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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 24 1901 First barrel ride down Niagara Falls A 63-year-old schoolteacher, Annie Edson Taylor, becomes the first person to take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She survived the daring publicity stunt. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 19th Century 1861 Western Union completes the first transcontinental telegraph line 21st Century 2003 The Concorde makes its final commercial flight Arts & Entertainment 1969 Richard Burton buys Elizabeth Taylor a diamond 1962 James Brown records breakthrough “Live at the Apollo” album Crime 1997 Marv Albert faces sentencing in sexual assault case European History 1648 Thirty Years’ War ends Landmarks 1931 George Washington Bridge is dedicated U.S. Presidents 1951 President Truman declares war with Germany is officially over Vietnam War 1973 President Nixon vetoes War Powers Resolution World War I 1921 Unknown Soldier is selected 1916 French troops celebrate recapture of Fort Douaumont at Verdun 1917 Battle of Caporetto World War II 1945 The United Nations is born

October 24, 2026 Good morning. New York has plunged fully into fall, complete with cozy scarves and puffy vests. Let’s go outside. María Jesús Contreras Outside chance By Melissa Kirsch Walking home late one night this week, I paused to register the perfect quiet, the air sweet with the scent of decaying leaves: the city in October, when the cold is still just flirting. The simple delight that Emily Brontë observed — “Every leaf speaks bliss to me / Fluttering from the autumn tree” — seemed attainable. What a waste to go inside and go to sleep when being out in the fresh night feels this good. Fall is a season that rewards outdoorsy people, those who have been waiting patiently for the heat to break and the mosquitoes to retreat so they can layer on their wicking fabrics and take to the trails. The word “outdoorsy” is one that bedevils me: It’s one of those noun-turned-adjectives that purports to simply describe a person who likes to be in nature, but implies virtue. An outdoorsy person is healthy, active, connected to the earth. An indoorsy person, by contrast, is sedentary, vitamin D-deficient, screen-addicted. I aspire to all the moral characteristics of the outdoorsy set, and so have spent my adult life trying to become a person who can follow color-coded trail markers through the spruces. Outdoor Boys, a YouTube channel with over 20 million subscribers, features people going to the furthest extremes of outdoorsiness: camping on frozen oceans, building survival shelters in blizzards, catching and cooking snakes. Natalie Berry, a freelancer, wrote about the phenomenon in The Times this week. The videos are “usually enjoyed indoors, by a predominantly male audience, who find comfort in watching others overcome discomfort,” she noted. They’re like housecats watching pumas and jaguars stalk jungle prey from the comfort of their living-room sun puddles. Getting comfortable with discomfort seems to me to be the key to living a bigger, more fulfilling life. A few years ago, I had the rather rudimentary realization that my aversion to being cold was causing me to shrink my life to fit within the walls of my apartment during winter. I’d decline invitations, measuring the worthiness of an activity by its proximity to a thermostat. When I realized being cold is not an emergency — it’s just discomfort, and discomfort can be tolerated — I got a better winter coat and stopped dreading February so much. Outdoorsiness as an identity, however, has continued to elude me. There’s a certain amount of skill that goes into erecting a tent, rappelling down a rock face. On message boards where people ask how they can become more outdoorsy, the advice is to start slow: Go to a park and build an evening campfire before planning a weeklong camping trip. Those of us who aspire to outdoorsy might embrace the alternate descriptor outsidey in the meantime. “Outdoorsy is nature for adventure. Outsidey is nature for leisure,” goes a TikTok on the distinction. Mountaineering is for the outdoorsy, it explains, whereas an outsidey person will “frolic upon the meadow.” It’s a lighthearted differentiation, but the ultimate effect is one of inclusiveness. You don’t have to summit a mountain in order to appreciate the foliage. You don’t have to be athletic or intrepid in order to be connected to the natural world. THE LATEST NEWS Alaska Senate Race President Trump Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times President Trump said he directed the Justice Department to block certification of the Alaska Senate election if the Republican incumbent loses by a narrow margin. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit yesterday arguing that the results could be tainted by voter confusion over the fact that there is challenger on the ballot, Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., whose name is so similar to the incumbent’s, Dan S. Sullivan. And these are just two of the steps raising fears that Trump is laying the groundwork to challenge the results of the election if he doesn’t like the outcome. More on Politics Senators from both parties have told the White House that they will block all Trump nominees from getting confirmed until the administration restores satellite communications capabilities used by Ukraine’s military. The Justice Department accused two former F.B.I. officials of lying to Congress about investigations involving Hunter Biden, the son of the former president. Here’s what Democrats plan to do with their power if they win back Congress Around the World Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers and injured three others in the occupied West Bank on Friday. Israeli forces shot dead the assailants, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised a major operation on the neighborhood of Hebron where they are from. 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But there were churches in Mrs. White's day that were both raised up by women, and, when new churches were raised up, say by Elder Loughborough, he would ordain someone to pastor the church as he moved on. He ordained the best person he could find for the job, whether it be a man or a woman. It did not matter to him and others who worked like him raising up churches then ordaining someone to carry on in overseeing the congragations. The General Conference in the 1800s decided that for these women, that the church should for a temporary period of time, issue their papers without the word "Ordained" until more church members could be educated to the fact that it was indeed Biblical to ordain women, then these women were to start to have the papers with the word "Ordained." In the meanwhile these women performed the same job as the men, got the same pay as the men and their husbands received the same stipend that the ordain men's wife received. By the way, Mrs. White was free to receive this same paperwork for the work she did, so why did she not take this paper instead of the one that included the word "Ordained"? She could have done the same work with the same pay with either set of papers. Shall we rename those papers the rebellion of Ellen White? Were our pioneers wrong? Did God give you the message that He goofed when he did not tell Mrs. White to write to the people like Loughborough and Daniels and the others and tell them that this was a wrong action and that they needed to stop ordaining women, to stop having women oversee congregations, and to stop promising them that their paperwork that did not have the word "Ordained" was to only be a temporary situation? This IS our history. If we did not want to ordain women we should have done what those other churches you mentioned did. But our Pioneers believed what they were doing was wrong and that we should ordain women. Our General Conference promised that after educating more members that women's ordination was indeed Biblical that the temporary papers without the world ordained would be discontinued and that they would then get the same ordination papers as the Men and as Mrs. White.

