Oct. 14, 2026 — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it will investigate whether the nine largest national banks complied with consumer financial law, after a report by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that the bureau said found they restricted access over customers' political or religious beliefs or lawful businesses, including firearms, oil and gas, and tobacco. The banks include JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
Oct. 13, 2026 — Argentina has asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to order the United Kingdom to halt the Sea Lion offshore oil project near the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) while an arbitration case it filed Sept. 28 proceeds, the tribunal said, UN News reported. Argentina claims sovereignty; Britain, which has administered the islands since 1833, says no sovereignty talks can happen without the islanders' consent.
Oct. 13, 2026 — Disasters cause $228 billion in housing losses each year, and housing damage makes up 43% of the direct cost of cyclones, floods, tsunamis and earthquakes, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said, UN News reported. Citing the World Risk Poll 2026, a spokesperson said 83% of people with a household plan and confidence acted on a warning, against 27% of those with neither.
Oct. 13, 2026 — UN Secretary-General António Guterres proposed a $3.3 billion programme budget for 2027, $40.8 million or 1.2% below this year, to the General Assembly's budget committee, UN News reported. The Secretariat has absorbed a cut of 3,116 regular budget posts, he said, and efficiency gains alone will not end the UN's liquidity crisis without timely payment of dues.
Oct. 13, 2026 — Russian attacks on Kharkiv and Kyiv killed residents and injured dozens, the UN aid coordination office said, UN News reported. In Kharkiv, a residential building was destroyed, four people were killed and 41 injured, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He said Ukraine had made no strikes on Russian energy since a U.S.-announced energy ceasefire two days earlier, while Russia kept hitting Ukraine's.
Oct. 13, 2026 — Wheat and flour in Yemen's third-largest city, Taiz, could run out in less than three weeks after the Houthis took the last main road to other government-held areas, the UN spokesperson said, UN News reported. Food prices rose about 50%. Yemen has reported 8,034 suspected cholera cases and 27 deaths this year, and the WHO's emergency response has $4.3 million of $31 million needed.
Oct. 14, 2026 — California is prepositioning firefighters, engines and aircraft in Orange, Ventura, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties from Thursday, Oct. 15, through Sunday, Oct. 18, ahead of Santa Ana winds and expected Red Flag warnings, the governor's office said. Utilities may shut off power, and Santa Monica Mountains parklands may close.
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Oct. 13, 2026 — All six San Diego County public health centers and seven California Children's Services medical therapy units will close Monday, Oct. 19, as the County moves to a new electronic health record system, the County said. All sites reopen Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Oct. 14, 2026 — The National Weather Service issued a high wind warning for inland, mountain and foothill areas of San Diego County from the morning of Oct. 15 through the evening of Oct. 17, and a heat advisory for coastal areas, the County said. It warned of power outages, downed trees and fire risk, and listed Cool Zones and alerts at AlertSanDiego.org.
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Oct. 14, 2026 — The Food and Drug Administration expanded approval of Anktiva, given with the standard immunotherapy BCG, to adults with high-grade papillary-only bladder cancer that has not reached the bladder muscle and has not responded to BCG, the agency said. It is the first approved treatment for that group, the agency said. The FDA based the decision on evidence from an earlier approval in a related form, carcinoma in situ.