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Pompeii's grandest house gets a $1.6 million restoration funded by private sponsor An ancient residence believed to be the grandest in the Pompeii archaeological site is being restored with the entire 1.4 million euros ($1.6 million) cost being covered by a private sponsor, officials announced Tuesday. Read More.

Libya approves contentious Turkey deal over Mediterranean waters Libya’s parliament unanimously approved a contested maritime agreement with Turkey on Tuesday, reversing years of opposition and reviving a dispute with Egypt, Greece and Cyprus over rights in the eastern Mediterranean. Read More.

A new Beatles attraction is coming to Liverpool as interest in the Fab Four surges The birthplace of The Beatles is about to get even more of the Fab Four. Read More.

Romanian lawmakers back a minority government to end monthslong stalemate Romanian lawmakers sought Tuesday to end a monthslong political impasse by voting for a minority government led by an independent diplomat, who now faces the challenge of securing support in a fragmented Parliament while tackling a large budget deficit. Read More.

France announces nightly curfews 'for as long as necessary' in Paris and other big cities Fresh curfews were being imposed across the city centers of Paris and Lyon on Tuesday after the first quiet night since France’s most destructive rioting in years, as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said a “massive” security operation was planned for new protests Saturday. Read More.

Ahead of massive IPOs, AI companies are sketching plans to share their wealth As they steam toward massive public offerings on Wall Street, the companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence have begun sketching plans to share their wealth with the public — a commitment they say is imperative to address disruptions the technology could bring to the workforce and people’s livelihoods. Read More.

FAA clears the way for airlines to put Boeing's long-delayed 737 Max 10 into service Boeing’s 737 Max 10 airliner has been approved for passenger service after years of delays, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday. Read More.

Express yourself One local curator calls Shanghai “China’s most dressed-up city.” CNN’s Stephy Chung went to see what some of its most exciting designers are creating.

A misdiagnosis Christina Applegate was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021. Five years later, her doctors say she never had it. Her symptoms haven’t gone away, and she’s “back at square one.”

Running dry Shrinking reservoirs aren’t the only water problem in the Colorado River Basin. Another crisis is unfolding underground, largely out of sight.

🏀 1 sports thing: NBA tips off Cover: Mark Ulriksen for The New Yorker "Make It Two," by artist Mark Ulriksen, is the cover of this week's issue of The New Yorker. The painting shows the joyous starting lineup of the New York Knicks, last season's champions. The 2026-27 NBA season tipped off this afternoon, with the Boston Celtics visiting the Detroit Pistons starting at 3 p.m. ET. ESPN's ball-knowers favor the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs. 🏆 Knicks fans, still riding high on last year's historic championship run, are hoping for a repeat. That hasn't happened since the Golden State Warriors did it in 2017 and 2018. Previews and predictions.

🇺🇦 Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call today that President Trump hasn't issued any kind of order to harm Ukraine. The call was an effort to push back on Ukrainian accusations that Trump is trying to coerce Zelensky into making concessions to Russia. More from Barak Ravid. Cheap flights In Europe, you can fly to another country for less than $30. So why is that so hard to replicate in the US? Part of the answer is the airports. ps:Greed!! And by the way we already had that in the U.S.!!!! Thom Tillis, unfiltered As he prepares to leave Congress, the GOP senator gets candid with Jake Tapper about his opposition to President Donald Trump, his nickname for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — and why he thinks “it’s gonna be rough” for his party after the midterms.

🚀 Cancer meds in space The exhaust plume of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen this morning from Winter Haven, Fla. Photo: Joe Skipper/Reuters Orbital pharma startup Varda Space Industries launched a mission today to test microgravity's effects on an innovative cancer treatment, Alex Fitzpatrick reports. Developing medicine in space, away from the pesky influence of Earth's gravity, could unlock better treatments — though commercial scale for "space meds" is still a moonshot. Varda's W-1 vehicle after landing in 2024. Photo: John Kraus/Varda 🛰️ The California company's W-7 spacecraft launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission. Varda is testing whether the key ingredient in next-gen cancer medicines called PROTACs will crystallize differently in microgravity than it does on Earth — possibly making the treatment easier for recipients' bodies to absorb. For missions like this one, the company can create "seed quantities" in space, then return the results to Earth to be propagated, Varda chief strategy officer Michael Reilly tells Axios. Go deeper.

