https://isophoric.com/ Oswego-first news: the City of Oswego, Oswego County, New York State, the nation and the world, with every story linked to its sources. en-us Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:18:48 GMT https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-01/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-01/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Oswego State's women's tennis team won the program's first SUNYAC championship, beating SUNY Oneonta 4-3 in the title match, the Oswegonian reported. The Lakers finished 12-2 overall and 5-0 in conference play, which won the regular-season title and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament, according to Oswego State Athletics. Four players were named All-SUNYAC, for five honors in all, and Isabella Eason was named the tournament's most valuable player, the Oswegonian said. City of Oswego D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-02/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-02/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, is honoring Dr. Mary Walker, a native of the town of Oswego and the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor, ahead of her birthday in November, Oswego County News Now reported. Walker, born Nov. 26, 1832, in Oswego, was a Civil War surgeon, prisoner of war and women's rights advocate, the paper said. City of Oswego D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-03/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-03/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Oswego Health Foundation announced a grant from the Morris Family Advised Fund to help strengthen pediatric mental health and wellness services for children and families in Oswego County, Oswego County News Now reported. The gift supports a dedicated pediatric mental health and wellness unit within the hospital's expanded Emergency Department, part of a $14 million first-floor renovation and Emergency Department expansion, according to the report. City of Oswego D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-04/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-04/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Local author Lee Ellen Hickey will give a presentation at the Oswego Public Library on Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m., Oswego County News Now reported. She will cover how she researches and outlines her books and formats them into slideshows for pitching, along with finding opportunities for book signings. Hickey wrote Girl in the Glass Coffin and The Murder of Cora Sweet, which the paper says involve research into the history of true crime in Oswego. City of Oswego D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-05/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-05/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT SUNY Oswego's Golden Z Club is running a donation drive at The Point in the Marano Campus Center, Room 131, throughout October, according to a SUNY Oswego announcement. Non-perishable food goes to Erin's Angels to help feed local children, and feminine hygiene products go to local shelters including SAF, Desens Angels and Vera House. City of Oswego D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-06/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-06/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT SUNY Oswego's Project Serve was scheduled to host "Hearts and Crafts: FairyTale-Themed Cards" from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Compass, 145 Marano Campus Center, according to a SUNY Oswego announcement. Members of the campus community were invited to write and decorate fairytale-themed cards for children served by the project, which is sponsored by the Office of Experiential Learning. City of Oswego D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-07/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-07/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The first statewide Tip-A-Cop fundraiser was under way Oct. 21 at New York Texas Roadhouse locations, including the Oswego location from 5 to 8 p.m., Oswego County News Now reported. Twenty-two Texas Roadhouse restaurants across the state teamed up with local police to raise money for Special Olympics New York, the paper said. City of Oswego D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-08/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-08/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tom Drumm, executive director of the Port of Oswego Authority, said a 50% tariff on Canadian aluminum is hurting the port and the aluminum maker Novelis, and called for an "economic ceasefire" in the trade war between the United States and Canada, Oswego County News Now reported. In an interview Monday with NewsChannel 9, Drumm, who has held the post for six months, said the trade war is damaging the port's revenue and the local economy, according to the paper. The port handles large amounts of aluminum for Novelis's plant in the town of Scriba, the paper said. City of Oswego D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-09/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-09/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Environmental Conservation Police officers used drones during an Oct. 3 patrol along the Salmon River that resulted in tickets for after-hours fishing, according to an Oct. 20 release from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, reported by Oswego County Today. Officers issued nine tickets to six anglers for fishing after hours, and two people received additional tickets for fishing without a license and for unlawfully using treble hooks to take fish. DEC said the drones let officers monitor activity in the dark using night imaging and cover additional ground in wooded areas. Tickets are allegations, not findings of guilt, DEC said. City of Oswego D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-10/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-city-oswego-10/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT VOTE Oswego, partnering with Penfield Library, is holding an event called "Don't Ghost Democracy" on Oct. 22 from 2 to 5 p.m., where people can come at any point to check whether their voter registration is active, ask voting questions and see live printing of sample ballots, according to The Oswegonian. The paper reports that Oct. 24 is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming election, and that the group's Linktree lists the candidates on the local ballot with links to their websites and videos. Event coordinator Professor Karen Oakes is quoted as saying "voting is not a pop quiz." City of Oswego D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-11/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-11/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hannibal