Eleven Shot near Florida A&M University in Tallahassee
FILE - The roundabout at FAMU Way is seen on the Florida A&M University campus in Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser,File)
Eleven Shot near Florida A&M University in Tallahassee
FILE - The roundabout at FAMU Way is seen on the Florida A&M University campus in Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser,File)
A shooting near a Florida university campus in Tallahassee on Saturday night left 11 people with gunshot wounds and another injured, authorities said.
The shooting took place near Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University's campus on Perry Street, the university said, while police counted six adults and six juveniles among the injured, reported Reuters.
"At least three of the shooting victims have sustained serious injuries, while nine others are reported to be in stable condition," the Tallahassee police said in a statement.
Initial findings showed a "physical altercation" preceded the shooting, police said, without elaborating.
"It is especially heartbreaking to know that children are among those injured," said police chief Lawrence Revell.
The youngest of those shot was 11, the NY Post newspaper said, but police did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
An altercation at a homecoming party escalated into gunfire and a fight between two or three individuals led to shots being fired just before 8 p.m., the paper added.
Police said their violent crimes unit was investigating the circumstances.
"The safety and security of our students, faculty, and staff remain our highest priority," Florida A&M said on X.
Soldiers Guard Center of Milan as Thousands of Protesters March in Cities Across Europehttps://english.aawsat.com/world/5333339-soldiers-guard-center-milan-thousands-protesters-march-cities-across-europe
Protesters confront anti riot police during a demonstration at Lanza in Milan, Italy, 24 October 2026. (EPA)
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Soldiers Guard Center of Milan as Thousands of Protesters March in Cities Across Europe
Protesters confront anti riot police during a demonstration at Lanza in Milan, Italy, 24 October 2026. (EPA)
Thousands of young people marched Saturday through the streets of several Italian cities, including Milan, Rome and Turin, as authorities deployed large numbers of police and soldiers in a largely successful bid to stave off a repeat of the violent clashes and looting that marred similar protests last week.
The demonstration in Milan remained peaceful, but there were brief clashes with police in both Rome and Turin.
In Milan, thousands of young people marched the streets as soldiers were deployed and luxury boutiques were boarded up, but by late afternoon, most shops had opened, Italian media reported.
Premier Giorgia Meloni announced a raft of measures, including sending an additional 500 soldiers to Milan and tougher penalties for minors, who police said made up a large part of the violent protesters last week. In Milan, police detained several minors as a preventive measure, media reported.
While protests in France have claimed most international attention, large demonstrations also rocked many European cities Saturday from Milan to Rome to Madrid, Lisbon and Tirana.
The protests encompass a broad range of issues from education and corruption to anti-war movements, pensions and housing.
Italian army paratroopers patrol the streets of Milan, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, ahead of an expected protest against the rising cost of living and deteriorating public services during one of several protests in Italy organized by groups across the political spectrum. (AP)
Army vehicles and boarded-up luxury stores in Milan
In Milan, huge crowds of mostly young people gathered as night fell, chanting insults to Meloni and holding aloft banners such as “No to lies of the state.”
A group of protesters dumped manure outside Italy’s energy regulator and burned a symbolic, oversized electricity bill, images broadcast on local television showed.
The 500 soldiers deployed to Milan came in addition to hundreds already stationed there, supporting about 5,000 police and other security personnel. Authorities used drone surveillance, checks at railway stations, rapid-response units and online monitoring for potential calls to violence.
A mayoral hopeful, Pierfrancesco Majorino, who announced his candidacy Thursday, joined the marchers and remarked how peaceful the day was, according to Italian media. He will contest a center-left primary in early 2027. Milan's center-left Mayor Giuseppe Sala, who has held the role since 2016, is not running again.
Many stores, particularly luxury boutiques within Milan's fashion district including Omega, Tiffany and Gucci, boarded up their front windows. The Apple store also shut down and remained shut even as others reopened.
Rioters last weekend smashed their way into stores, targeting sneakers, athletic wear and sporting goods on streets that run off the city’s central Duomo square.
Security measures extended beyond the city center over concerns protesters could move into other neighborhoods.
The protesters ended their march peacefully Saturday evening outside the Milan Polytechnic, more than 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the city center.
24 October 2026, Italy, Rome: Police officers stand guard during a march organized by the October 17 Movement against the rising cost of living. (dpa)
Officials said Saturday they were investigating a 30-year-old freelance journalist said to be the “mastermind” of the newly formed Oct. 17 movement, which has been the main driver of the recent protests in Italy.
