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The Real Search for Noah’s Ark The story of Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6–9) has captured audiences from antiquity to the present, driven by fascinations with the Flood, the salvation of life on earth, and the many theological questions that abound. Given that continued interest, below is a list of Bible History Daily articles that help situate the biblical story in its ancient historical and cultural contexts. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/real-search-for-noahs-ark/?

The Seventh-day Adventist Church teaches that God’s justice and mercy are both real, and that the wicked will not get into heaven but will face eternal separation from God. And we know clearly that Ellen G. White did not teach universal salvation, but she addressed “universalism” in historical and theological contexts, warning against it as a distortion of biblical truth while affirming God’s love and the hope of all being reconciled to Him through Christ. And we this Ellen White’s commentary found within a historical survey of “Restorationism” (the belief that all souls will ultimately be saved) which basically became known as universalism, from Leroy Froom in 'The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2': "V. Upsurge of Universalism in Colonial and Early National America A brief portrayal has already been given of the Old World post-Reformation revival of Restorationism, since Reformation times usually called Universalism. It is now essential to trace its paralleling relationship in Colonial and early national America, with its significant and subsequent developments. Back in 1636, Sir Henry Vane, former member of the British Parliament and governor of Massachusetts, acknowledged himself to be a Universalist. Then in July, 1684, Joseph Gatchell, of Marblehead, Massachusetts, was brought before the county court for teaching that “all men should be saved.” He was convicted of the teaching charged, and “sentenced ‘to the pillory and to have his tongue drawn forth and pierced with a hot iron.’” Those seem to be the earliest appearances in the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth century, in 1741, Dr. George de Bonneville came from London to preach Universalism throughout the Eastern seaboard, and had Universalist Siegvolk’s Everlasting Gospel published over here. In Episcopal ranks, Richard Clarke, in Charleston, South Carolina, and John Tyler, of Norwich, Connecticut, were pronounced advocates. And Congregationalist Dr. Jonathan Mayhew, of Boston, avowed it in 1762. Then former Wesleyan James Relly’s book on Universalism was reprinted in Boston in 1779 and in Providence in 1782. But shortly before this an anonymous pamphlet appeared against Universalism, likewise in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1759; another in Altona, by Basedow, in 1763; and then a third by Croswell, at Boston, in 1775. And there were counterattacks. Thus the battle of pens was under way. 1. UNIVERSALISM GATHERS MOMENTUM IN NINETEENTH CENTURY But it was Bostonian Dr. Charles Chauncy’s The Salvation of All Men (1784) that created the sensation. He had a profound conviction as to the divine management of the universe. Then in 1770 Methodist John Murray widely proclaimed Universalism, and in 1779 organized a society of Universalists in Massachusetts under the name of The Independent Christian Church. Next, in 1781 Baptist Elhanan Winchester organized a Universalist society, taking the name Universal Baptists. Even among the Dunkers, or German Baptists, at Ephrata, Pennsylvania, Universalism was agitated. Also in New Jersey several Baptist preachers and their congregations became Universalist. And in Pennsylvania Abel Sarjent started the Free Universal Magazine. Restorationism was definitely under way in North America. The Reverend Hosea Ballou, of Vermont, originally a Baptist, but becoming a Universalist preacher in 1790, started the Restorationist Association. He also produced The Ancient History of Universalism (1829), and by 1830 his views were rather extensively held. But this Restorationist Association terminated about 1841, and its organ, The Independent Christian Messenger, ceased publication. So there were ups and downs, but the agitation continued. 2. BATTLE OF BOOKS OVER UNIVERSALISM Prior to the appearance of Universalism, as outlined, the absolute eternity of Hell punishment was almost universally held, with predestinarian Calvinism predominant. Now a barrage of books for and against the upsurging Universalism poured forth for more than half a century. " https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/955.1748

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The false doctrine of Universalism teaches that all people will be saved, that a good and loving God would not allow any to perish. They declare or hold that God's love is so great that every human soul will eventually achieve salvation and reconciliation, viewing any post-mortem punishment as temporary and purifying rather than eternal. Early roots trace back to thinkers like Origen of Alexandria in the 3rd century, and it developed as an organized movement in the 18th century from those roots, and we see in the idea that after a cleansing period they can get a pass and all reach salvation. They come up with many false ideas of how this can happen, such as this one from the false doctrine of Purgatory and from many others, where God will somehow free sinners and let them get to heaven, or that there will be multiple raptures so that people will have another opportunity to choose God or another path to Him. So you get a lie turned into a false belief called Universalism. But the Bible doesnt teach this, it tells us clearly there is only one path and shows not all will choose it... John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. And He will separate the sheep (saints) from the goats (wicked) at His coming... Matthew 25:32-34 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: And only the saints will be taken to heaven to be in the Kingdom where Christ has prepared a place for them... John 14:1-3 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. So we see that the Kingdom is only for the saints, the chosen, the elect, but the Bible also calls them a remnant... Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ And we find the following also... Romans 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: So not all shall be saved as many will choose the world rather than Christ, and stay in bondage to the adversary.

