11am ET, October 06 | The latest headlines from NPR
Summary
The Paramount-Skydance merger is now final, creating a $111 billion media giant that includes CBS News and CNN. In military news, Nidal Malik Hassan will be executed by firing squad for the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, marking the first such execution since WWII. Internationally, Saudi Arabia is receiving military support from allies amid Houthi attacks, while Ukraine launched a massive drone strike on Moscow energy facilities. Additionally, the U.S. is monitoring a suspected plague death in Russia, and Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the IceCube neutrino detector.
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Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger final
Details on the $111 billion media merger
First military execution by firing squad since WWII
Background on Nidal Malik Hassan and his trial
Saudi Arabia receives military support from allies
Ukraine drone attack on Moscow kills two
Damage to Moscow energy facilities and fuel storage
Zelensky explains campaign targeting Russian infrastructure
US watches Russian lab worker death from plague
Rubio demands more info from Russia on plague case
Trump visits port near collapsed Baltimore bridge
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for IceCube detector
Closing remarks from NPR News
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