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🏆 1 for the road: American Ironman Matthew Marquardt crosses the finish line in the Men's Pro Series Ironman race in Kalmar, Sweden, on Aug. 15. He placed second. Photo: Nigel Roddis/Getty Images An Ohio native hopes to win one of the world's most grueling sporting events this weekend — before returning to Columbus to finish becoming a doctor. Matthew Marquardt wants to be the first American man since 2002 to win the Ironman World Championship, being held tomorrow in Kona, Hawai'i. 🩺 Zoom in: The 28-year-old isn't just a professional Ironman athlete, Axios Columbus' Andrew King writes. He's also a Princeton graduate, third-year medical student and cancer researcher at Ohio State who's planning his postdoctoral residency. He rides with the initials of cancer patients he knows written on his bike.

🍭 Your state's craving Data: DoorDash. Map: Sami Sparber/Axios Reese's rules Halloween candy nationally — but some states have their own favorites, Axios' Sami Sparber writes from new DoorDash data. Sweet Smiles, a Dollar General brand that sells an assortment of sweets, stands out in seven Southern states. Laffy Taffy claims five states across the Midwest.

💰 The $167 voter Data: AdImpact. Chart: Stef W. Kight/Axios Every voting-age Mainer could get a $167 voucher for home heating oil with what Democrats and Republicans are spending on ads in the Senate race, according to an analysis of AdImpact data by Axios' Stef W. Kight and Hans Nichols. Why it matters: Every senator gets one vote, but Senate seats aren't created equal — and they don't cost the same. 🎣 Zoom in: Like two years ago, the less-populated states have a dramatically higher dollar-per-voter ratio in 2026. Maine is in first place, followed by Alaska, which is scheduled to be hit with $76 million in ads — enough to suck up most of the state's inventory. Ohio is in fifth place on the dollar-per-voter metric, but it's on track to host the most expensive Senate race in the country — for the second cycle in a row. Keep reading.

💼 Immigration split-screen The Trump administration said yesterday that it was suspending Microsoft from a key program used to sponsor employees for green cards. Later in the day, the administration honored the tech giant's CEO with a medal for innovation. Why it matters: The split-screen highlights the tension between the administration's championing of Big Tech and its immigration policies, which constrain an industry that has long relied on hiring foreign-born workers, Axios' Emily Peck writes. Tech leaders have said that restrictions on hiring hamper the country's ability to compete — especially at a moment when the U.S. is in a race with China on AI. Vice President Vance addressed the apparent contradiction at a press conference yesterday: "Our message to Microsoft is not that we want to harm your company; it's that we want your company to thrive, but we want it to thrive by employing and empowering your fellow Americans." Microsoft said 80% of the applications it submitted in the last fiscal year were to extend or change the status of existing employees — not to hire new people. Read on ... Brittany Gibson contributed reporting.

Chart du jour: Data center dominance Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics, FactSet. Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios More and more, there's the AI economy — and everything else, Axios markets correspondent Matt Phillips writes. Why it matters: The growing chasm between the breakneck growth of the AI world and the slower pace of the economy where most Americans work and live has huge implications, especially for the markets. The most recent numbers on U.S. construction spending through August — shown above — paint the picture remarkably clearly.

🏛️ Dems weigh another Trump impeachment Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images Democrats believe President Trump has committed impeachable offenses. But they're divided over whether they should try to impeach him if they win control of the House, Axios' Marc Caputo and Alex Thompson report. Why it matters: If Democrats win the House, as expected, their 2027 decision on whether to try to impeach Trump could have major consequences for the 2028 presidential race. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who led the second Trump impeachment, following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, said of impeachment: "t is not a fetish with us ... On the other hand, it's definitely not a taboo." Raskin — who's in line to lead the House Judiciary Committee, which would be at the heart of any impeachment — said impeachable offenses could include going to war without congressional consent, imposing tariffs outside presidential authority and engaging in "unprecedented scales of corruption." 🔎 Friction point: Many top Democrats note that Trump survived a record two impeachments in his first term — and that he'd be unlikely to be removed from office. That would require a two-thirds, bipartisan vote in a Senate that's likely to be closely divided. But Democrats' more progressive wing is already talking about an impeachment drive. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told The Floridian in March: "If you are asking me if I support impeachment, I do. I think that it's on very objective grounds of following the law or not." 🔭 What we're watching: Trump, who denies wrongdoing, is already preparing for his third impeachment. He told reporters Wednesday that he was "never even worried" about his first two impeachments. "I can do whatever I want, if I want," Trump said, calling the impeachments and subsequent criminal cases against him "very illegal things." Deep down, Trump might welcome an impeachment, one adviser said, "because he's in his element in chaos and when he's being persecuted." Keep reading. ps:Don't bother, he was guilty before and got away with it!! Just because the Demos think they'll have an advantage this time doesn't mean it will happen!!!!