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Chinese Spy Targets Nvidia US intelligence agencies believe Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is the target of a Chinese spy, according to a New York Times report (free w/email). Alice Huang, who is unrelated to the Nvidia CEO, is a senior executive at Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed, which has been accused of smuggling AI chips into China. The pair were seen together at a Taipei bar in 2024 and a restaurant in 2025, interactions Nvidia is defending as standard business engagement. President Donald Trump was reportedly briefed on US intelligence concerns about Alice Huang a year ago and did not take action. Nvidia has generated roughly 15 cents of every dollar the US stock market has returned since 2023. Jensen Huang has, meanwhile, lobbied Trump to ease restrictions on the sale of advanced AI chips to China. The US and China are battling for an edge in AI development. See inside the underground network to get chips into China.

Alaska's Sullivan Showdown President Donald Trump called for Alaska Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola to be prosecuted and removed from the ballot after a New York Times report (free w/email) alleged her campaign recruited a candidate sharing the name of her opponent, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R). Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) also ordered an investigation Wednesday, days before Tuesday’s midterms. The effort reportedly began in 2025, and Peltola’s former campaign manager said she was aware of it but wasn’t directly involved. Peltola’s campaign denies involvement, as does the second Sullivan, a retired teacher who is one of four candidates in the race. State election officials initially disqualified him over concerns about voter confusion, but the Alaska Supreme Court reinstated his candidacy. The Justice Department sued last week to block certification of a Peltola victory if confusion over the second Sullivan affected the outcome. In a Sullivan twist, Anchorage's former mayor—a third Dan Sullivan—endorsed the incumbent in August. Why are there so many Dan Sullivans in Alaska?

Genesis 3:16 is very connected to Genesis 3:15 with very strong evidence that the "He" of Genesis 3:16 is NOT "He the husband" but "He the exact same "He" of Genesis 3:15 who is to rule over the described dysfunctional family where the only hope is to allow "He" the Promised Seed to rule over the woman, children and husband. Now, even if the "He" of Genesis 3:16 should be understood as "he the husband" there are still issues with the traditional application to the husband by people who oppose women's ordination. But there is very strong evidence that this understood as the exact same "He" from Genesis 3:15.

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It is well known here that people who live up on the mountain (about a 3000ft hill) are the healthiest people here. They do not eat processed foods and get lots of exercise. There are NO fat people living on the mountain. Poor people have no diabetes as well. Thin and smaller. Today I can immediately tell if a person is very poor here. By the size of their waist. There are more and more in my area.

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Years ago (1978/1979), Ethel Nelson interviewed Nathan Pritikin. and Dr. Denis Burkit. Dr.Burkit inspired John McDougall to adopt healthier eating and Pritikin ~started the modern WFPB eating movement. Pritikin believed EGW was inspired, even though he disagreed with her at times. The interviews are preserved in the Ministry magazine archives. Most of the people promoting WFPB eating are standing upon the shoulders of Pritikin. He said he had read extensively of her dietary counsel. Among the numerous things she had right is the no snacking/two meal a day plan. Modern physiology studies have identified a digestive process which is impaired by snacking. Known as the migrating motor complex, this process is a cycle that takes a few hours to complete. Snacking interrupts the cycle, causing it to reset. This results in food remaining in the digestive system longer than it should. Burkit discusses this in his interview. Known as transit time, food should pass through the digestive process uninterrupted. Some of these WFPB doctors advocate eating several times a day, even "grazing". Both these practices are harmful. They probably contribute to various digestive disorders. Overall, EGWs' dietary counsel is certainly among the best, if not the best eating plan there is, that I'm aware of.

Since there was an encyclical on it, ALL Catholic schools including colleges, Day care centers, Hospitals, NGO's and local churches are teaching this.

