From Jenna Orkin The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like Trump Gives Ominous Clue About What May Happen If He Loses Ghostly white giant worms appear to be reproducing under the seafloor where tectonic plates meet Will There Be a Second Stone Age? Kamala Harris’s Hundred-Day Campaign Tim Cook is having a great week as Apple stock hovers within reach of record high Orange Juice Climbs as Hurricane Milton Shrinks Florida Crop India Plans $109 Billion of Grid Investments to Boost Renewables This Is How Oil Ends How Alarmed Should We Be If Trump Wins Again?

From Jenna Orkin Pakistan’s internet slows to a crawl as suspicion falls on government How 24-year-old cloud-seeding wunderkind Augustus Doricko plans to save the world Jeffrey St Clair: Phoenix, AZ, just set their daily high temperature record for Oct 13th–102.5F. This is their 20th consecutive daily record high temperature. Every day since September 24 has set a new daily record. Biden sends antimissile system and 100 troops to Israel, deepening U.S. role Trump chips away at Harris’s national advantage, two new polls show Hurricane recovery officials in N.C. relocated amid report of ‘armed militia,’ email shows All eyes are on Pennsylvania this election cycle. Erie County demonstrates why Norway Wants to Strengthen Consumers’ Right to Pay Cash US election live: Trump refuses to say if he has talked to Putin since leaving office but insists it would have been ‘smart thing’ to do Migrant deaths in New Mexico have increased tenfold in last two years Walgreens to shut 1,200 US stores with stock trading near 30-year lows

From Jenna Orkin Net Impact One man’s cyber-crusade against Russian corruption. Alexei Navalny’s Prison Diaries The Russian opposition leader’s account of his last years and his admonition to his country and the world. “The Apprentice,” Reviewed: The Immoral Makings of Donald Trump Food and drinks containing unwashed poppyseeds can make people test positive for opioids—and can in some cases be fatal. The Strange Death of Job Price Navy SEAL Cmdr. Job Price's 2012 death in Afghanistan was ruled a suicide. But an private investigator says it was murder. Russia’s illicit Starlink terminals help power its advance in Ukraine How Saudi Arabia could create a crisis for Russia's economy Social Pressure Index: Private Opinion in America “Complete Neglect”: Thousands Were Not Evacuated from Florida Jails & Prisons Ahead of Hurricane Milton Captured documents reveal Hamas’s broader ambition to wreak havoc on Israel

From Jenna Orkin Why Hurricane Milton Is a Sign of the New Abnormal Check Fraud Is RRising Caroline Giuliani's Plea: Donald J. Trump Took My Father, Don’t Let Him Take Our Country Too How China is using antisemitic conspiracies to influence down-ballot races Boris Johnson just published his political memoir. It’s unbelievable. We're only eight days into a new fiscal year and FEMA has spent nearly half the disaster relief money that Congress has allocated for the next 12 months. Cases of whooping cough dropped dramatically during the COVID pandemic, but are climbing again, with more than 16,000 reported in the U.S. this year as of the end of September–four times the count at this time last year. The Texan Doctor and the Disappeared Saudi Princesses The US Navy is burning through missiles in the Middle East that it would need in a war with China IEA: The World Is Not on Track to Triple Renewable Capacity by 2030

From Jenna Orkin Trump secretly sent covid tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book says In landmark move, EPA requires removal of all U.S. lead pipes in a decade Why the Godfather of AI Fears What He's Built Trump had as many as 7 private calls with Putin since leaving office, Bob Woodward writes in new book What is making Hurricane Milton so ferocious City-by-city forecasts as Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida’s west coast In the pantheon of first lady memoirs, Melania Trump’s is something else Rwanda is battling its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus, a deadly illness related to Ebola. They're employing rigorous testing, contact tracing and quarantining measures. Debunking Helene Response Myths Why Hurricane Milton Is a Sign of the New Abnormal

