The Thursday, October 15, 2026 Edition
Social Security Boost, OpenAI Lawsuit, and the Oldest Shipwreck
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The number of balloons released over Cleveland at Balloonfest '86, the charity stunt now marking its 40th anniversary. One reporter recalled the launch looking 'like almost a volcano when it went off' — before everything that could go wrong did.
Source: People
Tonight: The Brewers, up 3-0, can clinch their first World Series berth since 1982 in NLCS Game 4 against the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
Tonight: The Rays and Guardians meet in ALCS Game 4 as the American League pennant series continues.
- 1917Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad in France for espionage
- 1951'I Love Lucy' premieres on CBS, reshaping American television comedy
- 1989Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe to become the NHL's all-time points leader
- 1997Andy Green's ThrustSSC sets the first supersonic land speed record in Nevada
Aboard an icebreaker, a writer got a closer look at the Arctic's 'Sea Change'
What a voyage aboard an Arctic icebreaker revealed about a rapidly warming and changing polar sea.
NPR News · Dave Davies
Inside the race to train robots on human work
How AI companies are recruiting humans to perform everyday tasks, generating the training data that teaches robots to work.
Business Insider · Rya Jetha
Deskilling the body
Why outsourcing more and more physical skills to technology may be quietly deskilling the human body itself.
Aeon · Melanie Challenger
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