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🎃 Yahoo! It's Friday! Happy Halloween Eve. Worth the scroll: Getty Images captured one of the best sports images of the year the other night, and we interviewed the photographers to get the backstory. You'll find that at the bottom of today's edition. Plus: Dream force Game 7, Brady's evolution as a broadcaster, Big Numbers (World Series edition), UCLA's attendance woes, Behind the Lens, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES 🏀 Dream force Game 7: The Dream beat the Valkyries, 80-69, on Thursday afternoon to set up a decisive WNBA Finals Game 7 tomorrow night. A few hours later, the Hawks beat the Cavaliers in the same arena, making it a 2-0 day for Atlanta hoops. 🏈 TNF recap: The Packers beat the Panthers, 27-19, to improve to 5-3 and keep the sports momentum going in Wisconsin. Brewers players showed up at the game with the World Series Trophy in tow, and celebrated with a Lambeau Leap. 🏈 Chicago adds Simmons: The Bears acquired four-time Pro Bowl DT Jeffery Simmons from the Titans for three draft picks (two firsts, one fourth) in a clear win-now move by Chicago. Y! Sports AM reader Kevin Kaduk has more in his excellent "Bears By 7" newsletter. 🏀 Grizz stay perfect: No NBA team had longer preseason title odds than the Grizzlies And yet: They're currently 5-0 (a record only the Rockets can match) after handing Ja Morant and the Trail Blazers their first loss on Thursday night. 🏒 Detroit suspends Larkin: The Red Wings have suspended franchise staple Dylan Larkin without pay after the center informed the team he wouldn't play until he was traded. The 12-year veteran was already stripped of his captaincy after requesting a trade over the summer.     🎪 MEDIA CIRCUS BRADY FINDS HIS STRIDE (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Welcome to Media Circus, our weekly-ish column from longtime sports media reporter Richard Deitsch. Today's topic: Tom Brady's evolution as a broadcaster. From Richard Deitsch: There was once a media clown who boldly predicted that Tom Brady would walk away from his 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox Sports before the start of the 2025 NFL season to focus on his minority ownership of the Raiders and his production company. That media clown was me. As far as predictions go, this was thinking Super Bowl LI was over when the Falcons led the Patriots 28-3 at the half. Brady has of course gone on to solidify himself as Fox's No. 1 NFL analyst. He has since said he hopes to complete his broadcasting contract if Fox will continue to have him. I was thinking about Brady this week because we saw him take another step in his evolution as a broadcaster. What was notable during his call of the Lions and Packers last Sunday was that he was sharply critical of multiple officiating decisions. This is always an important step in a former athlete or coach's broadcasting journey. Can they criticize the league (still rare) or the league's officiating? In Brady's case, it's particularly notable because the NFL set a threshold, via a 2024 Sports Business Journal story by Ben Fischer, where the NFL said, "the concern would be if Tom was egregiously critical of officiating or called into question the integrity of an official or the crew." Most viewers agreed Brady's frustration was justified. It was a strong moment. A different kind of theater: There's an excellent new biography out on Brady ("Brady: An American Story and the Price of Greatness") written by my former Sports Illustrated colleague Lars Anderson that examines Brady's ethos and what drives him. I asked Anderson for this piece why he thought Brady entered sports broadcasting. "To understand why a man obsessed with control would bind himself to a 10-year television contract, look past the money and into the stillness of his retirement," Anderson said. "He signed with Fox because a life away from the field was a terrifying prospect for a mind that requires intense competitive stress to function." "The broadcast booth is simply a proxy for the stadium, a way to stay intimately tethered to the game that defined his existence from San Mateo to Foxboro. He is still trying to dictate the terms of the sport, using the broadcast booth as a different kind of theater, a place where his standard of perfection remains absolute." That's interesting and explains his growth. He's also been fortunate to work under the tutelage of producer Richie Zyontz and director Rich Russo, a pair of Hall of Fame-level production people, and the ego-free play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Burkhardt. There was once a time where viewers rightly wondered whether Brady could hack it in the booth. That question has now been answered. Expect even more improvement from here. Want more? If sports media interests you, check out the Sports Media podcast with Richard Deitsch, featuring bi-weekly interviews and roundtable conversations.   ⚾️ STAT SHEET BIG NUMBERS: WORLD SERIES EDITION (Mike Stobe/Getty Images) 114-61 Milwaukee just completed one of the most dominant runs we've ever seen from a World Series champion, going 114-61 across the regular season (103-59) and playoffs (11-2). That's the fourth-best combined record by any champion in the Wild Card Era (since 1995). The top five: No one can touch the 1998 Yankees (125-50), but the 2018 Red Sox (119-57) are the closest, followed the 2022 Astros (117-58), 2026 Brewers (114-61) and 2009 Yankees (114-63). 4 of 10 The Brewers are the fourth MLB franchise in the last 10 seasons to win their inaugural World Series, joining the Astros (2017), Nationals (2019) and Rangers (2023). Rare feat: Only twice before have we seen a 10-World Series span with that many first-time champions. The 1920s: 1920 Indians, 1923 Yankees, 1924 Senators, 1926 Cardinals; and the 1990-2000s: 1992 Blue Jays, 1997 Marlins, 2001 Diamondbacks, 2002 Angels (no World Series in 1994). 1.38 ERA Milwaukee's shutdown bullpen powered its run to the championship, posting an absurd 1.38 ERA across 65 innings of work in the NLDS, NLCS and World Series. That's the second-lowest bullpen ERA in MLB postseason history (min. 50 IP), trailing only the 2022 Astros (0.83). The man, the myth, the legend: The best of that vaunted unit was Aaron Ashby, who threw 18 scoreless innings across nine appearances with three saves, two holds and a win. Add it all up and his Win Probability Added (1.8) was the fourth-most ever in a single postseason. Only 2001 Curt Schilling (2.1), 2011 David Freese (1.9) and 2004 David Ortiz (1.9) had more. No. 11 How's this for a fun fact? Every "Big Four" champion in 2026 had a star player who wore No. 11… and whose first name starts with "J" and ends with "N." Jackson Chourio — who didn't win World Series MVP, but did hit a scorching .458 (11-for-24) in the series — was the latest to join the club. The others: Jaxon Smith-Njigba (No. 11) was named the NFL's OPOY en route to Seattle's Super Bowl title; Jalen Brunson (No. 11) was named MVP of the NBA Finals as the leader of the Knicks; Jordan Staal (No. 11) was the postseason MVP and captain of the Stanley Cup-winning Hurricanes.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WEEKEND WATCHLIST (Henry Russell/Yahoo Sports) 🏀 WNBA Finals, Game 7 Atlanta's Game 6 victory spared the WNBA from having to celebrate a champion on a Thursday afternoon. Now, the series shifts back to Ballhalla one more time for Saturday's winner-take-all Game 7 (8pm ET, USA). Dream at Valkyries: Who ya got? The grand finale: This is the first Game 7 in the history of the WNBA Finals, which only became a best-of-seven series last season. But there have been 13 previous winner-take-all Finals games, and the home team won 11 of them. 🏈 College Football Saturday Week 9's slate features just two ranked games: No. 3 Georgia vs. No 17 Florida at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium (3:30pm, ABC), and No. 22 Arizona at No. 13 Texas Tech in a critical Big 12 battle (12pm, ESPN). Best of the rest: No. 5 Notre Dame vs. Navy at Gillette Stadium (12pm, ABC); No. 25 Wisconsin at Iowa (12pm, Fox); Auburn at No. 12 Ole Miss (12:45pm, SEC); No. 6 Utah at Cincinnati (3:45pm, ESPN); No. 1 Miami at North Carolina (7:30pm, ABC); No. 2 Ohio State at USC (7:30pm, NBC). Reminder: Don't forget to lock in your Week 8 picks in our College Football Challenge. 🏈 NFL Sunday There's no shortage of excellent games to choose from, but if we had to pick only two? The undefeated Vikings visiting the Lions in an NFC North clash (1pm, Fox), and the Chiefs hosting the Broncos with first place in the AFC North on the line (4:25pm, CBS). Best of the rest: The Ravens visit the Bills in Lamar Jackson's expected return (1pm, CBS); the Steelers host the Browns for AFC North supremacy (1pm, CBS); the winless Chargers play the Rams in a battle of co-tenants (4:05pm, Fox). ⚽️ NWSL Decision Day The NWSL's 14th regular season winds down on Sunday, with all 16 teams playing simultaneously at 5pm. First-place Gotham will host sixth-place Utah on ESPN, while the other seven matches air on ESPN+. Where it stands: Seven of eight playoff spots have already been clinched, leaving Seattle (44 points), North Carolina (42) and Denver (41) to fight for the last spot. Player to watch: North Carolina's Ashley Sanchez (20 goals) needs one more goal to break the single-season record. 🏁 Motorsports Two champions could be crowned on Sunday, with Kyle Larson racing in Virginia (2pm, NBC) as he nears his second straight NASCAR Cup Series title, and Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli needing just two points in Mexico City (3pm, Apple) to become F1's youngest-ever champion. Yahoo Sports x Apple TV: The Mexican GP continues our season-long partnership with Apple TV for F1 coverage. All three practice sessions (Fri. 2:30/6pm; Sat. 1:30pm) and tomorrow's qualifying (5pm) will air for free on Yahoo Sports, while Sunday's race will stream on Apple TV. More to watch: 🏀 NCAA Basketball: Notre Dame vs. Villanova, Men (Sun. 9:30am, Fox) and Women (Sun. 12pm, FS1) … The college hoops season tips off in Rome with a pair of Catholic universities playing a doubleheader. 