Sunday, November 1, 2026 · 4-minute read
a judge tosses Trump’s $10B WSJ lawsuit, midterm campaigns make their final push, and England’s oldest pub dates back to the 1430s.
Politics & World
A federal judge permanently dismissed President Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over the paper’s reporting on an alleged 2003 birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.
Politics & World
Republicans and Democrats delivered closing arguments on Sunday shows and President Donald Trump…
Sources: NPR News, The Hill, Fox News Politics
Science & Tech
Most Americans gained an hour of sleep overnight as clocks moved back at 2 a.m. Sunday, returning…
Sources: Scientific American, Vox, Mental Floss
The price an exceptionally rare bottle of The Macallan 1926 fetched at auction. Experts say scarcity alone doesn’t explain the sum — collectors increasingly treat trophy bottles like fine art, bidding on provenance and story as much as the whisky inside.
Source: Inc.
How illegal gold mining is hollowing out Johannesburg, leaving sinkholes, scarred land, and convenient scapegoats. (Read)
The Guardian · Rachel Savage
Why a team of scientists is rerunning an infamous experiment to test whether memories can transfer between organisms. (Read)
Wired · Claire L. Evans
Why friction, the force engineers constantly fight to eliminate, is what makes progress possible at all. (Read)
Aeon · Jennifer R. Vail
Karl Bushby arrives home in Hull, England, completing a 28-year walk around the world that crossed jungles, deserts, and bureaucratic red tape.
Election Day arrives in the US, with turnout, key races, and ballot measures to watch as the midterm campaign closes.
Today’s clickbait, so you don’t have toHeidi Klum’s 25th Halloween Costume? A Giant, Gruesome Severed Hand
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