21 Oct 2026, 5:04 pm
In this segment of Free Media, Reason Senior Editor Robby Soave and Daily Caller Editor in Chief Amber Duke discuss Vivek Ramaswamy's controversial attack ad against his opponent Amy Acton in Ohio's gubernatorial race. If you enjoy Free Media, come watch Robby debate at our upcoming Reason Versus in Washington, D.C. Tickets are available here. The post Vivek Ramaswamy Is Defending Controversial Ad With Amy Acton's Mother appeared first on Reason Magazine.
21 Oct 2026, 4:59 pm
⚽️ Champions League updates | Como 4-1 Man Utd⚽️ Bayern v Arsenal | Live scores | Table | Mail SarahReal Madrid: Courtois; Valverde, Huijsen, Rudiger, Carreras; Silva, Camavinga, Bellingham; Guler, Mbappe, Vini Jr.Bench: Lunin, Éder Militão, Endrick, Alexander-Arnold, Tchouaméni, Konaté, Cucurella, Carlos Espí, Brahim Díaz, Dumfries, Diomande, Thiago Pitarch Continue reading...
21 Oct 2026, 4:58 pm
⚽️ Champions League updates | Como 4-1 Man Utd⚽️ Clockwatch | Live scores | Table | Email ScottThe teams are out! Bayern are in one of their all-red phases, while Arsenal are harking back to the early 90s with a blue version of the famous bruised banana. Vincent Kompany is in the house, by the way, having recovered from a virus that threatened to keep him in bed. And so is Germany boss Jurgen Klopp, in the stands flashing that smile and throwing his arm arou…
21 Oct 2026, 4:46 pm
Serie A success story Como have gone from Serie D to the Champions League - now they have taught Manchester United a lesson in Europe.
21 Oct 2026, 4:45 pm
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21 Oct 2026, 4:41 pm
Russia is going to send its first tanker with diesel to the U.S. on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said. According to a Reuters report citing the RIA news agency and other media, Novak said Wednesday that the vessel will carry 40,000 metric tons of fuel. “Additional shipments will follow, of course. There were……
21 Oct 2026, 4:41 pm
Director James Watkins' DC horror film is getting largely positive reviews, though with a fair share of detractors.
21 Oct 2026, 4:40 pm
Ohio Sen. Jon Husted (R) is pushing back on a controversial campaign ad run by Ohio gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy (R) featuring his opponent’s mother. In a statement to the Associated Press on Wednesday, Husted said he “would not have run” the ad. The video, initially debuting online, features the mother of Ramaswamy’s opponent Amy……
21 Oct 2026, 4:40 pm
Peter Steinberger, member of technical staff at OpenAI and the creator of OpenClaw, estimates that he spent around $10 million in tokens running AI workloads last month. But don't feel bad for him, because it's all coming out of investors' pockets. He made this admission at the Cloudflare Connect 2026 conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, in a conversation with Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht. Knecht previously observed that Steinberger has acknowledged having "a vir…
21 Oct 2026, 4:38 pm
Pope Leo's doctors have issued a major update on the pontiff's lung cancer diagnosis. Earlier this month, the Pope had the lower section of his right lung removed on October 13 after being diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma - the most common form of the disease.In a statement, the Pope's personal physician, Dr Luigi Carbone, and his surgeon, Dr Stefano Margaritora confirmed that tissue and molecular tests showed his lung cancer had been localised. They said that no…
21 Oct 2026, 4:35 pm
A Labour MP has been subjected to racial harassment by a constituent who called him an "English c**t" in a dispute about disabled parking. Mid & South Pembrokeshire MP Henry Tufnell, who grew up on his family's £20million Cotswold estate, was targeted by 59-year-old Michael Glover earlier this year.Glover admitted causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress ahead of an appearance at Swansea Crown Court last month.He left a note on Mr Tufnell's constit…
21 Oct 2026, 4:31 pm
Early on Thursday morning local time, South Korea's oceans ministry said the shark had been successfully guided out of the canal.
21 Oct 2026, 4:31 pm
Survivors shared their memories with the royal party, six decades after an official verdict, a raid on donations and a fight over the tips that followed.
21 Oct 2026, 4:30 pm
They knew the most important rule in real estate The post How Crocodiles Survived the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs appeared first on Nautilus.
