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From local happenings to national topics and global events, here is the news worth knowing from the week of Oct. 14, 2024. 

Local

Police fatally shoot Dayton man after responding to mental health call

On Saturday, Oct. 19, Police shot and killed a man who showed a weapon, while responding to a domestic call at a Dayton residence, according to Dayton Daily News. 

“Officers first made contact with the caller and learned that the male had a history of violence and mental health,” police said. Police said after attempting to de-escalate the situation for more than 25 minutes, the man “brandished his weapon” and in return, police shot at him. 

The man succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. 

National 

Former One Direction member Liam Payne dead at 31

On Wednesday, Oct. 16, Liam Payne, former member of the popular british boy band One Direction, died after falling off his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, according to the Associated Press. He was 31 years-old. 

The police in a statement to the Associated Press said Payne “had jumped from the balcony of his room.” Police rushed to the hotel in response to an emergency call just after 5 p.m. local time warning of an “aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol,” the statement added.

Global 

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza

On Thursday, Oct. 17, Israel’s foreign minister confirmed that Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, was killed, according to the Associated Press. 

Sinwar has topped Israel’s most-wanted list since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war just over a year ago, and his killing strikes a powerful blow to the militant group. 

Analysts say Sinwar’s killing has presented Israel, which has struggled to articulate an exit strategy from Gaza, with an off-ramp to end the war.