DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager, authorities announced, more than 50 years after her body was discovered by a hunter. cnn.it/4zk9VFi

Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brazil and is headed to the United States after losing Sunday's presidential election, two sources have confirmed to CNN. cnn.it/4eVQqdE

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign an executive order to protect the iconic Pacific Coast Highway from the impacts of El Niño-related storms as a potentially stormy winter approaches. cnn.it/4eYLkNR

Susan Saint James, who costarred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s TV crime series "McMillan & Wife" and later costarred with Jane Curtin in the sitcom "Kate & Allie" in the 1980s, has died. She was 80. cnn.it/4BvpzPg

FBI searches Beverly Hills mansion in connection to an investigation into former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell cnn.it/3U4kZXH

The synthetic opioid has been linked to at least 122 deaths in the US since July 2025, and in April, the Office of National Drug Control Policy identified it as an "emerging drug threat." cnn.it/4ibL3b6

The labor share of income, which is the amount of economic output paid to workers as compensation, fell to 52.8% earlier this year, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows. That’s the lowest-ever level, according to BLS records that go back to 1947. cnn.it/3WbUL67

A localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the occupied city of Oleshky that First Lady Melania Trump helped to broker has now gone into effect, officials on both sides said Tuesday. cnn.it/4ilwZMi

Anthropic filed for an initial public offering in what could become one of the largest stock market debuts in history. What does Anthropic’s chatbot, Claude, think about the big IPO? CNN's David Goldman asked. cnn.com/2026/10/26/business/…

A Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria was medically evacuated to Switzerland with her husband, officials said. Nigerian authorities have continued monitoring 52 people who had been in contact with her. cnn.com/2026/10/26/europe/sw…

Months after immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, his parents are accusing the Department of Justice of violating a federal victims' rights law as they demand transparency and justice in their son's death. cnn.it/4z3gLy1

A federal judge extended an order blocking tree removal from a DC golf course President Donald Trump is seeking to renovate, while imposing new notice requirements on any other major changes the administration looks to make on the golf course grounds. cnn.it/47Dfy59

Jay-Z announced he will perform at the Super Bowl LXI halftime show in February. He has served in an advisory role to the NFL through his company Roc Nation since 2019. cnn.it/47MUFEC

A 28-year-old convicted murderer serving a life sentence escaped through a Tennessee prison's fence on Sunday before stealing a truck and driving off — and has not yet been located, according to Tennessee authorities. cnn.it/48hyKFK

Harry Kane and Alèxia Putellas were named the best men’s and women’s soccer players in the world at the Ballon d’Or ceremony. cnn.it/48jbbfG

A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's unprecedented attempt to force California to set aside votes from 20,000 people it claims are noncitizens. cnn.it/3W9di2Z

The Justice Department criminally charged former FBI Director James Comey for the third time. Comey is charged over allegedly leaking a sensitive national security document when he was FBI director in October 2016, according to court records made public Monday. cnn.it/4ByiRs4

Walter Koenig, who played exuberant Russian navigator Pavel Chekov on the original “Star Trek” series and many of the franchise’s ensuing films, has died at the age of 90. cnn.it/4zmyBww

Judge finds DOJ's firing of Maurene Comey, federal prosecutor in cases involving Jeffrey Epstein and Sean "Diddy" Combs, was unconstitutional. cnn.it/4BrxNYH

Russia is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by intentionally attacking civilian infrastructure – including vital energy systems – in Ukraine, an independent UN investigations panel said on Monday. cnn.com/2026/10/26/europe/un…