Saturday, October 31, 2026 · 4-minute read
a federal judge shields election workers from DOJ threats, the WNBA Finals head to a first-ever Game 7, and a 4,000-year-old paw print survives.
Politics & World
A federal judge in California issued an emergency order Friday barring the Justice Department from threatening election workers with prosecution, and separately ordered the department to share a disputed voter list.
Science & Tech
Investigators say North Korea-linked hacking group TraderTraitor is the prime suspect in Thursday’s…
Sources: Wired, AP News, TechCrunch +1
Sports & Culture
The Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream play Game 7 of the WNBA Finals on Saturday, the first…
Sources: ESPN, AP News
Where the 2026 global box office is heading, which would make this the industry’s best year since 2019. Theaters haven’t hit that mark in the seven years since the pandemic emptied them.
Source: Deadline
How thieves made off with $6.3 billion in just 30 minutes — the anatomy of the biggest heist in history. (Read, paywall)
Financial Times · Nikou AsgariSubscription
Why today’s climate models share a big, dangerous blind spot — and what that means for how we prepare for what’s coming.
MIT Tech Review · James TempleSubscription
How Chattanooga’s city-run broadband became the unlikely blueprint for fixing America’s terrible internet.
Vox · Sara Herschander
The Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream meet in Game 7 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center.
Día de los Muertos begins, as the multiday Mexican holiday honoring the dead gets underway.
Today’s clickbait, so you don’t have toHe Dangled Nine Stories Up in a Straitjacket — 100 Years After Houdini’s Halloween Death
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“My brain is the key that sets me free.”
— Harry Houdini, who died 100 years ago today
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