High School senior Kayla Martinez-Muñoz will perform at the 2026 NYSSMA All-State Winter Conference in Rochester in December, according to a release from the Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation, reported by Oswego County Today. Participants must audition and perform for a judge, and Martinez-Muñoz earned a score of 99. Her selection marks the first time in recent school history that a Hannibal Central School District student has been selected, the release said. "I feel really accomplished because this has been a dream since seventh grade," Martinez-Muñoz said. Oswego County D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-12/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-12/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Oswego County Department of Solid Waste invites residents to bring pumpkins to its compost pile after Halloween, according to the county. County residents can take them to the Bristol Hill Transfer Station at 3125 NYS Rte. 3 in Fulton on Mondays through Thursdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon, and food waste is accepted for composting year-round. More information is available weekdays at 315-591-9200. Oswego County D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-13/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-13/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Fulton Arts Scene announced the cast of "The Jesus Hickey," a comedy by Luke Yankee that will run Nov. 19 to 22 at CNY Community Arts Center, 121 Cayuga St. in Fulton, under the direction of William Edward White. The cast includes Shy Sims as Agnes Flynn, Adele Cronk as Grandmaire Flynn, Garrett Robinson as Sean Flynn, Brian Doolittle Jr. as Seamus O'Malley, Christopher Best as Father Boyle, Michael Bolio as Paddy Martin and Gandalf as Michael, according to Oswego County Today. The play, set in Sligo, Ireland, follows a young woman who discovers she has mystical healing powers, the announcement says. Tickets are available at CNYArtsCenter.com or by calling (315) 598-2787. Oswego County D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-14/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-14/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Art Scene at CNY Arts Center in Fulton presents "The Haunting of Hill House" from Oct. 22 to 25 at 121 Cayuga St., according to Oswego County Today. The play is directed by Gina Mazzoli and based on Shirley Jackson's novel, adapted for the stage by F. Andrew Leslie. Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday, with tickets at $18 for adults and $13 for seniors at cnyartscenter.com/tickets or by calling 315-598-2787. Oswego County D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-15/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-15/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A new Community Action Plan lays out a roadmap for strengthening Fulton's waterfronts, recreation opportunities and downtown, according to a release from the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities Steering Committee of Fulton. Consultants working with a committee of local volunteers prepared the plan after nearly a year of meetings, site visits and discussions, and it sets goals for the next two to three years. Those goals include working with the state to improve water quality in Lake Neatahwanta while increasing recreational use of the lake, accessing grants to catalog and clean up brownfield sites, updating the city's trail master plan and creating a downtown business committee. The full plan is available through the City of Fulton's website, the release says. Oswego County D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-16/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-16/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County will host a farm-to-school workshop on Thursday, Nov. 12, from 3 to 5:30 p.m., according to a news release from the organization. The program begins with a tour of Grindstone Farm in Pulaski, then moves to Stefano's Pizzeria in Mexico, where light refreshments will be provided and Extension educators will discuss the New York State Farm-to-School Program. Joshua Vrooman of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County will discuss building a local food economy, and Lizzy Cooper of Cornell Cooperative Extension Harvest NY will explain how the program benefits farms, school districts and students. To register, use the Cornell Cooperative Extension event page; questions go to Vrooman at 315-963-7286, ext. 200. Oswego County D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-17/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-17/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Salmon River Fine Arts Center in Pulaski has announced its first annual Artful Trifecta, a fundraising series for all ages and skill levels, according to a release from the center. Sessions run from 1 to 5 p.m. on the second Saturday of November, December and January at 4848 N. Jefferson St., with participants painting a leather feather on Nov. 14, assembling a glass-on-glass ornament on Dec. 12 and glazing a ceramic bowl on Jan. 9. A three-event pass costs $60 and is sold only in advance, and single tickets cost $25 in advance or $30 at the door, with proceeds supporting the center's mission, the release says. Oswego County D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-18/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-18/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT John Williams, 53, of Fulton, was arrested Oct. 15, 2026, and held pending arraignment on two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of unlawfully dealing with a child in the second degree, Oswego County Today reported. According to the report, the Fulton Police Department received a report in July 2026 that an adult had purchased alcohol and provided it to a 13-year-old visiting the adult's residence, and officers investigating then uncovered a separate incident in which the same adult had allegedly purchased nicotine vapes for a different 13-year-old who was also visiting. A charge is not a conviction. Anyone with information is asked to contact Investigator Joli Marino at (315) 598-4342. Oswego County D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-19/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-county-oswego-19/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The second annual Pulaski Halloween Parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, followed by an outdoor children's movie night from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at the south park in the village, according to an Oct. 19 release from the Boo-Tastic Weekend organizing committee. The parade starts at the Pulaski Boylston Snowmobile Club on Route 11 and ends at Lura