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Start with the starkest finding. The count of Rhode Island cost burdened households 2026 rose to 148,766, up from 142,920 the year before, according to the 2026 Housing Fact Book released on 23 October by HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University (Providence Journal; HousingWorks RI via RWU Law). That’s more than a third of all […]
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Short answer first, since that’s the question: is The Heights by Ian Rankin worth reading? Yes — especially if you like your murder mysteries locked-room tight and your social commentary served cold. The Heights (Orion, £25), published in October 2026, is Rankin’s first standalone thriller in almost two decades (OurDailyRead / The Guardian roundup). No […]
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The Lancet Countdown 2026 report, published on 28 October 2026 ahead of the COP31 climate conference, asks for something its authors have not asked for in ten editions: a formal declaration that climate change is a global health emergency (Lancet Countdown). The report is the project’s tenth annual assessment. Led by University College London (UCL) […]
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Ask three different counters and you get three different answers. Halloween costume trends 2026 look like that this year. Google says the breakout costume is a creepy unicorn. Shoppers surveyed by the National Retail Federation (NRF) say they’re dressing as witches, vampires and Spider-Man, same as ever. Spirit Halloween, which opened a record 1,575 stores […]
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Does an extra year of school change dementia risk half a century later? A study published on 23 October 2026 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says yes, and its design is the reason the answer carries weight. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of Southern California and the University […]
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State AI laws 2026 are now the closest thing the United States has to a national AI rulebook, and a new count shows how fast that rulebook is growing. The Transparency Coalition, a Seattle-based nonprofit that tracks AI policy, released its 2026 State AI Legislation Report on 27 October 2026. It tracks 115 AI-related measures […]
Malaysia AI chips seized at the country’s main airport were announced on Wednesday, 28 October 2026. Malaysian customs said it had seized about 49.5 million ringgit, worth $12.11 million, in advanced chips this month, as authorities closed in on a syndicate suspected of smuggling high-performance semiconductors through Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Reuters). The find was […]
The Nassib border crossing closed on Tuesday, suspending passenger and commercial traffic between Syria and Jordan after Jordanian strikes in southern Syria and a dispute over whether Damascus was told in advance.
Short answer first, since that’s the question: is The Heights by Ian Rankin worth reading? Yes — especially if you like your murder mysteries locked-room tight and your social commentary served cold. The Heights (Orion, £25), published in October 2026, is Rankin’s first standalone thriller in almost two decades (OurDailyRead / The Guardian roundup). No […]
The RIBA Stirling Prize 2026 winner was announced on 15 October 2026 at Old Billingsgate in London, in the prize’s 30th anniversary year. The winner is not a museum, a station or a tower. It is Lion Green Road, a council-commissioned housing scheme in Coulsdon, south London, designed by Mary Duggan Architects with RUFF Architects […]
The Brancusi exhibition at MoMA opened on 25 October 2026, and its subject is not only a sculptor. It is a room. Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio runs through 27 February 2027 on the museum’s entire sixth floor, surveying Constantin Brancusi (1876–1957) through the Paris studio at impasse Ronsin where he lived and worked […]
Is The Hollow by Michael Connelly worth reading? Published 27 October, the new Harry Bosch novel sends the retired detective back to MacLaren Children's Center — and reviewers disagree mainly about one subplot.
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