The Monday, October 19, 2026 Edition
Stock Futures Rebound, SpaceX Share Pledge, and a Space Cat
4 min read
3
The number of times a black bear wandered into the hospital at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska -- all within a single eight-hour span, or roughly one visit every three hours. After the third drop-in, base officials euthanized the persistent patient.
Source: Stars and Stripes
Tomorrow: ALCS Game 6: Tampa Bay, up 3-2, can clinch a World Series berth against Cleveland.
Sunday, Oct. 25: The NFL's Week 7 Sunday slate kicks off across the league.
- 1781British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, effectively ending the American Revolution
- 1943Streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis, is isolated at Rutgers
- 1987'Black Monday': the Dow plunges 22.6%, its worst one-day percentage drop ever
- 2005Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity
The Story of Billy Evans and 'Theranos 2.0'
The story of Billy Evans and the blood-testing venture critics have dubbed 'Theranos 2.0.'
Wired · Christopher Hooks
How the No Surprises Act's nonprofit arbitrators are operating like 'mini gods' and getting rich doing it
How the nonprofit arbitrators created by the No Surprises Act came to operate like 'mini gods' of medical billing -- and got rich doing it.
STAT News · Tara Bannow$ Subscription
Inside the quest to combat Arctic fires and save the planet's frozen carbon
How scientists are racing to combat Arctic fires that threaten the planet's vast stores of frozen carbon.
MIT Tech Review · James Temple$ Subscription
Get The Morning Brief free, every morning.
Everything you need. Nothing you don’t.