Sharp Elementary School on Lake Street, with trophies for categories including Most Creative, Funniest and Spookiest awarded for the first time. The inaugural parade in 2025 featured more than 50 participating businesses and individuals, according to organizers, and the Pulaski Academy and Central School District will provide free transportation from the bus garage to the south park starting at 8:30 a.m. Oswego County D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-companies-80/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-companies-80/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Target will welcome holiday shoppers to the "Academy of Giftology," a campaign debuting in early November that was previewed Tuesday at an event for press and analysts, Retail Dive reported. Actor D'Arcy Carden plays the "Chief Giftologist," and Lucia Aniello, co-creator of "Hacks," directed the content, which will run across broadcast, streaming, audio, out-of-home and social media, with a bigger push around creators on TikTok and YouTube. Target Chief Brand Officer Michelle Mesenburg said the store is the company's most important marketing vehicle, and the academy's design will carry into stores, according to Retail Dive. A spokesperson said Target will not bring back its "Kris K." Santa this year, and Retail Dive described the campaign as part of an effort to keep up momentum for a turnaround plan. Economy — Companies D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-companies-81/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-companies-81/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Fulfillment provider Stord has acquired third-party logistics company AMS Fulfillment, according to an Oct. 21 news release that Supply Chain Dive reported. AMS processes over 10 million orders a year for brands in beauty, wellness and direct-to-consumer markets and adds 1 million square feet in East Coast and West Coast hubs, per the release, which called it Stord's largest acquisition to date and did not disclose a price. Last month Stord bought Vox Fulfillment, an e-commerce fulfillment provider with a warehouse in Provo, Utah, Supply Chain Dive reported. Economy — Companies D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-companies-82/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-companies-82/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Banana Republic debuted "The Agency," a five-part short-form video series starring actor Jack Innanen, on TikTok on Oct. 14, according to a press release, Marketing Dive reported. The first episode had 10 million views at press time and the second more than 3 million, Marketing Dive said. Banana Republic's comparable sales were up 3% in the second quarter of 2026, according to parent Gap Inc.'s earnings report, Marketing Dive reported. Economy — Companies D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-market-76/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-market-76/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Initial U.S. jobless claims fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 194,000 in the week ending Oct. 17, below the 200,000 that economists polled by Bloomberg expected, the Labor Department reported Thursday, according to CNBC and Bloomberg. CNBC said the figure is just above the 189,000 reported for the week of July 18, which it described as the lowest since the late 1960s, and that claims have averaged 212,000 over the past year. Continuing claims rose to a six-week high of 1.73 million in the previous week, Bloomberg reported. CNBC described the labor market as low-hire and low-fire, noting that nonfarm payrolls rose by 29,000 in September and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%. Economy — Markets D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-market-77/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-market-77/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT U.S. stocks fell Thursday as oil prices jumped on reports of new planned U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, while Meta Platforms and Tesla fell after earnings reports, Investor's Business Daily reported. Just after the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.4% and the S&P 500 down 0.8%, IBD said, and it reported Tesla fell about 3.5% after its third-quarter report. The New York Times reported that earnings reports from big technology companies spooked investors and that oil rose to its highest level in months, and The Wall Street Journal's summary said the Nasdaq led the losses as jitters around artificial intelligence resurfaced. Economy — Markets D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-market-78/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-market-78/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT American Airlines said Thursday it expects an adjusted loss of between $1 and $1.60 a share in 2026, compared with a July forecast of between a loss of 65 cents and a profit of 65 cents, and said it will slow its capacity growth next year, CNBC reported. The airline reported record third-quarter revenue of $16.34 billion, up 19.3% from a year earlier, and an adjusted loss of 28 cents a share against 35 cents expected, while its fuel bill rose 67.5% to $4.64 billion, according to CNBC. It is the fourth major U.S. carrier to cut its 2026 forecast this month because of higher jet fuel prices following the start of the Iran war, CNBC reported, after Delta, United and Southwest. CEO Robert Isom said on an earnings call that he has "great confidence" the company will return to profitability next year. Economy — Markets D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-market-79/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-economy-market-79/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC on Thursday that a surplus of memory supply is unlikely by 2029, despite a sell-off in memory stocks over the past week, CNBC reported. "One of the things that's really great about memory is that you can always use more of it," Huang said in an interview at the company's GTC Berlin conference, adding that HBM memory will be used for years. The sell-off followed an Oct. 15 opinion column in a South Korean publication that cited two experts expecting a "flood of new supply" in 2029, according to CNBC's translation, and an announcement by China's ChangXin Memory Technologies of a new design architecture, CNBC reported. Huang said Nvidia is "open-minded" about working with the Chinese memory maker. Economy — Markets D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-health-72/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-health-72/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval Oct. 19 for GSK's immunotherapy Jemperli (dostarlimab-gxly), used alone, in adults with previously untreated stage