rss: npr

  • UN's peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years
    The U.N.'s long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased operations Sunday after 35 years. Once ruled by Spain, it is claimed by both Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.
  • 9 dead as jet nosedives and erupts into fireball near busy roadway in South Florida
    U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy says all nine people died aboard a business jet that crashed into a Florida neighborhood. The aircraft departed from Austin, Texas, and was headed to the Bahamas.
  • Do you know signs of a stroke? BE FAST are the words to remember
    Sen. Chris Murphy is expected to fully recover from his stroke. The acronym BE FAST can help you remember the symptoms of stroke and what to do when it happens: Call 911 quickly.
  • Gulf region on edge as Qatar leads talks with Iran to stave off new U.S. attacks
    Qatar has been leading intense mediation efforts over the past 72 hours to prevent a new round of possible U.S. attacks on Iran after Tuesday's midterm elections. The uncertainty has the entire Gulf region on edge.
  • Haley Stevens endorses GOP candidate in Michigan Senate race, spurning Abdul El-Sayed
    Rep. Haley Stevens was scheduled to attend a unity event today with Abdul El-Sayed, who beat her in the Democratic primary. Instead, she endorsed his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers.
  • Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy is hospitalized with a stroke
    Murphy's office says he was taken to the hospital this weekend after experiencing numbness in his arm. His chief of staff said he is responding well to treatment and expected to make a full recovery.
  • How to think about the midterms — and the political moment the country is in
    Polls show Democrats with an advantage in the midterm election but there are potential limitations and results may take a while to roll in.
  • Judge tosses Trump's attempt to block Alaska Senate results if GOP incumbent loses
    A federal judge has dismissed a highly unusual lawsuit by the Trump administration that tried to block the certification of results from Alaska's U.S. Senate race if the Republican incumbent lost.
  • The midterms will test the nation's political direction and confidence
    At least some portion of the nation is likely to have its political confidence — and perhaps even its sense of security — tested in the days and weeks ahead. That test could also continue for some time to come.
  • New York City Marathon: Sweden's Almgren and Kenya's Chepkirui win as 60,000 take part
    Andreas Almgren of Sweden won the men's race of the New York City Marathon in his debut in the event while Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won the women's race on Sunday for the second time.


rss: bbc

  • Mother told to book appointment to give birth to her dead baby
    Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust apologises for care it says "fell short of the standards" expected.
  • Iran killed her teenage daughter - now she is facing up to the regime
    Samira's 16-year-old daughter Sevda was shot dead as they took part in mass protests in January.
  • Five teenagers stabbed at Halloween party
    Hampshire Police believes an unknown group gained entry to the party at an address in Chandler's Ford.
  • Nine killed as small jet crashes on Florida street
    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy described the crash, which happened near President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, as a "horrific tragedy".
  • Anthony Zurcher: Democrats have high hopes for midterms, but polls have let them down before
    Polls have been predicting a Democratic surge, but last-minute deciders and sampling issues mean there's no guarantee.
  • 'I've had people eating cat food': Rising cost of living top of mind for US voters
    The BBC's Clive Myrie travelled to North Caroline where voters voiced their frustrations ahead of midterm elections.
  • Antonelli becomes youngest world champion as Verstappen wins in Mexico
    Kimi Antonelli becomes the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history as Max Verstappen wins the Mexico City Grand Prix.
  • After a 28-year trek around the world, homebound Karl Bushby crosses the Humber Bridge
    The British adventurer is due to complete his 31,000-mile challenge in Hull on Monday.
  • King to address slavery in Antigua as PM says he is open to possible UK apology
    King Charles III will deliver a speech to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on Tuesday as he concludes his nine-day Caribbean tour.
  • A&E warning system to flag sick children deteriorating quickly
    The initiative, in England, will help busy staff identify children who are deteriorating quickly as they wait for emergency care.


rss: the register

  • Manager threatened to fire a colleague, then gave them a critical task – which they flubbed
    Nobody noticed for years, at which point the boss realized they had to cover up their poor decision
  • Chap who coded Google’s Pac-Man clone reveals how the game freaked out Firefox
    Waka-waka-waka-waka why why why why?
  • India floats AI plan under which ‘The model travels to the data, rather than the data travelling to the model’
    Wants more local AI, without Big Tech getting open access to everything
  • Google says Asian advertisers spending less due to Europe's customs changes
    PLUS: Brake pedals break on Huawei-made cars; North Korea named as source of Binance hack; and more!
  • Linus Torvalds says Linux kernel is out of ‘stabilization phase’ and using ‘much healthier model’ for AI contributions
    Yet machine-made patches ‘often get rewritten’
  • 'Mother of all editors' Emacs is 50
    By a startling coincidence, so is its arch-rival Vi
  • Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions – Openreach
    Legacy public switched telephone network service is to be retired on January 31, 2027
  • Google's AI satellite sends a very expensive haiku to Earth
    Experimental orbital datacenter prototype puts its TPU to work producing poetry
  • Goth aesthetic gone wild: a user's self-inflicted black screen of non-death in Windows 3.1’s
    Labeled in black on black - controls for a galactic hyper-hearse or ill-advised Windows theme?
  • Amazon sends chills through its workforce with mixed message memo about AI use
    A lot of software engineers feel bleak about the future of the profession


rss: ars technica

  • Seabirds racing home over the ocean can get jet-lagged
    A long flight home from feeding grounds messes with birds' internal clocks.
  • The FDA wants to pull its approval of a drug. It’s not so easy.
    The regulator says Tavneos was approved on the basis of manipulated study data. Should patients still have access to it?
  • Once again, NASA is asking for ideas to rescue Hubble from certain death
    The space agency solicited ideas for reboosting Hubble four years ago, but they didn't go anywhere.
  • Flesh-eating screwworms spread to third state and are attacking pets
    USDA has identified 74 animal cases in US since parasitic flies invaded in June.
  • Oh captain, our captain: Ars staff remembers Patrick Stewart
    "For huge numbers of people, I will always be Jean-Luc Picard. ... We created an admirable individual."
  • Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers
    Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.
  • Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours
    It's still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic's verified Cursor account.
  • Dartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job
    People who love AI don't always love telling others they used it.
  • Over 25% of people lie to get antibiotics—and their lies aren't even good
    Faked symptoms still point to infections that antibiotics don't treat.
  • Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders
    But it's still early days for the relatively new e-commerce use case.


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