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After Reinventing Mathematics, Can A.I. Eradicate Computer Bugs?
Using the same techniques that allowed A.I. technologies to crack a million-dollar math problem, researchers are building new systems that aim to solve the world’s cybersecurity crisis.
Takeaways From Knicks’ 19-Point Comeback Win Versus Bulls
After the New York Knicks ended their winless start on Tuesday night in a 111-97 win over the Detroit Pistons, the defending champions got their second win of the season on Wednesday night. The Knicks overcame a 19-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Chicago Bulls 133-127 at the United Center. Here are some takeaways from …
Fed's favored inflation gauge trended higher in September
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released the September PCE inflation report which showed inflation trended higher and moved further away from the Fed's target.
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, historic Mexican politician and former presidential candidate, dies at 92
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, a three-time presidential candidate and one of Mexico's most important modern political voices, died Wednesday at 92, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said.
The Israel debate reshaping Jewish American politics
“There are plenty of people who believe, as I do, that Israel has a right to protect itself,” says David to Lauren, both pictured below, over the dinner table. Subscribe “How does starving children protect Israel?” she replies. “I don’t think Israel is intentionally starving children.” “It’s a little bit absurd to be sitting here talking about all of these very specific things,” Lauren says, “as opposed to looking at the totality of him as a candidate, and the 90% of things that you agree with him on.” This is a snapshot from a conversation between a Jewish father and daughter in Michigan ahead of the crucial Senate race. Lauren supports the Democratic candidate, Abdul El-Sayed. Her father is undecided. That is mainly because of El-Sayed’s stance on Israel, one that mirrors a growing wing of the party that has become critical of the US-Israel relationship following the war in Gaza. You’re reading FourSight, a newsletter from Channel 4 News’ expert journalists explaining the complexities of the biggest global stories Could that alienate Jewish American voters who have a strong connection to Israel - and the majority of whom have voted Democratic? A shifting stance on Israel “An ally that takes your money to push you into wars you shouldn’t be fighting is not an ally,” El-Sayed recently told ABC News, referring to the Iran war and how some Americans believe that Israel pushed President Trump into the conflict. Foreign policy has become an economic issue that’s hitting Americans’ pockets, with the soaring cost of petrol and diesel. El-Sayed, pictured below, has opposed military aid for Israel and accused the nation of genocide in Gaza. That led to the pro-Israel lobby group, AIPAC, funding his opponent, Hayley Stevens, to the tune of $30m during the Democratic primary here. “I frequently criticise AIPAC because I think the way that they are pouring dollars into defeating Abdul and others around the country… is really corrosive to American democracy,” Brad Lander says at a canvassing event in Detroit. Lander, a Jewish Democratic congressional candidate in New York, is an ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and has come to campaign for El-Sayed. “Democrats and Americans don’t want to keep paying for Netanyahu’s wars,” he says. “They want a reset in the US relationship with Israel.” The 2026 election has clearly been a bruising one for AIPAC; the Wall Street Journal reported that, in an unpublished letter, the group described the cycle as one of the “most challenging environments in recent memory”. Share And significantly, after the midterms, the group will stop direct contributions to candidates through one of its political action committees. Voters’ concerns We followed a group of Jewish canvassers around one suburb in Detroit. They think that among the 130,000 Jewish voters in Michigan, between 20 and 30,000 are undecided. In a swing state where El-Sayed beat his primary rival by just 13,000, that could prove pivotal. We meet one voter, Jen Friedman, pictured below, who has a “Democrats for Rogers” sign, referring to the Republican candidate. The issue of Israel is very important to her because “having a safe haven is crucial”, she tells me. “What I see is one candidate, Mike Rogers, who is associating himself with people who are very proudly American,” says Jen. “Abdul, on the other hand, is associating with people who say they are anti-American.” Friedman raises two issues. Firstly, Hasan Piker, a left-wing streamer who has campaigned alongside El-Sayed and has been criticised for his comments on the US and Israel. [ ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/who-is-hasan-piker-the-socialist) [ Why Hasan Piker thinks the US needs a socialist Trump ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/who-is-hasan-piker-the-socialist) Anushka Asthana · Aug 19 [ Read full story ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/who-is-hasan-piker-the-socialist) The other concern regards an attack on a Michigan synagogue back in March. The FBI said the man was inspired by Hezbollah and had lost relatives in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon. El-Sayed condemned the antisemitic attack, but also said “hurt people hurt people”. That upset many here, with El-Sayed apologising numerous times for his choice of language. Jews for Abdul As we follow the canvassers, there are still plenty of lawn signs supporting El-Sayed. Elissa Driker, pictured below, runs out of her house wearing a “Jews for Abdul” t-shirt. “I feel like the values that Abdul has align with how I live my Judaism,” she tells me. She says “Abdul is not Hasan Piker, so I don’t conflate them”. I ask why Piker keeps coming up. “It gets weaponised. I don’t know if you watched the debate the other night, but talk about… weaponising fear and weaponising anxiety and all that Islamophobic dog-whistling that was coming towards Abdul.” I also talk to Elissa about how Americans more broadly appear to be questioning the US-Israel relationship and whether American Jews were ready to do that too. “A lot of American Jews are. My experience is absolutely the tide is turning.” For the first time, Gallup found this year that Americans now sympathise