rss: npr

  • When caring for aging family members becomes cost prohibitive
    AARP reports family caregivers are spending 60% more than they were five years ago. Journalist Paula Span discusses the rising costs of caregiving and senior living, and the options available to us.
  • For Ukraine's Kherson region, a short ceasefire meant a momentary return to normal life
    In Kherson city, usually seething with Russian drones, friends met at cafes, families were out together and shoppers stocked up. "The city seems alive," said one resident, "just like it used to be."
  • Indian navy rescues 20 crew from Iranian fishing boat hijacked off Somalia
    he operation involved a warship, a maritime surveillance aircraft and marine commandos. The hijacking followed a resurgence of Somali piracy across the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean.
  • Control of Congress is at stake today. And, judge to consider motion in Clancy case
    Election Day is here, and voters are heading to the polls in an election that may change control of Congress. And, a judge is considering whether to dismiss Lindsay Clancy's murder case.
  • Death toll hits 29 after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site, with 48 still missing
    Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles across nine regions, President Zelenskyy said in an online post that noted the barrage coincided with U.S. elections.
  • Four types of House races to watch on election night to know how it might go
    As polls close on Election Day and results start rolling in, these are some of the House races that will help explain how the midterms are unfolding.
  • New restrictions at Texas Tech are changing what professors can teach
    The rules have led to changes in course materials, prompted accusations of censorship and fueled pushback from faculty and students, including faculty departures, student protests and a federal lawsuit.
  • How NPR makes race calls in the 2026 election
    Race calls are a critical part of election night and NPR partners with the Associated Press to make those calls. Here's how we do it.
  • From 'model minority' to target, anti-Indian hate on the rise
    A massacre allegedly targeting Hindu Americans was recently thwarted, but researchers say it helps to illustrate a growing and increasingly mainstream hate directed at South Asians in the U.S.
  • 'Messy,' 'divided' and 'scary': swing voters rate the country ahead of Election Day
    One last check in with the Swing Shift voters before Election Day. All of them voted for President Trump. Now, they're rating his presidency and deciding who to support when he's not on the ballot.


rss: bbc

  • How the US midterm results could unfold - as millions of Americans head to the polls
    The BBC's North America correspondent considers three different scenarios, and what they would mean for the country.
  • Seven flights across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threats
    Planes in Poland, Spain, Bulgaria and Italy have been checked for explosives following separate threats.
  • King calls slave trade a 'shameful chapter' during Commonwealth address
    The speech comes after calls for the UK government to issue a formal apology for Britain's historic role in the trade.
  • Celebrity loses injunction bid but will stay anonymous pending appeal
    The unnamed man asked for an injunction to stop his identity being reported in connection with allegations against him.
  • Death toll rises in Ukraine after Russia attacks aid centre, hospice and hospital
    At least 38 people are killed in 24 hours and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky warns dozens more could be trapped under rubble.
  • Jewellery sold as sterling silver on Amazon and Temu found to contain toxic chemicals
    An investigation by Watchdog analysed 25 items bought from Amazon, Etsy, Temu, eBay and OnBuy.
  • Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack
    An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.
  • Spanish footballer dies after collision with goalkeeper during match
    Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel has died after the 30-year-old suffered a serious injury during a Spanish second-division match.
  • Reform UK councillor charged with rape and sexual assault
    The Crown Prosecution Service has charged George Madgwick with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape.
  • Third teen arrested after Halloween party stabbings
    Five teenage boys, aged 16 and 17, were found with stab wounds at the party on Saturday night.


rss: the register

  • Password manager mSecure tells users to change passwords, won't say why
    Customers left wondering what's been compromised after vendor advises resetting passwords, 2FA and passkeys
  • GhostBSD 26.2 takes the fright out of FreeBSD with a friendlier installer
    Full-disk encryption joins the toolkit, MATE and Xfce stay while Gershwin sits this one out
  • ShinyHunters hit 850k alumni, donors, students, and fam in last year's Harvard University raid
    How about them apples? Plenty of personal + donation data leaked by crims, data-sifting breach site claims a year after attack
  • Pokémon bakeoff reveals best JavaScript frameworks for AI
    Sorry React die-hards, Claude prefers lean HTML-first tools over bloated SPAs
  • NHS counts Palantir benefits at trusts that say they're not using it
    Medact flags 29 disputed entries as ministers weigh £330M deal's future
  • Drax wants to feed Britain's AI habit with £20B datacenter at biomass power station
    But first it needs planning permission, government approval and, rather importantly, a customer
  • Virgin Media O2 outlines plans to lay off thousands as revenue falls
    Telco expects to deliver cost savings of £800M by 2029, with £300M coming from staff cuts
  • Britain on notice: AI-powered ransomware attacks to arrive by 2028
    Cyber agency warns critical infrastructure is a likely target as chief urges bosses to stop doing 'tech on the cheap'
  • Apple's Mac business is booming, but the memory market has other plans
    New CEO John Ternus toasts record sales as soaring RAM costs threaten supplies and squeeze margins
  • Broadcom denied names of cloud providers backing VMware merger challenge
    EU court's confidentiality ruling clears a procedural hurdle, not the merits of CISPE's case against Commission approval


rss: ars technica

  • Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes
    Google has cut ties with the company behind the botnet campaign.
  • This space company is betting its future on a propellant available everywhere
    Is that water in your spacecraft, or are you just happy to see the delta-V?
  • UEFI bootkit infected fully patched Windows machines. Is Microsoft to blame?
    UEFI bootkit BlackX exploits Microsoft's lack of clarity around Secure Boot protections.
  • Trump wanted to give No Kings no air. Then, Meta suspended its Instagram.
    Meta faces pressure to protect No Kings Instagram on election day.
  • EPA throws in the towel on policing air pollution from factory farms
    Critics say EPA is effectively abandoning Clean Air Act enforcement at factory farms.
  • Beyond screens: Mercedes-Benz's new holographic heads-up display
    After pioneering the passenger screen, Mercedes has designs on the windshield.
  • "At Home in Space" opens, caps Air and Space Museum renovation
    The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum has all of its "space" back open.
  • Why large dogs age faster than small ones, and other October research highlights
    Plus invisible tattoos, medieval skeleton gets an ID, trapping a single antimatter particle, and more.
  • Third person dies of bird flu since virus started jumping to livestock
    The threat is still considered to be low, but the virus continues to spread.
  • Googling "Zelda" today offers a glimpse of how search worked in 1998
    "The flow of time is always cruel."


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