Saturday, October 17, 2026

• 18 — the Fear & Greed Index — Extreme Fear

1. 1

   Katie Zacharia quits as White House press secretary five days into job — BBC

2. 2

   What we know about teen gunman who police say opened fire at Bend, Oregon school — ABC News

3. 3

   Trump waives tariffs on largest buyers of Russian oil, days before Lindsey Graham-backed law was set to take effect — CBS News

4. 4

   Coastal homes burn as hot winds fuel California fires — NPR

5. 5

   No Kings turns its focus to voting this weekend. Here's what we know — NPR

6. 6

   Ilhan Omar raid sparks ominous prediction from watchdog: 'They probably got the goods' — Fox News

7. 7

   Trump in Georgia falsely claims election of Jon Ossoff was illegitimate — The Guardian

8. 8

   Presidential adviser says Ukraine is in talks to lift speed limit on military satellite network — AP News

9. 9

   Takeaways from the only Minnesota Senate debate between Peggy Flanagan, Michelle Tafoya — The Washington Post

10. 10

    Panetta, Lofgren report suspicious mail amid FBI probe of letters sent to officials nationwide — KSBW

• WATCH: Georgia's Ossoff and Collins face off in Senate debate — PBS
• Arkansas governor moves up special election date for state Senate seat — Arkansas Advocate
• Brazil’s Working Class Forced the Senate to Reduce the Working Schedule — Left Voice
• Brazil’s Senate votes 75 to 1 to end the 6×1 work schedule. Business groups warn of layoffs ten days before the runoff — Plataforma Media
• Cornell University faculty to begin debating no-confidence resolution — ABC News
• 2026-10-17 — IMF Meetings
• 2026-10-17 — Export Price Index
• 2026-10-17 — Export Price Index
• 2026-10-17 — Import Price Index
• 2026-10-17 — Import Price Index

r/interesting

A brief, quiet moment as PSY locks in before he takes the stage

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VICTOR Denmark Open 2026 | Bao/Cao (CHN) [6] vs Tan/Muralitharan (MAS) [2] | SF

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He was moved to tears by the wedding surprise, an RTX 5090 graphic card

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LIVE I Qualifying I Portimão I GT2 European Series pwd by Pirelli (English)

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The last moments of a PlayStation 2 after 20 years of gaming

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100T vs. VIT — VALORANT Champions Shanghai — Lower Final

• A brief, quiet moment as PSY locks in before he takes the stage — r/interesting
• He was moved to tears by the wedding surprise, an RTX 5090 graphic card — r/interesting
• The last moments of a PlayStation 2 after 20 years of gaming — r/interestingasfuck
• Shhhh she's charging... — r/blackcats
• Me after seeing how all streaming services raised the monthly fees and added ads — r/pcmasterrace
• VICTOR Denmark Open 2026 | Bao/Cao (CHN) 6 vs Tan/Muralitharan (MAS) 2 | SF — 7,894 views
• LIVE I Qualifying I Portimão I GT2 European Series pwd by Pirelli (English) — 6,439 views
• 100T vs. VIT — VALORANT Champions Shanghai — Lower Final — 851,101 views
• 🛑PDSlots5150 is Live!🛑 — 1,206 views
• 🔴VITALITY vs 100 THIEVES | VALORANT CHAMPIONS SHANGHAI🔴 — 7,869 views
• WSL: 10th-placed Arsenal host Birmingham City — 200+ searches
• Rafa Jódar - Daniil Medvedev en directo, la semifinal del Masters Shanghái en vivo|Comienza el primer set — 200+ searches
• Analyzing Bowman’s wreck with Wallace at Charlotte — 200+ searches
• Medvedev sees off Paul to set up Shanghai semi with comeback king Jodar — 200+ searches
• Chase Elliott Publicly Abandons All Championship Hopes In One Sentence — 100+ searches