more with the Palestinians than the Israelis. In another poll of Jewish American voters, 65% said they were pro-Israel but also critical of Israeli government policies, 52% support cutting or eliminating aid to Israel. Father and daughter Back at the dinner table, I bring up those polls with David Fink. Why does he think Americans sympathise less with Israelis? [ ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/how-support-for-israel-in-us-is-declining) [ How support for Israel in US is declining ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/how-support-for-israel-in-us-is-declining) Kiran Moodley · May 4 [ Read full story ](https://channel4news.substack.com/p/how-support-for-israel-in-us-is-declining) “Because the news media and the extremes of both parties are so willing to tell what I think is a false narrative.” Lauren chimes in: “Do you really think the actions of Israel have nothing to do with the shift in the sympathies?” “I think that’s very relevant,” he replies. “I just don’t think that people really have a full understanding.” Lauren again: “It sounds like you’re saying that the shift is due to how the atrocities are being described, as opposed to what the actual atrocities are.” “There have been some things that shouldn’t have happened,” David says. “I think the polling is being driven by politicians who are taking advantage of this issue.” Lauren then asks, “I’m curious what your response would be if my children were killed in an Israeli airstrike and someone said there have been some things that shouldn’t have happened?” A long pause from her father. “Any reference to my grandchildren has a very deep emotional impact on me. Well done,” he says. “I have an empathy for any civilian in war and I don’t mean to belittle those losses. The loss of any one life is a horrible thing. But it doesn’t make it a war crime and it doesn’t make it genocide.” Lauren and David cannot agree but tell me how proud they are of one another for sticking to their convictions and for agreeing to let me sit in on their conversation. I cannot thank them enough for their time, and hope their honesty informs and educates many people during such a fraught election. Abdul El-Sayed: The candidate testing the US - Israel relationship Thanks for reading our latest FourSight newsletter. Subscribe to receive free weekly newsletters from Channel 4 News. Subscribe Share Channel 4 News Leave a comment
The 6 Best Shows of October, Hands-Down
There are so many good TV shows streaming this month, so this entertainment editor narrowed it down to the 6 best shows of September October. From 'Carrie' and 'YAGA' to 'The Diplomat' season four, here's what to watch this month.
Cowboys injury report: George Pickens, Quinnen Williams limited
See which Cowboys players didn't practice or were limited on Wednesday as they get ready to play the Cardinals.
Editorial: State police powers don’t eclipse the Bill of Rights
The midterm elections have largely overshadowed the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent term, which began this month. Last week, the justices missed a prime opportunity to invigorate the Fifth Amendment’s
Tyler approves zoning change for proposed downtown entertainment area
The Tyler City Council on Wednesday approved a zoning change for a proposed downtown community-oriented retail and entertainment area and an agreement with AXON Enterprise for new police technology equipment. […]
A Hacker Targeted High-Stakes Poker Players With Malware That Exposed Their Cards
Illicit software on the computers of some of the world’s best online poker players allowed the accused cheater to see what cards were in the victims’ hands—and trounce them at the tables.
Jen Walker, Full Strength Physical Therapy top Chamber ALX's 2026 Best in Business awards
A committee of past winners read 58 applications and picked 36 finalists in six categories, according to remarks at Wednesday's ceremony
A golden age of science is coming
It’s almost hard to remember, but just a few years ago, a lot of very smart people thought that science was in terminal decline. Respected researchers were writing papers with titles like “Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?”, “Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time”, and “Slowed canonical progress in large fields of science”. In 1996, science writer John Horgan even published a book called The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age. The fundamental idea was that the Universe only has so many insights to discover, and that we’ve picked the low-hanging fruit. It was the idea that Joseph-Louis Lagrange expressed when he said that “we cannot find more than once a system of the world to establish.” As the big ideas and the simple ideas get mined out, we’re forced to throw ever more brains at the mysteries of nature just to keep scientific progress going at a fraction of its old pace: It looked like science was hitting a wall. Then along came AI. It’s far too early to tell how much AI will eventually speed up the growth of total factor productivity. But already we can see signs of a speedup in science. Anthropic Founder Jack Clark assembled some of the hopeful data points in a recent lecture: [ Dror Poleg@drorpoleg "If you pick different parts of science, you see the same pattern show up: Progress is accelerating, and it has started to accelerate in the last two years." Jack Clark @jackclarkSF I’m speaking at the IMF in an hour about the singularity and why I believe it has begun and the choices we'll need to make. Watch live here: https://t.co/Hj9HzcXx5h 6:08 PM · Oct 18, 2026 · 21.2K Views 2 Replies · 10 Reposts · 123 Likes ](https://x.com/drorpoleg/status/2111882070376980529) Anthropic is accelerating its investment into drug discovery, and is already announcing some impressive preliminary results: [ BioTender@Junioryu136689 BREAKING: Anthropic unveils early results from six Claude-powered drug development collaborations. • 70% shorter CAR-T signaling domain • ~35,000 antibody designs • >10× tighter antibody binding • 89% less batch-record review time Still largely preclinical. Anthropic @AnthropicAI Over the past few months, Anthropic scientists have engaged in deep research partnerships with six organizations developing new medicines. We've also begun drug discovery efforts of our own. In doing so, we’ve learned much more about how Claude can support the many stages of 9:43 PM · Oct 27, 2026 · 11.2K Views 3 Replies · 24 Reposts · 205 Likes ](https://x.com/Junioryu136689/status/2115197821150495150) Claude also appears to be enabling rapid progress toward a treatment for food allergies. OpenAI, meanwhile, announced a possible breakthrough treatment for neurodegenerative disease. Meanwhile, Google Cloud Chief Scientist Pushmeet Kohli has a list of recent scientific advances that have been enabled by its new Gemini model, including breakthroughs in nuclear fusion reactor design, rare disease research, and quantum computing: [ Pushmeet Kohli@pushmeet Gemini 4 Argon is a step change in model performance. In recent weeks, it has had a transformative impact on the Science projects in our team at @GoogleDeepMind and our external collaborators, and helped make a number of remarkable advances across scientific disciplines. 