The Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Edition
SCOTUS Deportation Ruling, OpenAI Dots, and a Stranded Shark
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The number of visitors who flocked to a Busan canal over just two weeks to see a stranded shark — roughly 43,000 people a day. A rescue attempt failed, but South Korea's port city embraced its unlikely celebrity anyway, naming the fish an honorary city ambassador.
Source: Reuters
Today: All four MLB Wild Card Series resume with Game 2s, where the Yankees, Padres, Braves, and White Sox can each clinch their best-of-three series with a win.
Tomorrow: Any Wild Card series that splits its first two games concludes with a winner-take-all Game 3.
- 1846Dentist William Morton uses ether anesthesia on a patient for the first time
- 1927Babe Ruth hits his record-setting 60th home run of the season
- 1938Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, ceding the Sudetenland
- 1955Actor James Dean dies in a California car crash at age 24
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