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President Donald Trump took aim at Barack Obama on October 6, saying: “We’re giving people back their money after they got scammed by President Obama.” He made the remarks while discussing his proposed $5,000 dividend payments.

Trump was referring to separate $500 Obamacare rebates being sent to roughly 950,000 eligible Americans across 30 states. The payments go to certain people who buy insurance through HealthCare . Gov without receiving premium subsidies.

Although Trump named Obama, the White House’s announcement blamed the alleged excessive insurance exchange fees on the Biden administration. The accusation that Obama scammed consumers is Trump’s characterization. by @dailyhourly

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High school students across France are protesting overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, and run-down schools.

The movement peaked October 6 with hundreds of thousands marching; some clashes in Paris and other cities involved fires, tear gas, and nearly 500 arrests that day (about 6,000 total, mostly minors).

Macron held an emergency meeting and classes were suspended. A viral claim that he deployed 7,000 troops over “illegal immigrants creating havoc” is false—the figure dates to a 2023 security response after a school attack. by @dailyhourly

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A Saudi appellate court has sentenced a Sri Lankan migrant worker to death over a Facebook comment that authorities deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad, sharply increasing an earlier prison term.

Sivarasa Anojan, 24, from Kalmunai in eastern Sri Lanka, was working in Saudi Arabia when the case began. It grew out of an online dispute in June after a video circulated of a Muslim man kicking a dog that had joined Hindu pilgrims on the annual Pada Yatra to Kataragama. During the exchanges, Anojan posted a comment that Saudi authorities treated as blasphemy. He deleted it soon afterward and posted a video apology, but the remark had already been reported.

In July, the Al-Ahsa Criminal Court sentenced him to five years in prison and a fine of 3 million Saudi riyals (about $800,000) under cybercrime law. An appeal filed in hopes of a lighter sentence was rejected. On September 17, prosecutors successfully moved the case under Sharia law, and the appellate court imposed the death penalty.

Sri Lanka’s government says it is pursuing both a further legal challenge and a formal appeal for clemency from the Saudi king. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met Anojan’s family and pledged diplomatic intervention.

A death sentence in Saudi Arabia is carried out only after royal ratification.

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The Arizona Court of Appeals has vacated Gabriel Paul Horcasitas’ 10.5-year manslaughter sentence after finding that the sentencing judge improperly relied on an AI-generated victim impact video. The September 30 ruling upheld his conviction and ordered resentencing.

Horcasitas was convicted of killing Christopher Pelkey, 37, during a November 2021 road-rage confrontation in Chandler. At his May 2025 sentencing, Pelkey’s family played an AI video depicting him addressing the court and expressing forgiveness toward the defendant.

The appeals court said the video presented “a depiction of the victim and his thoughts created from the imaginings of the victim’s sister.” It found that presenting imagined statements as the victim’s own—and the judge’s reliance on them—made the sentencing procedure fundamentally unfair. His manslaughter conviction remains intact. by @dailyhourly

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A 67-year-old North Vernon woman was arrested Monday after authorities say she drove her car in circles on the Jennings County courthouse lawn while intoxicated.

Lorraine Wilkerson was booked into the Jennings County Jail on two Class C misdemeanor charges: operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of .08 or more.

The Jennings County Sheriff’s Office released surveillance video of the incident and used the moment to issue a public reminder: “If you’ve had a few too many margaritas with dinner, please don’t get behind the wheel, and definitely don’t do donuts on the courthouse lawn.”

Officials encouraged residents to arrange safe rides home after drinking. by @dailyhourly

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday, October 6, that he has a call scheduled with Vladimir Putin “very soon” about a suspected pneumonic plague case in Russia. He described “very deep discussions” and said more information could be available “probably tomorrow,” October 7.

The concern follows the death of a worker at a Siberian research institute. Plague has not been confirmed as the cause. Russian authorities told WHO that contacts tested negative for dangerous infectious pathogens. WHO assesses the risk as low across Russia and very low in the wider European region.

