Strait after war games

• By Ben Blanchard / Reuters
• Oct. 21, 2024
• Last updated 6 a.m.
•  3

The U.S. Navy, occasionally accompanied by ships from allied countries, transits the strait around once a month. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, also says the strategic waterway belongs to it. Read more

Trump riffs about Arnold Palmer’s genitalia

• By Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times
• Oct. 21, 2024
•  32

The rally took place in Latrobe, Pa., the birthplace of Palmer, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and who died in 2016 at the age of 87. Read more