II or III locally advanced rectal cancer whose tumors are mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) or microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) as determined by an FDA-authorized test, the agency said; published estimates suggest about 3% of locally advanced rectal cancers have that feature. The approval rests on interim results from AZUR-1, a phase 2 study of 154 patients, in which after a median follow-up of more than two years almost three-fourths had not needed surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy, and the FDA says longer follow-up is needed to understand how long responses last and how often the cancer returns. Jemperli can cause the immune system to attack healthy organs and tissues, with reactions that can be severe or fatal, and the most common side effects were fatigue, rash, diarrhea and itching, the FDA said. Because the approval is accelerated, GSK must keep following patients to show the responses translate into lasting benefit, according to the FDA and MedCity News. Health D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-health-73/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-health-73/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Actor Christina Applegate said Tuesday that she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis, NPR reported. She announced the diagnosis in 2021 and later retired from acting, according to NPR. MedPage Today's summary of its own report says she revealed that her doctor told her the diagnosis was incorrect and quotes her as saying "I'm back at square one." Michael Kornberg, a neurologist at Johns Hopkins University, told NPR that there is no single test for MS and that misdiagnosis rates cited in studies range from 5% to 20% depending on the clinic investigated. Health D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-health-74/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-health-74/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The average annual premium for employer-sponsored family health coverage rose 5% to $28,303 this year, and workers' own contribution toward family coverage rose 9% to $7,471, according to the Employer Health Benefits Survey that KFF released Oct. 22, KFF Health News reported. That is up from a 7.6% rise in workers' contributions from 2024 to 2025, and the premium rise follows a 6% increase the year before, the report says. Among large employers, those with at least 200 employees, 44% said they raised what workers pay toward coverage, and workers' earnings rose an average of 3.7% this year while overall inflation was 2.7%, according to the survey. Workers' share of the total premium rose only slightly overall, to 27% of the cost of family coverage and 18% of individual coverage, KFF said. Health D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-health-75/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-health-75/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT U.S. health spending is projected to reach $6.0 trillion in 2026, or 18.7% of the economy, with hospitals the largest share at $1.9 trillion, according to a KFF analysis of National Health Expenditure projections from federal actuaries. Growth in health spending is estimated to have slowed to 6.3% in 2026 and is expected to slow to 4.7% in 2027, and spending is projected to reach $9.0 trillion by 2034, over one-fifth of the economy, KFF said. KFF says Medicaid changes in the 2025 budget reconciliation law and the expiration of enhanced ACA marketplace premium tax credits in 2025 are among the policy changes expected to slow growth. Health D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-37/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-37/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The International Criminal Court won this year's Sakharov Prize, the European Union's human rights award, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced Thursday in Strasbourg, DW reported. "This prize recognizes the important work of the court in upholding international law and justice," Metsola said, and ICC President Tomoko Akane said the award comes "at a time when the Court and its officials face unprecedented challenges, including sanctions." The court beat two other finalists, Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu and the imprisoned Iranian twin sisters Taraneh and Romina Rahimi, and the ceremony will be held in December. The United States announced sanctions against the court earlier in October, according to AFP, and DW reported the sanctions were imposed in response to what Washington called political bias. International D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-38/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-38/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT An Austrian woman, 76, and a Swiss woman, 69, who were kidnapped separately in Agadez, Niger, in January and April of last year, have been freed and handed to authorities in the Libyan city of Benghazi, the BBC reported. Austria and Switzerland both confirmed the releases, and the Swiss government said its citizen had received medical care and was on her way back to Switzerland. No details have been given about who held the women or what they demanded, and the circumstances of their release were not disclosed, the BBC said. Libya's al-Masar TV released a video in which the women thank Khalifa Haftar, the eastern Libyan commander, and his son for their release; DW said it had not independently verified the video. International D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-39/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-39/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Ukraine received the bodies of 252 people from Russia in an exchange of war dead, and Russia received 25 in return, according to Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War and Russian lawmaker Shamsail Saraliyev, as reported by AFP and The Moscow Times. The Ukrainian headquarters said police will carry out procedures to identify the dead and thanked the International Committee of the Red Cross for helping to arrange the exchange, and Belarusian state media said it took place at the Novaya Guta border crossing, The Moscow Times reported. Official announcements from the two sides show Ukraine has received the remains of 5,300 people since the start of 2026 and Russia fewer than 300, AFP reported. International D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-40/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-40/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Russia and Ukraine traded major attacks overnight into Thursday, hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, DW reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia fired 21 missiles at 12 regions of Ukraine, with strikes