🗳️ Fight night: Dems pile on Trump President Trump wants midterms, 25 days from now, to be about him. Democrats couldn't agree more: In a trio of fiery Senate debates last night, the Democrats all glued their GOP opponents to Trump, his war and tariffs. Attacks in all three featured personal insults: 🚗 In Michigan, former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed repeatedly traded personal attacks, talked over each other and even continued arguing during a commercial break. (AP) One of the most heated moments was during an exchange about Flock cameras: Rogers said they were useful for catching suspected terrorists, adding, "Why would that bother you? Well, if you have someone in your family that might be on the, on the watch list …" "El-Sayed, who is of Egyptian descent and would become the country's first Muslim senator if elected — and who has faced racist and Islamophobic attacks on the campaign trail — seemed to suggest in his response that Mr. Rogers was accusing him of being tied to terrorism," The New York Times notes. "Go ahead and say it," El-Sayed said. "You've been tiptoeing around it the whole time." 🍑 In Georgia, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) faced off in "an hour-long brawl dressed up as a debate," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Ossoff accused Collins of having a "childlike devotion" to President Trump and ties to white nationalists and neo-Nazis, saying, "You've hired half the Third Reich." Collins called Ossoff an out-of-touch "radical." 🦞 In Maine, Democrat Troy Jackson tried to tie Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to Trump, while Collins tried to distance herself, as they sparred over the Iran war, energy costs and abortion rights. Debate takeaways.

AI labs war-game "the day after" Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for "the day after" — a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event, Axios' Maria Curi reports. Why it matters: These officials anticipate a large-scale event, most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water. 🔎 The risk: While scenario planning is common within many companies and national security settings — the Pentagon has been running war games for decades — the difference is that many top AI researchers and executives believe a major incident is inevitable. "OpenAI conducts preparedness exercises where teams discuss and work through a range of potential scenarios," a company spokesperson said. "These scenarios are not treated as inevitable, but are meant to help us prepare for a variety of circumstances." Anthropic declined to comment. Zoom in: The blame game will start whether a rogue-agent swarm breaks containment from an internal testing environment or a bad actor finds unexpected ways to use available models. A recent campaign targeting South Korean financial organizations — including reported breaches at two banks — shows the damage a single person can do. A hacker from China allegedly used AI tools from China-developed models, including DeepSeek, to steal data from tens of thousands of bank customers. The attacker used Claude Code to ask for help finding places to sell the stolen data, according to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. 🏛️ Top AI planners assume Democrats, ascendant after the midterms, will move fast to shut down AI but will face significant challenges. An aging Congress, out of touch with the AI revolution, could find itself out of its depth. The global economy is now heavily intertwined with an AI infrastructure buildout. Slowing it down could hit an already fragile economy hard. Too many open-weight models exist that can already be freely downloaded and used to cause harm, a problem most cybersecurity pros see as solvable only by using AI to fight rogue AI. Between the lines: Planning involves red-teaming for worst-case scenarios and racing to educate members of Congress. Company executives know regulation has no chance of passing right now, but still want to shape the legislation and policies U.S. leaders will turn to after a first catastrophic event. Some of the most heavy-handed Democratic proposals include banning superintelligence or pausing advanced AI development. Others have bipartisan support and even some industry buy-in, including a required kill switch on advanced AI. But experts have questioned the viability of trying to turn off all AI systems. 🚨 What we're watching: Many AI industry insiders told Axios they believe a major event will occur in the next six to 12 months. In a real crisis, Washington can set partisan differences aside. One Democratic aide pointed to cooperation during COVID and the 2008 financial crisis.