🧵👇 4:47 PM · Oct 13, 2026 · 36.5K Views 8 Replies · 41 Reposts · 497 Likes ](https://x.com/pushmeet/status/2110049807385702623) But as cool as these stories sound, they’re just very minor, preliminary efforts. There are a number of reasons to think that AI is going to propel us into a golden age of scientific discovery. That age might not last forever — AI might still run into diminishing returns eventually. But the next few decades are probably going to be an absolutely amazing time for human science. The number of “effective researchers” is no longer limited The most important input into science is scientists themselves. Until this year, that meant human brains — talented, highly trained human brains. The number of trained human brains could be increased by sending more people to grad school, but only to a point — the smartest people tend to be sent into the hardest research fields first, and if you 10x the number of researchers, the average quality will go down. This constraint was already starting to bite, as Ekerdt and Wu argued in 2024: We argue that a substantial portion of the downward historical trend in U.S. research productivity is a composition effect resulting from self-selection in researcher ability and the dramatic expansion of the research sector…[W]e find that this composition effect has lowered average researcher ability by between 37% and 53%[.] And of course, low fertility was making the problem worse, because fewer children meant fewer people who were able to become future scientists. AI just blows up this constraint completely. If an AI agent can function as an autonomous researcher, there’s no constraint on the number of researchers in the world — you can just build more of them, by building more computer chips and data centers that enable the running of more AI agents. Whether or not massive hordes of agents can collaborate to solve individual problems much faster, increasing the number of agents allows them to tackle many different research questions in parallel. What’s more, these AI “researchers” can be trained incredibly quickly compared to human beings. A human scientist takes decades to train, and more years to reach the frontier of their research field by diligent reading and conversation. This is the “burden of knowledge”, and it’s commonly believed to be one reason ideas have been getting harder to find — by the time human scientists can get up to speed, they’re often so old that their ideas are no longer novel. AI just annihilates this constraint — it can assimilate the entire literature and reach the frontier of research extremely quickly, and it can also tell human scientists where the frontier lies without forcing them to discover that for themselves. It can also pivot to new research directions more easily than humans can. And there’s also a self-reinforcing economic cycle here. Because scientific advances enable higher GDP, they enable more resources to be invested into the creation of yet more electronic “scientists”. Now that doesn’t mean the amount of scientific research goes to infinity — there may still be some essential bottleneck task that human researchers are still needed to perform. There are some indications that AI’s progress on open-ended conceptual research tasks is slower than in other dimensions, and it may be that humans are still needed to provide some of this long-term conceptual thinking. I’d bet against this being true for much longer, but it might be true for a long time. Even in this most “pessimistic” case, though, the amount of effective capital that scientists can use to leverage their work just went up by a lot. AI eliminates the theory bottleneck Science proceeds by an iterative process of theory and experiment. The theory part of that cycle is typically short, but non-trivial — it took a couple of years after the blackbody radiation spectrum was observed for Max Planck to come up with the quantum hypothesis to explain it, and decades longer before quantum theory as we now know it was created. It took about a year for Watson and Crick to figure out the shape of DNA after the requisite data was gathered. AI will basically eliminate the theory bottleneck entirely — or at least shorten the turnaround time between experiment and theory by an order of magnitude. AI is an absolute beast at math. Recently, an OpenAI model solved some of the most important open problems in computer science, math, and theoretical physics, and no one even batted an eyebrow because that sort of triumph is becoming increasingly commonplace. One of those solutions was a proof that the Standard Model of Particle Physics could be mathematically well-defined — a problem that human theorists had so far been unable to tackle. Not all research relies equally on theory, but understanding novel experimental results almost always involves some important component of either mathematical or spatial reasoning. That part of the task has now been made much, much faster. And on top of that, science is now open to a greater number of humans who aren’t naturally good at theorizing. AI can read the whole literature Much of the work of human scientists involves reading and understanding endless amounts of papers and going to endless conferences and seminars. The purpose of that work is to understand the existing scientific literature. Understanding the literature allows scientists to do the following things: Come up with new ideas for hypotheses to test Avoid doing research that someone else has already done Synthesize approaches from different areas or fields AI can reduce this effort to almost zero. Consider this excerpt from OpenAI’s blog post about their new research into neurodegenerative disease: The team divided the analysis among thousands of AI agents powered by GPT‑Rosalind, an approach we call distributed biological reasoning. The