The Daily Populous

Sunday October 12nd, 2025 morning edition

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ET): This piece has been updated because, following publication, many fired employees began receiving emails communicating that despite the earlier notice, they would no longer be terminated.

The culling reportedly started with at least 4,000 people across departments including Education, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development and Energy, among others.

They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players.

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

(As of Saturday night, all those offices were being reinstated, according to the HHS official.).

He said he planned to fire officials in charge and appoint people who would “turn them back into healing and public health agencies.”. »

16 people died in a blast at a Tennessee explosives factory early Friday, the sheriff says

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McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — A blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around killed 16 people and left no survivors, authorities said.

AP AUDIO: There are no survivors in the blast at a Tennessee explosives factory, sheriff says AP correspondent Julie Walker reports there are no survivors in the blast at a Tennessee explosives factory according to the local sheriff.

Pamela Jane Brown was among those who came out to pray for friends missing in the blast and their families. »

The 10-year-old girl saved her brother, who was choking on candy, by performing the Heimlich maneuver.

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The 10-year-old girl saved her brother, who was choking on candy, by performing the Heimlich maneuver. 11.10.2025 15:45.

10-year-old Lia quickly and effectively prevented her little brother Logan from choking while he was playing on the trampoline.

In the United States, 10-year-old Lia saved her 7-year-old brother Logan from choking thanks to her quick and accurate intervention. »

A sequel to Aliens: Fireteam Elite is almost certainly in development, having briefly burst onto the ESRB's website

Authored by pcgamer.com

As spotted by Gematsu (via PCGamesN) a listing for Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 briefly appeared on the website for the ESRB—the US' entertainment ratings body.

The page, which has since been taken down, awarded Fireteam Elite 2 a "Mature" rating for "Blood and Gore, Strong Language and Violence" (sounds like an Aliens game!).

Since games only tend to get rated close to release, this would suggest that a surprise launch for Fireteam Elite 2 is imminent. »

Pentagon moves $8 billion from research to pay troops

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The Department of Defense is shifting $8 billion in previously allocated money to pay troops for the middle of the month as the government shutdown continues.

President Donald Trump announced earlier today that he was directing the Department of Defense to use “all available funds” to pay military members on Oct. 15.

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives rejected a proposal to pass a stand-alone bill to pay troops. »