Sunday's Virginia Times coverage was led by Sen. Chris Murphy's hospitalization after a stroke, a federal judge dismissing the U.S. suit over Alaska's two Senate Sullivans, and Apple passing Nvidia to reclaim the title of the world's most valuable company. Ukraine reported strikes on a Russian missile plant as Russian attacks knocked out power in four regions, Iran moved on Hormuz diplomacy and designated the UK navy and air force, and a 16-story day also covered a Qatar tanker attack, the Milan derby, ACA premiums, India's opposition rally and a Halloween-night shooting in Newark.
In This Recap
- Sen. Chris Murphy Hospitalized After Stroke, Office Says
- Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Hit Missile Plant and Air Defences in Rostov
- Judge Dismisses U.S. Suit Over Alaska's Two Senate Sullivans
- Araghchi: Hormuz Could Reopen in Two Days if Terms Met
- Apple Passes Nvidia to Reclaim Title as World's Most Valuable Company
- Qatar Probes Attack on Its Gas Tanker in Arabian Gulf
- AC Milan Beats Inter 3-1 as Moreira Sets Up Two, Scores Free Kick
- ACA Enrollment Opens as Benchmark Premiums Rise 13% for 2027
- India's Opposition Rallies in Delhi to Demand Election Chief Resign
- Iran Labels UK Navy and Air Force Terrorist Organisations
- UN Rights Chief Demands Investigation Into Staff Death in Houthi Custody
- Kallas Tells Russia at G20 to Let Black Sea Grain Reach Africa
- FBI Says North Korea Stole More Than $6 Billion From Binance
- Russian Strikes on 4 Regions Knock Out Power, Zelenskyy Says
- Six Shot on Main Street in Newark on Halloween Night
- 42% of Names on DOJ California Voter List Not on Rolls, Filing Says
1 Sen. Chris Murphy Hospitalized After Stroke, Office Says
Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut is in the hospital after a stroke, his office said Sunday. Chief of staff Allison Herwitt said Murphy felt numbness in his arm Saturday at his son's hockey game, was taken to a local hospital and then transferred to Johns Hopkins, where he is awake, alert and responding well to treatment. Doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery.
2 Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Hit Missile Plant and Air Defences in Rostov
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces hit the Kamensky Combine, a Russian defence enterprise involved in missile production, in Russia's Rostov region. He said a Pantsir-S2 air defence system and a command vehicle of an S-400 system were also struck, putting the air defence assets hit at around $70 million, in what he called Ukraine's long-range sanctions against Russia's ability to keep fighting.
3 Judge Dismisses U.S. Suit Over Alaska's Two Senate Sullivans
A federal judge dismissed the U.S. government's suit seeking to hold up Alaska's Senate results over a second ballot candidate named Sullivan. Judge Sharon L. Gleason ruled the United States had no standing and that its request could not be granted without breaching Alaskans' right to a secret ballot, rejecting the claim that confusion between Daniel J. Sullivan and Sen. Dan Sullivan could swing the race to Mary Peltola.
4 Araghchi: Hormuz Could Reopen in Two Days if Terms Met
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran could carry out its plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in two days instead of seven if its conditions are accepted. Speaking Sunday, he said a senior Iranian diplomat had gone to Qatar to keep talks moving, that no meeting with an American delegation had taken place or was planned, and that Tehran's conditions include lifting sanctions imposed after the Islamabad memorandum collapsed.
5 Apple Passes Nvidia to Reclaim Title as World's Most Valuable Company
Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday to become the world's most valuable company again, closing at a market value of $5.03 trillion against Nvidia's $4.93 trillion. Both stocks fell, but Nvidia dropped 4.2% as earnings from Intel, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta revived doubts about heavy AI spending — an area where Apple, which has spent far less on AI infrastructure, has increasingly looked like a safer bet, and where it also teased a foldable iPhone Duo.
6 Qatar Probes Attack on Its Gas Tanker in Arabian Gulf
Qatar condemned an attack on one of its gas tankers, the Nakilat-owned Al Mayeda, in the Arabian Gulf, calling it a dangerous act that threatens shipping and global energy supplies. The Foreign Ministry said Qatar reserves the right to take all necessary measures under international law to protect its assets, ships and crews, and warned of grave consequences for regional security and the marine environment. Who carried out the attack is not yet clear.
