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Author Malcolm Gladwell has released 'The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic', a new book examining gun violence in the United States. The book investigates the origins and scale of America's gun epidemic, continuing Gladwell's practice of applying narrative nonfiction to major social questions. Coverage is circulating as readers and commentators respond to his treatment of one of the country's most contentious policy debates.

Detroit artist Mario Moore is pushing to create a monument honouring civil rights leader Malcolm X, who never received one. Moore discussed the project on WDET's The Metro, arguing the human rights icon deserves permanent recognition in Detroit. The proposal has drawn attention as cities re-examine which historical figures get commemorated in public space.

A high-severity vulnerability, EUVD-2026-76738, has been published for Malcolm, the open-source network traffic analysis toolkit distributed by CISA. The flaw, scored 9.2 out of 10 on the CVSS v3.1 scale, stems from an example environment-configuration file for a bundled inventory-management component that ships with a fixed, publicly known administrative password. The advisory was published on 11 September 2026 and updated on 2 October 2026.

A vulnerability tracked as EUVD-2026-76736 has been published for Malcolm, with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.3 out of 10. According to the advisory, a prior update that raised a bundled HTTP client library to a version fixing known vulnerabilities was later reverted, reintroducing the earlier, vulnerable version. The advisory was published on 11 September 2026 and updated on 2 October 2026.

Author Malcolm Gladwell is promoting his new book, 'The American Way of Killing', in a new interview. The book examines America's relationship with lethal violence, a recurring theme in his work. Coverage of the interview has put the title back into public conversation as Gladwell explains its arguments.