21 Oct 2026, 4:25 pm
Cybersecurity experts issued a global alarm on Wednesday after researchers discovered a "severe" flaw in the most common website language.
21 Oct 2026, 4:25 pm
EA has paused development on a mobile multiplayer Sims game in favor of moving forward with a rumored Sims 4 sequel.EA announced a wide variety of changes and projects today, including the closure of BioWare and the cancelation of Mass Effect 5. It also seemed to lean into recent rumors that DICE and Respawn are making a new Star Wars Battlefront game. One other big change is that EA is shelving a mobile-first multiplayer Sims project, formerly known as Project Rene…
21 Oct 2026, 4:25 pm
A Pennsylvania man who works as a 911 dispatcher is facing multiple charges after police said he sexually assaulted a young girl while she was trying to sleep. Austin Kern, who was 24 at the time of the alleged assault, works as a Lehigh County 911 dispatcher, according to sources. The 11-year-old girl was staying at her grandmother’s home in Lehigh Township when Kern woke her up while holding a sharp metal object against her neck, according to court docum…
21 Oct 2026, 4:22 pm
The NFL welcomes an investigation into the Philadelphia Eagles’ handling of Jalen Hurts’ blood clots after the players’ union asked for one, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday. Goodell said in his news conference at the end of the NFL’s annual fall meeting that Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer, has gone through the steps that were followed and added that the union had a right to call for a review. “Obviously, there was a medical…
21 Oct 2026, 4:21 pm
“A lot of times, political ads that are negative, they work. But to work, they have to have credibility behind them. This ad is so outrageously offensive it is backfiring on Vivek because you’re making Amy Acton the victim, and Vivek is looking like the villain because Amy Acton is a victim here.” — Republican strategist Jeanette Hoffman, quoted by NewsNation, on Vivek Ramaswamy’s “horrific” ad using Amy Acton’s estranged mother to attack her.
21 Oct 2026, 4:19 pm
Dead internet theory could soon become a reality in the literal sense. Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, the programming language powering an estimated 70% of websites, have triggered an emergency security response. OpenAI says its GPT-5.6 Sol model helped uncover one of the flaws, highlighting how advanced models can expose weaknesses across the internet before attackers exploit them. Both vulnerabilities received severity scores of 9.2 out of 10. PHP release…
21 Oct 2026, 4:19 pm
They were meant to be the next big things in New Zealand rugby. For some, it all went horribly wrong. The All Blacks have had their fair share of superstars. Richie McCaw, Dan Carter and Beauden Barrett spring to mind. But for every legend, there's a young player who never quite makes the grade. Som...
21 Oct 2026, 4:19 pm
“The Democratic National Committee flagged to a federal judge this week that a super PAC linked to President Donald Trump paid to air a second ad produced by White House staff using taxpayer dollars — the latest development in the organization’s legal quest to stop the ads from airing,” the Washington Sun reports.
21 Oct 2026, 4:18 pm
President Donald Trump highlighted his administration's crackdown on overseas cryptocurrency investment scams at a White House event on Wednesday, 21 October. Officials pointed to cryptocurrency restraints and website takedowns, but those enforcement figures do not establish how much money has ultimately reached victims. Related Articles Rubio Says Starlink Access Is Musk's Decision as Ukraine Says Service Is Still RestrictedTrump Administration Could Interfere in M…
21 Oct 2026, 4:18 pm
Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander recalls a visit to Ramallah that challenged his fears about visiting Palestinian cities.
21 Oct 2026, 4:17 pm
The Country Music Association and ABC are honoring Dolly Parton with a live special airing Oct. 21.
