Protests were held across the US on 8 October, calling for an end to sexual violence, following allegations of sexual assault involving members of a fraternity at Cornell University. Survivors, students and advocates rallied and protested in communities and on college campuses across more than 40 states.

That’s almost double the 42 aircraft the non-partisan agency counted in a report released six months ago.

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Republican US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News he does not know if he will remain in politics if his party loses control of the chamber in next month's congressional election even as he insisted his focus was on protecting the party's majority.

Hundreds of workers are expected to be laid off at the Hamilton's Stelco steel plant in Canada which has been hit by U.S. tariffs.

The S&P 500 fell 0.5% Thursday, its second straight loss after setting an all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1% after flipping between gains and losses through the day. The Nasdaq composite fell 1.3%. Drops for technology stocks overshadowed gains for the majority of the S&P 500.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused the US of being unwilling to help Ukraine after a Russian bomb attack on Thursday killed at least 35 people in the east,

The US will livestream the army's upcoming firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who fatally shot 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, according to a Pentagon official.

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Siding with Republicans, the US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Federal Communications Commission to avoid for now a judicially imposed deadline in a Democratic challenge to the agency's new political advertising policy.