Milan police say last week's violence and looting involved about 2,000 very young protesters, many of them “naturalized, second-generation Italians,” alongside foreign nationals. Over two days, police arrested 45 people, including 34 minors.
A group of about 30 far-right activists, described as hooligans linked to Inter Milan football club, made a brief appearance chanting anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim slogans but were isolated by police.
Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said the soldiers deployed Saturday were only recently allowed to use plastic restraint ties and only in areas around train stations, not throughout the city. They are not authorized to carry pepper spray or tasers, he said.
Protesters try to force entry into Colosseum in Rome
Security was also heightened in Rome, where authorities locked down luxury shopping streets and stepped up controls around the Circus Maximus and Piazza del Popolo.
A small number of protesters tried to force their way into the Colosseum, but were ushered out by guards. Elsewhere, several hundred students demonstrated peacefully to stress they were not rioters.
“I think the images from last week were truly something terrible, especially for the young people, for the students, for the vast majority of the younger generations who want to study ... and do not accept being represented by those who use issues and needs to devastate entire cities,” said Riccardo Ponzio, national president of an Italian far-right student association.
A separate anti-war march took place in central Rome. Organizers sought to distance themselves from potential unrest, urging participants to keep their faces uncovered and hands visible.
But it was these marchers who briefly clashed with police near the Piazza della Repubblica, even as organizers were trying to hold the crowd back using batons and tear gas. In the end, the protesters pulled back when a water cannon was turned on. They retreated to a location about half a kilometer away.
Students and peace activists gather in front of the Colosseum during an anti-war rally in Rome, Italy, 24 October 2026. (EPA)
Clashes and buildings set on fire in Albania
In Albania's capital Tirana, riot police used water cannons on large groups of protesters, some of whom set government buildings on fire and threw projectiles at police. Authorities said 2,500 officers patrolled the streets Saturday.
For over a week, protesters have hurled rocks, flares, firebombs and fireworks at police who have used batons and tear gas in clashes in the city center.
High school and university students are demanding lower tuition fees, greater state investment in education and protesting corruption in the education system. Some have joined a broader anti-government movement calling for the resignation of Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama.
A separate protest organized by the opposition outside the prime minister's office turned violent earlier, with some activists lighting fires on the street.
Rama said Saturday his government was preparing a response to the students' demands and called them to a dialogue. He warned that violent protesters will face penalties.
A demonstrator sets off a pyrotechnic device during an anti-government protest by students in Tirana, Albania, October 24, 2026. (Reuters)
Pensions and housing spark Madrid and Lisbon protests
Thousands of retirees and others marched peacefully in Spain's capital Saturday to demand public pensions aren’t meddled with.
“They are threatening us with privatizing pensions. It’s just another thing they want to profit from," said Maria José Benito, 68.
The protests came ahead of next month’s snap election as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party criticized the conservative opposition Popular Party for making overtures about privatizing public pensions.
Spain also has been roiled by protests this fall around the issue of housing, as rental and home costs have risen in recent years beyond what many Spaniards can afford.
Taking their cue from Spaniards, protesters in Lisbon demanding affordable housing marched across the city on Saturday.
They have also targeted recent measures announced by the government of Prime Minister Luis Montenegro that include easing the cap on yearly rent increases and facilitating the eviction of tenants who fail to pay rent.
Montenegro defends the measures, saying that they aim at reinforcing trust between tenants and landlords and boosting the rentals market. Protesters claim that the measures are not balanced and put tenants in a more vulnerable position.
Musk Accuses Ukraine of Violating Starlink's Terms of Servicehttps://english.aawsat.com/world/5333337-musk-accuses-ukraine-violating-starlinks-terms-service
FILE PHOTO: The silhouette of Elon Musk and Starlink logo are seen in this illustration taken June 11, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Musk Accuses Ukraine of Violating Starlink's Terms of Service
FILE PHOTO: The silhouette of Elon Musk and Starlink logo are seen in this illustration taken June 11, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Tech tycoon Elon Musk accused Ukraine on Saturday of violating Starlink's terms of service by using it for "drone strikes to kill people", after tension between Washington and Kyiv over disruptions to the SpaceX-made network crucial to the Ukrainian army's operations.
"Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people," Musk wrote in a post on X, but added that that loophole was closed last week.
"Starlink's terms have remained consistent as a civilian system, not a means of killing. Violation of those terms will result in end of service," he wrote in another post.