October 9, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillay, a South African human rights lawyer who led a United Nations commission last year that found that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. (The Israeli government denounced the report.) And Hurricane Isaias is strengthening. The Gulf Coast could start feeling its impact as soon as this afternoon. There’s more below. But first, let’s see where our fish comes from. The New York Times Fish food We humans eat a lot of seafood. Global consumption of fish has doubled in the last 60 years. Unsurprisingly, that is having an effect on the number of fish in the sea. Something like a third of the world’s stocks are being harvested at unsustainable levels. We can’t go on like this. Fish farming — aquaculture is the fancy term — was meant to help. After all, why harvest what’s left of our wild fish under unpredictable conditions out at sea when you can grow fish under relatively controlled ones? And by some measures, it’s working. More than half of the fish we consume now comes from fish farms, most of them in China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Norway. But what do you think those farmed fish eat? Wild fish, harvested all over the world and ground into fish meal. They eat a lot of it. At some Norwegian fish farms, for example, a single salmon might consume up to five times its weight in fish meal as it grows to market size. That’s a lot of anchovies. The New York Times Which is a conundrum. Aquaculture, meant to relieve the pressures of overfishing, is actually making overfishing worse. Beyond this, a new investigation shows that it is powered by murky, dangerous, environmentally destructive and sometimes illegal economic engines. The investigation was led by Ian Urbina, a former Times journalist who for years has run the Outlaw Ocean Project, an investigative journalism nonprofit based in Washington. Ian worked with dozens of reporters from as many countries to research and independently corroborate it, boarding fish meal ships and visiting fish meal factories and aquaculture farms all over the world to find evidence of the industry’s dangers. The work took five years, Ian told me yesterday. The team found many tales of bad actors at sea and on the mainland. Here are some of the highlights: The ships. More than 10,000 vessels around the world supply the fish meal industry. Reporters went aboard ships in the South China Sea and at the far edges of the North Atlantic Ocean. They reviewed logbooks and interviewed workers. Working conditions on some of the ships were wretched. The work was dangerous, occasionally fatal. And hundreds of the vessels were discovered fishing in closed or protected waters, ignoring quotas on certain species, or fishing without licenses. Their nets scraped the ocean floor, destroying ecosystems that used to feed humans directly, but now were being used to provide feed for farms far away. The plants. There are 1,400 fish meal factories around the world. Ian’s team visited some in Peru, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Mauritania, Senegal and Thailand. Workers in them shovel mounds of decaying fish into giant machines that cook them, press them dry and grind them into fish meal. That’s not just smelly work. It’s a health hazard. The awful stench of rotting fish, which radiates for miles in every direction, comes from a chemical that has been found to be carcinogenic. Occasionally, the plants burst into flames. More than 16.5 million people — including nearly two million under the age of 15 — live within a mile of one. The tension can lead to unrest, to protests or strikes. Sometimes there has been violence. The farms. Aquaculture facilities are where the stinky fruit of all this labor ends up — sometimes well inland from the sea, as in China, which has made remarkable progress in fish farming. (They use a lot of antimicrobials and antiseptics, though, which bring other dangers.) In Norway, by contrast, fish farms are made up of huge pens in the open ocean. Fed a diet of fish meal, the salmon within them produce, Ian writes, “three times as much waste in a year as the country’s 5.6 million residents flush down their toilets.” That sewage falls to the ocean floor, where it forms a toxic sludge that asphyxiates all beneath it. The plate. Since 2022, the United States has been the world’s largest importer of seafood, bringing in enormous quantities of farmed shrimp, salmon, tilapia and catfish. In part that’s because American health and environmental regulations make it very expensive to farm fish here. So grocery chains and restaurants buy the cheaper stuff from abroad and sell it to us beneath advertising claims that claim it’s ethical and sustainable. Often, it’s anything but. “By using seafood caught in poor countries to grow seafood for rich countries,” Ian told me yesterday, “today’s fish farming is driving ocean depletion, labor abuse, rampant pollution and violent civil unrest far from our dinner plate.” Which is to say, I’ve only scratched the surface. I really urge you to read the whole story. The United Nations says that by 2035, almost two-thirds of the seafood eaten worldwide will be farmed. Most of it will likely be raised on fish meal. That’s what’s for dinner. THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE Navi Pillay Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Navanethem Pillay, known as Navi, resisted the apartheid regime in her native South Africa and later served as a judge on the International Criminal Court. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which organizes the prize, said that Pillay’s work had “significantly enlarged the scope and impact of international law” and “shown that legal measures can help prevent acts of war and violence.” The committee’s chair said Pillay’s award was “a message to those who are attacking” and undermining international law. Learn more about Pillay. THE LATEST NEWS Hurricane Isaias Hurricane Isaias, already a Category 2 storm, is gathering strength as it approaches the Gulf Coast. Track it live here. Residents in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida were stocking up on food and water. Midterm Elections The Michigan Senate candidates Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers debated last night. Pool photo by Paul Sancya Personal attacks dominated the first debate between Michigan Senate candidates: “You going after my mom?” In Maine, the rising cost of heating oil driven by the war with Iran is putting Senator Susan Collins on the defensive. Use this interactive tool to map each party’s path to the majority. The Military The U.S. is preparing options to restart major combat