2026-10-09
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded
this year's Nobel Peace Prize to former UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillai.
The chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jorgen Vatnes Friednes, says Pillai's work is vital.
This year's laureate has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes...
Crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.
Pillai is of Indian Tamil descent.
She was born under apartheid in South Africa in 1941. She worked to defend Nelson Mandela.
Pillai is now a member of the International Court of Justice in the Hague.
Weather forecasters say Hurricane Isaias has top-sustained winds of 110 miles per hour.
It's poised to develop into a major Category 3 hurricane,
and it's headed for the Gulf Coasts of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.
It could make landfall late today.
Governors there have declared states of emergency.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan will be viewed by the public.
NPR's Quill Lawrence reports the U.S.
Has not had public executions since 1936. Hegseth says members of the public will be able to watch a live stream
of the execution by firing squad, which is scheduled for December.
He said it in an interview with a right-wing news service, Real America's Voice,