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Episode Date: October 7, 2026

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This is NPR News Now. The latest headlines every hour. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Stocks open lower this morning as bond yields rise. NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the Dow Jones Industrial average tumbled about 500 points in early trading. The yield on long-term treasuries is up sharp late as investors await the details of last month's Federal Reserve meeting.

This afternoon, the central bank will release minutes from its September meeting, where Fed policymakers voted unanimously to raise their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point. Investors expect the Fed to hold rate steady at its next meeting in three weeks. Crude oil prices are higher after Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked targets in Saudi Arabia, and a consumer lawsuit in Illinois is challenging McDonald's over software that restaurants can use to help set prices. The lawsuit claims the software allows competing franchisees to share information they

ordinarily would not. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. Today marks three years since Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel, leading to the war in Gaza. As memorials are being held across the country, many Israelis are grappling with new reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned about an impending attack, as NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports from Tel Aviv. Officials in both Egypt and the United Arab Emirates repeatedly warned Netanyahu about a serious looming attack by Hamas from Gaza in 2023.

NPR has spoken to four people in the Middle East with knowledge of those warnings. First reported by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, as well as the Atlantic and the New York Times, the revelations are dominating conversations in Israel, just weeks before national elections that will determine Netanyahu's political future. Netanyahu has denied he was warned, calling the reports fake news and filing a defamation lawsuit last week against the Israeli outlets that published them. Kat Wandsworth, NPR News, Tel Aviv. U.S. military personnel in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture will halt normal operations for 48 hours.

This follows the suspected murder and robbery of a local woman by a U.S. Marine. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports that Japan's government has lodged strong protests over the incident. Lieutenant General Benjamin Watson, commander of the third Marine Expeditionary Force, said in a letter Tuesday, that, quote, incidents like this demand we pause for reflection. In addition to the operational pause, there will also be a 30-day curfew and training on subjects including alcohol awareness, alliance responsibilities, and Okinawan culture, the letter said. On Sunday, Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marines suspected of strangling a local woman in a hotel and taking her wallet and backpack.

Okinawa's governor, Genta Koja, commented that the fact that such crimes keep happening shows that the U.S. military efforts to enforce discipline are ineffective. Anthony Kuhn in PR News, Seoul. On Wall Street, the Dow is now down 480 points. You're listening to WinPR. President Trump will fly to Texas today to attend a political rally in San Antonio. You'll be there to stump with Republican candidates, including U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton

and congressional candidate Carlos de la Cruz. President Trump has been to Texas three times in less than a month. The window is closing for registering to vote for the midterm elections in some states. And P.R.'s Hansi Lo Wong has this rundown of upcoming deadlines. Today is the last chance for eligible voters in Missouri to register or update their registration in time for the midterms. Friday is a deadline in Oklahoma and signups in Delaware and Saturday. Next week, the registration window closes on Tuesday in five states. States, Kansas, Louisiana, New Jersey, Oregon, and West Virginia. If you're already registered,

election officials recommend confirming your status and updating your contact information before the deadline. You can do that by visiting your state's official election website. Voters can be removed from lists, especially if they've recently moved, changed their name, or haven't voted in a while. Hansi Luong and PR News. Forecasters say tropical storm Issa-e-eas is in the Gulf of Mexico and swirling north. It's expected to become a hurricane by tomorrow, and it could make landfall on the Gulf Coast early this weekend. This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to two scientists for their work on mirror images and molecules. Henri B. Kagan and Kenzozai have discovered ways to show mirror images in chemical reactions.

This helps scientists working to create new medications. This is NPR.