October 1, 2019 (2019-10-01) (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
International relations
Law and crime
- Kuopio school stabbing
- A jury finds Amber Guyger, a former Dallas police officer, guilty of murder. Guyger was indicted last year after fatally shooting her unarmed neighbor, Botham Jean, in his own apartment, which she claims to have mistaken for her own. (The Sacramento Bee)
- A U.S. district judge in Boston, Massachusetts, upholds Harvard University's admissions process following a challenge from a group of Asian American applicants who believe the school discriminated against them. (CNN)
- In the United Kingdom, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce they are suing The Mail on Sunday, as well as its parent company DMG Media, claiming the publisher's newspapers have been publishing "false and deliberately derogatory stories" about their lives. (Yahoo! News)
- Opioid epidemic in the United States
- Aida Merlano, a former Congresswoman who is serving a fifteen-year sentence for buying votes and for firearms offences, escapes from prison in Bogotá, Colombia. (The Independent)
- Trump–Ukraine scandal
- Immigration policy of Donald Trump
- Tax returns of Donald Trump
- A U.S. federal judge in California blocks a state law requiring presidential candidates to disclose income tax returns before their names can appear on the state's primary ballot. The ruling is considered a win for President Donald Trump, who has resisted releasing his tax returns. (CNN)
Politics and elections