21 Oct 2026, 4:15 pm
President Trump said Wednesday his success in freeing an American wrongly imprisoned in Russia was related to his much-criticized decision to hold back on imposing sanctions on Russia aimed at strangling its ability to wage war in Ukraine. While acknowledging the trade-off, Trump insisted the U.S. “was not required to give anything in return” for……
21 Oct 2026, 4:15 pm
Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota leads in his Senate race by more than 20 points, according to a new poll shared first with Semafor, a sign that any blue wave in November will have its limits. Rounds is trouncing independent candidate Brian Bengs 57% to 36% in the deep-red state, according to a new poll conducted in mid-October by Quantus Insights. That’s a larger lead for Rounds than many surveys have previously shown; some surveys even showed Bengs wi…
21 Oct 2026, 4:14 pm
The popular Spanish musician makes a beguiling acting debut in the buzzy Oscar contender, and he's already seeing its impact: "I saw a 16-year-old gay couple holding hands and hugging each other and crying."…
21 Oct 2026, 4:14 pm
Polling numbers from nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report released Wednesday found Democrats leading in three seats critical to retaking the Senate majority in November. The survey, conducted in concert with Democratic firm New River Strategies and Republican firm GS Strategy Group, placed Democrats ahead in the Texas, Iowa and Ohio Senate races. The party’s……
21 Oct 2026, 4:13 pm
Why use your smartphone when AI can do it for you? We’ve reached a new level of AI inanity with the launch of Opposable, a tool that taps, swipes, and types on Android phones and controls iPhones through a companion computer, sparing users the apparent burden of operating their own devices. If you don't want to update a calendar event, start a timer, or enable dark mode, you can apparently use an AI agent app on your computer (any client that supports MCP will do)…
21 Oct 2026, 4:13 pm
Meta’s $18 billion nationwide settlement with state attorneys general forced nearly $10 billion in additional costs for the company during its third quarter in 2026, missing Wall Street expectations even as its quarterly revenue was up 28%. The company’s revenue for the quarter hit $64.6 billion, up 26%, while its net income was $9.86 billion, […]…
21 Oct 2026, 4:09 pm
The streaming company has controlled its message for years, now it is hunting for what will pique Wall Street's interest.
21 Oct 2026, 4:09 pm
On October 21, 2026, the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) published the following advisories. To remediate the vulnerabilities that were disclosed on October 21, 2026, Cisco strongly recommends that customers upgrade to the fixed software that is indicated in the advisories. For more information about changes in Cisco PSIRT vulnerability disclosure, see Strengthening the Foundation: A Predictable, Customer-Focused Response to AI-Accelerat…
21 Oct 2026, 4:09 pm
Test results have confirmed his diagnosis as a lung adenocarcinoma that was localised.
21 Oct 2026, 4:08 pm
Celebrate the Season: Holiday pajama sets your whole family will love in 2026…
21 Oct 2026, 4:06 pm
Defensive end played for Chiefs for eight seasonsAndy Reid says player’s death ‘makes you sick’Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid have spoken of their sadness after former Kansas City Chief Allen Bailey died at the age of 37.The defensive end was found dead at his home in Florida on Tuesday by his wife. He is believed to have died from natural causes. Continue reading...
21 Oct 2026, 4:04 pm
Background: A section of the 500 block of Ridge Avenue in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Google Maps). Inset left: Tayron Reid (Allegheny County Police Department). Inset right: Ta'Ron Reid (House of Law, Inc.). A trial is underway in Pennsylvania for a 19-year-old man accused of gunning down his father because the older man was "picking" on him and bringing up his mother. Tayron Reid is charged with criminal homicide in the death of 45-year-old Ta'Ron Reid, accord…
21 Oct 2026, 4:04 pm
Deadline has confirmed that DC Comics’ Poison Ivy is in the early stages of getting her own live-action TV show, and one of the minds that brought us the critically acclaimed Penguin series is in discussions to produce it.However, the outlet’s sources state that this show won’t be part of Matt Reeves’ Batman universe, so don’t get your hopes up for the chance of seeing Colin Farrell’s Penguin or Battinson sharing the screen with Dr. Isley. Lauren LeFranc…
21 Oct 2026, 4:02 pm
A teenager with an obsessive interest in killers, according to prosecutors, has been found guilty of attempting to murder a 15-year-old schoolgirl after stabbing her in the back at a school in Norfolk. Related Articles Babysitter Who Served Time for Fatally Abusing a Two-Year-Old Gets 30-Year Sentence for Killing Second ChildFamily of British Woman Found Dead in Florida Claim She Was Groomed Over a Two-Year PeriodOregon School Shooter, 16, Used Shotgun His Mother Bo…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
Minnesota U.S. Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan (D) “provided evidence Wednesday of her membership in an academic honor society, undermining a national publication’s report that she inflated her credentials,” Minnesota Public Radio reports. “The jarring turn followed a story in the Wall Street Journal earlier in the day that said Flanagan did not qualify to be a member of Phi Beta Kappa when she graduated from college. The society contacted Flanagan’s campaig…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
A longitudinal study tracking thousands of children from birth to mid-adolescence suggests that young people who develop psychotic disorders tend to have smaller heads throughout their early lives. Published in Psychological Medicine, the research indicates that these head size differences are largely tied to overall body height, pointing toward a broader pattern of altered physical growth rather than an isolated issue with brain expansion. The findings also point t…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
Australian researchers said non-recyclable landfill waste could help produce low-carbon cement. Using refuse-derived fuel (RDF) to produce cement could help reduce the carbon footprint of the industry, which relies heavily on fossil fuels. The researchers said clearer standards would be essential to support wider and more responsible use of waste-derived fuels. Australian researchers said non-recyclable landfill waste could help produce low-carbon cement.