• The Elizabeth Holmes Documentary, Through the Eyes of the Reporter Who Exposed Her — The New York Times
• ‘Street Fighter’ Cast Guide: All the WWE Stars, UFC Champs and Celebs Playing Video Game Fighters in the Live-Action Movie — Variety
• 'RHOA' Star Eva Marcille Sued By Her Homeowners Association For Alleged Violations — TMZ
• 'Tulsa King': Neal McDonough Reacts to Deadly Season 4 Premiere Twist (Exclusive) — TV Insider
• Hello, Molly? The $15 Million Bird Kelly Clarkson Coveted Finally Breaks Her Silence (Exclusive) — The Hollywood Reporter

• S&P 500 fut 7,704.25 -1.11%
• Nasdaq fut 29,391.50 -2.50%
• Dow fut 52,214.00 -0.41%
• VIX 19.99 +21.45%
• 10-yr yield 5.10% +0.18%
• Dollar (DXY) 101.78 -0.06%

• 06:00 · United States — IMF Meetings →  
• 08:30 · United States — Export Price Index → 2.2% vs 1.0% exp
• 08:30 · United States — Export Price Index → 11.6%
• 08:30 · United States — Import Price Index → 1.1% vs 0.9% exp
• 08:30 · United States — Import Price Index → 8.1%
• 08:45 · United States — OPEC Crude Oil Production Algeria (Barrel) → 1.01M

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• Show HN: Llmspeed – feel how fast a local LLM runs before you buy the hardware — 105 points
• Tell HN: Remember to migrate away from .name domain — 64 points
• Llama.cpp on a jailbroken PS5: run any GGUF model natively on the console — 302 points
• You could have invented transformers from memory — 323 points

• The Trump administration is doubling down on health care fraud investigations — STAT
• New DOJ Fraud Division Directive Reinforces Heightened Corporate Enforcement Risks and Continues Open Door Policy for Early Disclosure — ArentFox Schiff
• COVID-19 relief loan fraudster from New Haven admits to $256K scheme — fox61.com
• North Carolina man sentenced for $8M AI music fraud scheme — WWLTV.com

• Could the next healthcare breakthrough happen outside the lab? — VML
• Google DeepMind Backs 200 European Scientists with AlphaFold 3 Access and $3M Compute Grant — cristinaiglesias.com
• ELRIG Drug Discovery - SelectScience feature — Select Science
• Time Travel: What reality tells us — Universe Space Tech

• 30-year fixed 7.4% (as of 2026-10-15)
• Rising mortgage rates and home prices sidelining buyers but now is the time to purchase, report says — WBEZ Chicago
• The US housing market just took a turn: Unusual home sales trigger alarm — and a big lawsuit. Is your nest egg exposed? — Yahoo Finance
• Unemployment falls in North Central Florida as housing market shows mixed results — WCJB

• Owners who spend more time close to their cats tend to have more positive moods — Phys.org
• Purina Life Span Study data used to test biological age tool in dogs — DVM360
• Small Dogs Tend to Live Longer Than Big Dogs. Scientists Say They Might Finally Know Why—and It Goes to the Molecular Level — Smithsonian Magazine

• Study finds differences in cellular responses to exercise — Medical Xpress
• A 47-year study reveals the age when your body starts losing strength — Science Daily
• Church notes: Bible study, fitness classes offered at area churches - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette — Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

• Rep. Torres Announces Power To The Players Act, Legislation to Ensure Gamers Own Their Games — House.gov
• The Shrek 2 Video Game Is Getting a Remaster, Leaks via Xbox Store — Push Square
• Lofty Sky Games Releases Xbox Trailer for Hope in the City in Addition to Delaying Release by One Day — mxdwn Games

• What Happens When Your Abuser Kills Himself?

• 2023 — An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the Gaza war.
• 2019 — Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest.
• 2019 — The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.
• 2018 — The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.

• Matthew Knies, American professional ice hockey player (24)
• Lily, Australian-South Korean singer (24)
• Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer (25)
• Robert Williams III, American basketball player (29)

• Fennel Dauphinoise — France, Side

• What did the big flower say to the littler flower? Hi, bud!

Which artist is famous for cutting off his ear?