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Everything in today's pool (40)
World (9)
- M 5.0 earthquake, 207 km ESE of Sarangani, PhilippinesStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
- Tropical Cyclone MURASU-26, IndiaHighest alert now · red · GDACS
- Flash Flood Warning, Fannin, GA, Gilmer, GA, Murray, GA and 1 moreMost severe US alert · severe · National Weather Service
- Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years for collusionMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Democrats take Congress in historic sweep as voters rebuke TrumpMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Vance: Republicans lost midterms because of Iran war, U.S.-Israel relationsMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- One dead and another missing in suspected grizzly bear attack in CanadaMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Cyber attack threatens French blood banksMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Plan to drive down homelessness for young people leaving careNewest official record · UK Government
Space (5)
- USSF-432Next launch · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- International Space StationOverhead now · 18th Space Defense Squadron via Space-Track.org, retrieved from CelesTrak
- 11 people are in spaceIn space now · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- Asteroid 2026 VP1Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS
- Kp 5.00 forecastStorm forecast · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Money (2)
- Polish zloty (PLN)Biggest move · European Central Bank
- Central African RepublicHighest birth rate · World Bank
History (9)
- The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, India's first interplanetary probe.On this day, 2013 · Wikipedia, On this day
- U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American military base, killing 13.On this day, 2009 · Wikipedia, On this day
- American serial killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of first-degree murder.On this day, 2003 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Aline Chrétien (pictured) thwarted André Dallaire's attempt to assassinate her husband, Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, by locking the bedroom door in 24 Sussex Drive, their official residence in Ottawa.On this day, 1995 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Israeli ultra-nationalist rabbi Meir Kahane (pictured) was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Arab gunman.On this day, 1990 · Wikipedia, On this day
- An earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a major tsunami that affected the Kuril Islands and other parts of the Pacific Ocean.On this day, 1952 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the Battle of Pakchon.On this day, 1950 · Wikipedia, On this day
- World War II: Allied forces began a military campaign on Japanese-occupied Singapore.On this day, 1944 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The Montgomery advertiser, Montgomery, Ala.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
Culture (4)
- William NordhausDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- Tinto BrassDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- Wild Horse NineNew film this week · Wikidata
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeNew video game this week · Wikidata
Curious (11)
- Nikolai KulikovskyFeatured today · Wikipedia
- Dune landscape with fingerpost (to the wreck) in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park, Norderney, Lower Saxony, GermanyPicture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
- ... that at 35 years old, François Letexier was the youngest referee to take charge of a UEFA Euro final?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that the common word for people from Rio de Janeiro originated in the name of an ancient Indigenous village?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that King Simmons earned a track scholarship, but decided that he wanted to play football at Texas Tech University instead?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that, in the traditional medicine of the Cook Islands, remedies from the bark and leaves of the Portia tree are used to treat urinary ailments, abdominal swellings, and infant teething pain?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Swiss filmmaker Daniel Schmid grew up in the Hotel Schweizerhof in Flims, where he later shot many of his films?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that voting in the 1918 Provisional Jewish National Assembly election in Ukraine was delayed due to a railway workers' strike?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- Gina HinojosaFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- James TalaricoFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Abdul El-SayedFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views