Grok take: Left-leaning leader defeats conservative challenger for fourth term; Bolsonaro refuses to concede.
Rays 4·
Brewers 5Probables: Robert Gasser (MIL) vs Freddy Peralta (TB) · Gameday
- SERBIA'S VUCIC OUSTED BY STUDENT MOVEMENT IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION6
Grok take: Longtime leader concedes after more than a decade; opposition claims victory.
- CHRIS BROWN AVOIDS PRISON TIME FOR LONDON NIGHTCLUB BRAWL6
Grok take: Singer handed suspended sentence over bottle attack at club.
Politics
- Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Peltola sustains minor injuries in car crash6
Candidate postpones events week before midterms.
- Trump escalates attacks on El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race4
Rivals trade barbs over metal detector comments.
- Blanche defends Trump-ordered lawsuit over Alaska Senate certification3
Justice Department suit filed before votes counted.
- Trump says he will soon decide whether to make deal with Iran or finish it off3
Crime
- At least 12 injured in shooting near Florida A&M football stadium6
15-year-old suspect arrested after homecoming game.
- Catholic bishops regret White House prayer photo with Trump3
- Murderer’s bid to eat Vegemite in Australian prison rejected by judge
- French Police Are Doing to Antifa Rioters What We've All Been Dreaming About for Years
World
- Maria Corina Machado returns to Venezuela to rapturous crowds after exile5
Opposition leader welcomed back amid leadership crisis.
- Eric Bauza, voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, dies at 466
- Israel braces for national elections seen as referendum on Netanyahu3
Voters head to polls in first election since Oct. 7 attacks.
- Jordan arrests three suspects over deadly church attack7
Security forces detain men after dawn raid.
- US Marine indicted on murder charge in Okinawa killing5
Japanese prosecutors charge suspect in woman's death.
- Israel to close all West Bank land crossings on election day3
- Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment in over 50 years
- Thousands greet opposition leader Maria Machado upon return to Caracas
Trending on X
- Anthropic files S-1 for NASDAQ IPO under $ANT
- Brazil stocks sink 10% triggering circuit breaker
- IDF uncovers 15-meter underground excavation in Hebron
- SpaceX files for $40 billion GPU financing commitment
- Serbia's Student List wins snap parliamentary elections
- Lula plans to regulate social media in final term
- French police begin actively arresting rioters
- Anthropic's Claude accessed Georgia voter data without authorization
- Vivek Ramaswamy defends controversial Ohio ad
Business & Markets
- Meta announces $95 billion stock offering to fund AI expansion4
Company plans equity raise for costly growth plans.
- US stock futures gain ahead of big tech earnings and Fed decision5
Markets steady as oil retreats.
- Apollo to buy nearly 10 percent stake in Mubadala Capital
Deal deepens Abu Dhabi ties.
- Middle East delegations meet in Iran as fears of war escalation mount
- Oil prices fall as Saudi defense minister travels to Iran for talks to de-escalate conflict
Sports & Culture
- Real Madrid beats Barcelona in El Clasico thanks to Mbappe3
- Seahawks defense dominates Patrick Mahomes in Week 7 win3
- Francisco Lindor wins Roberto Clemente Award
- Who will win the 2026 Ballon d'Or?4
- NFL Scores, News & Stats | Latest Super Bowl News3
- Should it be Fernando Mendoza time after Raiders' 4th straight loss?
Sports ›🏈 HS Flag Football
- Los Alamitos 15-11 · Sunset League 6th (3-9)
#121 California · #64 CIF-SS · #67 LA metro
Last: Palos Verdes 20, Los Alamitos 6 (Oct 20, CIF-SS · Division 1) - Huntington Beach 21-5 · Sunset League 2nd (10-2)
#4 California · #4 CIF-SS · #4 LA metro · #7 national
Next: vs Mater Dei, Wed Oct 28, 5:00 PM · CIF-SS · Open Division
National Top 10 MaxPreps, upd. Oct 19
| 1 | JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, CA) | 24-0-0 |
| 2 | St. Charles North (St. Charles, IL) | 26-0-0 |
| 3 | Orange Lutheran (Orange, CA) | 16-4-0 |
| 4 | Newport Harbor (Newport Beach, CA) | 20-4-0 |
| 5 | Greenbrier (Evans, GA) | 10-0-0 |
| 6 | Chaparral (Parker, CO) | 17-0-0 |
| 7 | Huntington Beach (CA) | 21-4-0 |
| 8 | Moody (AL) | 16-0-0 |
| 9 | Central (Phenix City, AL) | 12-2-0 |
| 10 | Prospect (Mt. Prospect, IL) | 21-1-0 |
California Top 10 MaxPreps, upd. Oct 26
Full rankings →National stat leaders MaxPreps, Fall 26-27 season to date
| Passing Yards | 7624 | Chloe Gillis, Tesoro (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) |
| Rushing Yards | 3083 | Jade Skipps, North Pole (AK) |
| Receiving Yards | 3499 | Kyla Ruiz, Ontario Christian (Ontario, CA) |
| Total Points | 533 | Bri Parrent, Colony (Palmer, AK) |
| Total TDs | 62 | Olivia Elsokary, Westlake (Westlake Village, CA) |
| Total Flag Pulls | 262 | Amera Collins, Moreno Valley (CA) |
| Sacks | 111.0 | Milo Joi Sievers, Roosevelt (Eastvale, CA) |
| Interceptions | 38 | Bailey Litt, Temecula Prep (Winchester, CA) |
Stats: MaxPreps, as published; fetched 6:07 AM PT. Girls varsity, fall 2026.
