In other news

Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer. He had surgery on Tuesday, Oct. 13, and is expected to make a full recovery after remaining at Rome’s Gemelli hospital for a week, per the Vatican.

Nidal Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood, Texas shooter, has been planned to be executed live by firing squad. Pete Hegseth, the United States Secretary of War, states that people need to understand that there will be consequences to these types of crimes, and that “we’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public.” This sparks controversy as the last person to be publicly executed was Rainey Bethea, 90 years ago.

On Thursday, Oct. 15, a shooting took place at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Ore. that took the lives of three children and one adult. The shooter first shot at a car and went after the school. They were then killed in the building by law enforcement around 1 p.m. The number of victims is still to be determined.

The White House Press Secretary, Katie Zacharia, states that she never passed her bar exam. In an interview with Jack Posobiec, she said that she failed the bar exam in California in 2011. According to CBS News, Zacharia said that she was in the middle of her plans of getting married and attending to her husband's work in China. Zacharia claimed that she never described herself as an attorney, and that there was a lot of misinformation on the fact that she called herself a lawyer.

GTA VI Launch Trailer was released to the public on Thursday, Oct. 15, and had positive reactions from many fans who have anticipated the game’s long awaited release. GTA VI launches on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026.

Ukraine planned a drone attack on an oil refinery in Russia, nullifying their truce. The attack had caused a fire about 180 miles southeast of Moscow in Russia’s Ryazan region, stated by the Russian Defense Ministry. According to AP news, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, has said that his patience has run out and that U.S President Donald Trump had betrayed him.