7 AC Milan Beats Inter 3-1 as Moreira Sets Up Two, Scores Free Kick
AC Milan beat Inter 3-1 in the Milan derby at San Siro, with all four goals coming before halftime and Diego Moreira involved in every Milan goal. Moreira set up Christian Pulisic and Adrien Rabiot, saw Bastoni pull one back for Inter, then curled in a free kick just before the break, while goalkeeper Mike Maignan made a string of saves to protect the lead in a quieter second half.
8 ACA Enrollment Opens as Benchmark Premiums Rise 13% for 2027
Open enrollment for 2027 Affordable Care Act coverage began Sunday in most states, with benchmark silver premiums up 13% on average — a second straight double-digit rise that takes the two-year increase to 42%, according to KFF. Premiums are rising 11% in HealthCare.gov states and 16% in states with their own marketplaces, as insurers point to medical costs rising faster than usual.
9 India's Opposition Rallies in Delhi to Demand Election Chief Resign
Leaders of India's opposition INDIA bloc rallied at New Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Sunday to demand that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists. Opposition parties accuse the Election Commission of failing to protect election integrity in what they call 'vote chori,' or vote theft, with Rahul Gandhi and other bloc leaders addressing the crowd.
10 Iran Labels UK Navy and Air Force Terrorist Organisations
Iran's Foreign Ministry said Tehran has placed Britain's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force on its list of terrorist organisations, effective Nov. 1, and classified MI6 separately as a hostile group. The ministry called the move reciprocal, pointing to Britain's July designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and to what it described as hostile British policies over the past year.
11 UN Rights Chief Demands Investigation Into Staff Death in Houthi Custody
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk demanded an urgent, independent investigation after Mohammad el Shami, a Yemeni staff member of the UN Human Rights Office held by the Houthis since June 2024, died in custody. Türk called the detention arbitrary and said el Shami's family learned of his death weeks later with no explanation of its cause or circumstances, and deserve the truth.
12 Kallas Tells Russia at G20 to Let Black Sea Grain Reach Africa
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told Russia at the G20 foreign ministers meeting that it should let Black Sea grain pass if it cares about Africa, saying most of that grain goes to Africa and holding it back is causing urgent food insecurity. She backed calls for a Black Sea ceasefire and urged G20 members to work together so dependence on critical minerals cannot be used as a tool of coercion.
13 FBI Says North Korea Stole More Than $6 Billion From Binance
The FBI said North Korean hackers — in activity it calls TraderTraitor — stole more than $6 billion in digital assets from crypto exchange Binance and have converted most of the funds into ether, with more laundering expected through DeFi platforms and instant swap services. With the Secret Service and IRS Criminal Investigation, the bureau asked crypto businesses to refuse transactions involving the hackers' wallet addresses.
14 Russian Strikes on 4 Regions Knock Out Power, Zelenskyy Says
Russian strikes overnight cut power to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian families in the Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi regions, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, with substations, transformers and power lines among the targets and repair crews at work in all four regions. He counted 1,940 attack drones, more than 1,580 guided aerial bombs and 44 missiles fired at Ukraine over the past week.
15 Six Shot on Main Street in Newark on Halloween Night
Six people were wounded by gunfire late Saturday on East Main Street in downtown Newark, Delaware, Newark police said. The shooting happened at about 11:13 p.m. on Oct. 31 across from Choate Street; all six victims were taken to local hospitals, Main Street was closed for about five hours, and detectives are asking the public for video, photos and information about what led up to it.
16 42% of Names on DOJ California Voter List Not on Rolls, Filing Says
More than 4 in 10 names on the Justice Department's California voter list cannot be found on the state's voter rolls, according to a court filing by an immigrant-rights group reporting the first outside check of the list. UCLA analysts Matt Barreto and Michael Rios found 8,880 of the 20,930 names — 42% — do not correspond to anyone in California's current voter file, on a list the department has used to press the state to separate ballots.
Editor’s Note: This recap was prepared with the assistance of AI tools. Virginia Times gathered the source material from multiple sources and thoroughly reviewed the information before publication.
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