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Thursday, October 22, 2026
Technology
China will require export licences for specified drone motors, electronic speed controllers, carbon-fibre propeller blades, drones that can fly beyond natural line of sight and several related items from Nov. 18, under Announcement No. 49 of 2026… Read more
Sports
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… Read more
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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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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Chuck Kilbride, 73, a retired Marine major who has led Nassau County's Toys for Tots since the 1990s, helped hand out toys to children from Hempstead on Wednesday at Miller's Ale House in Levittown, where county government officials honored him… Read more
Cole Knuble scored his first two NHL goals and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 at KeyBank Center on Wednesday, NHL.com reported. The Flyers (3-6-3) have won three straight after opening the season with nine consecutive losses… Read more
New York Focus reported Oct. 21 that State Police disciplinary records it obtained show the department imposed limited punishments on employees in domestic abuse cases that State Police investigators had substantiated. The records cover 18… Read more
AdkAction's new report, "Staying Open: The State of Adirondack Grocery Stores and Opportunities for Action," draws on conversations with eight independent grocers in Clinton, Essex, Hamilton and St. Lawrence counties, the New York Almanack… Read more
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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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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Google said in a blog post Tuesday that Chrome is adding warnings for suspicious websites and for ClickFix attacks for users who enable Enhanced Protection, CNET and ZDNet reported. Chrome will show a "This site doesn't seem right" overlay for… Read more
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25 billion on Wednesday after a jury found the company misled consumers in a case that arose from allegations about the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting, The Guardian reported. Judge Francis… Read more
The PHP project released emergency security patches Wednesday for two critical flaws, together called PHP2Shell, that let an attacker with no account run code on a web server, The Hacker News and BleepingComputer reported. Both are rated 9.2 on the… Read more
Electronic Arts is closing BioWare, the 31-year-old studio behind the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series, EA announced Wednesday, CNET reported. EA confirmed in a blog post that the closure comes with a decision to stop development on the next Mass… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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… Read more
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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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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,"… Read more
The Los Angeles Rams (2-4, last in the NFC West) visit the Las Vegas Raiders at 4:25 p.m. ET on Fox in Week 7 after losing starting receiver Davante Adams to a ruptured hamstring, which coach Sean McVay announced will sideline him 6 to 10 weeks… Read more
Luka Doncic said Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg "was talking crazy" after the Lakers beat Golden State 127-105 in their season opener on Wednesday, the New York Post reported. The Post said the jawing began late in the second quarter, that… Read more
Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom said in a video posted to social media that he was denied entry to Game 3 of the WNBA Finals in Atlanta on Wednesday night after declining to sit in a private suite offered to him by the Dream and State Farm… Read more
The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays open the World Series at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 23, on Fox, and the series will crown a first-time champion, Sporting News reported. Milwaukee is making its first World Series appearance since 1982, when… Read more
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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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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The truth has been making its rounds, that the land bridge between Alaska and Russia was decommissioned. Not submerged. Not eroded. Decommissioned. The word you use for a reactor that has served its purpose and been taken out of service by someone… Read more
I have been reading the Shahnameh. Not the abridged version they hand out in survey courses. The full text, in a translation from 1905 that has not been updated to soften the technical language, and I need to talk about the Cup of Jamshid.
A committee sat down in 2003 and finalized a standard for how digital video compresses moving images. The standard is called H.264. It is used in virtually every video stream, every broadcast, every conference call on earth. And within five years… Read more
The Global Positioning System does not run on the same clock as the surface of the earth. This is not a conspiracy theory. This is published physics, corrected for daily, acknowledged by every agency that operates the network. The atomic clocks… Read more