rss: npr

  • 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 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.
  • Living with high prices in Virginia's 1st Congressional District
    High prices are straining budgets for both a small business owner and a single mom in a rural part of Va.'s 1st Congressional district. They explain how they're handling the economic stress of these times.
  • It's ACA open enrollment time. Here are the changes for health insurance shoppers
    The ACA health insurance marketplaces — find yours at HealthCare.gov — open Nov. 1 for 2027 coverage. Getting an early start may be especially important this year.
  • How Gen Z Republicans running for Congress are thinking about the future of the party
    On the eve of what may prove to be a tough election for the GOP, young conservatives vying to be part of the first class of Gen Z Republicans in Congress want a role shaping the party's next chapter.
  • Here's how to watch election night as the polls close, hour-by-hour
    As polls close on election night, here's a look at what to expect each hour and which midterm races are key to deciding control of Congress.
  • What's it like to run for Congress when the odds are stacked heavily against you?
    The majority of congressional races this cycle are rated either solid Democrat or solid Republican. They're the opposite of tossups, where candidates from the minority party face near impossible odds.
  • Trump thanks supporters for the memories in final campaign stops for 2026 midterms
    President Trump has maintained a near-daily rally schedule as Election Day draws closer, playing his greatest hits for loyal crowds in red states in what is a sort-of goodbye to campaigning.


rss: bbc

  • Shops looted as German cost-of-living protests turn violent
    The protests in cities across Germany - including Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt - came on the same day hundreds of thousands also protested in France.
  • Five teenagers stabbed at Halloween party
    Hampshire Police believes an unknown group gained entry to the party at an address in Chandler's Ford.
  • University of Cambridge scientist among those who died in Spanish train crash
    Marta Shahbazi was an "inspiring, talented and passionate scientist", says the laboratory where she worked.
  • Nowak family tell of 'unbelievable pain' of seeing footage of dying son handcuffed
    His family describe the night police told them of his death, and watching him being handcuffed.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thousands of jobs at Virgin Media O2 to be cut
    The broadband provider has not finalised the number of roles to be axed but it will likely be a sizeable chunk of its workforce, the BBC understands.
  • Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say
    Five officers from the Hamas-run police have been killed in Khan Younis and three people, including a child, killed in Gaza City, officials say.
  • Lindsay Clancy is back in court - where will her case go next?
    The Massachusetts mother, accused of murdering her three children, is expected back in court as she awaits a decision on whether her case will be retried.
  • Tributes to 'inspirational' Olympian Ciara Mageean after death at 34
    Sporting, political and media figures pay tribute to former European champion and Olympian Ciara Mageean following her death at 34.


rss: the register

  • '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
  • Chocolate Caterpillar or Chocolate Teapot? Top up the disk space for Windows 10 to find out
    London's Oxford Street signage shows its underwear to passing tourists
  • Backbone of a beast – charting Nvidia's rise to networking titan
    How a $6.9B bet on Mellanox made Nvidia bigger than Cisco, and the world's most valuable company to boot
  • Darkbloom, which allowed Mac users to rent out their GPUs for AI inference, warns of low payouts
    Blame plunging token prices
  • HTTP/3 is faster with some work and help from Cloudflare
    How the Uber-bound delivery giant tuned its mobile networking stack to cut latency
  • Crim spent $7K+ on AI services in extortion attacks, then left evidence for all to see
    n0n-existent security


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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