in the Kyiv region killing two people and injuring 34, according to DW, and The Moscow Times, citing officials, counted at least seven dead across Ukraine. Russia's Defense Ministry said it intercepted 808 Ukrainian drones overnight; DW reported at least two people killed in the Ukrainian strikes on Russia, while The Moscow Times reported one man killed in the Belgorod region. The Kremlin said Putin agreed to resume US-mediated talks as early as next month, The Moscow Times reported, and Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov suggested a new round could be held around Nov. 10 in Abu Dhabi, according to the BBC. International D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-41/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-41/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Nigeria's first Ebola patient in more than a decade was not tested for the disease until 13 days after falling ill, officials said, according to Reuters; Africa CDC Director General Jean Kaseya told Reuters that the woman arrived in Abuja on Oct. 3 after two weeks in Uganda, fell ill three days later and, after first being suspected of having malaria, was tested on Oct. 19. Nigeria confirmed the case on Oct. 20 and is tracing 44 contacts, the Guardian and DW reported. Where she was infected is not settled: Nigeria's health minister, Muhammad Ali Pate, said the case "did not have confirmed travel to DRC" and that officials presumed Uganda, while Uganda's health ministry said she had only transited through Uganda and that the location of exposure remains under investigation. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment, has infected more than 9,500 people since May, DW reported, and Africa CDC has called a virtual meeting of health officials for Oct. 28. International D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-42/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-42/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT More than 500 people in South Africa have fallen ill with a gastrointestinal illness that authorities blame on poor water quality in two cities, Africanews reported: 408 people in communities east of Pretoria, where residents were told to stop drinking tap water, and at least 111 Rhodes University students in Gqeberha, where the cause is still being investigated. Officials said the treatment plant supplying the Pretoria communities had not been chlorinated for about three weeks, and Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya said city officials failed to warn the affected areas that the water should not be drunk, even after boiling, according to Africanews. Daily Maverick, in a report carried by AllAfrica, put the number sickened in Bronkhorstspruit at about 450 and said the plant had no chlorine added from Sept. 24 to Oct. 14. Africanews said most of those who fell ill were children under 4. International D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-43/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-43/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Truck drivers' protests over high fuel prices have disrupted deliveries in southern Italy, leaving some supermarket shelves partly empty and some petrol stations without fuel, Euronews reported; Deputy Infrastructure Minister Edoardo Rixi called the disruption in Campania "severe," affecting supermarkets, petrol stations and hospitals, according to Reuters. Hauliers have blocked roads and motorways since last week, but their representatives said Thursday that roadblocks would be lifted in Sicily after talks with the government, and truck drivers in Calabria suspended their protest, Reuters reported. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government was lining up aid for truck drivers and farmers, including compensation for high diesel costs, and offering police escorts to trucks passing roadblocks, according to Reuters. Bruno Zuccarelli, head of Naples' order of physicians and dentists, said fuel shortages were making it harder for doctors to reach hospitals and for ambulances to respond. International D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-44/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-44/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Chemists at Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan have made a fuel that can be blended with kerosene from waste coconut fruit left over from oil extraction, using a co-solvent method that works at room pressure and at lower temperatures than other biofuel feedstocks require, Good News Network reported. In tests of blends from 10% to 50% coconut fuel in a micro jet engine, thermal efficiency was comparable to that of pure kerosene, fuel consumption was slightly higher, and emissions of unburned hydrocarbons fell by between 5% and 40% depending on the blend, according to the report. Carbon dioxide and nitric oxide levels stayed consistent with kerosene, and the researchers said more work is needed before commercialization, mostly because carbon monoxide emissions rose, which could be harmful to ground crews, Good News Network said. International D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-45/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-45/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Forests and wildlife on Nu'utele Island, a Key Biodiversity Area in Samoa, are showing signs of recovery about a year after invasive rats and feral pigs were removed, Good News Network reported. Samoa's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Service, island community members and the nonprofit Island Conservation removed the animals, and field teams made 12 expeditions between March 2025 and May 2026, the report said. "In many areas, native seedlings are carpeting the forest floor," said Island Conservation project manager Paul Jacques, and researchers found active nests of the shy ground dove with eggs one month after the removal. Island Conservation plans to move the threatened Mao, a native Samoan forest bird, to the island, as part of a restoration target it set for 2032, according to the report. International D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-46/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-international-46/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT French health authorities said Thursday that the Shamonda virus, which usually affects livestock, had been detected in a human for the first time, in a severely immunocompromised patient who died earlier this month at a Lyon hospital, according to The Hindu and Al Jazeera. The Health and Agriculture Ministries said in a joint statement that there is "no health risk to the general public identified at this time" and called it "an exceptional case." The patient is believed to have been infected through a midge bite in eastern France, where the