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
U.S. v. Santiago, decided Monday by Judge Chad Meredith (E.D. Ky.), involves this Instagram post: Santiago is being prosecuted for making threatening interstate communications, in two counts, "one regarding the threat to the President, and one regarding the threat to law enforcement officers." The court allowed the prosecution to go forward: [T]he question of whether Santiago's speech was a "true threat" or political hyperbole is one that must be determined by a…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
The Philips CD-i was not popular upon its launch in 1991, and is barely acknowledged today. In the opinion of [MattKC], it had a particularly poor selection of controllers, too, and it’s often hard to find used examples anyway. To rectify this situation, he whipped up an adapter to let him use Sega Genesis controllers instead. The benefit of the Genesis controller is that it uses DB-9 connectors that are readily available, and it’s got a simple pinout that is co…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
The Philadelphia Flyers have an opportunity to have a real-life winning streak as they visit the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday. It feels impossible to think after losing the first nine games of the season, but the Flyers seem to be rolling and confidence is fairly high after earning a big win over the Colorado Avalanche. Can they pull it off? Puck drop: 7:00 p.m.How to watch/listen:📺: NBCSP📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading Rick Tocchet gambled with…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
A vulnerability in Cisco Expressway Series could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to obtain sensitive information from an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization checks of HTTP requests during Mobile and Remote Access (MRA) provisioning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted URL request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive information that the…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
A vulnerability in the IPv4 packet processing functionality of Cisco IOS XR Software that affects Cisco ASR 9000 and 9900 Series Aggregation Services Routers as well as Cisco ASR 9902 and 9903 Compact High-Performance Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause network processor (NP) errors, resulting in a line card reset or shutdown and a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of crafted IPv4 pa…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 SMTP MIME Decoder that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart. This vulnerability is due to a lack of error checking when the MIME fields of the SMTP header are parsed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SMTP packets through an established connection to be parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
Multiple Cisco products are affected by vulnerabilities in the Snort 3 Detection Engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory. Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds that address these vulnerab…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct access control bypass attacks on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation for specific HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploi…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco owned Open Source Snort 3 Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20043 are related to issues concerning out-of-bounds writes that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CW…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
A vulnerability in the Snort 3 Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Decompression Engine of multiple Cisco products could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper range checking when Snort 3 decompresses VBA data, which is user controlled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted VBA data to the…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Expressway Series software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities were found during internal testing and are not known to be actively exploited. To assist customers in patching and streamline the disclosu…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
A vulnerability in the database service feature of Cisco Expressway Series could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker with network access to a Cisco Expressway device to execute arbitrary operating system commands as root. This vulnerability is due to the use of persistent cookies. Additionally, there is insufficient validation of client certificates when the TLS Verify Mode is set to Enabled for clustering, which means that client certificates are not validat…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, engineering teams for Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This re…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
A vulnerability in the control channel socket implementation of Open Source Snort 3 could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary commands as the Snort 3 process user. This vulnerability is due to a lack of authentication when a local user connects to the Snort control channel socket. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the Snort 3 control channel socket as a local user. A successful exploit could al…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel decapsulation feature of the Snort 3 Detection Engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an unexpected restart of the Snort 3 Detection Engine. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of nested GRE traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted GRE payload through an affected device. A successful expl…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of the Secure Firewall Posture module in Cisco Secure Client could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of crafted IPC messages to a local socket. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform limited file…
21 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 Detection Engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the detection engine to unexpectedly restart, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a flaw in logic handling when General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Tunneling Protocol (GTP) extension headers are processed within the codec. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending…
21 Oct 2026, 3:59 pm
Manchester United skipper Bruno Fernandes has blamed head coach Michael Carrick for the tactics that led to an embarrassing 4-1 defeat by Como in the Champions League.