He added that Starlink remained "critical to the defense of Ukraine, as it is the only system that cannot be jammed or blown up, at least for now. Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately."
While Musk has shifted stance on Ukraine many times since Russia's invasion in 2022, he has insisted that any disruption was the responsibility of the US government, not SpaceX, AFP reported.
Kyiv relies on the civilian Starlink satellite communications system and the military-grade Starshield version as it tries to defend itself from Russian missile and drone attacks.
"Monitoring systems are recording a recovery in the speed of Starlink/Starshield. We are registering a speed of more than 400 km/h, the connection is stable," Defense Minister Yevgeniy Khmara said in a statement on Saturday.
"This result is above all important for our front, for our soldiers, for the operation of drones, for logistics and for communications," he added.
"Right now, the speed is what we need. The restoration began during the night," he said on social media.
"This is very important; it's significant for our frontline logistics, for protecting Ukraine" from rocket-powered drones, he stressed.
The satellite network has been at the center of a row between Ukraine and the United States.
Zelensky had accused Washington of helping Russia by failing to warn Kyiv of incoming missile strikes and hobbling its military response by throttling Starlink's speed.
Khmara credited Zelensky's "firm stance" on the issue, judging that it was "bearing fruit".
Obama Blasts Trump's 'Chaos and Cruelty' While Campaigning for Democratshttps://english.aawsat.com/world/5333334-obama-blasts-trumps-chaos-and-cruelty-while-campaigning-democrats
Former US President Barack Obama campaigns for Democratic US Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson at a rally in Detroit, Michigan, US October 24, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Obama Blasts Trump's 'Chaos and Cruelty' While Campaigning for Democrats
Former US President Barack Obama campaigns for Democratic US Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson at a rally in Detroit, Michigan, US October 24, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Former US president Barack Obama delivered scathing criticisms of current leader Donald Trump at rallies Saturday in Ohio and Michigan to support Democratic candidates ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
Democrats are attempting to wrest back control of one or both chambers of the US Congress, which are currently controlled by Trump's Republican party, said AFP.
Obama retains considerable popularity among the Democratic base, which he is keen to leverage to support his party's candidates.
In both states, the 65-year-old former president blamed the Trump administration for the rising cost of living, a top voter concern.
"The current president chose to make a series of bad decisions," Obama said in Cleveland, Ohio, where he rallied in support of former Democratic senator Sherrod Brown.
"Most importantly, he decided to start an unnecessary war that nobody asked for."
The war on Iran has sent oil prices soaring as Tehran effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz after being attacked.
"After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence, the likes of which we have not seen in the modern era, you get a chance to say, 'Enough is enough,'" Obama declared. "We are voting for change right here in Ohio."
Later, in Michigan, Obama campaigned for Abdul El-Sayed, from the party's left wing, who is in a close race with Republican Mike Rogers for the US Senate.
"Imagine the power duo of Abdul and Elissa," Obama said, referring to the incumbent Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin, who is not up for election this year.
"You got a Muslim man, you got a Jewish woman fighting for you in the United States Senate. That's something, Michigan, you can be proud of."
Trump slammed Obama's campaign in Michigan in a post on Truth Social on Sunday, urging voters to choose Rogers.
"Obama was a grossly incompetent President! He paid off Iran with $Billions, and gave them a road to a Nuclear Weapon," Trump said, referring to a 2015 deal negotiated under Obama that offered Iran sanctions relief in return for drastically scaling back its nuclear work.
Trump withdrew from that deal during his first term and imposed sweeping sanctions, including on countries that bought Iranian oil.
Western countries accuse Iran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, something Tehran denies, defending its right to what it insists is a civilian nuclear program.
- 'Don't procrastinate' -
Obama also urged voters to cast their ballots as soon as possible since early voting is already open in both states.
In Ohio, Brown will attempt a comeback against incumbent Republican Senator Jon Husted, while the race for governor will be contested between Democrat Amy Acton and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, a former presidential candidate in 2024.
Polls for Ohio give Democrats a slight lead in both those races, but the results are expected to be close.
Obama also took digs at Trump's renovation projects across the US capital, including his botched renovation of the National Mall's Reflecting Pool, his construction of a massive White House Ballroom and the gilded decorations he has adorned the Oval Office with during his second tenure.
"He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory," Obama said, referring to the popular but indulgent American restaurant chain.
Nationally, polls also suggest that Democrats could regain control of the House of Representatives but face a much more competitive contest for the Senate.
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