QUICK HITS

1 Another hurricane forming in Atlantic: A disturbance midway between Africa and South America is set to become the next major hurricane, organizing and intensifying markedly in coming days as it churns west toward the Bahamas and Caribbean. Weather models highlight the potential for the storm to explosively intensify into a Category 4 or 5, to be named Lee, in the next week. Its track could vary across a swath spanning from the U.S. East Coast north to eastern Canada, or skirt away from the coast entirely, according to Accuweather.

2 United Airlines departures resume: United Airlines departures have resumed after being halted nationwide for a brief time Tuesday because of a technology outage. Federal officials said United crews had been unable to contact airline dispatchers through normal means. “United asked the FAA to pause the airline’s departures nationwide,” the Federal Aviation Administration said on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter. The FAA said the issue was limited to United and its subsidiaries.

3 Prosecutors ask to revoke bond for mom of boy who shot teacher: Federal prosecutors want to revoke bond of the mother whose 6-year-old son shot and wounded a teacher at a Virginia elementary school, alleging the woman failed drug tests and missed treatment while free awaiting sentencing in a gun case related to the incident, court filings show. Deja Taylor, 26, of Newport News had been released pending Oct. 18 sentencing for lying about pot use on the background check for a gun purchase and possessing the gun while using pot.

4 Australia mounts rescue of ill Antarctic worker: Australia’s Antarctic research program said it successfully evacuated an“unwell expeditioner” from its research station on the southernmost continent. In a complex operation in the early days of the Southern Hemisphere’s spring — with temperatures of about 12 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday — the Australian Antarctic Program deployed its RSV Nuyina icebreaker from Tasmania, where the program is based.

5 More Ukrainians who fled war may never return: As many as 3.3 million Ukrainians — or almost 8% of the country’s prewar population — may not return home after fleeing Russia’s invasion, a study showed. That estimate is up by as many as 600,000 since December, Ukraine’s Center for Economic Strategy said in a report issued Monday, citing a similar study then.