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Monday, November 9, 2026
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Man in custody after fires at a shed and a home in southwest Lubbock; arson charges expected
A 47-year-old man is expected to face two arson charges after fires at a shed and a home in the 6700 block of 87th Street in southwest Lubbock on Sunday, Nov. 8, Lubbock Fire Rescue said, according to KCBD and EverythingLubbock. Firefighters dispatched just before noon found a small shed burning and initially canceled other units.
The department said the man, who was being evaluated by UMC EMS for possible smoke inhalation, left the ambulance, barricaded himself in the home and intentionally set parts of it on fire. Lubbock police removed him and took him into custody. After a medical evaluation, he is expected to be booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center on first-degree and second-degree arson charges.
Sources KCBD · EverythingLubbock
State
Justice Department moves to take over Texas' Medicaid lawsuit against Planned Parenthood after Democrat wins attorney general
The U.S. Justice Department has notified a federal court that it will intervene in the lawsuit Texas joined against Planned Parenthood over $10 million in Medicaid payments days after Democrat Nathan Johnson was elected Texas attorney general, the Texas Tribune reported Sunday, Nov. 8. Texas, which joined in 2022, seeks more than $1.8 billion in reimbursement, penalties and fees.
The case, championed by outgoing Attorney General Ken Paxton, is before U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, and both sides have proposed an April 2027 trial. Planned Parenthood, which calls the suit meritless, said Sunday it will keep fighting. Johnson said Sunday his office is reviewing the federal move and that when he takes office he will "take appropriate action."
Sources Texas Tribune
U.S. & World
Trump says his deportation policy ‘might be too tough’ and that an immigration deal with Democrats is doable
President Donald Trump said in his first major interview since Republicans lost both chambers of Congress that his administration's deportation policy was part of the reason, telling CBS's 60 Minutes in an interview that aired Sunday, Nov. 8, that it "might be too tough." He said he thinks he can reach an immigration agreement with the new Democratic majority, without giving specifics.
Trump taped the interview Friday, shortly before naming Stephen Miller, the architect of his hard-line immigration agenda, as White House chief of staff. Trump also said he got high marks for closing the border, Fox News reported. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called Miller's appointment a promotion, not a course correction.
Sources Fox News · EverythingLubbock (AP)
Congress returns for a lame-duck session facing a Dec. 11 government funding deadline
Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week for the first time since the midterm elections, with current federal funding set to run out Dec. 11 and the threat of another government shutdown if no deal is reached, Fox News Digital reported Monday, Nov. 9. Republicans control both chambers until Democrats take over in January.
One House Republican told Fox News Digital he expects another short-term continuing resolution through February or March. Some Democrats have signaled they could use the Iran war as leverage in spending talks. Also pending are the farm bill, a transportation infrastructure bill, a bipartisan tax package and a debt ceiling deadline coming in January, along with leadership races.
Sources Fox News
Duffy Law Firm, PCRubio defends the Iran war as necessary if not popular, heads to Paris for G7 talks
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday, Nov. 8, that President Donald Trump launched the war against Iran to stop its nuclear ambitions even though it was not "necessarily popular," the Associated Press reported. He spoke in Florida before leaving for a two-day Group of 7 foreign ministers meeting in Paris that begins Monday.
Rubio declined to comment directly on Republicans' election losses and differed with Vice President JD Vance, who last week largely blamed the war for them. The G7 agenda includes the Russia-Ukraine war, the Iran conflict, energy and artificial intelligence, and allies are eager to hear how Trump will approach foreign policy after the midterms.
Sources EverythingLubbock (AP) · EverythingLubbock (AP)
Russia and Ukraine trade long-range strikes hours before new U.S.-brokered talks
Russia struck Ukraine's power grid again and Ukrainian forces hit another major Russian oil refinery, officials said Monday, Nov. 9, hours before delegations from Moscow and Kyiv were due to meet for new U.S.-brokered talks on ending the war, the Associated Press reported. Russia's Defense Ministry said it targeted four electrical substations in the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Vinnytsia regions.
President Donald Trump said in a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday that the two sides are very close to a deal and that Ukraine would have a somewhat different shape under a settlement, without elaborating. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the European Union agreed to activate an emergency mechanism to speed funding for power repairs.
Sources EverythingLubbock (AP)
Nvidia opens an investigation into reports CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence; China calls it a smear
Nvidia's board said Sunday, Nov. 8, that it is investigating reports that CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort, after Huang acknowledged he had been intimate with a business executive whom, according to The New York Times, U.S. intelligence determined was gathering information for Beijing, the Associated Press reported. Huang, 63, will remain CEO during the review.
The board said it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised. In a letter to employees, Huang apologized and said he took full responsibility. On Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun called the spying allegation "nothing but smears against China."
