NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
1 Major earthquake: A reported 7.5 magnitude earthquake off the Alaska Peninsula on Monday prompted tsunami warnings for a vast swath of communities across southern Alaska. The warning was later downgraded to an advisory by the National Tsunami Warning Center, following the quake off the coast of Sand Point, Alaska. The Alaska Earthquake Center said the quake was widely felt in communities along the southern coast, including Sand Point, Unalaska and the Kenai Peninsula. The Alaska Earthquake Center said a magnitude 5.2 aftershock was reported 11 minutes later, centered roughly in the same area.
2 _ Debate rules: President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will have their microphones turned off during parts of the final presidential debate on Thursday, the Commission on Presidential Debates said Monday night. Each candidate will have an uninterrupted two minutes to speak at the beginning of each of the six 15minute segments of the debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Both candidates’ mics will then be turned on for “a period of open discussion” in the segment’s remaining time.
3 _ Guard charged: A Denver television station security guard accused of fatally shooting a propolice demonstrator following opposing rallies was charged Monday with seconddegree murder, according to the district court clerk’s office. The charges in the death of Lee Keltner, 49, were filed against Matthew Dolloff, 30, who was protecting a TV news producer at the time of the incident. Police say Keltner was in a verbal dispute with a man as the rallies broke up when Dolloff and another person got into an altercation with Keltner. Keltner slapped Dolloff on the head and Dolloff pulled out a handgun and shot Keltner as Keltner discharged pepper spray at him, police said in an arrest affidavit.
4 _ Missing hiker found: A Los Angeles woman who was missing for about two weeks in Zion National Park in Utah has been found and has reunited with her family. Holly Suzanne Courtier, 38, was found Sunday by searchandrescue crews after park rangers received a tip, park officials said in a statement. Crews began searching for Courtier after she didn’t show up for her scheduled pickup in the park on Oct. 6, authorities said. Her daughter, Kailey Chambers, said shortly after Courtier set out on her hike, she injured her head on a tree with a blow so disorienting that she could not seek help or stray far. She survived by staying near water until searchers found her. Courtier is recovering and receiving medical care.
5 _ Abortion ruling: A federal appeals court has upheld a Kentucky law requiring abortion clinics to have written agreements with a hospital and an ambulance service in case of medical emergencies. The decision reverses a lower court ruling that invalidated the 1998 law. The appeals court ruled that the “district court erred in concluding that Kentucky would be left without an abortion facility.” Two clinics have since been allowed to provide abortions after Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who supports abortion rights, took office in late 2019.