virus circulated in animals this spring and summer, and the ministries said neurological complications before the death are "very likely linked" to the infection, with investigations ongoing. The virus was first detected in Europe in late July, and the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control have been notified, The Hindu reported. International D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-30/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-30/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Dozens of Tennessee voters told WSMV that on ballot marking machines in Davidson and Williamson counties, their selection registered as a different candidate than the one they chose, and some said it took at least three tries to get their choice to appear. These are voters' accounts: nothing published establishes that a machine malfunctioned or that any vote was miscounted. Mark Goins, Tennessee's coordinator of elections, said such mismatches have always traced to unintended touches, which he compared to a long fingernail near the edge of a selection box touching its neighbor, and that his office sends a Republican technician and a Democratic technician together to examine equipment whenever an issue is reported. The Secretary of State's office said it has received one complaint of this kind among about 400,000 ballots cast so far, while WSMV reported that dozens of voters described the problem, and Goins said his office received one call before WSMV's first report and a few more afterward. Touch screens can also drift out of calibration: in 2024, the Knox County, Illinois, clerk said a touch-screen machine that failed to reflect a voter's choice was "more than likely a calibration issue with that machine," recalibrated it, and took it out of service when the problem returned, PolitiFact reported, adding that votes cast on it earlier were stored on a memory card and counted. A ballot marking device lets a voter mark a ballot on a touch screen, then prints it, and the printed ballot goes into a ballot box or scanner; the machines do not store or tally votes, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission says. Goins described three checks on the equipment used in Davidson and Williamson counties: the selection screen, where the touched name should light up green, a review screen showing every selection, and the paper ballot, which he said is what is counted. "The votes aren't being counted on the screen... They're actually being counted on that paper ballot that's going in the scanner," Goins said. The Secretary of State's office asks voters who see a mismatch to alert a poll official before they cast the ballot, so a voter who wants their voice heard can compare the printed ballot with the choices they made, and ask for help if they do not match. National D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-31/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-31/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Becky Drury, a teacher wounded in last week's attack on a special education classroom at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, said in a statement issued Wednesday by a family friend that she "did the only thing I could do, which was to pretend to be dead in the hope he would not shoot me again," the Associated Press reported. Drury said she ran to see what was happening, saw the shooter and went back to the classroom, but he was already there and shot her at close range, wounding her left hand and right arm. Some news reports had suggested she threw herself on top of a student to protect them, and she said she wanted to correct the record, the AP reported. Three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher were killed in the attack, according to the AP, and Drury remains hospitalized. National D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-32/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-32/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Ukrainian officials reported speed limits on SpaceX's Starlink and Starshield services in Ukraine in mid-October, and President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday the service was "still limited," CBS News reported. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Ukraine's access "is governed by a private commercial contract," and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that terms of service apply and that Starlink has the option to make those decisions, The Hill reported; President Trump told reporters Wednesday, "I don't know who did it but I was not involved." Reuters reported on Oct. 15 that Pentagon officials received an order to limit Starshield "from inside the White House," and the Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 20 that Elon Musk ordered the restrictions, according to Snopes. Musk wrote on X on Oct. 14 that limits on the military-grade Starshield are decided by the U.S. military and ultimately the president, while Starlink is a commercial service limited to civilian and defensive use. Snopes said it could not verify the Reuters, Telegraph or Journal reports because they relied on anonymous sources, and that SpaceX did not respond to its request for comment. National D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-33/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-33/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Democratic National Committee, its House and Senate campaign arms, several lawmakers and others filed a federal lawsuit late Tuesday in Washington, D.C., asking a judge to block what they allege are Trump administration attempts to force states to remove voters from registration lists, segregate certain ballots and threaten local election officials with prosecution, ABC News reported. The Justice Department has repeatedly defended its actions as part of an effort to ensure the integrity of the election system, and spokesperson Kiersten Pels said in a statement that "California cannot facilitate the violation of federal law" after the state declined to verify the citizenship of people on a list the department provided. In court papers filed Tuesday, two officials in the Los Angeles County registrar's office said a preliminary analysis of 200 people from the Justice Department's list of about 20,000 found that nearly 40% indicated they were born in the United States and 71.2% had no voting history. ABC said it had asked the White House for comment. National D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-34/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-34/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman, held their second and final debate Wednesday in the Michigan Senate race for the seat of retiring Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat, CBS News and NBC News reported. El-Sayed called Rogers "a sock puppet" for President Trump and said the Iran war is behind high prices, while Rogers, who has called for the war to wind down, said Iran is "absolutely" a threat and accused El-Sayed of a "pattern of deception" about his platform, according to CBS News. Rogers also raised claims that El-Sayed has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood; El-Sayed has repeatedly denied any connection, said he has never been part of the organization, and called the allegations "shameful," CBS News and NBC News reported. On tariffs, El-Sayed criticized President Trump's but said he is open to some import duties, while Rogers called them a "mixed bag," CBS News reported. National D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-35/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-35/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Engineers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Toyota have built a battery-like device that captures carbon dioxide from open air using electricity and a saltwater solution instead of heat, according to a study in Environmental Science & Technology, Happy Eco News reported. Running current in one direction makes the solution more alkaline, so it absorbs carbon dioxide, and reversing it releases the gas, the report said; the team says its method could outperform existing direct air capture systems. The results are from early laboratory work, and researchers still need to keep the device's two liquid streams from mixing, Happy Eco News reported. Toyota Motor North America helped fund the research, and the university has filed patent applications that Toyota holds jointly. National D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-36/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-national-36/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A 17-year-old at a Pennsylvania high school who was named homecoming king at a pep rally gave his crown and sash to a fellow nominee, a friend who was overwhelmed by the moment, Sunny Skyz reported. The student said he "just did what any friend would have done." The video of the moment spread online, according to the report. National D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-65/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-65/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Japan launched its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft on an H3 rocket at 4:41 a.m. Japan time Tuesday, which was 3:41 p.m. EDT Monday, from the Tanegashima Space Center, Ars Technica reported. Hiroshi Yamakawa, president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, called the launch a success, and the mission's project manager, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, said the spacecraft had made contact, unfurled its solar panels and was in "very stable condition." The spacecraft is to arrive at Mars next August, spend about three years nearby and land on Phobos in 2029 to collect at least 10 grams of material, which a capsule is to carry back to a landing zone in South Australia in 2031, according to Ars Technica. Ars put the mission's cost at $578 million, and said U.S. researchers will receive 15 percent of the samples in return for NASA's contributions, which include one of the two sampling devices. Science D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-66/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-66/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Pupils at Ysgol Cemaes, a primary school on Anglesey in Wales, put questions to NASA astronaut Frank Rubio in a virtual session on Wednesday, the BBC reported. Rubio, who is set to be part of the crew for the Artemis III mission, spent more than a year aboard the International Space Station, 371 days, after a fault with the spacecraft due to bring him back, according to the BBC. The pupils took part earlier this year in a project to design a badge that was sent to the space station, and acting headteacher Guto Rhys said they were "extremely excited" ahead of the meeting. The school plans to design a new badge to send up next year, the BBC said. Science D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-67/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-67/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Warwick Rodwell, the consultant archaeologist at Westminster Abbey, writes in the Journal of the British Archaeological Association that the skeleton found inside a Roman sarcophagus at the abbey was most likely a medieval abbot, the Guardian and Live Science reported. The fourth-century sarcophagus, which carries a Latin inscription to Valerius Amandinus, was excavated in 1869, and the lid was later carved with a large Anglo-Saxon cross, according to the Guardian. Radiocarbon dating placed the bones between 987 and 1052, Live Science reported, and Rodwell says the burial's dignity points to a senior churchman and favors Ælfwig, who died about 1020, over Wulfnoth, who died about 1049. "There's a lot more complication than one initially sees," Rodwell told the Guardian. Science D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-68/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-68/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Most white dwarf stars are white, but an analysis shows that a few come in a range of colours, including green, a colour that has never before been spotted in a star, Nature reported in a news article published Oct. 21. The article, which describes work by Hollands, Gänsicke, Tremblay and Koester published in RAS Techniques and Instruments, says analysis of some nearby stars shows they can be pink, yellow and more. Science D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-69/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-69/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which traces its start to rocket-propulsion tests by Caltech graduate students in Pasadena's Arroyo Seco on Oct. 31, 1936, is turning 90 and lists new missions ahead, according to a JPL news release. JPL launched America's first satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958 and sent the first U.S. mission to the Moon, Ranger 7, in 1964, the lab says. Among its upcoming missions, JPL lists SkyFall, aiming for a 2028 launch to deploy three helicopters over Mars, MoonFall, a 2028 mission to land large drones at the lunar South Pole, and SunRISE, set for a 2027 launch. JPL also notes that Voyager 1 is to reach a full light-day from Earth on Nov. 18. Science D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-70/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-70/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A study published Oct. 21 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reports that people who saw others flagrantly break a rule in an online task increased their own