Headlines for October 8, 2026

“Maricarmen,” Whose Eviction from Lifelong Home Sparked Housing Protests Across Spain, Dies at 87, France’s Education Minister Meets Student Leaders as Mass Protests Demand Education Reforms, WHO Demands Answers as Russia Denies Reports of Second Case of Plague, Protesters Repeatedly Interrupt Trump at Rally for Texas GOP Senate Candidate Ken Paxton, DHS Conducts Massive “Election Fraud” Operation as ICE Ramps Up Pace of Arrests Ahead of Midterms, Yemen’s Displaced Population Tops 200,000 as Saudi-Backed Forces Battle Houthis, Russian Missile Strike Kills 22 in Ukraine, Tanker Struck North of Qatar After Iran Warns Ships Against Bypassing Strait of Hormuz Blockade, Venezuela’s Second-Largest Refinery Idles as Natural Gas Line Rupture Triggers Fire, Trump Admin Temporarily Allows Truckers to Fill Up on Dyed Diesel, Tropical Storm Isaias Intensifies to Become First Atlantic Hurricane of the Season, Death Row Prisoner Christa Pike Walking and Speaking After Failed Execution Attempt, Democratic Congressmembers Call for Criminal Probe into Epstein Associate Leon Botstein