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Atlanta is set for a fourth consecutive day of record or record-tying warmth on Friday, October 16, before a strong cold front brings gusty winds and a sharp fall in temperatures across north Georgia. Temperatures in the city are expected to reach about 85F (29C), matching the daily record if the heat arrives before the front moves through. The National Weather Service is forecasting mostly sunny conditions, with winds strengthening during the afternoon. ([fox5atlanta.com](https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-eyes-4th-record-high-before-cold-front-brings-weekend-chill)) Cold front to bring strong winds The front is expected to cross the region late on Friday, with only a small chance of an isolated shower…

A Brisbane runner has been reunited with the strangers who saved her life after she suffered a cardiac arrest during a morning run along the Brisbane River. Kaley Koppa was almost 10km into the run when she collapsed on a bench. The 43-year-old had been unaware that she had a genetic heart disease. Her face turned blue and she was clinically dead for several minutes. A couple out for a morning stroll stopped to help and called triple-0. “Her face is blue. I didn’t know she was that bad. She’s just saying she’s not breathing,” one of the good Samaritans…

A former Sheriff of Nottingham used his council position to secure a substantial reduction on Land Rover repairs and accepted free hospitality and event tickets, an investigation has found. Labour councillor Zafran Khan was initially quoted around £30,000 for repairs to his vehicle, but the work was later agreed at approximately £7,500 after he contacted a Stratstone Land Rover dealership using his council email address. Two emails were signed off “The Sheriff of Nottingham”. The report concluded there was no legitimate reason for using his councillor account and that it was “most likely …used deliberately to attempt to secure an…

CoreWeave’s mounting debt and lease commitments have unsettled investors, after the artificial intelligence infrastructure company disclosed obligations totalling about $52 billion against quarterly revenue of $4.6 billion. The company reported $35.6 billion in total debt and a further $16.3 billion in operating lease liabilities in its second-quarter results. Its operating expenses exceeded sales, leaving it with a net loss of $1.4 billion. The figures have raised questions over how CoreWeave can meet its obligations while it remains loss-making. The company’s main answer is a large book of contracted future revenue. CoreWeave said it had $103.7 billion in remaining performance obligations,…

Reece James is expected to miss around three months after undergoing minor surgery on a knee injury, dealing a fresh blow to Chelsea and ruling out their captain until 2027. The England international sustained the injury during training last Friday. His latest setback means he is set to miss key fixtures against Liverpool and Manchester City. James has undergone surgery and will now begin his recovery, with Chelsea expecting the defender to be sidelined for approximately three months.

An overturned tractor-trailer blocked lanes on the outer loop of I-495 near Connecticut Avenue in Montgomery County, Maryland, causing major delays for Friday morning commuters. The Montgomery County Department of Police issued a traffic advisory shortly before 6am on October 16, warning drivers of significant disruption on the Capital Beltway. Several lanes were closed while emergency crews investigated the crash and worked to clear the scene. The incident affected traffic travelling on the outer loop, with motorists urged to avoid the area and use alternative routes. Maryland State Police are leading the investigation. Authorities have not yet said what caused…

Queensland bushfire smoke is affecting urban air quality more frequently and severely than previously understood, with pollution travelling hundreds or even thousands of kilometres and increasing public health risks, a Queensland University of Technology-led study has found. Researchers examined air quality records from 22 urban monitoring sites across the state between 2008 and 2023. They found smoke from bushfires could raise fine particle pollution, known as PM2.5, by up to 160.5 per cent during a fire event. Ozone concentrations rose by as much as 33.2 per cent during the fire-active season, which runs from July to December. Between 2018 and…

A California estate agent accused of acting as an unregistered Chinese agent had links to people connected to alleged criminal operations involving money laundering, forced labour and online fraud, court records indicate. Wanying “Heather” Zhang, 34, of Irvine, was charged by the FBI last week after she was allegedly caught surveilling the son of Taiwan’s president in Seattle in 2025. She was travelling with Fatai Miao, 54, whom investigators have also linked to individuals involved in alleged criminal enterprises. The connections offer an insight into the network surrounding Zhang, whom US federal agents allege spent years carrying out intelligence work…

Meghan Markle vowed never to wear Roland Mouret’s designs again after a member of the fashion house mistakenly asked the Princess of Wales’s team for dresses supplied to her, the designer claims. Mouret says the Duchess of Sussex was left humiliated when his staff contacted Kate’s stylist at Kensington Palace rather than approaching Meghan or her aides directly. He alleges that Meghan telephoned him in anger and rejected his apology. “Meghan was furious and called me. ‘You don’t realise what you’ve done! You’ve embarrassed me’,” Mouret writes in his memoir, I Am Roland Mouret: The Butcher’s Boy Who Dressed the…

Haley Stevens has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Senate race but has largely stayed away from his campaign, raising concerns among Democrats that the coalition she built during the primary has not rallied behind her former rival. Stevens quickly backed El-Sayed after losing the August 4 Democratic primary, but has since done little publicly to help him take on Republican former representative Mike Rogers. Some of her former supporters and donors continue to withhold their backing, while others have openly supported Rogers. Asked whether she was encouraging her former donors to support El-Sayed, Stevens said her role was to “be…