Cathy Farrow

Via Africanews: Ethiopia: At least 60 Christians killed in attacks in Oromia region www.africanews.com/2026/10/27/e...

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New federal work requirements are putting food and health care benefits at risk for thousands of New Yorkers. We've launched a new online resource to help you understand these changes. Check if you qualify for exemptions and find the support you need to keep your benefits at NYC.gov/workrules.

Texas GOP candidate Brandon Herrera laughs as podcast hosts mock Mexicans, implies people with Mexican heritage are ok with mockery, and says he thinks Hispanic slurs are funny.

Natalie Harp is sitting right next to Trump as his car rolls up to his Qatari bribe jet #TravelWithNatalie

Trump says if Republicans lose the election it is voters’ fault

Perhaps the UAE's candidate for UN Secretary-General Lana Nusseibeh "could begin by explaining why her own government has been repeatedly implicated in helping fuel the genocidal catastrophe in Sudan." My latest piece for Zeteo on a potentially awful decision coming from the UN Security Council:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is embroiled in an “unprecedented confrontation” with Israel’s top military commander over an undisclosed military operation that officials feared could ignite a clash with Iran just days before elections, Channel 12’s Yaron Avraham reported.

I very much want to be wrong, but I think this outbreak is going to get much, much worse. Attacks on healthcare workers, active conflict zone, porous borders, sub-optimal surveillance. A very bad combination. apnews.com/article/ebol...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the deadliest malignancies. In @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social, a Review evaluates the clinical development of therapeutic cancer vaccines in PDAC: spkl.io/633267kQT2

Pope Leo to meet survivors of abuse by clergy in Latin America, Vatican says reut.rs/3WdrY10

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BEIRUT (AP) — Iranian-backed militias carried out a precision strike last month, hitting the pumping stations of Saudi Arabia’s most important oil pipeline. Days later, another attack hit a Saudi military air base, damaging an Italian fighter jet inside a hangar.

Record turnout in Israeli elections. www.cnn.com/2026/10/27/w...

This is just perfection Wow ..

"The question is no longer whether personalized cancer vaccines can work. The question now becomes how to accelerate development and increase access for the patients who could benefit." https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/27/cancer-vaccines-intismeran-autogene-esmo-results-delivery-access/

The receipts don't lie. Literally.

Mark Carney on abolishing the Indian Act: "I'm committed to a process that moves Canada beyond the Indian Act."

AHOY THERE! A NICE DEEP DIVE ABOUT BC'S INLAND FERRYS - THEY'RE FREE! LINKY:

Reporter: Why are you comfortable going in front of a camera saying we want to abolish the Indian Act without those consultations with the community? Mark Carney: That is exactly what I did not say.

I wrote about Vivek Ramaswamy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

US Supreme Court denies immigration judges the power to shelve deportation cases reut.rs/4yOBR2F

Trump: I don’t want Norwegians in US because I didn’t win Nobel Peace Prize https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/26/trump-i-dont-want-norwegians-i-didnt-win-nobel-peace-prize/

Canada has the critical minerals the world needs. We’re matching Ontario’s $1 billion investment to build road infrastructure to reach the Ring of Fire. To unlock our critical minerals supply chain. To create up to 70,000 jobs.

Trump's war on Iran is now the single most unpopular war in US history. It has so far cost every American family at least $2000. But the human and legal cost is far more. We warned you this would happen. It happened. Now we must stop it. Here's how. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-war...

Saab Gripen offer would give Canada domestic fighter production and long-term support politicalpress.ca/2026/10/27/s...

Q: Why shouldn't Alaskans find it insulting that the administration is suggesting they can't read the word 'incumbent' on their ballot and know to vote for Sen. Sullivan? JD VANCE: People are busy. People have lives. People have jobs.

Kelowna city hall reopens after unexpected closure Monday The building was evacuated on Monday due to a mechanical issue caused by a brief power surge. Details: www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/...

Q: You'll respect the election results whatever happens? TRUMP: If they're honest elections (That's a no!)

Russian ballistic missiles struck a Kyiv university, injuring students and staff. The attack came hours after UN investigators concluded that Russia's deliberate strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure constituted war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Breaking News: Jennifer Shuford, a former state health commissioner whom President Trump appointed to a top post at the CDC to help steady the agency, is leaving after four months in the job.

A gene therapy saved a calf with a rare genetic disease. Years later, Mennonite families work to develop the therapy on their own after biotech ignored it. https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/27/gene-therapy-cow-rare-disease-amish-mennonite-patients-waiting/

Despite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.

A protester yelled "Shove that ballroom up your fat ass" to Trump at his rally in Mississippi on Monday night. This clip contains two versions of the moment. The first is how it aired on a livestream. In the second I increased the audio for that moment.

Since January, ICE has detained and sought to deport a man who has insisted he was born to a prominent family in Jamaica. But his lawyers say he's a U.S. citizen who has delusions as a result of mental illness.

US President Donald Trump is facing a backlash after invoking 9/11 as part of a verbal assault on Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Michigan. Speaking at a rally in the state on Sunday, Trump accused El-Sayed of being "a jihadi... TAT: [Nationalism | Suppressing dissent]

LIVE: Israelis shatter turnout records in first election since Oct. 7 attacks reut.rs/4kk95mY

The recently hired chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whose arrival gave agency scientists hope, is leaving after just six months.

With no leader or political experience, Serbia’s student movement now begins talks to form a government.

In recognition of our human right to exist, survival income should be provided without any work requirements. The purpose of a job, guaranteed or not, would then be to increase one's total income above and beyond that basic level. To demand to work for the owner class for your survival is absurd.

Show me an experiment where a guaranteed job is compared to a guaranteed income where the income alone didn't achieve the same results if equal in amount. In the 1970s we tested cash versus cash plus job training, and cash alone led to better outcomes. Stop insisting that meaning is working a job.