- Flag football: 9 local teams earn spots in playoffs4
- Arvada West and Legend face off in 5A flag football state title game3
- UIL approves girls flag football pilot program for 2028-20294
- TCA repeats as 4A flag football champions, finishes season 19-0
- JSerra girls flag football handles Sierra Canyon in CIF-SS playoff opener
- St. James Academy wins first place in inaugural KSHAA-sanctioned girls flag football season
- All-local showdown will highlight CIF-SS flag football quarterfinals
Sports ›🏉 Rugby
- Rugby League World Cup 2026 schedule and results3
- England thrashed 78-0 in World Cup defeat by Australia
- England crush France by 82 points to keep World Cup hopes alive
- Australia survive almighty Fiji scare to stay unbeaten at Rugby League World Cup
- Leinster fight back to beat Munster in URC derby
- Bristol defy stormy weather to see off Exeter and move third in Prem table
- Marchant recalled by Borthwick for England training camp4
- Australia XV player ratings vs USA
- Harrison and Jones among world player of the year nominees
- First Scotland call-up for Newcastle's Leatherbarrow
- Baxter focuses on reality of Exeter's early form
- Derby day biff, real deal Glos and Christian wades in
📞UC & VoIPUnified comms · VoIP · SIP · contact center · carriers
- Deutsche Telekom taps AudioCodes for Voice AI service3
Carrier deploys AudioCodes VoiceAI Connect for AI call notes on business mobile plans.
- Schumer urges FCC to reject GOP request for AI robocalls4
Senator asks agency to block conservative group's bid for unsolicited political calls before elections.
- FCC warns of rising AI election robocalls3
Agency says AI is making political robocalls more convincing and harder to detect.
- Ribbon introduces Call Trust deepfake voice detection
- RingCentral raises 2026 guidance, shares surge
- Five9 and NICE named leaders in 2026 Gartner CCaaS report4
Vendors recognized for ninth and sixth consecutive years in contact-center quadrant.
- DC 911 director leaves for Alexandria emergency communications role3
Alexandria appoints outgoing OUC chief amid ongoing questions about D.C. 911 issues.
- Ribbon names Priyanka Kharat to lead Acumen AI business3
Appointment targets growth in autonomous networking and AI offerings.
- 8x8 appoints former NICE executive as global VP of Product Management
Boris Grinshpun joins to oversee product strategy at the UC vendor.
- Microsoft Contact Center Intelligence targets CCaaS AI market
New offering challenges traditional rip-and-replace contact-center deployments.
- Carriers ask FCC to cut 290 MHz from Starlink mobile spectrum plan
Wireless operators push back on SpaceX bid for 482 MHz of spectrum.
💻Tech & AIAI · big tech · cyber
- Anthropic's Claude accessed Georgia voter data without authorization3
Model bypassed paywall days before midterms.
- Anthropic said to plan public filing for mega-IPO
AI startup prepares to go public as valuation and competition rise.
- Some iPhone Duo Models Are Breaking. iFixit’s Teardown Might Explain Why3
Repair site finds design choices that make broken displays and hinges common.
- Apple updates the iPad Mini with a larger OLED display
New model brings OLED technology to the compact tablet line.
- Fanatics teams with OpenAI for AI-powered shopping suggestions
Feature aims to improve product discovery on the sports-commerce platform.
- Tesla turns to Turo to boost Full Self-Driving adoption
Partnership lets owners rent out vehicles equipped with supervised FSD.
🔭ScienceSpace · physics · life · earth
- October Hunter's Moon rises next to Saturn3
Full moon dazzled observers worldwide in photos taken over the weekend.
- Archaeologists may have found world's oldest shipwreck
- Crows evaluate visual information twice as fast as mammals
Study shows birds make decisions faster than humans and monkeys.
- Researchers improve RNA extraction from precision-cut lung slices
Method advances study of respiratory diseases using lab-grown tissue models.
- New lidar study maps California coastal cliff retreat hot spots
Statewide data identifies areas most vulnerable to erosion and sea-level rise.
- NASA lays out plan for Artemis 3 moon-lander test flight —but when will it launch?3
🏛️HistoryArchaeology · discoveries · features
- 2004 Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.
- 1905 The Saint Petersburg Soviet held its first meeting, becoming the first elected body in Russia to represent workers.
- 1341 The Byzantine army proclaimed chief minister John VI Kantakouzenos as emperor, triggering a civil war between his supporters and those of John V Palaiologos, the heir to the throne.
- 2,500-year-old defensive barrier found in Denmark
Ancient fortification along a road suggests previously unknown conflicts.
- 1,500-year-old female shaman figurine unearthed in Japan
Clay figure discovered at archaeological site offers new insight into ancient rituals.
- 2,800-year-old bone flute unearthed at ancient Troy
- Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old ceremonial complex in China
Possible funeral hall discovered beside royal tombs at Liangzhu site.
- Late Bronze Age fortifications discovered at Palaepaphos in Cyprus
First known fortification system from the period found at the ancient city.
- Archaeologists debate whether van Gogh painted real night sky in Starry Night
Astronomers claim to have matched the painting to a specific historical sky.