Nine killed and 40 injured after gunmen open fire at church funeral in Jordan Footage broadcast on state TV shows three attackers approaching Greek Orthodox church and firing shots https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/24/seven-killed-and-40-injured-after-gunmen-open-fire-at-church-funeral-in-jordan?

Democrat James Talarico targets Elon Musk at rally: ‘Texas is not for sale’ The Senate candidate denounced opponent Ken Paxton, calling out corruption allegations and support from Musk https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/23/democrat-james-talarico-targets-elon-musk-at-rally-texas-is-not-for-sale?

Russia and Ukraine agree to local ceasefire in Oleshky amid deepening humanitarian crisis People in Russian-occupied city facing severe shortages of food, water and electricity, with some reportedly surviving on weeds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/23/ukraine-troops-report-ongoing-problems-with-starlink-satellite-network?

Typhoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to China Super typhoon weakening but large parts of Taiwan, including Taipei, still mostly closed and flights cancelled https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/24/typhoon-champi-kills-one-and-injures-more-than-500-in-taiwan-as-it-heads-to-china?

Trump, seeking to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins, exempts some Canadian imports from his 50% tariffs President Donald Trump, seeking to help Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a tough reelection battle in Maine, is exempting some imports — including plywood sheets, packing crates and some machinery — from the 50% tariffs he slapped on $20 billion worth of Canadian products over the summer. The changes will take effect Oct. 30. Read More. Trump says he ordered the Justice Department's lawsuit over Alaska's US Senate race President Donald Trump on Friday said he told his administration to file its lawsuit to block certification of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, kicking off what many fear could become a lengthy battle between the government and states over certifying an election where the president's party is struggling. Read More. AP Exclusive: Trump’s border chief defends wall plans in Texas’ Big Bend despite a court setback The Trump administration’s top border official defended plans to build a wall and other infrastructure in Texas' Big Bend region despite mounting opposition against the project and a court-ordered pause on construction, saying his goal of fortifying the country's borders was “non-negotiable.” Read More.

Barclays is latest to redirect spending toward AI as it trims its workforce The cost of building out the infrastructure needed to satisfy booming demand for artificial intelligence is changing the way major companies allocate resources. That can mean an end to some jobs once done by humans. Yet in many cases it means repurposing money once spent on workers so that more capital can be devoted to boosting AI capabilities. Just how much money is being spent on AI is a hot topic as fears of a bubble in the sector grow, but the potential impact on workers in some sectors is clear. Read More. ps:So who mentioned that AI was not going to take jobs away from people??

There are three spheres in which human act in the world-- the church. the home, and the town square. The NT addresses the church and the home. The NT defines women's rolls in these two areas. It does not address her roll in secular society. Deborah, described as a prophetess, exercised herself in the sphere of "secular" society. Deborah functioned in the roll described in Deuteronomy chapter 1, 16, 17, and 25:1. She is recorded as judging secular/civil matters. Miriam and Huldah were also prophetesses (Ex. 15:20; 2 Ki 22:14). Leviticus 19:5 describes the judgments to be made in matters of weight, length, or volume. The daughters of Zelophehad appeared before Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation seeking inheritance rights. They met with them at the door of the tabernacle. This was a case, presumably too complicated for the lesser judges to decide (Numbers 27).

