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You’d be forgiven for assuming that Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet would top the Billboard albums chart in its first week of eligibility.

Sabrina Carpenter has the No. 1 album — and 3 of the week’s top 5 songs

Sabrina Carpenter was expected to have a massive week. Still, her journey to the top of the album charts was fraught right up to its final moments, as she fended off a furious challenge from rapper Travis Scott.

The scene of where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was reportedly killed Friday in Absard, Iran, a city just east of Tehran. Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist that Israel alleged led the Islamic Republic's military nuclear program until its disbanding in the early 2000s, was assassinated Friday, state TV said.

Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Killed In Attack

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, believed to have led Iran's military nuclear program, died from wounds after an attack, causing outrage in Iran and raising international concerns over potential retaliation.

A computer chip is seen on a newly issued credit card in this photo illustration taken in Encinitas, Calif., this week. In an effort to reduce counterfeit and credit card fraud, more than 200 million payment cards have been issued with embedded computer chips in the U.S., ahead of a Oct. 1 deadline for the switch to such cards, according to the Smart Card Alliance.

3 Things To Know About Those New Credit Cards

Today is the deadline card issuers have given for merchants to be ready to accept the new, more secure, computer-chipped cards. But there's still a long way to go.

Missouri in top ten in first rural hospital funding allocation

The money comes from President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill passed in the summer, and aims to offset huge cuts to Medicaid, which is used by more than a million Missourians.

The Uzbek and Russian teams clash in the World Nomad Games as Uzbekistan tries to score in a game of kok-boru — a form of polo played with a headless goat carcass.

Headless Goat Polo Is A Top Sport At World Nomad Games

The event is touted as a way to connect to past traditions in Kyrgyzstan — and perhaps boost the tourism industry.

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WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH ANDY ROONEY, CBS TELEVISION COMMENTATOR, ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK "MY WAR," PUBLISHED BY TIMES BOOK, IN WHICH HE RECALLS HIS YEARS AS A CORRESPONDENT DURING WORLD WAR II FOR THE STARS AND STRIPES.

Hatteras Light

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on the ongoing battle over the fate of the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. The striking black-and-white striped lighthouse, on North Carolina's outer banks, is in danger of falling into the ocean. Beach erosion is the culprit -- and no one can agree on how to save the historic structure.

German Murders

Robert talks with reporter Eric Pilgrim of the European Stars and Stripes about the trial of 2 American teenage boys. The boys will serve 7 to 8 years for the deaths of two German drivers. The drivers were killed after the boys dropped rocks from a pedestrian onto the windshields of the passing cars.

Palestinian Refugees

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the fate of Palestinian refugees remains a key stumbling block in efforts to forge a final peace deal. Palestinians say the refugees have the right to return to homes in what is now Israel. Israelis of all political stripes say that can never happen.

FIFA's ethics committee has suspended President Sepp Blatter for 90 days, along with UEFA President and FIFA Vice President Michel Platini and FIFA Secretary-General Jérôme Valcke.

FIFA Suspends President Sepp Blatter And Other Top Officials

The 90-day suspensions go into effect immediately and could be extended, FIFA says. Along with President Blatter, the group banned one of his rivals for six years.

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