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Over the weekend, a mysterious Russian satellite moved threateningly close to a U. S. commercial radar satellite that provides imagery to the Ukrainian military. Although the Russian craft is now backing off, analysts are left wondering: What was the Russian satellite doing at such close proximity? Was Russia planning to attack the U. S. satellite but reversed course? And, crucially, what happens next? “We just don’t know,” said Clayton Swope, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington. The maneuvers are an escalation of cat-and-mouse games that Russia, the United States and China have been playing with one another in space, mainly involving military spacecraft. This episode indicates that commercial satellites can be targets as well. The Russian satellite was one of six that launched on a Soyuz rocket in April. Russia said nothing about the satellites, and, like many presumed military spacecraft, they were given a generic Kosmos designation, with numbers 2609 through 2614. Beginning on Sept.

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Canada Border Services Agency says two men were charged after the seizure of 127 kilograms of suspected cocaine at Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Windsor, Ont., last month. The CBSA alleges the drug was seized from a commercial truck arriving from the United States after it was referred for a secondary examination on Sept. 11.

Canada Border Services Agency says two men were charged after the seizure of 127 kilograms of suspected cocaine at Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Windsor, Ont., last month. The CBSA alleges the drug was seized from a commercial truck arriving from the United States after it was referred for a secondary examination on Sept. 11.

Canada Border Services Agency says two men were charged after the seizure of 127 kilograms of suspected cocaine at Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Windsor, Ont., last month. The CBSA alleges the drug was seized from a commercial truck arriving from the United States after it was referred for a secondary examination on Sept. 11.

Canada Border Services Agency says two men were charged after the seizure of 127 kilograms of suspected cocaine at Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Windsor, Ont., last month. The CBSA alleges the drug was seized from a commercial truck arriving from the United States after it was referred for a secondary examination on Sept. 11.

Shirley Ione (Staehnke) Lee, 89, formerly of Watford City, North Dakota, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2026, at the TRU Hospice Unit at Longmont United Hospital in Longmont, Colorado. Shirley was born December 30, 1936, in Bemidji, Minnesota, to Walter and Edna Staehnke. She grew up in a busy household surrounded by her brothers and sisters. During a summer spent waitressing at a Tioga diner while her dad looked for oilfield work, she met a young roustabout named Chester Lee - rumored to be partly brought together over her mother Edna’s cooking.

Ending the practice of immunizing all newborns against hepatitis B, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has recommended, would sharply increase the number of chronic infections and put more than half of Americans at risk of the disease by age 20, according to a new study published Monday. Hepatitis B is a highly contagious virus that can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. To prevent infections, doctors in the United States have for decades administered the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine to all babies within 24 hours of birth -- and within 12 hours to infants whose mother is known to be infected. But last December, a panel of advisers chosen by Kennedy recommended that parents should decide whether, or when, infants should get the shot if they were born to mothers who test negative for hepatitis B. In those cases, the group said, parents should decide “no earlier than 2 months of age.”Get Starting PointA guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter EmailSecretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. TIERNEY L.

A pair of Brockton brothers were sentenced to four months in prison Monday for stealing nearly $200,000 from a credit union where one of them worked, federal prosecutors said. Jenel Flounoury, 30, and Justin Flounoury, 34, were also each sentenced to three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a joint restitution of $197,146, according to the office of Leah B. Foley, US Attorney for Massachusetts. The two pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to commit larceny from a credit union in federal court in Boston, prosecutors said in a statement. According to Foley’s office, Jenel and Justin Flounoury conspired to stage a robbery of Energy Credit Union in West Roxbury, where Jenel worked as a teller. On Sept. 24, 2024, Justin left his job in South Boston early and was driven to the credit union, the statement said. Wearing a hat, sunglasses, mask and dark clothing, Justin went to the teller window where Jenel was working and handed him a note that read “Hand it Over,” officials said.

Road SafetyTuesday, October 20, 2026 1:36AMStatistics show teen drivers are at a higher risk for serious crashes than drivers with more experience. WLSCHICAGO (WLS) -- Statistics show teen drivers are at a higher risk for serious crashes than drivers with more experience. So, several groups are coming together to help teens become better drivers. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchDeShaun Adams from True Star and Lisa Cooper with State Farm joined ABC7 to talk about the Road Ready Teen Driver Safety Fair on Monday night. Click here for more. Copyright © 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.

Charges against two Surrey men accused in a deadly hit-and-run near Terrace nearly eight years ago have suddenly been dropped weeks before their B. C. provincial court trial was set to begin. Taylor Stogryn, 37, and Conrad Wierzbicki, 35, were charged with indignity to human remains and obstructing justice. Stogryn was also accused of failing to stop at the scene of an accident in the 2018 collision that killed Cameron Kerr, 30On Weds. Oct. 14, Kerr’s brother said the family met with RCMP and Crown counsel, who informed them the Nov. 2 trial would not be proceeding, and charges against both Stogryn and Wierzbicki had been stayed. “It’s really hard to understand how the justice system could lead us to this,” Garrett Kerr said in an interview, adding his family is pretty devastated at the news. Story continues below advertisement