operations against Iran, although Trump appears ambivalent. The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, whose crew endured food shortages and mental struggles during a 322-day deployment, returned to its home port in San Diego. The Pentagon said the execution by firing squad of the Army officer convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting would be public and streamed live. Trump Administration A federal judge temporarily extended a pause on Trump’s effort to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. Trump’s attempts to uncover a “grand conspiracy” at the Justice Department have increased dysfunction and infighting there. Vice President JD Vance said Microsoft would be suspended from the H-1B visa program, which allows companies to hire skilled foreign workers and is popular with tech firms. On the campaign trail this week, Trump was spotted wearing a suit from a chain store. Was it a comment about affordability? Around the World A rural village in Britain voted to become independent in protest of a government plan to house asylum seekers nearby. In Spain, thousands of people took to the streets in memory of the woman who became the face of the country’s housing crisis. A vague account of the death of a woman who worked at a plague research institute is a typical response for Russia. Other Big Stories An ICE agent in New York shot and wounded a man during an attempted arrest. The man was in a car with a 5-year-old in the back seat. A 5-year-old in Florida died after a digital whiteboard fell on him in his classroom. The U.N. secretary general warned that neurotechnology was advancing so rapidly that government access to people’s brains could one day threaten human rights. IN ONE IMAGE If you didn’t know better, you’d think this image was a photo from a FedEx store. A.I. image generators once struggled to replicate human features, haphazardly attaching six- and seven-fingered hands to arms that bent at inhuman angles. But the hands here look pixel-perfect. So how do you spot the fake? Your turn: Try finding everything amiss in this image. Then click here to see what you missed. (Hint: There are at least eight problems to find. But it’s hard, and you can take that from us: After this article was published, readers wrote in to point out that we missed one!) FREE TO READ First families: Michelle Obama took aim at Trump’s White House renovations in an essay. Smuggler’s notch: The authorities have arrested men arriving in Miami from Cuba twice this week for illegally transporting birds to the United States. How the men tried to conceal them is … interesting. Your pick: The most clicked link in The Morning yesterday was a guide to the most lucrative college degrees. Link to history: Cecily Gemmell, Winston Churchill’s last surviving personal secretary, has died at 97. She accompanied her boss to 10 Downing Street, where he worked; to Monte Carlo, where he gambled; and to Marrakesh, Lake Como and the Dolomites, where he painted. Read about her incredible life. OPINIONS Pablo Delcan The increase in Trump’s profanity is not owing to cognitive decline, John McWhorter writes. It’s a way of trying to attract attention. Don’t blame screen time for mental health problems in teenagers, a psychiatrist argues. A lack of proper diagnosis and treatment appears far more influential. The Anniversary Sale ends soon: Morning readers, enjoy our best offer. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your interests with expert coverage of news, culture, business and more. Save now: $1/week for your first year. TODAY’S NUMBER Fare gates at a New York City subway station. Marco Postigo Storel for The New York Times 35 percent — That is how much fare evasion in New York City’s subway system dropped across 20 stations where the authorities installed a batch of electronic, metal-and-glass fare gates. At two of those stations, fare beating fell 72 percent when turnstiles were replaced with the new gates. Guess which borough they’re in. SPORTS W.N.B.A.: The Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson won her fifth Most Valuable Player Award. No other player in the league has won more than three. M.L.B.: The Cleveland Guardians defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-5, forcing a winner-take-all Game 5 in the American League division series. RECIPE OF THE DAY Christopher Testani for The New York Times Embrace the season: Make Ali Slagle’s recipe for skillet pork chops and apples with miso caramel. Sounds complicated. It’s not. Just sear the chops, cook sliced apples in the rendered fat, then add a mixture of miso, brown sugar, vinegar and water and simmer until it’s glossy and thick. (I love this comment on the recipe: “Execute as written for optimal dank-ness.”) Maybe with some roasted little potatoes on the side, showered in salt, and a mound of sautéed leafy greens? Autumnal. SOAPS FOR GEN Z The New York Times Let’s take a look inside the world of microdramas, those short-form tales of sexy werewolves and boy-toy Mafiosi that are the world’s fastest-growing source of streams. Are they the future of Hollywood, or the end? A reporter went to Los Angeles to find out. (No spoilers, but if people used to compare the experience of watching a show like “The Sopranos” to reading a great novel, this article says, “watching a microdrama is like being electrocuted onstage at the circus.”) More on culture The Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature yesterday. A 2013 profile said that her work “can seduce even people who don’t like poetry.” Here are five books to get you started. There’s a new Roy Lichtenstein show up at the Whitney in New York, and our critic Jason Farago calls it “the most momentous exhibition of the season.” Read the argument and then, if you can’t get to the museum, at least revel in the pictures of the paintings. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS Read something scary. The best-selling fantasy writer Kat Dunn gave us a list of novels that retell classic tales of terror, stories that “pick apart a familiar tale and give us something fresh, frightening and feverishly brilliant.” Prevent burnout at work, with tips from experts. Glow up your face (and maybe your neck) with the best retinol products tested by the serum-runners at Wirecutter. Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were machine and mechanic. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times and me. I’m off Monday and Tuesday for the holiday and a fishing thing. My friends will take care of you while I’m gone. See you on Wednesday. — Sam Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. 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