21 Oct 2026, 3:58 pm
Russia's President Putin does not feel under pressure right now to end the war.
21 Oct 2026, 3:56 pm
US Attorney General Todd Blanche has drawn a comparison between the restrictions President Donald Trump faced during his criminal proceedings and Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar's freedom to speak publicly about an ongoing federal investigation involving her. Related Articles Ilhan Omar Seeks Cash to Fight Trump After DC Home Raid as President Says She Could Face JailWho Is Isra Hirsi? Ilhan Omar's Activist Daughter Returns to Congresswoman's Raided HomeAlan De…
21 Oct 2026, 3:55 pm
Production levels in the city have dropped the last two quarters despite a record number of titles getting tax credits.
21 Oct 2026, 3:53 pm
Pope Leo XIV needs no further treatment for lung cancer after follow-up tests confirmed the disease was localized, the Vatican said in a statement Wednesday. Leo, 71, had the lower lobe of his right lung removed last week in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate. The surgery confirmed he had adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer. He left the hospital on Saturday, four days after surgery and well ahead of the week-long hospital sta…
21 Oct 2026, 3:53 pm
Pope Leo’s doctors say that final tissue and molecular tests have confirmed that his lung cancer was localized and that no further treatment is needed, the Vatican said in a statement Wednesday.
21 Oct 2026, 3:52 pm
A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a trial that found it lied to the public about how it handled Facebook user data.
21 Oct 2026, 3:52 pm
The FBI is investigating reports that someone threw an incendiary device at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Atlanta.
21 Oct 2026, 3:51 pm
September’s uptick in inflation dealt Americans with higher prices just before the midterm elections, as Democrats seek to wrestle back control of Congress from the GOP by highlighting affordability concerns. Annual inflation was 3.7 percent last month, according to the consumer price index (CPI). On a monthly basis, the cost of energy, gas and electricity……
21 Oct 2026, 3:51 pm
Havana says Washington is threatening countries with retaliation if they refuse to vote against condemning its embargo.
21 Oct 2026, 3:49 pm
The verdict should be seen as a warning for tech companies that New Mexico will hold them accountable, state Attorney General Raúl Torrez said at a news conference.
21 Oct 2026, 3:49 pm
Set in a sleepy fishing village on the Welsh coast, Rhys Marc Jones’ haunting feature debut is a psychological thriller about queer desire, moral ambiguity and the lengths people go to hide their true selves.
21 Oct 2026, 3:49 pm
Our extended dry stretch continues and winds ease by late week.
21 Oct 2026, 3:47 pm
The Trump administration is reportedly planning on aggressively going after people who’ve defaulted on their federal student loans.
21 Oct 2026, 3:46 pm
Jeffrey Epstein's longtime lawyer and accountant allegedly helped finance and conceal his sex trafficking operation, according to a civil lawsuit filed by New Mexico's attorney general on Wednesday, 21 October. The state is asking a federal court to block the pair from receiving millions of dollars from the late financier's estate. Related Articles 'You Also Have to Protect Somebody': Republican Mike Rogers Defends Shielding Epstein Flight PassengersMatt Gaetz Accus…
21 Oct 2026, 3:45 pm
Philadelphia health officials are taking aim at teen vaping with a new campaign called “Don’t Get Finessed,” as Pennsylvania begins enforcing new restrictions on the sale of certain vape and e-cigarette products. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health hopes the campaign will educate young people about the dangers of vaping and discourage them from using nicotine products. According to the city, about 19% of Philadelphia youth currently use e-cigare…
21 Oct 2026, 3:45 pm
If the hated pay cable actor doesn't get to be the iconic spy, then the whole thing with the reality star was a waste. The thing is, he hates the press with an unmatched passion, so why on earth would he want to be the spy knowing how much press and attention will come with it. …
21 Oct 2026, 3:44 pm
Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) went after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over targeting Sen. Susan Collins (R) in the Maine Senate election this year. “I told him he was crazy in 2020 from working against her so hard, and he’s crazy now to work against her,” Manchin said on Wednesday in a clip……
21 Oct 2026, 3:43 pm
Getty ImagesLast month, Health Minister Simeon Brown announced new funding to reward GP clinics that meet a series of performance targets. They include fully immunising 90% of enrolled infants at eight and 24 months, keeping 80% of enrolled women up to date with cervical screening, offering quitting support to 25% of smokers, and providing an approved online booking portal. A total $40 million is tied to the scheme this year, with GP clinics eligible for payments…
21 Oct 2026, 3:43 pm
Newcastle Red Bulls have officially confirmed the signing of Canada international Mason Flesch until the end of the season. The 26-cap international arrives from Major League Rugby side Chicago Hounds, where he has played since 2024. Able to feature at lock or in the back row, Flesch was named Major...