👟 Marathon: New York City (Sun. 8am, ESPN2) … Over 2 million fans will cheer on roughly 60,000 runners during the 55th edition of the race. ⚽️ European Soccer: Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund (Sat. 1:30pm, USA); AC Milan vs. Inter Milan (Sat. 3:45pm, Paramount+); Liverpool vs. Arsenal (11:30am, Peacock) … A trio of heavyweight matchups across Germany, Italy and England. 🏀 NBA: Knicks at 76ers (Fri. 7:30pm, Prime); Lakers at Warriors (Fri. 10pm, Prime) … Golden State's Yaxel Lendeborg joins Victor Wembanyama as the only rookies since 1995 with 100+ points and 40+ rebounds in their first five career games. 🏒 NHL: Devils at Golden Knights (Fri. 6pm, NHL); Jets at Hurricanes (Sun. 1pm, NHL); Oilers at Rangers (Sun. 6pm, NHL) … Carolina (+700), Edmonton (+850), Vegas (+950) and New Jersey (+1400) are all among the top-seven Stanley Cup favorites. 🏒 Women's Hockey: USA vs. Canada (Fri. 7pm, NHL) … The rivals face off in another exhibition, this time in Michigan, after Canada won Wednesday's game in Ontario. 🐎 Horse Racing: Breeders' Cup World Championships (Fri-Sat, USA/NBC) … More than $34M will be awarded across 14 races, including $7M for Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic (6:16pm). Plus: 🥊 Canelo Álvarez vs. Christian Mbilli in Riyadh (Sat. 2pm, DAZN PPV); ⚽️ MLS Week 33 (Sat-Sun, Apple); ⛳️ Mexico Open (Fri-Sun, Golf); 🎾 ATP in Basel and Vienna; WTA's Pan Pacific Open (Fri-Sun, Tennis); 🏍️ MotoGP Malaysia (Sun. 2am, FS2) Got plans this weekend? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🏈 ATTENDANCE WOES ROARING BRUINS, QUIET CROWDS They're undefeated, ranked No. 7 in the country, and students get free tickets under a new policy this fall. So why does the Rose Bowl still look so sparse for UCLA football? Winning isn't a cure-all: Through UCLA's first four home games, the school's announced attendance has averaged 33,174. That's down 6% from the same point last year, when the Bruins started 3-4 and they weren't anything close to what they are right now: a title contender. Attendance outlier: The other nine schools in the AP Top 10 average 74,836 fans per game this season, more than double UCLA's attendance. Beyond that group, plenty of other programs (even struggling ones) are also far outpacing the Bruins. What gives? Sparse crowds are not a new challenge for UCLA (or neighboring USC), and the Rose Bowl being 26 miles from campus is undeniably a factor. But the gap between the Bruins' attendance and on-field success has never been more striking than it is right now. Further reading: Yahoo Sports Biz author Dylan Dittrich dug deeper into UCLA's attendance woes ahead of tomorrow's home game against Nevada.   🏈 LET'S PLAY RIVALRY TRIVIA Georgia celebrates after beating Florida in 2019. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) Florida and Georgia's annual matchup (in Atlanta on Saturday) is one of only three standing college football rivalry games played at a neutral site every year. Question: Can you name the other two? Hint: One has already taken place this season, the other has not. Answer at the bottom.   📸 PHOTOGRAPHY BEHIND THE LENS (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) Yahoo Sports AM goes "Behind the Lens" with Getty Images to tell the stories behind the best photographs in sports. This week's photo: Brewers catcher William Contreras celebrates winning the 2026 World Series. Easily one of the best sports images of the year… and it only exists because of a coordinated team effort. Behind the Lens: Here's photographer Carmen Mandato… A big part of covering a game is thinking beyond the pictures right in front of you. We're always trying to anticipate what the moment might look like, while making sure we're giving our clients a variety of options to tell the story. With this year's World Series taking place in a dome, we had the opportunity to utilize catwalk positions above the field. Those overhead cameras offer a perspective we simply can't get from field level. Chief Photographer Jamie Squire wanted to maintain our position over home plate, knowing it was a critical vantage point for any clinching scenario. I handled the camera installation on the catwalk, positioning it directly above home plate, and Joel Abraham handled firing the camera remotely through our networked system. From previous coverage, we knew just how expressive catcher William Contreras can be in moments of celebration. He'd go on to earn MVP honors, but heading into that moment, we were simply hoping he'd give us one of those reactions we'd seen before. That's so much of what goes into covering sports: you do your best to anticipate where the story might unfold, put the pieces in place, and hope the moment comes together.   Trivia answer: Texas vs. Oklahoma (Cotton Bowl) and Army vs. Navy (rotating site)

