Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · 4-minute read
Israel’s election ends in deadlock, the Fed weighs holding rates steady, and scientists catch spiders in something that looks a lot like dreaming.
Politics & World
Partial results from Israel’s first national election since the Hamas attacks show Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc narrowly ahead of Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition, with both short of the 61 seats needed to govern.
Business
Federal Reserve officials announce their latest interest rate decision Wednesday afternoon, and they…
Sources: The Hill, CNBC
Sports & Culture
Tampa Bay beat Milwaukee 4-3 in 12 innings in Game 4 of the World Series, with Ben Williamson’s…
Sources: ESPN, USA Today, CBS Sports
The views racked up by comedian Ben Christian’s viral TikTok observation that ‘everything is a rectangle’ — doors, phones, books, screens. That’s more views than Texas has residents, and fans say they now can’t stop seeing rectangles everywhere.
Source: USA Today
How an Italian farmer’s mysterious attic seeds, planted with nothing to lose, produced an almost biblical harvest.
Smithsonian
Why prosecutors want to keep a man imprisoned for his wife’s murder even after a judge called their bite-mark evidence junk science.
The Intercept · Jordan Smith
How Epic’s growing dominance in electronic health records is choking innovation across health technology.
STAT News · Casey Ross and Brittany TrangSubscription
World Series Game 5 between the Brewers and Rays, with Milwaukee one win from its first championship.
Election Day across the U.S., with turnout, key races, and ballot measures in focus.
Today’s clickbait, so you don’t have toScientists Are Strapping Tiny Camera Backpacks on Rats — to Save Your Life
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— Emma Lazarus, ‘The New Colossus,’ inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, dedicated on this date in 1886
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