One year later, people around the world are marking the anniversary of Hamas’ terror attack on Israel that sparked the ongoing war in the Middle East. And Florida is once again on high alert as another hurricane barrels toward the Sunshine State. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. One year…

Adding to the devastation from Hurricane Helene, an alarming lack of flood insurance coverage exists in the counties hardest hit by the storm. While coastal counties generally have better coverage, inland areas are significantly underinsured. Only about 2% of residences in the most affected counties had flood insurance. In North Carolina, that figure drops to…

The U.S. reportedly wants to take advantage of Hezbollah’s weakened state after recent Israeli airstrikes to help elect a new Lebanese president. Lebanon has been without a president for almost two years, which has only made its political and economic crisis worse. In late September, Israeli airstrikes killed Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, along with several…

As the number of human cases of H5N1, also known as bird flu, grow, the United States announced on Friday, Oct. 4, that it is providing vaccine manufacturers with $72 million to double their ready-to-use bird flu vaccine stockpile. Manufacturers currently have nearly five million ready-to-use doses and expect to have about 10 million by…

The Oklahoma Department of Education is currently accepting bids for a contract to supply 55,000 Bibles to be displayed in schools throughout the state, according to a report in The Oklahoman. The criteria to qualify for entering a bid are extraordinarily specific and mirrors the “Trump Bible.” The potential supplier’s Bibles must be the King…

A new survey shows most New York City residents want Mayor Eric Adams, D, to resign following his federal corruption charges. That’s according to a newly released Marist Poll of New York City, with 69% of residents feeling he should step aside.  This is the first poll released on Adams since he indicted. Adams is…

Erik and Lyle Menendez, brothers imprisoned for more than 30 years for killing their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in August 1989, will receive a new court hearing. Erik was 18 and Lyle was 21 when they carried out the murders. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon announced Thursday, Oct. 3, that the brothers submitted…

Complaints over a Pennsylvania school board’s approval to put windows in gender-neutral bathrooms, may have already resulted in a reversal of that decision. The South Western School District school board approved the construction in August. The openings could be seen earlier this week at Emory H. Markle Middle School in Hanover.  But, by Thursday, Oct.…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sparked significant reaction this week by stating that FEMA lacks sufficient funds to support Americans through the remainder of the Atlantic hurricane season. The announcement put FEMA’s spending habits under scrutiny. Questions are being raised about how much FEMA spends on natural disasters compared to its expenditures on migrants in…

A Haitian gang massacre killed at least 70 people including three infants and 10 women, and injured at least 16 others on Thursday, Oct. 3. The United Nations said members of the Gran Grif Gang raided a farming community north of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, and opened fire on its residents. U.N. officials reported that the gang…