8pm ET, October 06 | The latest headlines from NPR
Summary
Krista Pike is awake and speaking after a failed execution in Tennessee, with her attorneys citing severe burns from botched IV placement. The U.S. moved bombers from a UK base amid drone threats, while Skydance completed its $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. German authorities arrested former spy chief August Hanning on espionage charges, and a tropical rainstorm is approaching the Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, student loan borrowers gained an extended deadline for auto-pay interest reductions, and a new defendants union is forming to resist NSPM 7 prosecutions.
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Tennessee woman survives failed execution
US bombers moved from UK base due to drone threats
Skydance completes Warner Bros Discovery takeover
Former German spy chief arrested for espionage
Tropical rainstorm forms in Gulf of Mexico
Student loan auto-pay deadline extended
Leftist organizers launch NSPM 7 defendants union
Stanley Kubrick archive up for auction
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