Bird flu detected in Iowa commercial flock for first time in nearly a year A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a commercial turkey flock of approximately 44,400 birds in Sac County, according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/29/repub/bird-flu-detected-in-iowa-commercial-flock-for-first-time-in-nearly-a-year/?

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says feds looking for ways to fund faith-based recovery programs U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he supports finding new ways to provide federal funding for faith-based recovery programs. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/29/repub/hhs-secretary-robert-f-kennedy-jr-says-feds-looking-for-ways-to-fund-faith-based-recovery-programs/?

Where are the tightest races for US House control right now? Here’s the rundown. WASHINGTON — Communities throughout the country have been inundated with television ads and outside spending as politicians try to spur voter turnout in the most competitive U.S. House races in Tuesday’s midterm elections. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/29/repub/where-are-the-tightest-races-for-us-house-control-right-now-heres-the-rundown/? Early voting jumps across Senate battlegrounds as millions more Americans vote ahead of Election Day WASHINGTON (AP) — Early voting is significantly outpacing the last midterm election, with millions more Americans casting ballots in advance and particularly sharp increases in states hosting competitive Senate races, according to an Associated Press analysis of voting data five days before Election Day. https://apnews.com/article/election-early-voting-midterms-3f7d5c378b3d9bff5cde4604a55b9c9a?

Nearly 4 million Floridians have voted so far Early voters plus mail-in voters equal nearly 3.9 million ballots cast so far, according to Thursday afternoon state data. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/29/nearly-4-million-floridians-have-voted-so-far/? ps:And I am one of those millions!! ‘Ambitious’ timeline means DeSantis could pass new vax rules before he leaves office Gov. Ron DeSantis’s efforts to pare back the number of vaccines children must receive to enter school or daycare could pay off for him before he leaves office on Jan. 5 in light of a state administrative judge’ agreement Thursday to expedite a hearing on challenges to them. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/29/ambitious-timeline-means-desantis-could-pass-new-vax-rules-before-he-leaves-office/? ‘We don’t want it’: Voter backlash against data centers consumes midterm elections SPRINGDALE, Pa. — Residents in a small southwestern Pennsylvania town are facing the prospect of a 47-acre data center facility on their doorstep. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/30/repub/we-dont-want-it-voter-backlash-against-data-centers-consumes-midterm-elections/? Data breached — personal information from Florida Department of Education Personal information, including Social Security numbers, of as many as 4.9 million individuals was vulnerable during a data breach at the Florida Department of Education, the agency announced Thursday. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/29/data-breached-personal-information-from-florida-department-of-education/?

Elke Sommer, German-born star of ‘A Shot in the Dark’ and ‘The Prize,’ dies at 85 https://apnews.com/article/elke-sommer-dies-05ef6ecfe095939515991b3553e5ca55?

Justice Department subpoenas California officials in escalation of its scrutiny of elections The Associated Press obtained copies of three subpoenas to employees of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder, ordering them to appear in court on Nov. 4, the day after the election. Read more. Why this matters: The subpoenas represent the latest salvo in a fight between the Trump administration and California over the eligibility of voters in the heavily Democratic state, amplifying pressure on local election officials to comply with exhaustive government demands and setting the stage for legal challenges. They also come amid broader federal scrutiny of local elections, with the Trump administration issuing a raft of subpoenas in Alaska in a spoiler candidate controversy. A letter accompanying a subpoena says it was issued “in connection with an official criminal investigation being conducted by the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations.” It didn't elaborate. It is unclear whether the Justice Department intends to bring criminal charges against anyone. The department does not typically subpoena people whom it regards as targets of a criminal investigation to appear before a grand jury. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Peltola denies she knew of effort to put candidate with same name as Sen. Sullivan on Alaska ballot WATCH: Voters in Alaska’s capital divided on same-name senate candidate controversy CNN, MS NOW and Politico ask court to make Trump access order permanent FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about voting spreads less than a week before Election Day Trump cancels rallies in Kansas and Iowa, opting for telerallies to reach more voters, RNC says Pentagon accuses newly fired general of leaking sensitive information to the media Judge blocks Trump administration’s Medicaid rule forcing sick recipients to prove frailty

