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CBS stalwart Gayle King, who has fronted the broadcaster’s morning show for over a decade, is expected to step down from her anchor role on next year, according to a new report.
King, host of “CBS Mornings,” may switch to a different role in the news section, though this has not been confirmed, sources told Variety.
It comes following a major overhaul under CBS News’ new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, which has seen sweeping cuts, the loss of two streaming shows and roughly 100 layoffs, among other things. Among those to be let go were eight on-air correspondents and hosts, all of whom were women, and half of whom were people of color.
King’s existing contract with CBS is set to expire in May, per Variety, though it is possible she may stay with the broadcaster with a deal to produce her own programming.
King, who has fronted the broadcaster’s morning show for over a decade, is expected to step down from her anchor role on next yearThe outlet notes that former “CBS Evening News” anchor N..

Several passengers were injured onboard a JetBlue flight from Mexico to New Jersey, after the aircraft suffered a flight control issue and was forced to make an emergency landing.
The Airbus 320 was heading to Newark Liberty International Airport from Cancun International Airport when it was forced to divert to Tampa, Florida, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The flight landed in Florida at around 2:20 p.m. ET Thursday.
JetBlue said the aircraft experienced a drop in altitude and the “flight was met by medical personnel who evaluated customers and crew members, and those needing additional care were transported to a local hospital.”
The airline did not immediately say how many people were injured, though pilots told air traffic control that at least three people were injured with possible lacerations following the incident, ABC reported.
JetBlue said the aircraft (not pictured) experienced a drop in altitude and the flight was met by medical personnel who evaluated cu..

Hurricane Melissa has seen its death toll enter double digits amid widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape.
At least 25 people were killed across Haiti and 18 are missing, Haiti's Civil Protection Agency said in a statement on Wednesday.
Twenty of those reported dead and 10 of the missing are from the southern coastal town of Petit-Goave, where flooding collapsed dozens of homes.
Hurricane Melissa damaged more than 160 homes and destroyed 80 others, with 10 of the 20 people killed there confirmed to be children.
open image in galleryA man places plastic tarps over tents at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence during a break in the rain brought by Hurricane Melissa in Port-au-Prince, HaitiLawyer Charly Saint-Vil, 30, said he saw bodies lying among the debris after the storm as he walked the streets of the small coastal town where he grew up.
“People have lost everything,” he said, ad..

CloseMoment Hurricane Melissa tears through Jamaica's resort town Montego BayThe death toll from Hurricane Melissa is growing as the powerful storm nears the Bahamas after leaving a trail of “catastrophic” destruction across Jamaica and parts of Cuba.
Authorities in Haiti said that at least 25 people, including children, have been killed, the Associated Press reports. Haitian officials initially reported that 40 people were killed, but they later corrected the number. In Jamaica, at least eight people have been killed. One death has also been reported in the Dominican Republic. That would bring the current known death toll from the hurricane to 37 across the Caribbean.
It’s expected that the extent of Hurricane Melissa’s damage will be clearer in the coming days as authorities work to reach the hardest-hit areas.
Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated to shelters ahead of the arrival of the “extremely dangerous” storm, with a hurricane warning put in place for Santiago de..

Both Republicans and Democrats are digging in their heels, with no sign of White House intervention or a serious breakthrough in negotiations evident as a federal government shutdown approaches the one-month mark.
On Capitol Hill, the House remains out of session and the Senate squabbles over the prospect of standalone resolutions to provide funding for individual initiatives, like pay for air traffic controllers. But as November 1 approaches, the pressure on the legislative branch and especially in individual House districts is going to ramp up considerably — setting a new tone for any talks going forward.
Lawmakers on Tuesday watched as air traffic controllers and a wide range of other federal employees from civilian agencies missed their first full paycheck of the shutdown period. The federal government employs more than one million Americans and with rent traditionally due at the beginning of the month, hundreds of thousands are now facing real, tangible financial instability. Even..

Leer en EspañolA truck hauling “aggressive” monkeys thought to be carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid-19 has overturned in Mississippi, with at least one on the loose, according to authorities.
The truck was loaded with caged Rehsus monkeys when it crashed on Interstate 59, north of Heidelberg, on Tuesday.
It was transporting the monkeys to a testing facility in Florida, Connecticut news outlet WFSB reported.
Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson told local outlet WAPT that 21 monkeys were on the truck, six of whom escaped.
“The monkey that got away actually crossed interstate, went out into a wooded area,” Johnson said.
A truck hauling 'aggressive' monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid has overturned in Mississippi, with several on the loose, according to authoritiesThe sheriff’s department initially said in a Facebook post that the monkeys posed “potential health threats.”
“The driver of the truck told local law enforcement that the monkeys were dangerous and pos..

Baby clothing vendor Carter's will close about 150 stores across North America and lay off around 300 people after President Donald Trump's tariffs ate badly into its profit margins.
In an earnings report on Monday, the company said its net income for the three months ending in September had crashed by more than 80 per cent since the same period last year, from $58.3m to only $11.6m.
As a consequence, the Atlanta-based retailer will try to save around $35m per year by increasing its number of store closures by 50 and cutting around 15 percent of its total workforce, having previously announced it would close around 100 stores.
It comes as companies in multiple industries report damage to their business from Trump’s import taxes, leading many business leaders to fear that a financial crash may be imminent.
“Our third quarter performance reflected continued improvement in U.S. Retail business demand,” said CEO and president Doug Palladini on Monday.
“However, elevated product c..

Satellite imagery shows the “monster” eye of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm recorded this year, that is currently hurtling towards Jamaica.

Donald Trump’s administration is using a large private donation and an executive order to make a big deal about efforts to keep members of the armed services paid during a federal government shutdown, which is now in its 25th day.
But experts agree that the White House and Pentagon’s efforts have likely crossed the bounds into illegality. The question is now: does that even matter anymore?
When Democrats and Republicans failed to meet an October 1 deadline to fund the government for the current fiscal year, Congress kicked off a countdown clock. More than a million Americans, employed by the federal government in some manner, were due to miss a paycheck when the clock struck zero.
It did so on October 15, resulting in those hundreds of thousands of workers going unpaid. The same day, Trump signed an executive order restarting that clock for service members, directing the Pentagon to make sure the military continued to receive pay.
“Funds used for military pay and allowances during the ..

Residents in Jamaica prepared for Hurricane Melissa as it strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday (26 October).