Battle of the bots Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images Axios' Ina Fried recently tested two of the newest personal AI agents, OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse. Ina writes: I asked each assistant to plan a trip to Atlanta to see my beloved WNBA Golden State Valkyries, organize a brunch watch party and create souvenir programs. ☀️ Where they shined: When I asked both agents to find flights and tickets for Game 3 in Atlanta, each caught that the game had been moved up a day and that tickets weren't yet on sale. Both found good flight options. 🧐 Where they were creative, but imperfect: For my brunch, Muse designed a colorful 10-page recipe booklet featuring ube waffles and lavender-honey butter. Dots produced a more practical eight-page packet with detailed cooking instructions and attention to dietary preferences. Both designed invitations that needed aesthetic and language edits. 👎 Where they struggled: I asked the agents to help me buy Valkyries trading cards. Both helped me compare options and prices. I chose Target, where I had a 5% discount and free shipping. Muse tried to complete the purchase, but got stuck at Target's sign-in page. Dots directed me to the Target app, where my account and payment information were already saved. 💵 The bottom line: Both agents could have done more if I gave them greater access to my accounts and wallet — but I don't trust them enough for that yet. Go deeper.

👋 Good morning! The NBA is back, baby. And so is GeoSports. Quote du jour: 76ers sophomore guard VJ Edgecombe, 21, on playing alongside LeBron James, who turns 42 in December: "He's exactly old enough to be my dad, which is crazy. His son is older than me." In today's edition: Rays advance to World Series, NBA Opening Day, Niners improve to 6-0, Hurts out for season, Florida tops men's hoops poll, playoff expansion across sports, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES 🏀 Dream draw even: Angel Reese (30 pts, 16 reb) and the Dream dominated the Valkyries, 79-65, in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals to even the series and win the franchise's first Finals game (previously 0-10). They'll have the momentum when the action resumes Wednesday in Atlanta. 🏈 San Francisco stays perfect: The 49ers improved to 6-0 on Monday night with a 23-17 victory over the Commanders, who fell to 1-4-1 and added yet another loss to their miserable primetime record. The last time the Niners won their first six games in a season? 2019, when they made it all the way to the Super Bowl. 🚑 Hurts shut down: Eagles QB Jalen Hurts will reportedly miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and multiple blood clots in his lungs. In other injury news: Rams WR Davante Adams will miss 6-10 weeks with a ruptured hamstring. ⚾️ Yankees stick with Boone: Despite speculation that the team would move on following its latest postseason exit, Aaron Boone will return as Yankees manager, per multiple reports. Boone is 790-565 (.583) with one World Series appearance in nine seasons at helm. 🏀 Beating the buzzer: Hornets forward Brandon Miller (5 years, $209M) and Thunder guard Cason Wallace (5 years, $139M) both signed rookie extensions on Monday, hours before the deadline for 2023 first-round picks to do so.   ⚾️ WORLD SERIES A NEW CHAMPION WILL BE CROWNED (Henry Russell/Yahoo Sports) The top-seeded Rays beat the Guardians, 7-3, on Monday night in St. Petersburg to clinch their third trip to the World Series (2008, 2020), where they'll meet the top-seeded Brewers, who are making their second trip (1982). Are you not entertained? Save me the "small markets" narrative, will ya? These were the two best teams in their respective leagues over the course of 162 games, who then went a combined 14-3 in the playoffs to reach baseball's biggest stage. "But Kendall, the TV ratings might not break records!" Are you a Fox Sports executive? Why do you care? Stop being weird. History awaits: If "the two best teams all year" pitch isn't doing it for you, how about the guarantee that a new champion will be crowned? This will be just the third World Series since 1910 between teams that have never won a title. The only others: Cleveland Indians vs. Brooklyn Robins in 1920, and Phillies vs. Royals in 1980. Game 6 recap: Yandy Díaz, one day after calling his shot, delivers a no-doubt homer to help send the Rays to the World Series (Jordan Shusterman, Yahoo Sports)   🏀 OPENING NIGHT THE NBA'S TITLE TIERS (Mallory Bielecki/Yahoo Sports) The NBA is back! The regular season tips off today with a blockbuster tripleheader — a perfect way to get reacquainted with a league that's been reshaped since the Finals ended in June. Title tiers: For all the upheaval across the NBA, the championship race begins with two overwhelming favorites — and neither is the defending champ. According to the prediction and betting markets, the league's 30 teams fall into pretty distinct tiers: The favorites: The Thunder and Spurs (who meet in San Antonio tonight) are the clear teams to beat, combining for roughly 42% of the championship probability. The challengers: The 76ers and Knicks (who meet in New York tonight) are next, both in the high single-digits, followed by the Celtics and Timberwolves at roughly 5% apiece. The middle class: Eight teams are clustered around 2-3% apiece, while everyone else is below 2%. It's a crowded pack there, but one with a sizable gap to the top. Where's New York? Despite winning it all last season, the Knicks are much closer to the NBA's middle tier than to OKC or San Antonio. And that's a rarity: In the 42 seasons since 1985-86, only seven defending champions have entered the following season outside the Top 3 in title odds, according to SportsOddsHistory. Two of those cases involved Michael Jordan retiring from the Bulls (1993-94, 1998-99), and another saw Kawhi Leonard leave the Raptors in free agency (2019-20). The Knicks didn't suffer a comparable loss this offseason (sorry, Mitchell Robinson), but then again, the markets have never quite known what to make of this team. Meanwhile, parity reigns: The NBA is in an unprecedented stretch of championship parity, having crowned