Jena Bishop got her revenge and is now the PFL Women’s Flyweight Champion. On Friday night at WinTrust Arena, PFL Chicago fell, with Bishop facing Liz Carmouche for the vacant PFL flyweight title. Carmouche had just knocked out Bishop last year and was a heavy favorite for this rematch, but Bishop didn’t let that stop … Read more
“Necklaces” of ultracold atoms have provided new evidence supporting a nearly 100-year-old quantum theory. In 1931, physicists were trying to use quantum mechanics to explain why some materials are magnetic. Then, a young physicist named Hans Bethe observed a single row of electrons. The spin of each electron can point up or down. Bethe calculated … Read more
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his agency’s handling of an ongoing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania this week, saying state officials had “politicized” the response to the growing number of infections. Kennedy also blamed the covid-19 epidemic lockdown for declining measles vaccination rates, which health experts identify as the main reason … Read more
At least 16 people have been rescued from the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California in Mexico, according to the US Coast Guard, which said it had responded to a report on Friday that more than two dozen people were in the water. The Coast Guard sent air and surface crews about 140 … Read more
Ukraine faces growing uncertainty about its ability to sustain war against Russia as a series of moves by US President Donald Trump have raised new questions about Washington’s reliability as kyiv’s most important military partner. Trump’s deal with Putin to ease sanctions on Russia to supply diesel to global markets, as well as restrictions on … Read more
A Mexican judge convicted the three men of the 2024 murders a week after they were found guilty. Published October 17, 2026 October 17, 2026 Three Mexican men have been sentenced to more than 158 years in prison each for the murder of two Australian brothers and their American friend during a surfing trip off … Read more
The profile of what a Hollywood executive is (the role, the methods, the priorities) is now in the midst of a transformation. The old definition of a successful studio executive was someone who was commercially successful and had a track record of making great films. But what we used to call a film executive could … Read more
Professional Super Smash Bros. player Jason ‘Mew2King’ Zimmerman has been banned from a competitive tournament after posting photos of his concerning skin condition and complaining about a bug infestation in his home. On the morning of October 16, 2026, Zimmerman went viral due to a thread of posts he had posted on Twitter/X the day … Read more
BYU basketball is officially back in action. The Cougars opened Year 3 of the Kevin Young era with an exhibition Friday against a reigning Sweet 16 team in Nebraska, defeating the Cornuskers 72-61 at the Marriott Center. BYU will play another exhibition at UNLV on Oct. 24 before opening the regular season against Ohio State … Read more
Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have unraveled some of the atmospheric secrets of a strange, scorching hot world that has the consistency of a marshmallow. The extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, under JWST’s watchful infrared eye is WASP-17b, located about 1,300 light-years away. The exoplanet has a mass about 0.8 times … Read more