Carney says Canadians will decide their future after Elon Musk expresses support for separatism SHERBROOKE, Quebec (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada’s future will be decided by Canadians, pushing back on Elon Musk’s call for Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate from Canada. https://apnews.com/article/musk-canada-carney-alberta-quebec-separatism-b2857390fec218d5c0ab1d73f40f6106? ps:Why does Musk put his nose into something that he really doesn't have any business getting into?

South Korea to recall its ambassador to Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Ukraine, stepping up its protest against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea. https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-ukraine-north-pows-russia-3c4e595f5e603ecd0d7438c000d392cb?

Saudi authorities say 3 killed in Houthi-claimed attacks on Riyadh airport BEIRUT (AP) — An airline pilot was among three Saudi citizens killed in attacks targeting Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia aircraft, the kingdom’s civil aviation authority said on Friday. Several people “of different nationalities” were wounded. https://apnews.com/article/saudi-airport-attack-houthis-5226e214e7c50ceff68915379ec3a714?

Residents board up windows and National Guard troops deploy as Hurricane Isaias nears US Gulf Coast Residents boarded up windows and stacked sandbags Thursday while thousands of National Guard soldiers were deploying in anticipation of Hurricane Isaias, which threatened to bring devastating floods when it makes landfall late Friday. Read more. What to know: The governors of Florida and Alabama declared states of emergency for dozens of counties. The Category 2 hurricane is most likely to strike along the Alabama-Florida state line and bring life-threatening storm surge across Pensacola Bay, according to the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama. Isaias had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, according to the hurricane center. Meanwhile, Hurricane Simon, is forecast to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ See our hurricane tracker WATCH: The science behind hurricanes How Waffle House helps Southerners gauge a storm’s severity Atlantic hurricanes starting with ‘I’ typically bring death and destruction. Isaias is up next

Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009. Read more. Why this matters: It’s a stunning revelation about plans for the military’s first execution in more than 65 years. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaking to the conservative TV outlet Real America’s Voice on Wednesday, said, “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public.” The public nature of the execution — let alone one as violent as a firing squad — has raised further questions about how the death penalty is carried out in the U.S., especially after the botched lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee. ps:Imagine that! We are now going to act just like the terrorist by televising an execution????? Are we now any better than they are?????

Japan protests Russia’s extradition requests for ICC president Tomoko Akane and 8 other court staff TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday slammed Russia’s request for the extradition from the Netherlands of the president of the International Criminal Court, a Japanese national, and eight other officials of the court based in the European country. https://apnews.com/article/japan-russia-icc-ef613db91a3f7bd3e5dbddd099143c84?

Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize The South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay, who is currently an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, won the award on Friday for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Read more. Why this matters: Her win is sure to be seen as a high-profile rebuke to President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have both rejected the findings of a U.N. commission she led that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Both leaders also have been highly critical of the institutions where Pillay has worked. Pillay has repeatedly rejected accusations from critics who accused her of antisemitism or allegedly turning a blind eye to the Hamas attacks in Israel. Pillay’s win brings renewed attention to Trump’s ongoing feud with the International Criminal Court. The Trump administration already has sanctioned 13 of the ICC’s staff members, among them key prosecutors and nine judges. There are fears the court as a whole could be sanctioned. Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was a message to those seeking to undermine “the international rules-based system and the institutions.” RELATED COVERAGE ➤ How much do you know about the Nobel Prizes? Test your knowledge here

‘There will be impacts,’ DeSantis warns as Hurricane Isaias approaches North Florida Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that state emergency planners are preparing for Hurricane Isaias to make landfall as a Category 3 storm near the Florida Panhandle. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/there-will-be-impacts-desantis-warns-as-hurricane-isaias-approaches-north-florida/? DeSantis revels in ‘the biggest judicial smackdown that I have ever seen’ Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed vindication Thursday in light of a state appellate ruling handed down the day before expunging the Hope Florida grand jury report that harshly criticized much of the state’s Republican leadership. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/desantis-revels-in-the-biggest-judicial-smackdown-that-i-have-ever-seen/? Florida taking next step against Instagram after rejecting nationwide settlement Florida’s attorney general is asking Facebook and Instagram to tighten their platforms to deny access to its “addictive features” for children, as the state pressed it legal battle against the tech giant Meta. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/florida-taking-next-step-against-instagram-after-rejecting-nationwide-settlement/? Ladapo: Eliminating vaccine mandates isn’t about science, it’s about parents’ rights Florida State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is a well-known vaccine skeptic. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/08/ladapo-eliminating-vaccine-mandates-isnt-about-science-its-about-parents-rights/? ps:What a crock of horse manure!!!!!

