The Monday, October 12, 2026 Edition
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$67.5 million
The asking price for Dr. Phil McGraw's Beverly Hills estate, which just hit the market. That's more than double what the TV host paid for the property in 2016.
Source: MarketWatch
Today: The U.S. marks Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day, the federal holiday, with the Smithsonian spotlighting photography of Native American tribal traditions.
Oct. 31: Halloween lands on a Saturday, and candy aisles are already stocked — some states spend far more per resident on sweets than others.
- 1492Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas, reaching the Americas
- 1810The first Oktoberfest is held in Munich to celebrate a Bavarian royal wedding
- 1960Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev famously bangs his shoe at the United Nations
- 1984An IRA bomb at Brighton's Grand Hotel narrowly misses Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
'Like a drill going into my eye': why the mystery over Havana syndrome refuses to die
Why the mystery of Havana syndrome — described by one sufferer as 'a drill going into my eye' — refuses to die, years after it first struck American spies and diplomats. (Read)
The Guardian · Shaun Walker
From Xinjiang to the Front Lines of Syria
How Uyghurs who left Xinjiang ended up fighting and training on the front lines of Syria's civil war. (Read)
Foreign Policy · Emily Feng$ Subscription
They War-Gamed Dimming the Sun. It Went Even Worse Than You Think
What happened when experts war-gamed dimming the sun to cool the planet — and why it went even worse than you think. (Read)
Wired · Karl Mathiesen
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