Dodgers Notes: Ohtani, Klein, Coaching Staff

Dodgers Notes: Ohtani, Klein, Coaching Staff

Shohei Ohtani will not require surgery on either the knee or biceps injuries that hampered him in the second half, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman told reporters Wednesday (link via Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic). He is expected to be fully healthy for the start of spring training. Friedman confirmed that Ohtani will … Read more

An environmentally regulated dichotomy in cell lineages of the root

An environmentally regulated dichotomy in cell lineages of the root

Plant material and growth conditionsSeeds from wild-type A. thaliana ecotypes (Col-0, Ws-2, Cvi-0, c24 and Ler) or the mutants aba2-3 (Col-0 background, ABRC stock number CS3834), pyl11458 (Col-0 background, ABRC stock number CS72390) and scr-3 (Col-0 background, NASC stock code N3997) were sterilized and densely sown in rows on 1× (or 0.5× when testing the effect … Read more

Oil prices today: WTI, Brent, Saudi Arabia

Oil prices today: WTI, Brent, Saudi Arabia

Pumpjacks operating in Kern County, which has a long history of oil production, in California’s 22nd Congressional District on October 16, 2026 near Bakersfield, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Oil prices rose on Thursday on concerns about a possible escalation in the Middle East conflict, as the United States reportedly plans to resume attacks … Read more

Judge rules against DHS’s policy of knocking on doors to track down possible noncitizen voters

Judge rules against DHS's policy of knocking on doors to track down possible noncitizen voters

A federal judge ruled Wednesday night that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s practice of knocking on doors and asking people about their immigration status (and whether they have voted in recent elections) likely violates the Voting Rights Act. The ruling targeted an operation that was documented by a CBS News investigation earlier Wednesday. Homeland … Read more

Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched

Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched

The Internet’s mad scramble on Wednesday to fix a pair of critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a widely used web scripting language, was already too late to stop each attack, newly released details reveal. Wednesday’s release of fixes for two critical vulnerabilities in PHP sent administrators and security personnel scrambling to identify and patch vulnerable websites … Read more

iPhone Duo Reviewers Really Miss Face ID

iPhone Duo Reviewers Really Miss Face ID

Touch ID on the iPhone Duo may be frustrating for some users, according to media reviews published today. Several reviewers found that ‌Touch ID‌ was slow to unlock, which can be jarring coming from Face ID. According to Marques Brownlee, Apple added an intentional delay to “every” ‌Touch ID‌ unlock. After tapping a finger on … Read more

Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight — Here’s how to see it

Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight — Here's how to see it

It’s your second chance to see a meteor shower in October. The second annual October meteor shower, the Orionids, is a fairly reliable meteor shower. The radiant of the Orionids is the constellation of Orion, specifically its bright star Betelgeuse. The Orionid meteors come from the remains of Halley’s Comet, which passes by Earth approximately … Read more