🎉 Yahoo! It's Friday! You made it. Programming note: We'll be off Monday for the holiday. See you back here bright and early Tuesday morning. In today's edition: College football's widening talent gap, Cleveland stays alive, Wilson wins fifth MVP, the Lane Johnson effect, Behind the Lens, all eyes on Tuscaloosa, NFL mock draft, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🏈 MIND THE GAP BASKETBALL LOST CINDERELLA. IS FOOTBALL NEXT? UMass beat Rutgers last month in a rare win for a Group of Six team over a Power Four opponent. (Ed Mulholland/Getty Images) With just three wins in 76 games against Power Four opponents this season, the Group of Six has reached a competitive low point in the modern history of college football. Has the transfer portal, combined with NIL money, killed football's Cinderella? Dan Wolken, Yahoo Sports: In 76 games played this season between the Power Four and the Group of Six, teams from the latter have won just three. But the disparity is even more jarring when you dig into the numbers. Of the 73 wins by power conference teams, 27 had a margin of five touchdowns or more. In 10 of those games, the Group of Six team didn't manage to score a single point. Ever since NIL, revenue sharing and unlimited transfers came to college sports, we have seen bits and pieces of evidence suggesting that Cinderella might be dying in football and men's basketball. On the heels of a March Madness tournament with no mid-majors in the Sweet 16 and a fairly large sample size on the gridiron this fall, it's getting harder to deny the obvious. Bottom line: The talent gap between the 68 schools playing power conference football and everyone else has widened to the point where Group of Six programs sometimes look more like a feeder system than a competitive entity. "Something I'm happy about is we got nine starters on defense who are seniors," New Mexico head coach Eck joked last month after nearly beating Oklahoma. "So all these SEC coaches will be seeing how good our defense is and they'll look up all those guys they'd like to have play for them and they're going to see they're seniors. They have no eligibility left to transfer to the SEC next year." "The power conference schools are paying backups what we're paying starters. That's a reality," said UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford. "Any time you've got guys that are all-league or putting stuff on tape consistently week in and week out, anyone who's saying that isn't in the back of their mind isn't being truthful." Keep reading: Group of 6 struggling to stay competitive as gap with Power 4 widens: 'It's only going to get harder'   📸 SNAPSHOTS PICS DU JOUR José Ramírez came up huge in Game 4. (Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images) ⚾️ Chicago, Illinois The Guardians kept their season alive with a 9-5 victory over the White Sox, tying the series at two games apiece thanks to a six-run outburst in the sixth inning and José Ramírez (2-5, HR, 3 RBI) continuing to rediscover the MVP form that had eluded him in Games 1 and 2. Flip the script? Cleveland is seeking to become the first team to come back from 2-0 down and win a five-game playoff series since 2017, when the Yankees did that against… the Guardians (Indians). That's a lot of trophies. (David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images) 🏀 Las Vegas, Nevada A'ja Wilson was named WNBA MVP on Thursday for a record-extending fifth time. The Aces star received 65 of 74 first-place votes to beat out Lynx rookie Olivia Miles, Fever duo Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark, and two-time MVP Breanna Stewart. A league of her own: Since entering the WNBA in 2018, Wilson has received more first-place MVP votes (274) than all other players combined (233). Buccaneers players celebrate after recovering a fumble in the second half. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) 🏈 Arlington, Texas The Buccaneers beat the Cowboys, 24-16, on "Thursday Night Football" to notch their first victory and pull off the biggest point-spread upset (+9.5) of the season so far. Game notes: Undrafted rookie QB Jalon Daniels (19/25, 189 yds, TD) played well in his second start and Bucky Irving (165 rush yds, 2 total TD) thrashed a Dallas defense that might be even worse than last year's historically-bad unit.   🏈 IN THE TRENCHES THE LANE JOHNSON EFFECT (Michael Owens/Getty Images) The following story is written by Neil Paine, the newest addition to our Yahoo Sports newsletter team. They say you should always hire people smarter than you, and I've certainly done that here. Welcome to "Numbers with Neil." After 14 NFL seasons, six Pro Bowls, two first-team All-Pro nods and two Super Bowl rings earned while anchoring the Eagles' offensive line, legendary right tackle Lane Johnson announced his retirement Tuesday. A tale of two teams: For all his personal accolades, the best way to appreciate Johnson's greatness might be to look at what happened when he wasn't playing — what's known as the "With Or Without You" (WOWY) class of statistics. Take, for instance, the Eagles' record when he played versus when he didn't: Digging deeper: Johnson's excellence becomes even more apparent when we examine the play-by-play data over the same span as above. In plays he participated in, the Eagles gained +0.075 Expected Points Added (EPA) per play. In plays he sat, they lost -0.050 EPA per play, good for an eye-popping gap of +0.125 EPA. Since football is insanely complicated, this type of analysis can be adjusted for quality of teammates and opponents, game situations, and so forth — and it can even be tethered to broader measures of quality such as Pro Football Reference's Approximate Value (AV) as a stabilizer at baseline. If we do that, Johnson comes out around the 10th-most impactful non-QB from 2016-2025, and probably the most impactful lineman — with better pure in-game impact than David Bakhtiari and a better AV-adjusted rating than Trent Williams and Terron Armstead. Fancy numbers aside… The WOWY stat that Philadelphia fans appreciate most about Lane Johnson is very simple: Without him on the roster (1933-2012), the Eagles won zero Super Bowls. With him on the roster (2013-2026), they won two.   