21 Oct 2026, 3:41 pm
Musk says ‘there’s a lot of merit’ to potential merger that would require approval of 50% of Tesla shareholdersInvestors will be paying close attention to Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, after chief executive Elon Musk floated the idea of merging the car company with his rocket and AI company, SpaceX. On a call with SpaceX investors on Tuesday, Musk said: “There’s a lot of merit to combining the companies.”Musk said that the board of…
21 Oct 2026, 3:41 pm
The United States is eyeing eight nuclear power plants with a combined capacity of 6 gigawatts (GW) that would be refueled on power, eliminating plant shutdowns and enabling continuous operation. According to a press statement, the eight sites would adopt Canadian reactor designs based on CANDU (Canada Deuterium Uranium) technology. Unlike conventional reactors that are fueled by enriched uranium, the CANDU reactors are fueled by natural uranium. They use h…
21 Oct 2026, 3:41 pm
OpenAI reveals two cases of AI agents disabling safety monitoring during coding tasks, with one falsely denying it had removed the safeguards. OpenAI published an internal incident report this week documenting two separate cases in which GPT-6 class agents weakened the system designed to detect misaligned behavior, in both cases while carrying out routine coding tasks. This wasn’t an external attack. These were internal deployments, and the agents made their ow…
21 Oct 2026, 3:41 pm
Police recover more than 500kg of methamphetamine and 300kg of amphetamine in a three-day operation targeting a suspected international supply network.
21 Oct 2026, 3:41 pm
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Ciera Drayton, 14, just started high school but already knows the stress of daily commuting. She lives in South Philadelphia but attends Mercy Career and Technical School on the north side. She wakes up at 5 a.m. every day and uses her student SEPTA pass to take two buses, the 47 and 60, to arrive at school around 7:30 a.m. Her commute can be crowded an…
21 Oct 2026, 3:38 pm
Australian Lawmaker Helen Haines has lost both legs after a car rammed into her.
21 Oct 2026, 3:37 pm
Australia-first laws provide a third legal option other than burial and cremation for the treatment of bodiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSeveral New South Wales MPs say they want their own bodies turned into “human compost” after Australian-first laws were passed allowing the unusual practice.The laws, passed on Wednesday, provide a third legal option other than burial and cremation for the treatment of bodies. Continue reading...
21 Oct 2026, 3:36 pm
The UK's Conservatives suspend former candidate Jack Ross after he was filmed discussing hiring contract killers.
21 Oct 2026, 3:35 pm
Left: Denise Balbaneda (Atascosa County Sheriff). Center: Miranda Sipps (Facebook/Denise Balbaneda). Right: Gerald Gonzales (Atascosa County Sheriff). The mother of a Texas cheerleader has avoided trial in connection with her daughter's death after reaching a plea agreement. Denise Balbaneda, 38, was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to injury to a child with intent to cause serious bodily injury or mental deficiency. Balbaneda and her h…
21 Oct 2026, 3:33 pm
Katie Zacharia has returned to public view just days after her abrupt departure from the White House, attracting attention after being photographed exercising in Southern California. Related Articles Katie Zacharia's Push for Fox News Interviews Reportedly Backfired and Ended Her Five-Day White House StintTrump Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Faces California Bar Complaint Over Claims She Is a LawyerTrump's Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Failed California Bar Exam in…