eight different champions in eight seasons. The previous record? Six straight from 1975-80. And the streak might not be finished yet. Despite the Thunder, Knicks and Celtics at or near the top of the odds, there's still a 56% chance that we get a ninth consecutive unique champion this season, based on the market's implied probabilities. Bottom line: The Knicks spent last season defying the odds, and they'll need to do it again to repeat. But in a league where nobody else has managed to win a second title during this eight-year stretch, perhaps the most fitting outcome would be New York proving the doubters (and the market) wrong once more. Season preview: Awards predictions Storylines to watch 🎧 On the pod: Yahoo Sports' Kevin O'Connor is joined by Grant Liffmann of NBC Sports to break down the 12 biggest questions entering the season. The duo also spotlights breakout candidates and debates which stars are under the most pressure.   🏀 SETTING THE STAGE GATORS TOP PRESEASON POLL (Taylar Sievert/Yahoo Sports) Florida will start the men's college basketball season as the No. 1 team in the nation, sitting atop the preseason AP poll for the first time since 2006, when they were coming off the first of what ended up being back-to-back national championships. Continuity is key: Florida,* which received 47 of 59 first-place votes, returns a significant chunk of the roster that earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament last season and won the title a year earlier. That includes starters Thomas Haugh, Alex Condon and Rueben Chinyelu, as well as Denzel Aberdeen, back with the Gators after a year at Kentucky.* No. 2 Duke (highest preseason ranking since 2017) and No. 3 Illinois (highest since 2001) — the only other teams to receive first-place votes — also returned large swaths of their rosters that reached the Elite Eight and Final Four, respectively. Rounding out the top five are No. 4 UConn and No. 5 Arizona.* The Huskies and Wildcats both made the Final Four this past April, and both return a pair of double-digit scorers from last season's squads. Where's Michigan? The Wolverines begin their title defense at No. 16 after their three best players — and head coach — left for the NBA. Dusty May, now leading the Mavericks, is one of a stunning 54 outgoing coaches across the D1 ranks. Conference call: The top-ranked Gators carry the flag for the SEC, which leads all conferences with seven teams in the Top 25. The rest hail from the Big 12 (6), Big Ten (5), ACC (4), Big East (2) and Pac-12 (1), which is represented by its newest member, Gonzaga. Others receiving votes: Missouri (167 votes) sits just outside the Top 25, followed by Nebraska (70), Purdue (53), Ohio State (39), North Carolina (20), TCU (17), Saint Louis (13), VCU (12), Iowa (12), Virginia Tech (10), Indiana (8), Texas A&M (6), Villanova (6), Auburn (4), Marquette (3), Nevada (2), Grand Canyon (2), Utah State (2) and Santa Clara (1). *Double duty: Florida, Kentucky and Arizona are three of the 12 schools whose men's basketball and football teams are currently ranked in the AP Top 25. The others: Miami, BYU, Texas Tech, UCLA, Tennessee, Alabama, Houston, USC and Texas.   📈 FALSE HOPE PLAYOFF EXPANSION: ACCESS IS OVERRATED The proposed CFP expansion to 24 teams has a lower approval rating than the Cracker Barrel rebrand. But college football is just following the lead of pro sports, where the NFL, NBA and MLB have expanded their playoff fields to keep more teams (and fanbases) invested late in the regular season by selling the possibility that "this could be the year." Yes, but: That promise has mostly proved hollow. While larger playoff fields have created more intrigue down the stretch, expanded postseason access has offered little credible hope of a championship. Consider this: NFL: No. 7 seeds have played 13 playoff games since the postseason expanded in 2020. They've won just once. NBA: A No. 10 seed has never advanced beyond the play-in round. No. 9 seeds have occasionally reached the first round but never won a series. MLB: Baseball's expansion has proven more worthwhile. Since the No. 6 seed was added in 2022, two have reached the World Series, though both came up short. On campus: CFP critics argue that expansion dilutes an already dramatic regular season, and that a 24-team postseason field will mostly benefit middling power-conference programs rather than true "underdogs" or "Cinderellas," much like the NCAA's equally unpopular 76-team basketball tournament might. This is an excerpt from Monday’s edition of Yahoo Sports Biz, our new sports business newsletter authored by Dylan Dittrich. Sign up here to get on the list.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: TUESDAY, OCT. 20 (Hassan Ahmad/Yahoo Sports) 🏀 NBA Opening Day Today's season-opening tripleheader on NBC is about as good as it gets. First up: Celtics at Pistons (3pm ET) in a matchup of last season's top two teams in the East. Then, LeBron James and the 76ers visit the defending champion Knicks (7pm), followed by a Western Conference Finals rematch between the Spurs and Thunder in San Antonio (9:30pm). Pricy tickets: The get-in price for tonight's game at Madison Square Garden, where the Knicks will raise their championship banner and receive their rings, is $1,693 (via Gametime), making it the most expensive regular-season game in NBA history. More to watch: ⚽️ Champions League: PSG vs. Barcelona (3pm, Paramount+) … This heavyweight clash, being held in Paris amid violent protests across France, headlines today's nine-game slate. 🏒 NHL: Bruins at Stars (8pm, ESPN); Lightning at Golden Knights (10:30pm, ESPN) … This quartet has combined to win their last 12 games. 🏀 NCAAM: UConn at Michigan State (7pm, BTN+); Tennessee at Duke (7pm, ESPN+) … Exhibitions featuring four teams ranked inside the preseason top eight. Got plans tonight? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🌎 LET'S PLAY GEOSPORTS On Tuesdays, we play GeoSports. All questions are written by me. How to play: You'll be asked five questions that combine sports and geography. Tap the spot on the globe where you think the answer is. The closer you are, the more points you get.