agents examined a whole-brain CRISPR atlas…a dataset showing how gene disruptions affect different types of cells across the mouse brain. Each agent investigated a gene disruption, analyzed cellular responses, searched scientific literature, and proposed explanations for the results. Their reports were combined into a reasoning atlas linking genes, cellular effects, relevant publications, and possible biological mechanisms. The research team estimated that comparable human analysis and literature review, conducted one perturbation at a time, would take months to a year. The agents reproduced findings from human analyses while uncovering additional leads. Their assessments of novelty and scientific value also aligned with judgments from blinded human experts. These findings help prioritize further experiments needed to test the proposed biological mechanisms. Some of these insights point to new leads for understanding brain disease. [emphasis mine] This is one case in which parallel work by a large number of agents really does make a huge difference: [ Haider.@haider1 this is actually insane openai deployed thousands of GPT-Rosalind agents to analyze millions of mouse brain cells in 32 minutes, work that could take human researchers months to a year also the agents uncovered new leads for brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's OpenAI @OpenAI GPT-Rosalind surfaced a new lead for drug discovery: could restoring cholesterol transport protect neurons from degeneration? DCTN1 is a gene linked to Perry syndrome, a rare neurodegenerative disorder. In mouse-brain data, disrupting it increased expression of genes involved in 2:41 PM · Oct 21, 2026 · 51.5K Views 26 Replies · 95 Reposts · 1.26K Likes ](https://x.com/haider1/status/2112917197903540516) Not only does instantaneous literature review vastly speed up the research process, but it allows AI to make novel conceptual leaps from combining approaches from wildly different fields of research. AI regularly does this in math research, combining results, approaches, and theorems from far-flung places that no human mathematician would have thought to combine. It can do it in science, too. Much of scientific innovation, historically, has been “recombinant” innovation — scientists applying insights from one field to another. With AI, essentially all research is now cross-disciplinary — AI can read not just the literature on a particular subject, but the literature on a million other subjects that might have produced useful techniques or insights for the problem at hand. Superscience So far, all of the factors I’ve listed are ways that AI can speed up science as it’s already done. I’ve basically described how AI can send gigantic hordes of superhumanly fast, superhumanly well-read, superhumanly mathematically gifted researchers to re-accelerate scientific discovery. But it’s also possible that AI will enable types of discovery — and ways of understanding the natural world — that no network of humans, no matter how large or how brilliant it was or how long it had to work, would ever be able to discover. In a post back in July, I wrote about how that might work: What if there are lots of…aspects of the Universe that [are] too complex to understand in terms of simple laws, but not so complex that they just dissolve into unknowable chaos? It’s possible that we can reliably control these complex phenomena with AI, even if we never reduce them to the kind of principles that we can teach a grad student in a textbook… Another way of saying this is that there may be laws of the universe that humans can’t understand but AI can. I call these “cloud laws” — causal regularities that can be exploited by technology, but which are too diffuse and complex for an individual human being to either intuit or communicate… Perhaps social sciences like economics, sociology, and political science obey similarly complex regularities, and AI can help us find them. Perhaps there are physical processes — plasma, or topological materials, or aerial turbulence, etc. — that obey cloud laws instead of chaos?… [H]uman collaboration is bottlenecked — it’s limited by our ability to intuit patterns at an individual level, and to communicate these patterns from one individual to another. AI, being a computer, just doesn’t have this sort of limitation; it can work with vast, diffuse patterns without having to break them into pieces or simplify them in order to compress them into the tiny pipelines of person-to-person explanation… If much of the Universe turns out to be ruled by cloud laws, we could be on the precipice of a scientific renaissance. In order to discover cloud laws, AI will need huge amounts of data about the natural world. AI figured out human speech by assimilating essentially all of the text humans have ever written. If it’s going to figure out hidden patterns in biology, neuroscience, materials science, etc., it’s going to need similarly massive amounts of data from physical instruments. That data will be far, far more than humans — individually or collectively — would be able to parse, label, characterize, or model. But AI was built to do this. If scientists simply build huge arrays of sensors to measure complex phenomena like the brain, the cell, the economy, etc., they may be able to feed this flood of data to AI directly and bypass human cognitive intermediation entirely. AI would then learn about the world directly, and it might learn things that humans never could. This “superscience”, if you want to call it that, would actually go beyond the kind of science humans have done heretofore. Many of the technologies it yielded would be beyond human comprehension — indistinguishable from magic. But to the AIs, they would make perfect scientific sense. In any case, it seems clear that the scientific slowdown that threatened human progress will now be delayed — at least for a while. Unless humans have somehow found most of the actual exploitable regularities in our Universe, we’re about to enter a new golden age of science. Subscribe Share
Biss criticizes government inertia in NU Political Union town hall
Former Mayor Daniel Biss, the Democratic nominee for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, criticized governmental stagnation in a town hall hosted by the Northwestern Political Union on Wednesday. Days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, Biss told audience members that lawmakers must move beyond performatively asserting their political stances and instead shift toward passing realistic legislation...
