The Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Edition
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The number of giant Aldabra tortoises scientists discovered roaming free on a single Seychelles island after a decades-long recovery program. That is more free-roaming tortoises than the island nation has people.
Source: The Guardian
Tonight: Powerball holds its drawing with the jackpot at $538 million.
Tomorrow: The ALCS resumes with Game 3 between the Rays and Guardians, series tied 1-1.
- 1066William the Conqueror defeats King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings
- 1926A.A. Milne's 'Winnie-the-Pooh' is first published in London
- 1947Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier flying the Bell X-1 rocket plane
- 1962A U-2 spy plane photographs Soviet missiles in Cuba, triggering the Cuban Missile Crisis
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In the 1970s, the U.S. Commissioned Photographers to Document the Country's People and Places. You Can Now See More Than 200 of the Powerful Images
How photographers commissioned by the US government in the 1970s documented the country's people and places — more than 200 of the powerful images are now viewable. (Read)
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