Citi gets nod from Beijing to set up a wholly owned securities company in China Citi said on Friday it has received approval from Chinese regulators to set up a wholly owned securities company in the world's second largest economy, just about one month after Chinese leader Xi Jinping met President Donald Trump in Washington to keep U.S.-China ties stable. Read More.

Halloween costumes have a spooky environmental impact. Swaps are a way to reduce waste and recycle Braddock Sandoval perused tables with wigs, a Darth Vader mask, a black tutu and other items and garments on an unusually sizzling day in Los Angeles. He found a Hawaiian flower necklace and a shark costume and tried them on. Read More.

Trump at South Florida rally revives the idea of military intervention in Cuba after Iran President Donald Trump on Friday told a rally for candidates in South Florida that U.S. warships returning from the Middle East could stop over in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war, his latest suggestion of taking an interventionist approach to the nearby country. Read More.

Insufficient Funds (Megan Varner / Getty)   View in browser American politics is saturated with cash, and each election cycle seems to set new spending records—and yet, with the midterms in the home stretch, neither party thinks it has enough money. The irony is nearly as rich as the biggest donors. Filings released this week show that $1 billion was spent on the campaign in the first two weeks of October alone. This year’s elections are expected to be the most expensive midterms in U.S. history, beating 2022—which beat 2018, which beat 2014, and so on. This will not surprise anyone who lives in a state or district with a competitive race this fall. (I’m sure I can still recite the Senate Leadership Fund’s ad attacking the North Carolina Democrat Roy Cooper, weeks after it stopped running.) Democratic and Republican voters don’t agree on a ton these days, but they’re united on one position: There’s too much money in politics. Ask officials and candidates in both parties, though, and you’ll hear that they don’t have nearly enough. Democrats are feeling fairly confident about capturing the House and are getting more hopeful about their chances at winning the Senate, yet officials worry they don’t have enough cash. The party got a big boost on Monday, when Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former New York mayor and presidential candidate, announced that he would pour $80 million into helping Democrats before Election Day. Republicans came into this election with a huge money advantage, and they continue to have millions available to spend. Even so, major GOP organizations are finding themselves having to make unpleasant choices to stop spending in races that seem to be slipping away from them. Senate Leadership Fund, which is the top Republican PAC supporting Senate races, didn’t spend any money on TV ads last week to support the Georgia candidate Mike Collins, who is expected to lose to Senator Jon Ossoff. SLF had already pulled back from helping the Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley in North Carolina. (To make matters worse, President Trump hosted a rally with Whatley on Tuesday in Greenville, where he said that Cooper is “going to become your senator, and it’s crazy.”) One reason both parties are scrambling for money is that the map has shifted. As Trump’s political position deteriorates and he drags GOP candidates along with him, races that once seemed like foregone conclusions are now real battles. Democrats worry that they don’t have enough funding to match their potential. Republicans, by contrast, are having to play defense in what they thought were safe seats. SLF has moved money from North Carolina to Kansas, a state where a Democrat hasn’t won a Senate race since 1932 but where Adam Hamilton is posing a real threat to Senator Roger Marshall. Republicans are also finding that their decision to squeeze new gerrymanders out of some states before this election has been costly: Districts that they expected to be easy Republican pickups are now close combat. Punchbowl News recently reported that although the GOP has a lock on five of 14 new districts, “Republican candidates and super PACs have spent nearly $100 million on ads trying to flip the other nine districts” since September 1. Another reason is that not all money is created equal. Some Democratic candidates are very well funded. The Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, for example, raised $64 million in the third quarter of the year alone—the highest total for any candidate in that period ever. (Because Texas has so many voters and so many media markets, it’s an expensive place to campaign.) But Democratic committees, including top PACs, are much more strapped. This is partly because the sitting president’s party always has a leg up in fundraising, but it’s also because many donors have grown disillusioned with the Democratic Party, upset with strategic decisions in the 2024 presidential loss, chaotic management of the Democratic National Committee since, and uninspiring leadership by elected officials. Republican candidates (such as Talarico’s opponent, Ken Paxton) have relatively little money on hand, but committees and PACs are still flush. Much of that money comes from independent-expenditure groups, such as super PACs. An analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice finds that these groups spent $2 billion through the end of September, leaning heavily toward Republicans. The single largest donor is Elon Musk, who has spent $366 million this cycle alone. But one disadvantage of independent-expenditure groups is that they have to pay higher rates for advertisements than candidates. That’s perhaps the dominant theme of the late campaign: Republicans have lots of money, but they’re not necessarily getting much bang for their buck. At this stage in the campaign, the time to build serious infrastructure, such as canvassing operations, is past. Money can buy a lot of advertising, but TV time is either booked up or more expensive. Besides, Republicans have already spent lavishly to fill airwaves, websites, and mailboxes with ads. So far, they don’t seem to be seeing much impact: Races either remain close or appear to be shifting even further toward Democrats. Understanding why the GOP candidates are stalled is not difficult. Voters are upset about high prices, especially for fuel, and they are turned off by a president who is dismissive of their affordability concerns, distracted by vanity projects, and bogged down in an unpopular and inflationary war in Iran. Trump’s super PAC has $164 million left to spend, but as any orthodox Lennonist knows, money can’t buy you love. Related: Small-dollar campaign donors are hurting the political system. A Supreme Court decision that might improve politics ps:What a waste of money being spent on politics!!!!!