Health champions
Dr. Terri Sabella, the CEO of North Olympic Healthcare Network of Port Angeles, helped award the 24th Legislative District’s state delegation the Community Health Champion awards on Wednesday.
Gavin McKenna Makes Maple Leafs History Against Kraken
Toronto Maple Leafs rookie Gavin McKenna had a historic night for the team in their 5-4 loss against the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday night.Though the Maple Leafs lost the game, McKenna scored two goals in it, making Maple Leafs history in the process.Gavin McKenna’s 2 Goals Make Maple Leafs HistoryPer NHL PR, McKenna’s two goals […] The post Gavin McKenna Makes Maple Leafs History Against Kraken appeared first on HEAVY.
Tigers Prevail Over Knights In Penalty Kicks
By: Jared Barton The North Allegheny girls’ soccer team hosted Norwin for the second time this season at Newman Stadium on Wednesday night. Unlike the first game on September 12th, this match was more challenging and took two overtime periods and penalty kicks to decide a winner in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs. The… More »
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, historic Mexican politician and former presidential candidate, dies at 92
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The Rest Is Politics: US announces three-hour live midterms election special
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A look at the Brewers' title, by the numbers
The Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night, capturing the title and wrapping up one of the most dominant postseasons in recent memory.
Essentia Health Hosts Ribbon Cutting for New Orthopedic Center in Baxter
https://youtu.be/MjKTqutxJIg Essentia Health celebrated the opening of the new St. Joseph's-Orthopedic Center in Baxter with a ribbon-cutting event on Wednesday. The project, coming in at nearly $50 million, converted the former Camping World building into a more than 60,000-square-foot facility with almost 80 exam and procedure rooms. It combines musculoskeletal…
Lebron Helps 76ers Improve To 4-1
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Braves News: Offseason begins, Brewers crowned champions, more
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Board hears updates on K-12 science curriculum
STATE COLLEGE — On Wednesday, Oct. 21, the State College Area School Board of Directors heard a review of the district’s K-12 science curriculum. The
The Herald's weekly entertainment picks
Looking to be entertained from Thursday, Oct. 29, through Wednesday, Nov. 4? Check out the Skagit Valley Herald’s weekly recommendations.
Brewers Win First World Series with Game 5 Victory
After 56 seasons of waiting, the Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions for the first time in their history. They finished off the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-1 victory in Game 5 at Tropicana Field on Wednesday night. Riding a phenomenal start from ace Jacob Misiorowski, Milwaukee followed their recipe of timely hitting and …
Emma Roberts wishes aunt Julia Roberts a happy birthday with heartwarming family snapshot
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Garrett Wilson makes decision on Jets
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Health officials investigate unusual number of DIPG cases in eastern Kentucky
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Dallas Goedert a full participant Wednesday
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School board takes care of business at monthly meeting
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Ladd McConkey a full go at practice Wednesday
Los Angeles Chargers WR Ladd McConkey manages full practice
Patrick Mahomes a full participant Wednesday
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes logs full practice
Judge denies federal request to segregate California ballots
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Shohei Ohtani Overshadowed by Pete Crow-Armstrong in MLB Awards
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Fed holds fire as Warsh telegraphs more hikes without saying it
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Full practice for Travis Kelce
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Thunder vs. Mavericks: Live updates, highlights for Wednesday's game
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks: Live updates, highlights for Wednesday's game.
Good reasons, bad politics surrounding third Trump impeachment
A coalition of right-wing organizations and activists is lobbying the White House to grant mass pardons to junior staffers in the administration. “A pardon for all junior administration personnel is viewed as unlikely,” one source told the Washington Sun, “but the president could issue blanket pardons for all employees involved in particular policy areas, such […]
Trump says Peltola "shouldn't be allowed to run" for Alaska Senate seat over report on why 2 Dan Sullivans are in the race
Lincoln Sports Foundation opens new volleyball courts amid effort to revitalize complex
The Lincoln Sports Foundation cut the ribbon on its new volleyball facility Wednesday, featuring four new courts in a 20,000 square foot indoor space.
Trump calls for prosecution of Alaska Senate candidate Peltola over Sullivan name controversy
President Donald Trump called for the criminal prosecution of the Democratic candidate running for Senate in Alaska on Wednesday after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.
Local mother says business owner followed her, revved engine in road rage incident with kids in car
Lane said she thought the man was trying to run her off the road. She said she cut off another car to get away, but the man still followed her up the street.
Microsoft beats expectations fueled by Azure cloud business
Microsoft shares popped more than five percent Wednesday afternoon after it reported better than expected revenue and profit, fueled by its Azure cloud computing division which grew by...
Steel installed for Butterfield trail monument in downtown Fort Smith
Large pieces of what will be a monument recognizing the Butterfield Stagecoach line that ran through Fort Smith were installed Wednesday (Oct. 28) in downtown Fort Smith just a few...
National Park College trustees approve UA System merger
The National Park College (NPC) Board of Trustees approved Wednesday (Oct. 28) a resolution that authorizes the Hot Springs-based college to enter into a merger agreement with the University of...