📸 PHOTOGRAPHY BEHIND THE LENS (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) Each week, Yahoo Sports AM goes "Behind the Lens" with Getty Images to share the stories behind the best photographs in sports. This week's photo: LeBron James poses for a portrait during Media Day ahead of his 24th NBA season, and first with the Philadelphia 76ers. Photographer: Emilee Chinn Location: Camden, New Jersey Date: Sept. 28 Behind the lens: Take it away, Emilee… Leading up to this year's 76ers Media Day, I wanted to create a unique look that was simple to execute, knowing media coverage would be heavier with the addition of LeBron James. For this portrait, I used a continuous light with a spotlight attachment aimed at the blue brick wall of the practice gym, shooting on a Canon R1 with a 50mm lens at f/4.5, ISO 320, and 1/200 shutter speed. I had just 45 seconds with LeBron across two setups — classic full-length portraits on a red seamless backdrop and this spotlight look. After quickly getting the essentials on the main set and nearly running out of time, LeBron happily agreed to one final shot. I had spent the week envisioning a portrait that captured his emotion but also added a dramatic feel, and with just one pose and one opportunity under the spotlight, I was able to achieve what I wanted.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WEEKEND WATCHLIST (Hayden Hodge/Yahoo Sports) 🏈 College Football Saturday All eyes will be on Tuscaloosa this weekend for a high-stakes SEC clash between No. 6 Alabama and No. 2 Georgia (7:30pm ET, ABC). Weather is expected to play a factor as Hurricane Isaias has already forced "College GameDay" to move indoors. Best of the rest: No. 1 Texas vs. Oklahoma (3:30pm, ABC); No. 21 UCLA at No. 13 Oregon (3:30pm, CBS); No. 7 Indiana at Nebraska (12pm, Fox); Texas A&M at No. 14 Missouri (12pm, ABC); Stanford at No. 3 Notre Dame (3:30pm, NBC); No. 10 LSU at Kentucky (7pm, ESPN). Friendly reminder: Week 6 of our College Football Challenge is live. Don't forget to make your picks before kickoff. ⚾️ MLB Postseason The Guardians host the White Sox in a winner-take-all Game 5 tomorrow night (8pm, TBS) for the final spot in the League Championship Series. Can Cleveland complete the unlikely comeback? Or will Chicago reach its first ALCS since 2005? The Final Four: The NLCS between the Brewers and Dodgers begins Sunday in Milwaukee (8pm, Fox), while the ALCS begins Monday in St. Petersburg (8pm, TBS) after Game 2 of the NLCS (5pm, Fox). 🏈 NFL Sunday The top two teams in our power rankings will take the field in Seattle, where the reigning champs host the undefeated 49ers (4:25pm, Fox). Other notable games include: Eagles vs. Jaguars in London (9:30am, NFL); Bears at Packers (1pm, Fox); Raiders at Patriots (1pm, CBS); Ravens at Falcons (8:20pm, NBC). Looking ahead: Week 5 concludes on Monday night with the Bills visiting the Rams (8:15pm, ABC/ESPN), who will make NFL history as the first team to play four of their first five games in prime time. 🏀 WNBA Semifinals The finalists could be determined as soon as tonight, with Atlanta and Golden State both in position to sweep on the road. First up is Dream at Liberty (7:30pm, ESPN2), followed by Valkyries at Aces (9:30pm, Peacock/NBCSN). Both Game 4s, if necessary, are on Sunday. Uphill battle: No WNBA team has ever come back from a 2-0 deficit to win a best-of-five postseason series (0-19). But the Aces and Liberty, who have no shortage of talent or playoff experience, seem like decent candidates to end the drought. More to watch: 🇺🇸 Friendly: USWNT vs. Spain (Sat. 2:30pm, TBS) … The world's top two women's soccer teams take the field in Washington, D.C. 🏎️ F1: Singapore (Sun. 8am, Apple) … Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas cycled 217 miles from last week's race in Malaysia to this one. Why not! 🏁 NASCAR: Charlotte (Sun. 3pm, USA) … Kyle Larson leads the way halfway through the 10-race Chase championship. ⚽️ Premier League: Arsenal vs. Leeds (Sat. 7:30am, USA); Liverpool vs. Man City (Sun. 11:30am, NBC) … Play resumes post-international break. 🏒 NHL: Rangers at Capitals (Fri. 7pm, NHL); Maple Leafs at Avalanche (Sat. 7pm, NHL) … The first-place Rangers (4-1-0) have yet to allow a first-period goal, their longest such season-opening streak since 1939. 🚴 Cycling: Il Lombardia (Sat. 4:35am, HBO Max) … The season's fifth and final Monument takes riders 149 miles from Bergamo to Como, Italy. Plus: 🎾 WTA China Open and ATP Shanghai Masters (Fri-Sun, Tennis); 🏀 NBA Preseason (Fri-Sun, NBA/ESPN); ⚽️ MLS Week 29 (Sat-Sun, Apple); 🏍️ MotoGP Indonesia (Sun. 3am, FS2) Got plans this weekend? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🔍 LET'S PLAY GUESS THE LOGO Question: Can you guess this MLB team based on the first logo it used? Hint: They made the playoffs this year. And it's probably not the team you think. Answer at the bottom.   🏈 MOCK DRAFT ANOTHER MANNING IN NEW YORK? (Henry Russell/Yahoo Sports) Yahoo Sports' Nate Tice has released his first 2027 NFL Mock Draft, and it features a blockbuster trade at the top that results in Arch Manning going to the Jets. Mock Draft 1.0: Projecting all 32 first-round picks   Guess the Logo answer: Chicago White Sox. This was their first logo from 1901-02, when they were the Chicago White Stockings… which was also the original name of the Cubs (1876-87). Strange, I know.