Sources EverythingLubbock (AP) · EverythingLubbock (AP)
Deportation flight carrying Iranian nationals from Arizona canceled at the last minute, attorney says
A U.S. deportation flight of Iranian nationals bound for Iran by way of Georgia and Pakistan was abruptly canceled Sunday morning, Nov. 8, after at least eight Iranians were loaded onto the plane in Mesa, Arizona, an attorney for some of the detainees said, according to the Associated Press. Ali Rahnama of the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund said no reason was given.
Court documents unsealed days earlier in a civil lawsuit filed by the fund showed the administration said as recently as mid-October that it planned to deport Iranians to Iran through an unnamed third country despite the war. The suit, filed in July, alleges the government illegally shared confidential asylum information with Iranian officials.
Sources EverythingLubbock (AP)
U.N. climate summit opens in Turkey as the Iran war's oil shock reshapes energy policy
World leaders, delegates and activists opened the U.N. climate summit known as COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday, Nov. 9, after a year of deadly heat waves and disasters such as devastating floods in Nepal, the Associated Press reported. The two-week conference is expected to draw about 68,500 people.
The talks come as the Iran war has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, driving up prices for gasoline, oil, fertilizers and pesticides and pushing governments toward renewable energy. U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell told the opening session that "COP31 must supercharge solutions," pointing to practical steps such as cutting methane emissions.
Sources EverythingLubbock (AP)
Gunman who killed six in Krakow's main square dies in the hospital; prosecutors probe whether anyone helped him
The 24-year-old man with far-right views who killed six people and wounded 15 in Krakow's Old Town square on Saturday died in the hospital at 4:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, Polish police said, according to the Associated Press and Fox News. He had been shot by police during the attack and underwent multiple operations.
Prosecutor Eryk Stasielak told the AP investigators are examining whether anyone inspired or helped him and how he obtained so many weapons. Fox News, citing the AP, reported that police found the bodies of the gunman's mother, father and sister at the family's home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski. A British man and an Austrian woman were among the dead.
Sources Fox News · EverythingLubbock (AP)
Advanced GraphixTwo trains collide south of Cairo, killing seven and injuring at least 125
Two trains collided Sunday, Nov. 8, in the al-Ayyat district of Giza province, about 32 miles south of Cairo, killing seven people, including a conductor, and injuring at least 125, Egyptian authorities said, according to the Associated Press. The Health Ministry said more than 70 of the injured were treated and discharged.
Officials said a train headed to Fayoum crashed into the last car of a Cairo-to-Aswan train that was stopped on the same track and traveling in the same direction. The chief prosecutor's office sent investigators to the site. Derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where the rail system has a history of mismanagement and poor maintenance.
Sources EverythingLubbock (AP) · PBS NewsHour
Trump says his Dana White press secretary offer was a joke; White still due at the White House Monday
President Donald Trump said Sunday, Nov. 8, that he was only kidding when he posted that he had offered UFC chief Dana White the job of White House press secretary, calling it "just a little fun," the Associated Press reported. Trump told reporters in Florida that White likes the idea and is a very capable guy.
White is still set to visit the White House on Monday, Nov. 9, which Trump said was for other reasons, NewsNation reported. The White House currently has no press secretary. The offer followed Trump's Friday move naming Stephen Miller chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles, after Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress.
Sources EverythingLubbock (AP) · EverythingLubbock
Cowboys score in the final minute to beat the Colts 27-23 in Indianapolis
Javonte Williams scored on a 1-yard run in the final minute and rookie Caleb Downs intercepted a desperation pass to seal it as the Dallas Cowboys beat the Indianapolis Colts 27-23 on Sunday, Nov. 8, in Indianapolis. The Colts had taken a 23-20 lead on a 50-yard Spencer Shrader field goal with 1:37 left.
Dak Prescott then hit Ryan Flournoy for 46 yards, and a pass interference penalty set up the score. CeeDee Lamb caught 10 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown, and Prescott threw for 335 yards and two scores. Dallas outgained Indianapolis 508 yards to 271 despite 14 penalties for 153 yards and two lost fumbles.
Sources Fox News · Dallas Cowboys
Ken Walker scores three touchdowns as the Chiefs beat the Jets 35-12
Running back Ken Walker scored three touchdowns and had 143 yards from scrimmage as the Kansas City Chiefs beat the New York Jets 35-12 on Sunday, Nov. 8, ending a two-game losing streak and improving to 6-2. Kansas City trailed through the first quarter, then outscored New York 35-6.
The Chiefs' defense recorded five sacks, two each by Chris Jones and George Karlaftis, and kept the Jets out of the end zone. Patrick Mahomes briefly left with an elbow injury in the first half and said he would undergo more testing. Receiver Xavier Worthy and tackle Jaylon Moore also left early. Kansas City plays at Atlanta next Sunday.
Sources Kansas City Chiefs
