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Revision as of 18:43, 9 October 2024 by Dmhll (talk | contribs) (details + source that doesn't have paywall)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) October 9, 2024 (2024-10-09) (Wednesday)Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Milton
- More than 5.5 million people remain under evacuation orders as Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall over Florida, United States, as one of the strongest ever storms to hit the state. (The New York Times)
- Hurricane Milton weakens into a category 4 storm as it is expected to make landfall in Florida in the early hours of Thursday. (CBS News)
- Hurricane Milton
Law and crime
- Japan's former longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, is confirmed innocent after the prosecution waives his right to appeal. (NHK)
Science and technology
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- British computer scientist Demis Hassabis and American chemist John M. Jumper are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on protein structure prediction, and American biochemist and computational biologist David Baker, for his work on computational protein design. (The New York Times) (Nobel Prize)