Ge 3:16 To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you." This verse rests between the curses upon the serpent and the curses upon Adam. Pain in childbirth and submission to the husband are the curses placed upon Eve in Eden for her transgression. One wonders what would/could have happened had Adam chose to not sin? Possibilities: The entire world would not have fallen. Eve would have died and a new wife created. Atonement would have been made for her sin alone. Eve brought unimaginable trouble into this world through her sin. Paul does not count the fall to Adam in 1 Timothy but to Eve. Eve was deceived by the serpent, not Adam. Correction to post above. The passage is from 1 Timothy 3 11-15.

Wall Street brings blockchain into the fold Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios LAS VEGAS — The buzz at Money 20/20 is focused on consumers being on the verge of near-instant banking transfers, including at night or on weekends, Axios' Ryan Lawler and Lucinda Shen report. Why it matters: America's financial giants have talked for years about bringing blockchain — the technology that cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are built on — into their systems. Now they're actually doing it. That shift to instant transfers could also make investing faster and more convenient: Digital versions of stocks could let investors transfer shares around the clock, even when exchanges are closed. "It's becoming more mainstream institutionally than it ever has been," Digital Currency Group investor Aaron Fu tells Axios, pointing to financial institutions building more blockchain infrastructure in-house. 💡 How it works: Financial institutions have begun using private blockchains to instantly track money and investments as they change hands. Yes, but: Using the technology behind cryptocurrencies doesn't necessarily mean using the currencies themselves. Banks can create digital versions of the dollars customers already have on deposit. 💰 State of play: Money 20/20 attendees say that the conversation has moved from "Is this possible?" (the answer is yes) to figuring out exactly how banks will put these services into the electronic hands of consumers like you and me. The industry group that handles much of the recordkeeping and settlement behind U.S. stock trades is preparing a service that creates digital tokens representing securities held in its system. This is called "tokenization." Already, Citibank has said its tokenized-deposit service operates in seven markets, letting clients move funds between Citi accounts on a private blockchain. 🔎 Reality check: Competing tokenization efforts could create different versions of the same asset trading on separate networks. That could confuse investors, reduce liquidity, and make it harder to establish reliable prices. The bottom line: Blockchain is closer than ever to revolutionizing banking. First, banks, brokers and asset managers must connect systems so consumers and investors can move assets between them as easily as within them.