October 30, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said it had halted withdrawals after hackers stole more than $6 billion. We have more news below. But let’s start in the nation’s capital, and then visit China to see the latest development in the war against mosquitoes. 🦟 The New York Times View from the top The best view in D.C. is from the top of the Washington Monument, 555 feet above the National Mall. Spin in a circle and you can take the nickel tour: the White House, the Capitol, the Reflecting Pool, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, all the hits. It’s a great place, in other words, to see President Trump’s imprint on the city, even as his projects face legal challenges. To grasp the extent of his Washingtonian makeover (and to allow you to experience the grandeur of the urban landscape), Times journalists built a high-resolution panorama, using 32 overlapping, close-up images our photographers captured at the top of the monument. Then software stitched them together into a 360-degree projection that acts like a custom-made Google Street View built from the perspective of a soaring bird. It’s super cool. You can zoom in on the new helipad Trump installed outside the White House, and the new ballroom rising where the East Wing once stood. There’s the Eisenhower Executive Office Building he thinks is the wrong color. See where he wants to raise a 250-foot arch, and where he wants to replace athletic fields with a statue garden dedicated to American heroes. And there in the distance, you can see East Potomac Park, where Trump has already removed hundreds of trees as he replaces a municipal golf course with a championship-level one. A number of federal judges have said that Trump can’t build this element or that one without the approval of Congress. But the Republicans who control Congress have not pushed back on him, which is allowing him to remake Washington just the way he wants it. It’s starting. Come on up and see for yourself. In China. Qilai Shen for The New York Times Mosquito lasers! Check this out: A company in China has invented a $1,000 A.I.-enabled brick that tracks mosquitoes in flight and burns their wings off with a laser. The United States may be ahead of China in developing A.I. models, but the device is an example of how quickly China is putting powerful computing into consumer products. The technology also has military potential. As Keith Bradsher, who saw a demonstration, writes, “It’s not hard to imagine how a system that tracks and shoots down mosquitoes today could be adapted to target drones tomorrow.” What could go wrong? A lot. A laser powerful enough to dispatch a mosquito is powerful enough to damage your eyes. To protect people (and animals that are not mosquitoes), A.I. software recognizes them and prevents the laser from shooting, even in darkness. A camera also identifies shiny surfaces so beams don’t ricochet elsewhere. Keith’s description of the device’s effectiveness is bracing: For anyone who has ever wished mosquitoes a horrible death, this is a strikingly high-tech way to make that wish a reality. The laser delivers a gruesome end, though not a quick one. Mosquitoes whose wings have burned off can take hours or even days to die, lying on the ground and twitching slightly. After the demonstration, Keith examined the fallen bugs. Their wings were gone, but their legs and bodies appeared intact. They couldn’t fly, even when he waved his hand directly over them. See the device at work. PATRICK STEWART, 1940-2026 Ryan Pfluger for The New York Times Patrick Stewart survived a grim childhood in England’s coal-mining north country to become an acclaimed Shakespearean actor. Then, in middle age, he took on the role that would bring him worldwide fame, playing the baritone-voiced starship captain Jean-Luc Picard in the “Star Trek” spinoff “The Next Generation.” Stewart died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 86. Read his obituary. Revisit seven of his most notable performances. Make it so. FREE TO READ Vincent Alban/The New York Times One-sided world: A Times editor lost hearing in his right ear after suffering a brain injury in middle school. At age 54, he decided to see an audiologist again. Ted Bundy: Utah investigators used advanced DNA technology to link him to a 52-year-old cold-case murder. Your pick: The most clicked link in yesterday’s newsletter was for a quiz about sugar. A.I. job ‘void’: Gen Zers are hunting for employment. But many aren’t interviewing with humans anymore. Click the video below to watch. The New York Times THE LATEST NEWS Midterm Elections High inflation is haunting Republicans before the elections. The Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation to prove that thousands of noncitizens are on California’s voter rolls. The Justice Department also sent out dozens of subpoenas as it investigates a Democratic effort to enlist decoy candidates to peel votes from the Republican candidate in Alaska’s Senate race. Trump canceled rallies in Kansas and Iowa, where polls show tight races. Hundreds of campaign websites and position papers include text written by artificial intelligence. More on Politics Jensen Huang Mikayla Whitmore for The New York Times Times Exclusive: American spy agencies concluded that a Chinese woman with a close relationship with Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, the chipmaker behind the A.I. boom, was a spy. Trump knew and took no action. Trump erupted after he learned that one of his former lawyers, Alina Habba Mildon, secured a contract worth more than $50 million to work for a billionaire Venezuelan family. Israel Elections After a final vote tally, Israel is facing weeks of uncertainty over who will govern. Arab citizens voted in record numbers, but many worry that their parties’ historic gains will not translate into real political influence. Around the World Flávio Bolsonaro near Miami. Ricardo Arduengo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Flávio Bolsonaro, the defeated presidential candidate from Brazil, is in Florida on a temporary immigration status, and