A pro-worker AI policy playbook Strengthening unemployment insurance and building a better safety net https://www.epi.org/publication/a-pro-worker-ai-policy-playbook-strengthening-unemployment-insurance-and-building-a-better-safety-net/?

Move over, T. rex Scientists have discovered a massive new species being called a “king” among fungi. Its roots may reach all the way back to the age of dinosaurs.

Botched execution Christa Pike was set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years. Then the state’s attempt to put her to death failed. See how we got here.

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Chasing history The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays are each looking for their first World Series title. Our sports team breaks down four reasons to watch as the action begins tonight.

🔥 Red-state fire drill Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Senate Republicans are betting that the one-two punch of a presidential visit and a $1 million cash infusion can save Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith from an embarrassing upset in an unpredictable year. Why it matters: A midterm cycle that began with warnings to GOP incumbents not to expect bailouts is now being defined by rescue missions in the reddest of red states. Driving the news: Trump will land Air Force One in northern Mississippi for a Monday night rally for Hyde-Smith. The next day, he's scheduled to head to Texas, where state Attorney General Ken Paxton trails narrowly in most polls despite an unprecedented flood of campaign spending. Vice President JD Vance plans to visit Belgrade, Montana, where Republicans are fighting to hold the state's 1st Congressional District. He'll then fly to Topeka, Kansas, where Republicans have made some high-level staff changes to help Sen. Roger Marshall in the fight of his political life. The other side: Former Vice President Kamala Harris stumped yesterday for Scott Colom, a three-term Mississippi district attorney who is trying to unseat Hyde-Smith. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) campaigned for Colom last week. "Mississippi matters," Harris said. The intrigue: Hyde-Smith is seizing on Harris' visit to tie Colom to the national Democratic Party and its policies. "He is completely beholden to the far left and the failed policies of the Biden-Harris administration," she wrote on X. — Hans Nichols

⚠️ Big impeachment shift Some of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' most vocal left-wing lawmakers are starting to sound like his leadership team when it comes to impeaching President Trump. Why it matters: If that lukewarm sentiment holds, Jeffries will have a much easier time keeping his caucus from breaking ranks if he pursues a more deliberative approach to impeachment — or no impeachment at all. Even Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), whose infamous "impeach the motherf***er" quote in 2019 was used by Republicans to undermine Trump's impeachments, is getting in line. She told us in a statement yesterday: "No matter what happens in November, we'll still have a Trump administration for the next two years to hold accountable." Driving the news: Likely incoming Democratic House members Darializa Avila Chevalier of New York and Melat Kiros of Colorado struck a similar tone in a recent podcast interview when asked about impeaching Trump. "I support accountability, but ... that is something that Trump himself seems to want," said Avila Chevalier. "My question is: Is that actually going to be meaningful accountability for the Trump administration?" Said Kiros: "The accountability has to actually lead to some material changes." What we're hearing: "Impeachment can't just be a political messaging strategy," Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), who has advocated a day-one impeachment, told us in an interview. "I think the American people are tired of theater," said Adam Hamawy, another likely Democratic House member from New Jersey. He told us any impeachment proceedings need to be "a real process with substance, rather than just getting up there and just making a show of it." The big picture: Democrats have had a tortured relationship with impeachment since Trump returned to office last year. After impeaching Trump twice in his first term only to see him acquitted both times by the Senate and then reelected in 2024, even the most ardently anti-Trump Democrats came into last year recoiling at the mere mention of another impeachment. But they quickly found themselves buffeted by a grassroots base furious about the second Trump administration's precedent-shattering moves and demanding Democrats use every tool at their disposal to fight back. The intrigue: Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) — who tried to force impeachment votes three times last year — and Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), who championed impeaching Trump in his second term, have both lost reelection bids this year. The party base has turned away from anti-Trump #resistance crusaders in favor of more broadly anti-establishment, left-wing ideologues, as we previously reported. What's next: The House could soon vote on an impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, triggered by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) just before lawmakers left for October recess. "I do think that holding Pete Hegseth [accountable] and looking into the ways in which our governing bodies have failed to meet the standards, the laws ... is all part of holding this government accountable," said Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-N.J.). — Andrew Solender