From Jenna Orkin Large French Alpine ski resort to close in face of shrinking snow season ‘People hold me accountable for a fanatical rightwing government’: Jewish Americans on how their lives have changed since 7 October Climate warning as world’s rivers dry up at fastest rate for 30 years • Due to variations in chemicals, colors and composition, plastic is an “inherently unrecyclable material,” writes Judith Enck, a former regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Rise of the Crypto Lobby From crypto to A.I., the tech sector is pouring millions into super PACS that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda. Bird flu has reached Antarctica and could have a devastating effect Mojitos and an MRI Meet the "medical tourists" who are getting health screenings on their vacation getaways. Geoffrey Hinton, the 'Godfather of AI,' wins Nobel Prize for Physics Kamala Harris hits '60 Minutes' without Donald Trump. Political scientists weigh in on whether the interview matters. Musk Offering $47 to Recruiters per Voter Registered in Swing State

From Jenna Orkin JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters. A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start. Parts of Antarctica are turning green at an 'astounding' rate When a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, ants began farming fungi Democrats are losing their grip on the Latino vote. I visited the Texas border to find out why. Mushrooms are the darling of sustainability The government has used Musk's Starlink satellites to help hurricane-affected areas access the internet. Iran’s Oil Tankers Flee Biggest Export Terminal Fearing Israeli Attack Trump would add twice as much to national debt as Harris, study finds Ireland is a ‘playground’ for Russian intelligence, says former army chief

From Jenna Orkin The Ministers expressed deep concern over the security situation related to terrorism in Afghanistan, noting that terrorist groups such as ISIL, Al-Qaida, the Eastern Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jaish ul-Adl, Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and other similar groups in the region including Majeed Brigade, as well as others, based in Afghanistan, continue to pose a serious threat to regional and global security.  John Kempf | How to speed up the adoption of regenerative farming practices Iranian missiles hit Israeli military sites, visuals show The female soldiers who predicted Oct. 7 say they are still being silenced What’s going on here is that the Supreme Court, by making Donald Trump a “class of one” with its immunity decision – he is the only person in the history of the United States to have been declared immune from prosecution -- even for official acts as president that are criminal in nature – the Supreme Court has effectively made itself the trial court for any cases involving Donald Trump, because the Supreme Court created him as a “class of one” with immunity that only the Supreme Court can rule on, because they created his immunity out of whole cloth. No, Donald Trump Isn’t Wading Through Hurricane Floodwaters, You Absolute Morons Hamas built an underground war machine to ensure its own survival Okla. is buying schools 55,000 Bibles. Specs match the $60 Trump Bible. Escalating contest over South China Sea disrupts international cable system What Is Privacy For?

From Jenna Orkin Rancher sentenced to 6 months in prison for illegally cloning giant sheep Fact-checking the vice-presidential debate between Vance and Walz Decommissioned nuclear reactors are turning back on, in part to power AI technology. POLITICS Judge unseals crucial special counsel filing in Trump 2020 election case J. D. Vance Got the Conversation He Wanted at the Vice-Presidential Debate But the matchup came down to Tim Walz’s record in Minnesota versus his opponent’s unfailing defense of Donald Trump. Alcohol poisoning kills dozens of people in Iran A trio of crises threatens to upend the race 5 weeks before Election Day Port Union Suspends Strike Can Harris Stop Blue-Collar Workers from Defecting to Donald Trump? I'm a computer science professor at UC Berkeley. Tech jobs are drying up and graduates are no longer guaranteed a role.

From Jenna Orkin The hard-right Freedom Party comes first in Austria A win for Herbert Kickl, a would-be Viktor Orban The Rat Studies that Foretold a Nightmarish Human Future SpaceX capsule arrives at space station to save NASA astronauts stranded by Boeing's Starliner When natural disaster strikes, the legacy of Ronald Reagan haunts I Quit Teaching Because of ChatGPT A new race for lunar dominance is underway. And at this moment, the U.S. is poised to lose to China, writes former NASA official Thomas Zurbuchen. Why Donald Trump Picked J. D. Vance for Vice-President Who won the VP debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz? Here's what a new poll found Decade-low tariff to boost Indian gold consumption in festive season Location: Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza Event: Security Alert As a result of the current security situation, the U.S. Embassy has directed all U.S. government employees and their family members to shelter in place until further notice.