he will likely be granted permanent residency later, officials said. The Trump administration expelled a Cuban diplomat after Cuba’s foreign minister and the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. got into a shouting match. The Chinese Communist Party is purging political and military officials that Xi Jinping deems insufficiently loyal. A court rejected an Australian woman’s appeal after she was convicted of murdering three relatives with death cap mushrooms. Other Big Stories The U.S. economy over the summer grew at its fastest pace in a year, even as many consumers continued to give it poor marks. (Perhaps because inflation has been accelerating.) Big Tech companies are spending so heavily on A.I. data centers that they are worrying Wall Street. ASK THE MORNING I don’t understand how one party or the other can simply redraw the congressional district maps. Aren’t there rules for how and when this can be done? Who sets them? | Carol Roach | Overland Park, Kansas Yes, there are rules, but they vary by state. Typically, congressional districts are redrawn once a decade after the census to ensure they contain about the same number of people. But federal law allows more frequent redistricting. In states where the legislature controls the process (instead of an independent commission), a majority party can pass a new map. States can even change their rules when they want, something California voters did last fall. The Supreme Court also recently changed its interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, clearing the way for states to eliminate majority-minority districts by redrawing maps. — Eve Washington, a data journalist with The Upshot OPINIONS After the Tiananmen Square massacre, Nicholas Kristof broke a basic rule for foreign correspondents. He’s proud of it, he writes. What’s next for Israel? Read a debate between four writers — Diana Buttu, Yossi Klein Halevi, Dahlia Scheindlin and Bret Stephens. The Midterms are here. Understand their impact with savings on The Times. Benefit from unlimited coverage of the elections — and what they mean for you going forward. Sale: $1/week for you first year. Subscribe now. TODAY’S NUMBER $350,000 — That was the cost one passenger paid for an “Endless Horizons” lifetime contract on the Odyssey cruise ship. It promised him permanent residency for the life of the ship with no monthly fees. He boarded on Oct. 1. Less than a month later, the Odyssey’s operators said they had run out of money and docked in Cambodia, stranding passengers. “I paid $13,461.53 per day for my 26 days,” the passenger told The Times. Read more about the end of the Odyssey. SPORTS W.N.B.A. The Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries, 80-69, and forced a Game 7 of the Finals. N.F.L. The Green Bay Packers overwhelmed the Carolina Panthers, 27-19. Solo sailing: On the grueling Route du Rhum, from France to the Caribbean, competitors face extreme sleep deprivation that can cause dangerous hallucinations. RECIPE OF THE DAY Armando Rafael for The New York Times I introduced you to Tini Younger the other day. She’s a trained and TikTok-famous chef with a cookbook coming out. This is the recipe that set her on her path: mac and cheese with enough cheese in it to qualify as cheese and mac. Debate before dinner. MOTHER OF EXILES The New York Times Take three minutes to listen to our critic Jason Farago explain how art and engineering brought the Statue of Liberty to New York. It’s a fascinating and beautiful accounting of an artwork caught between the sublime and the souvenir. Watch. More on culture This year is the 50th anniversary of “Interview With the Vampire,” Anne Rice’s 1976 debut novel, a gothic horror story about a 200-year-old vampire recounting the story of his life to a young reporter. The Times went to New Orleans, where the book is set, to talk to Rice’s son and to document her greatest muse: the city itself. The photographer Taryn Simon spent a decade channeling an F.B.I. agent’s life into more than 1,700 photographs that make up her new show at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, “Father Country I Do Love You.” Our critic really, really did not like it. That makes for terrific reading. The U.S. exhibition at the Venice Biennale ran out of money, leaving its massive sculptures potentially stranded in Italy. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS Crack open one of these new mystery novels recommended by our Book Review, including the latest from Louise Penny and the American debut of Jiro Akagawa’s long-running Japanese series about a detective and his very intelligent cat, Holmes. Stop saying that drugs and supplements can extend life span. That’s just one of six things longevity experts wish we’d quit asserting as fact. Take your coffee to work with no fear it’s going to cool, or spill. The baristas at Wirecutter have found the very best travel mugs. Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were grandpop and propaganda. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times and me. See you tomorrow. — Sam Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Host: Sam Sifton Editor: Adam B. Kushner News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Evan Gorelick, Brent Lewis, Lara McCoy, Karl Russell Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Editorial Director, Newsletters: Jodi Rudoren Deputy Editorial Director: Lauren Jackson

A homecoming worth celebrating Maya Gebala in an undated photo. (GoFundMe) Maya Gebala, a 13-year-old girl critically wounded in the February school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, has been released from the hospital after 262 days, her father said Thursday, calling her “the bravest person I know.” Maya was among more than two dozen people injured in the attack in northern British Columbia that killed eight people, including six children, making it Canada’s deadliest school shooting in decades. + Read more: A father’s pride as his daughter reaches a recovery milestone + The investigation: US resident arrested in connection with Canada’s Tumbler Ridge school shooting