🛸 Strange "black triangle" in new UFO docs Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios On a recent evening near a secure U.S. facility, three federal agents say they saw a flying "matte black triangle" that moved as fast as a fighter jet, made no sound and then disappeared, Axios' Marc Caputo writes from new FBI and Defense Department reports. The two reports are included in a batch of documents released today by U.S. officials under President Trump's order to disclose Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena records. 🔺 The agents reported seeing the drone-like triangle, with a wingspan of about 15 feet, rise vertically for as many as 300 feet above a mountain ridgeline without tilting or swaying. They say it stopped, hovered for about 20 seconds, then flew horizontally for about 1.5 miles in three seconds without making a sound. Then it simply vanished. ✅ Reality check: The records don't say whether the government believes UAPs are tied to alien life. Go deeper ... Explore the records.

DOJ sues to delay Alaska results Photo illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration sued Alaska today to delay certification of next month's Senate election results if incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan narrowly loses, Axios' Avery Lotz reports. The race between incumbent Sullivan, Democrat Mary Peltola and retired teacher Dan Sullivan — which could determine Senate control — has been marked by controversy. 🤔 Republicans accuse Democrats of trying to confuse voters by planting a candidate with the same name as the incumbent. The retired teacher Sullivan will appear on the ballot as Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. Alaska's use of ranked-choice voting complicates matters, eliminating candidates in rounds if no one gets 50% of the initial vote. The lawsuit, filed in Alaska District Court, says: "An election result may be impacted by voter confusion if: (1) Senator Sullivan does not win the election; and (2) had all votes cast for Daniel J. Sullivan been cast instead for Senator Sullivan and Alaska's ranked-choice process played out accordingly, Senator Sullivan would have won the election." It requests a delay in certification until after an investigation determines "whether votes cast for Daniel J. Sullivan were meant to be cast for Senator Sullivan." President Trump personally ordered the lawsuit to be filed, AP reports. 🗳️ The big picture: The Trump administration is pushing for greater control of state-run elections and casting doubt ahead of time on results that may favor Democrats. ✅ Reality check: Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller tells AP that the Alaska suit won't survive long, since the statute "simply doesn't let the Department of Justice enjoin certification." Go deeper.

The work of God on Earth is done by imperfect people. God accepts them as they are, capitalizes on their leadership and may address their areas of their weakness with changes in leadership personnel. Change is built in to the manner by which God works today in ministry. Change is a part of God’s plan. For about a month I have been considering whether or not I should initiate a change in the operation of club Adventist and I have reached a decision which I will explain in this post. Recently, I was sitting across a table of food. I looked toward my wife and I said: “I can see your head and hair, but I can not see your face. It is only one big black space!” This began 15-20 years ago when I was informed that I had a growth inside of one of my eyes that would have to be detached. That surgery was unique in that the surgical instruments inside of my eye were so small that the surgeon needed to use a microscope to see them. And I had to remain awake enough to be able to talk to him. The surgery was successful, but it left me with a scar on my retina. Presently I receive injections intro my eyes for Age-related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) and Geographic Atrophy (GA). These do not cure the e problem, they only delay the partial blindness that will eventually occur. I am now legally blind in one eye and I am presently losing my central vision in my other eye. Due TO my dcreasdl abililty to read and to use the computer I need TO s t TO STEP aside and Stan needs to appoint someone else to assume the duties that I have had. I wish them the very best. I may (?) continue to keep the power t hat I have had to e EDIT and correct my own posts. That remains to be decided. In looking over my past, I am especially thankful for the article that I wrote with g Gustave and Spectrum published. Check out the following if you wish to read that article: HTTPS://spectrummagazine.org/views/opinion/a-catholic-and-an-adventist-disagree-over-trinity-interpretations-yet-find-friendship-online/ My ministry has been unique in manly ways. To see another type of my ministry check oout the flowing article: https://spectrummagazine.org/views/i-was-adventist-chaplain-and-labor-union-representative/