National Park College trustees approve UA System merger
The National Park College (NPC) Board of Trustees approved Wednesday (Oct. 28) a resolution that authorizes the Hot Springs-based college to enter into a merger agreement with the University of...
Murphy USA posts higher revenues, profits
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Microsoft beats expectations fueled by Azure cloud business
Microsoft shares popped more than five percent Wednesday afternoon after it reported better than expected revenue and profit, fueled by its Azure cloud computing division which grew by 48 percent in the September quarter.However, Google on Wednesday reported that revenue from its cloud division doubled to $30.7 billion during the quarter, bringing it closer to Microsoft's Azure revenue, which reached $33.2 billion in the same period.
Cyberattack concealed political spending by big donors before US midterm elections
By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The Federal Election Commission restored its electronic filing system Wednesday night after taking it offline for nearly 41 hours to contain a cyberattack,
Mountain Wellness Collaborative announces $3 million in health initiative funding
The collaborative invited community partners to the table Wednesday to announce the funding.
Science Center Unveils 200,000-Square-Foot Air and Space Center
The California Science Center unveiled its new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center Wednesday, featuring space shuttle Endeavour displayed vertically in a 20-story launch configuration ahead of the facility’s Nov. 13 public opening. The 200,000-square-foot expansion nearly doubles the Science Center’s exhibit space and includes 100 aerospace artifacts and 100 hands-on exhibits focused on science […]
California Science Center Unveils New Air and Space Center
The California Science Center unveiled its new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center Wednesday, featuring space shuttle Endeavour displayed vertically in a 20-story launch configuration ahead of the facility’s Nov. 13 public opening. The 200,000-square-foot expansion nearly doubles the Science Center’s exhibit space and includes 100 aerospace artifacts and 100 hands-on exhibits focused on science […]
DJ Moore participates in some drills Wednesday
Bills WR DJ Moore has a chance to return to the lineup after a limited practice
Dalton Kincaid listed as limited Wednesday
Bills TE Dalton Kincaid sees limited work at practice Wednesday
Aaron Jones unable to practice Wednesday
Vikings RB Aaron Jones misses first practice of week and is considered day-to-day
Health directors say region is 'well-protected' from measles, but obstacles remain
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EFL Cup: Manchester City scrape through on penalties !
The defending champions are still in it!The English League Cup round of 16 continued on Wednesday evening, a day after Arsenal's shock elimination away at fourth-tier club Fleetwood.The first result i...
Warsh Says Politics Played No Role in Fed's Rate Decision by Group He Is 'Honored' to Lead
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh on Wednesday said he is "honored" to lead the central bank's policymakers and said politics played no role in their decision to skip a rate hike, rebutting at least indirectly President Donald ...
Braelon Allen a limited participant Wednesday
Jets RB Braelon Allen new addition to injury report this week with ankle issue
LA Council tApprovf Entertainment Zones for DTLA
The Los Angeles City Council directed city departments Wednesday to report on the feasibility of establishing so-called “entertainment zones” in the downtown area. The council voted 12-0 to approve a motion introduced by Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado, who is advocating for the creation of entertainment zones to boost nightlife and commerce. Jurado aims to utilize Senate […]
Bolsonaro arrives in Miami with his family after fleeing Brazil
Flávio Bolsonaro landed in the U.S. on Wednesday after fleeing Brazil, threatening to add new strains to relations between Brasilia and Washington and raising questions about his family’s future as
DeWine, local leaders celebrate Electra investment in Springfield
Gov. Mike DeWine and local leaders joined economic development officials Wednesday, Oct. 28 to celebrate a new Electra facility in Springfield that will manufacture revolutionary short-runway aircraft.
A.J. Brown limited at practice Wednesday
Patriots WR A.J. Brown a limited participant Wednesday because of ankle issue
LA Council to Explore the Creation of Entertainment Zones for DTLA
The Los Angeles City Council directed city departments Wednesday to report on the feasibility of establishing so-called “entertainment zones” in the downtown area. The council voted 12-0 to approve a motion introduced by Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado, who is advocating for the creation of entertainment zones to boost nightlife and commerce. Jurado aims to utilize Senate […]
VIDEO: Local mother says business owner followed her, revved engine in road rage incident while she had kids in the car
A mother says a business owner followed her, revved his engine and rode her bumper while she had her three sons in her car after she drove around his stopped truck at a train crossing.
Health Secretary Kennedy opens access to some unapproved peptides
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday pushed forward a policy allowing licensed pharmacies and physicians to compound certain unapproved peptides.
Health tech startups compete for funding at Saint Francis
On Wednesday, three local companies split $75,000 in prize money for coming up with innovative solutions to Oklahoma's healthcare challenges.
'I didn't hear an utterance about politics': Warsh bats away midterm talk following rate decision
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh on Wednesday sidestepped multiple questions on political topics and pressure coming his way from the Oval Office.
Deputies: Subject in custody after incident at Laurens County business
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office responded to an incident at a business on Wednesday morning.