rule-breaking, the Guardian and Science News reported. The researchers recruited 750 people in the United States, roughly half Republicans and half Democrats, for an online experiment in which choosing squares farther to the right on a screen earned more money than choosing the correct square. Without social information, about 23 percent of participants picked the farthest-right square, and that rose to almost 40 percent after they learned a participant of their own political party had done so, according to Science News; about a third of participants kept following the rules throughout, the Guardian reported. The task was abstract and carried no penalty, and Stephen Reicher of the University of St Andrews, who was not involved, told the Guardian the real-world relevance remains unproven; Eugen Dimant of the University of Pennsylvania told Science News that real-world penalties and norms keep behavior in check. Science D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-71/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-science-71/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The United Nations Environment Programme said in its Emissions Gap Report 2026, "The Point of Return," published Oct. 21, that warming could reach 2.8°C within this century if current policies continue and increase thereafter, 2.6°C if all national climate pledges are delivered and 2.1°C if those pledges and additional net-zero targets are all achieved. UNEP says returning warming to or below 1.5°C by 2100, with about a 50 per cent chance and peak warming limited to 1.7-1.8°C, would require cutting emissions 18 per cent by 2030, 45 per cent by 2035 and 69 per cent by 2040, all relative to 2025 levels, and removing roughly 320 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide over the century, which it says faces socioeconomic and technological challenges. Current national pledges would reduce emissions by only 5 to 8 per cent by 2030 and 11 to 15 per cent by 2035 relative to 2025 levels, UNEP says. The agency says its outcomes are worse than last year's projections due to the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement and revised estimates of historical emissions. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message on the report, "Overshoot is not surrender." Science D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-55/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-55/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Next seven days: In football, NFL Week 7 sends the Giants to Houston, the 49ers to Atlanta, the Rams to Las Vegas, the Broncos to Arizona and the Chiefs to Seattle on Sunday night. In baseball, the World Series opens Friday, Oct. 23, with the Brewers and Rays at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. In hockey, the Flyers host the Ducks at 1 p.m. ET Saturday and the Sabres visit Washington at 7 p.m. In basketball, Game 4 of the WNBA Finals is Saturday in Atlanta at 1 p.m. ET, with the Dream leading 2-1. In soccer, Manchester United host Bournemouth on Sunday. Sports D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-56/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-56/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 on Wednesday night to take a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals, CBS Sports reported. Angel Reese scored a game-high 21 points and was one of five Dream players in double figures. Game 4 is Saturday in Atlanta, and both teams are seeking their first title in franchise history. Sports D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-57/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-57/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Anthony Edwards scored 45 points as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Miami Heat 131-106 in a season opener on Wednesday night, spoiling Giannis Antetokounmpo's Heat debut, the Guardian reported. Edwards, who shot 16 for 29 including nine of 17 from three-point range and added 10 rebounds, became the third player in NBA history with multiple 40-point games in season openers, joining Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan, according to the Guardian. Antetokounmpo scored 35 points in his first game with Miami, which he joined in an offseason trade with the Milwaukee Bucks, and Minnesota made 21 three-pointers to Miami's eight. Sports D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-58/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-58/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT St. Louis City SC beat the Columbus Crew 5-3 on penalties on Wednesday in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final, winning the first trophy in the club's history, CBS Sports reported. Goalkeeper Roman Burki left the game after being kneed in the head in the 78th minute and was taken to a hospital, conscious and able to move, CBS said, and backup Benjamin Lundt saved the first penalty of the shootout. It was the first Open Cup final decided on penalties in 11 years, and St. Louis City, which began play in 2023, claimed the cup in a city whose teams won it 10 times between 1920 and 1988, according to CBS. Midfielder Daniel Edelman, who scored the winning penalty, told CBS Sports, "It's the first trophy for me and for a lot of guys in this city." Sports D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-59/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-59/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT The family of Bob Uecker said in a message released before the World Series that Milwaukee's run has left them filled with "elation and pride, but also longing," and that "Bob would have been so incredibly proud of what you've accomplished," MLB.com reported. The message, addressed to the players, the ownership and the coaching staff, the broadcast team and the fans, ends: "This is our moment." The Brewers are making their first World Series appearance since 1982, according to Sporting News. Sports D. Marlowe https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-60/ https://isophoric.com/news/2026-10-22/2026-10-22-sports-60/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Brian Cashman has agreed in principle to a new contract to remain the Yankees' senior vice president and general manager, he said Wednesday, with manager Aaron Boone set to return for a 10th season, MLB.com reported. Owner Hal Steinbrenner, who said he was disappointed by the Yankees' ouster by the Rays in the American League Division Series after a 93-win regular season, declined to blame Cashman or Boone and identified underperforming position players as the main cause. "The players didn't live up to their end of the bargain in the playoffs," Steinbrenner said. The deal keeps Cashman, the game's longest-tenured general manager, in the job for his 30th season. Sports D. Marlowe