Headlines for October 16, 2026

Teenage Shooter Kills Three Children and Teacher in Bend, Oregon, Neo-Nazi Teen Allegedly Attempted Mass Shooting at Illinois Hindu Temple, But Rifle Jammed, Trump Cancels Hegseth’s Plans to Live-Stream Firing Squad Execution, Pentagon to Withhold Internal Report on Attack on Iranian School Until After Midterms, Houthis Attack Presidential Palace in Aden, Killing 5, U.S. Approves Sale of Helicopter Gunships to Israel Amid Continued Attacks on Gaza, Children’s Book on Palestine Withdrawn as Authors Accuse Publisher of “Sanitizing” History, Israeli Firm Used Targeted Ads to Infect Al Jazeera Devices with Zero-Click Spyware, Turkish Police Raid Headquarters of Opposition-Aligned Broadcaster, Donors Gave $330 Million to White House Ballroom While Benefiting from Trump’s Policies, Student-Led Protests Spread Beyond France to Albania and Argentina