Ja'Marr Chase misses practice Wednesday
Bengals WR Ja'Marr Chase not on field for first practice of week
'Star Wars' executive Kathleen Kennedy to produce LA's 2028 Summer Olympics ceremonies
LOS ANGELES — Veteran Hollywood film producer Kathleen Kennedy will oversee the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the organizing committee said Wednesday, giving
From Business to Beluga Whales: Inside Briana Maltez’s Marine Biology Journey
Beneath the hum of filtration pumps and the rhythmic trickle of saltwater tanks, Briana Maltez is completely in her element. The Texas A&M University at Galveston marine biology major is following her lifelong love of animals—and that passion drives her pursuit for a second bachelor’s degree in a field that endlessly ignites her curiosity.As a native of nearby Sugar Land, Maltez did not initially set out toward coastal science. She initially earned a degree in agricultural business through the Texas A&M RELLIS campus in Bryan, but her subconscious fascination with ocean life grew into an unignorable question during her time there: What if? Photo courtesy of Briana MaltezThe query continued to plague her until a turning point came during a Florida trip to near the end of her first degree. Up-close encounters with marine life reignited a childhood dream and shifted her trajectory toward the sea. Yet, stepping into an entirely new field required a leap of faith. Faced with the daunting prospect of starting over, Maltez placed her trust in Texas A&M Galveston as the premier marine biology program in the state. Deciding that she would never feel satisfied unless she tried, she applied—finding the resolve to face the demanding science curriculum head-on.Any lingering doubts vanished during her first semester on the island campus. The close-knit campus environment and small class sizes allowed Maltez to build immediate connections with her professors and peers—a welcoming backdrop where her love for ocean stewardship could truly take root.“I instantly fell in love with the campus and the small classes,” Maltez recalled. “I was like, ‘Yep, I’m so happy I came here.'”Before long, Maltez found a second home inside the university’s Sea Life Facility. Designed to mirror complex, large-scale aquarium infrastructure on a manageable scale, the space offered Maltez a safe training ground to grow familiar with system maintenance and water chemistry under the tutelage of Sea Life Facility Manager Katie St. Clair. While tending to the tanks there, she grew especially fond of watching the facility’s resident clownfish breed and care for their clutches.“Katie definitely wants us to learn, ask questions, and get hands-on experience,” said Maltez. “So, it has been great having her help with getting pre-experience before doing it in the real world.”That hands-on experience quickly sparked a deeper interest in animal husbandry—the daily art of monitoring the animal’s diets, observing their behavior, and maintaining the aquarium’s overall health. Eager to turn those newfound practical skills into technical credentials, Maltez even earned certifications in life support systems and water quality management through Aquatic Animal Life Support Operators courses.Maltez’s passion soon extended beyond campus boundaries. During a summer study abroad program in South Caicos, Turks and Caicos, Maltez immersed herself in underwater field research. In addition to learning about local history and ecotourism impacts, she snorkeled daily, utilizing drones and hydrophones to record underwater bioacoustics and listen to the often-missed crackles of snapping shrimp, fish, and lobster larvae. Maltez at SeaWorld San AntonioPhoto courtesy of Briana Maltez“What you don’t realize is that there’s so many animals around you, but because they sense, you already, they run away,” Maltez explained. “I think that’s really cool to experience, because you don’t even think about that when you travel.”Yet, among all her academic adventures, a week-long course at SeaWorld San Antonio through MARB 302 stands out as a defining milestone. Camping on-site alongside fellow marine biology majors, Maltez gained behind-the-scenes access to professional veterinary and husbandry operations, building lasting friendships and even interacting with penguins in the snow.The undeniable highlight of the trip was face-to-face interaction with beluga whales. Having admired the titanic cetaceans for years, getting to learn directly from their trainers solidified her ultimate aspiration: to care for belugas and contribute to conservation research supporting wild populations in Alaska.“They are one of my favorite animals, and I had heard so much about them,” said Maltez. ”Getting to see them up close was an amazing experience.”When she is not analyzing marine environments, Maltez documents campus life through her camera lens. As a photographer for the Nautilus student newspaper, the Yell Leaders at Midnight Yell, and the Shark Scholars club, she brings the university’s passionate energy into sharp focus. With less than a year remaining until graduation, Maltez looks back on her decision to return to school with gratitude. Taking her journey one day at a time helped her push through demanding coursework, unlocking opportunities she once thought were out of reach. Today, Maltez stands as a compelling example of what happens when passion meets purpose: By trusting her drive and embracing every hands-on experience, she has transformed a second chance at college into an opportunity to dive into a career beneath the waves.
Discover the science behind nuclear energy at hands-on INL event
IDAHO FALLS — Idaho National Lab is inviting students of all ages and their families to a nuclear science night. It’s happening Wednesday at the INL Meeting Center, 775 MK Simpson Blvd., in Idaho Falls, according to a news release from the INL. It’s open to the first 350 people to register. The annual hands-on […]
Clippers Injury Report Rules Out Six Players vs. Lakers
Shorn of key starters, the Clippers must prioritize elite ball security and disciplined rotation management to exploit a fatigued Lakers squad during Wednesday’s high-stakes Intuit Dome showdown.
Tyler Warren listed as limited Wednesday
Colts TE Tyler Warren on first practice report of week as limited participant
Did the Fed just make a huge mistake?