The U.S. Embassy’s health alert cited reported quarantines and hospital closures around Irkutsk. It also reiterated the longstanding recommendation that Americans leave Russia immediately—a warning already included in the country’s Level 4 travel advisory. by @dailyhourly

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Emergency crews in West Palm Beach, Florida, reportedly used a crane to evacuate a man weighing approximately 600 pounds from his second-floor apartment after a medical emergency. Reports said his size and health complications prevented rescuers from safely moving him through the doors or down the stairs.

Firefighters secured him on a wooden pallet padded with pillows and carefully lowered him to the ground, where an ambulance was waiting. He was then taken to a nearby hospital, according to coverage published in October 2025. The reports did not disclose his exact medical condition or subsequent recovery.

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Prosecutors say Silvia Zhang, 39, and Guojun Xuan, 66, operated a surrogacy agency from their home in Arcadia and used surrogates across the United States.

Fifteen children were removed from their home during the investigation and another six were subsequently located elsewhere. The children ranged from 2 months to 13 years old, although most were between 1 and 3.

Police believe Zhang personally gave birth to only one or two of them.

The investigation began after a hospital reported that a 2-month-old baby had suffered a traumatic head injury in 2025. Authorities allege a nanny violently shook the infant. Investigators later reviewed the home’s extensive surveillance system and, according to prosecutors, found video showing nannies repeatedly physically abusing children in classroom-like rooms.

District Attorney Nathan Hochman said the couple could watch the surveillance remotely and described the residence as a “house of horrors.”

Zhang and Xuan now face multiple counts including child abuse, conspiracy to commit child abuse, accessory after the fact and dissuading a witness. These are allegations; they have not been convicted.

Prosecutors are seeking an extraordinary $100 million bail, citing both the seriousness of the case and what they describe as a flight risk.

Beyond the disturbing abuse allegations, investigators are trying to determine the circumstances under which so many children came into the couple’s custody. AP reports that some surrogates say they were misled or given incomplete information. The case also exposes the fragmented regulation of U.S. surrogacy: there is no overarching federal surrogacy law, leaving regulation primarily to individual states. by @dailyhourly

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A federal complaint filed in Chicago alleges McDonald’s and independently owned franchisees used a centralized machine-learning pricing system and nonpublic sales data to coordinate menu prices in violation of antitrust law.

The proposed class could cover millions of customers across roughly 14,000 U.S. restaurants. The complaint seeks treble damages and an injunction.

These are unproven allegations.

McDonald’s called the claims speculative and said AI does not set individual menu prices; it maintains that franchisees make their own pricing decisions.

The case extends algorithmic price-fixing litigation—previously focused heavily on apartments and hotels—to America’s largest fast-food chain. by @dailyhourly

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Donald Trump launched into a rant Monday, October 5, after Fox News interviewed Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Speaking at a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, Trump complained that the network let El-Sayed speak without enough pushback.

“Why are they putting these people on our television networks? Why?” Trump asked. He also attacked Fox commentator Jessica Tarlov, calling her “another loser.” Although Trump didn’t name Fox during his complaint about the interview, his remarks appeared directed at the network.

Earlier that day, El-Sayed sparred with host Martha MacCallum on The Story over the Iran war and terrorism. He also discussed Medicare for All and reducing corporate influence in politics. by @dailyhourly

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A Dutch father’s courtroom outburst went viral after he heard the sentence given to the driver responsible for the crash that killed his 2-year-old daughter and her grandparents.

In 2014, the driver was initially sentenced to just 120 hours of community service. Overcome with grief and anger, Erik Derijks grabbed a courtroom chair and threw it toward the judge before security stepped in.

But the sentence didn’t stand.

Prosecutors appealed, and in 2015 a higher court imposed a much harsher punishment: 15 months in prison and a four-year driving ban. by @dailyhourly

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday that the city will issue vouchers to more than 10,000 low-income children on the Child Care Assistance Program waitlist, the first such move in 15 months.

The subsidies cover care from 6 weeks to age 13, and through age 19 for children with special needs, and are funded by a $1.2 billion state investment from Gov. Kathy Hochul. More than 29,000 children remain waiting. The step follows the city’s recent elimination of out-of-pocket fees for existing voucher recipients and the launch of free universal care for 2-year-olds. by @dailyhourly

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