No Kings shifts strategy from streets to ballot boxes with early voting day of action Organizers launched more than 2,500 No Kings events across all 50 states and the District of Columbia Saturday, this time focusing their efforts on the midterm elections. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/19/repub/no-kings-shifts-strategy-from-streets-to-ballot-boxes-with-early-voting-day-of-action/?

Ukrainians and Sudanese with temporary legal status will keep protections for now WASHINGTON — Immigrants living in the United States with humanitarian status from Ukraine and Sudan will retain their deportation protections and work authorizations for now, the Department of Homeland Security said over the weekend. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/19/repub/ukrainians-and-sudanese-with-temporary-legal-status-will-keep-protections-for-now/?

With fewer public defenders, indigent defendants pay the price AUSTIN, Texas — It was a good day for the defense. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/20/repub/with-fewer-public-defenders-indigent-defendants-pay-the-price/?

School board members can be deposed for removing library books, federal court rules A years-long legal battle over book removals in Escambia County has a new chapter. A federal appeals court ruled school members may be deposed about why they removed library books and classroom material. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/19/school-board-members-can-be-deposed-for-removing-library-books-federal-court-rules/? Hurricane Isaias leaves $582M in insured damage; state seeks $237M from FEMA In the week following Hurricane Isaias’ landfall in Destin, initial damage estimates reported by insurers and state officials show that the storm financially walloped northwest Florida. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/19/hurricane-isaias-leaves-582m-in-insured-damage-states-seeks-237m-from-fema/?

Mutual distrust widens the US-Ukraine divide Nearly five years into Russia’s war in Ukraine, the path to peace is growing more complicated as tensions with Washington deepen. Trump on Monday told CNN that he would consider meeting with the leaders of Russia and China to discuss denuclearization — without Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump then accused Zelensky of not understanding the situation and suggested it was “time for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine.” + Analysis: US-Ukraine relationship worsens amid Trump and Zelensky’s mutual distrust + Meanwhile: Russian satellite makes possibly unprecedented approach to another spacecraft without permission ps:Mistrust?? What a joke!! Do they think we've forgotten who first stop giving the Ukrainians the arms and money that congress had appropriated to them?? Well I haven't!!!!!

It started in Eden. Documented there. Paul comments on the fall in 2 Timothy, noting that woman was derived from man, that she was first deceived; consequently, she is not to teach or usurp authority over man. That expression "usurp authority" is based upon a word which referred to murdering someone or suicide. Lexicographers also say it refers to acting in an autocratic way. Sounds like a very strong word, referring to a murderer or suicide, yet this is the word the Bible uses in reference to the fall and the roll of women. Even so, administrators, want to hand over authority to women. They don't need to usurp it. Men are giving it to them, not unlike Adam who just went along with Eve, essentially handing his authority in the garden over to a rebel. Paul lays the blame for the fall on Eve, saying Adam was not in the transgression. This is somewhat inconvenient for SDA, whose spiritual head has been more or less, a woman, Ellen G. White. Interestingly, some SDA scholars admit that the IJ doctrine cannot be derived from Scripture, yet they accept it because Sr. White says its true. True or not, if a man doesn't believe its biblical, accepting it on the basis of "Sr. White says" is handing authority to her, abrogating his own roll in defining faith. Perilous path to take.

Several French cities impose curfews Police officers in riot gear stand guard during civil unrest in Paris, France, on Sunday. (Abdul Saboor/Reuters) Violent protests in parts of Europe are raising security concerns and putting authorities on high alert. In France, officials imposed curfews in several cities Monday night — including in parts of Paris — after the country’s worst rioting in years left two people dead and thousands arrested. Italy is also deploying 500 troops to Milan after recent demonstrations over the rising cost of living erupted into clashes. + What’s happening: French cities impose curfews after weekend of chaos + Milan protesters face off with police over rising cost of living + The bigger picture: France’s crisis sounds familiar. Is America next?

Can parents face charges for their child’s violent actions? Investigators are still trying to determine how the 16-year-old behind last week’s deadly school shooting in Bend, Oregon, obtained a gun and ammunition — and whether his parents could be held responsible. Similar cases in Michigan and Georgia have recently established that parents can face criminal charges for shootings carried out by their children. The Bend shooting could become another test of how far that accountability extends. + Read more: Could the Oregon school shooter’s parents face charges? + Timeline: It took just 3 minutes. How the Bend school shooting unfolded