A peer-reviewed paper by Deisher et al titled, Epidemiologic and Molecular Relationship Between Vaccine Manufacture and Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence, delivered one of the most alarming findings in modern vaccine safety research: childhood vaccines grown in human fetal cell lines contain billions to trillions of fragmented human DNA molecules—capable of entering and integrating into the genome of human cells. https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/study-childhood-vaccines-contain-trillions-of-human-fetal-dna-fragments-capable-of-genomic-integration/ Summary: The use of fetal tissue from elective abortions is commonplace in the pharmaceutical industry and in medical research. This opinion addresses the licitness, quasi-benefits, and consequences of using fetal tissue from elective abortions in vaccines and in medical research. All people of good conscience have the responsibility to voice opposition to the use of fetal tissue from elective abortions in order to promote development of alternatives, affirm the value of all human life and limit scandal. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6027112/

Really. Well I am not so sure of that. How can we know for sure because the vaccine makers are no longer required to publish the ingredients in the safety data sheet.

Faith does not need this. But the evidence for a flood is growing and the secular people need to see these things.

I lift weight, but i allow more rest days because of my age. There is a Psychical Therapist for UK called Will Harlow on YouTube. He has great exercise tips too. I saw one therapist who recommended Seniors use lighter weights and longer reps to avoid injuries.

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Israelis mourn on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack as Palestinians live in devastated Gaza Israelis gathered on Wednesday to commemorate the Hamas-led attack in 2023 that killed 1,200 people, saw 251 taken hostage and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that has left much of the territory in ruins and its 2 million people living in dire conditions. Read more. What to know: In southern Israel, families mourned at intersections, bomb shelters, and the site of a music festival that the militants overran three years ago in the deadliest attack against Israel. It is the first anniversary that all the hostages are home. Most of the population in Gaza lives in vast, squalid tent camps, with large parts of the strip’s cities reduced to rubble, after the Israeli retaliatory campaign killed tens of thousands of people. More than half the territory remains in the hands of the Israeli military. Despite a ceasefire deal reached nearly a year ago, Israeli strikes continue almost daily. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ WATCH: Voices from Gaza, their life and expectations after three years of war Satellite photos show how Israeli forces have erased Gaza towns Much of the world sees tragedy in Gaza. Many Israelis, scarred by Oct. 7, see only a threat Netanyahu and his opponents are putting Oct. 7 at the heart of Israel’s elections Israeli ‘NAZA’ documentary opens in the US, reigniting debate over the war in Gaza

Can $1 billion buy victory in the midterm elections? Some Republicans fear the answer is no Republicans have $1 billion at their disposal but worry it may not be enough to counter President Donald Trump’s unpopularity, persistent cost concerns and the fallout from the war in Iran. Read more. What to know: The cash advantage, spread out across a half-dozen groups, is driven largely by the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc., which began stepping up its spending on critical races in September. But that money may have come too late, forcing the president’s group to pay much higher advertising rates because of the shrinking availability of airtime. The 2026 campaign is shaping up as a referendum on the power of money in American politics. Democrats freely acknowledge their disadvantage, relying instead on anti-Trump sentiment among voters and targeted messaging on issues like corruption. Some Republicans, meanwhile, are open about the challenge of trying to spend their way out of a tough campaign at this late stage. The challenge is acute in places like Texas, where Trump will travel on Wednesday for the second time in a week to stump for Republican Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign. The state hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1988, yet MAGA Inc. has spent more than $22 million in the past month, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.