The cost of living is Issue No. 1 for voters heading to the polls, but the Federal Reserve saw America’s persistent inflation problem Wednesday and opted not to do anything about it.
LA Council to Explore the Creation of Entertainment Zones for DTLA
The Los Angeles City Council directed city departments Wednesday to report on the feasibility of establishing so-called “entertainment zones” in the downtown area. The council voted 12-0 to approve a motion introduced by Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado, who is advocating for the creation of entertainment zones to boost nightlife and commerce. Jurado aims to utilize Senate […]
California Science Center Unveils 200,000-Square-Foot Air and Space Center
The California Science Center unveiled its new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center Wednesday, featuring space shuttle Endeavour displayed vertically in a 20-story launch configuration ahead of the facility’s Nov. 13 public opening. The 200,000-square-foot expansion nearly doubles the Science Center’s exhibit space and includes 100 aerospace artifacts and 100 hands-on exhibits focused on science […]
Science Center Unveils 200,000-Square-Foot Air and Space Center
The California Science Center unveiled its new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center Wednesday, featuring space shuttle Endeavour displayed vertically in a 20-story launch configuration ahead of the facility’s Nov. 13 public opening. The 200,000-square-foot expansion nearly doubles the Science Center’s exhibit space and includes 100 aerospace artifacts and 100 hands-on exhibits focused on science […]
DEA Prepares To Release List Of Marijuana Businesses That Applied For Federal Protections Under Trump's Rescheduling Move
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is preparing to release a list of state-licensed medical marijuana business that have applied in a timely fashion for federal protections that come with the Trump administration’s move to partially reschedule cannabis. A agency webpage launched on Wednesday said the forthcoming list—which will detail the states included in applicants’ business […]
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Connecticut health department announces 6 flu-related deaths since September
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) announced Wednesday that six people have died from influenza since late September. According to CT DPH, all six Connec…
Hegseth says Trump’s arch will be ‘generational national defense opportunity’
Trump officials on Wednesday presented their case to build the towering arch as a federal judge weighs whether to halt the project.
Experts Call for a Rigor Reset in Wildfire Social Science
Three veteran wildfire social scientists argue in Fire Ecology that the field's rapid growth demands renewed agreement on methodological rigor, field-based training, and honest evaluation of new technologies.
Pennsylvania measles cases near 1,400, state health department says
Oct 28 (Reuters) - Measles cases in Pennsylvania have risen to 1,398 as of Wednesday, up 38 from the state health department's last update on Monday, as the state battles its worst measles outbreak in
Flyers Game 15: Lines, Notes, & How to Watch @ Capitals
The Philadelphia Flyers (3-7-4) are back on the road on Wednesday when they head down to our Nation’s Capital to […]
Fan Favorite Receiver Returns To Bills Practice On Wednesday
After months of ACL recovery, Tyrell Shavers rejoins the Bills following a gutsy postseason performance. His grit and selflessness now face a 21-day evaluation for a roster spot.
Connor Heliger Named All-WPIAL By WPSCA
By: Jared Barton North Allegheny boys’ soccer senior Connor Heliger is garnering more end-of-season awards. The captain took home All-WPIAL accolades Wednesday afternoon from the Western Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association. Congratulations to our 2026 Boys AAA All-WPIAL Selections! 👏👏👏 https://t.co/nFCtoCBuGK — Western Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association (@WPSCA_) October 28, 2026 Heliger was named a WPIAL… More »
Heralded Arkansas freshman Abdou Toure signs with rapper Rod Wave's sports agency
Every now and then pop culture and sports collide. Rap superstar Rod Wave has been involved in sports for a few years now, and on Wednesday his agency announced a major move. It has signed Arkansas true freshman basketball star Abdou Toure. Rod Wave announced the signing on Instagram, hailing its deal with the Arkansas […]
Duke Basketball Adds Third Commitment in 2027 Class
The Duke Blue Devils have added a third commitment in the 2027 recruiting class on Wednesday.
WWE Icon Ric Flair Shares Health Update in Photo After Eye Injury Suffered During Fall
WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair gave another update on his health Wednesday after suffering a fall last week.
Science Center Unveils 200,000-Square-Foot Air and Space Center
The California Science Center unveiled its new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center Wednesday, featuring space shuttle Endeavour displayed vertically in a 20-story launch configuration ahead of the facility’s Nov. 13 public opening. The 200,000-square-foot expansion nearly doubles the Science Center’s exhibit space and includes 100 aerospace artifacts and 100 hands-on exhibits focused on science […]
Breece Hall limited in practice on Wednesday
Breece Hall could be working his way back into the lineup.
Multiple Commanders' Injury Updates Ahead of Week Eight vs Eagles
The Washington Commanders officially opened the practice window for defensive tackle Jer'Zhan Newton, one of several roster moves announced on Wednesday
Carnell Tate misses practice on Wednesday
Carnell Tate missed the first day of practice leading into Week 8.
U.S. Dept. of Labor finds that $600,000+ in overtime pay owed to Indy-area vehicle parts manufacturer
INDIANAPOLIS — More than $600,000 in back wages was collected for 829 workers at an Indianapolis-area vehicle parts manufacturer, according to officials with the U.S. Department of Labor. A n…