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[This story contains major spoilers for Whalefall.] Some of the most rewarding cinematic experiences leave questions unanswered. It’s better that we don’t know what Bill Murray whispered to Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation or what’s inside the glowing briefcase in Pulp Fiction. Whatever conclusion you draw in your own mind will likely be more satisfying than anything Sofia Coppola or Quentin Tarantino could spell out. Whalefall writer-director Brian Duffield and his collaborators are now taking the same approach to the ending of their well-received survival tale.

MANAHAWKIN, N.J. — Local sub lovers can grab a sandwich and support local students at the same time during an all-day fundraiser benefiting Lighthouse Christian Academy on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The...

Environment Canada has issued a yellow wind warning for Whitehorse and the surrounding area. According to Environment Canada, a strong low pressure system is moving eastwards from Southeast Alaska and is expected to arrive in the Yukon around noon today.

Italy announced tougher security measures on Tuesday after weekend riots in Milan left more than 100 police officers injured and shops looted. The government will deploy 500 additional soldiers, impose harsher penalties for violent protesters and hold parents financially responsible for damage caused by minors.

The Yukon’s hockey community traded distant television screens for in-person legends last week as a touring roster of former NHL stars hit the territory for a legacy tour. Culminating in an Oct. 16 exhibition match against the U18 Mustangs at Whitehorse’s Takhini Arena, the whirlwind visit offered northern youth a rare taste of professional hockey excellence.

Several pieces of essential equipment have been stolen from an essential farm for the Seabird Island (Sq’éwqel) First Nations community. Sq’éwqel authorities said the Land To Table Farm has recently experienced an increase in missing and stolen equipment. These tools are critical for growing, harvesting and processing food for the Seabird Island community, supporting families, youth and Elders. The Land to Table Farm provides fresh produce and food for a number of vital community initiatives.

Trade WarUpdated: October 20, 2026 at 3:45p.m. EDTPublished: October 20, 2026 at 3:32p.m. EDTPresident Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) A lawsuit challenging U. S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs targeting Canada has been filed in the United States Court of International Trade. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by the non-profit Liberty Justice Center on behalf of U. S. food importer Gellert Global Group, argues Trump’s use of a Depression-era trade statute exceeds his power as president. Trump used Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to slap an array of Canadian goods with a 50 per cent levy after trade talks broke down in August. The same statute was used the following month to ban the import of other Canadian goods, including motorcycles and some alcohol and dairy products. Liberty Justice Center CEO Sara Albrecht says in a news release that no president should have the power to pull a dormant statute off the shelf and use it to impose sweeping tariffs or import bans. The lawsuit asks the court to declare the tariffs unlawful and order a refund.

Several pieces of essential equipment have been stolen from an essential farm for the Seabird Island (Sq’éwqel) First Nations community. Sq’éwqel authorities said the Land To Table Farm has recently experienced an increase in missing and stolen equipment. These tools are critical for growing, harvesting and processing food for the Seabird Island community, supporting families, youth and Elders. The Land to Table Farm provides fresh produce and food for a number of vital community initiatives.

Nebraska farmers spoke with Sens. Pete Ricketts and John Thune on rising input costs, concerns about protecting agricultural workers from deportation, and more. Max Williamsis your Sarpy County neighborhood reporter. He's passionate about issues like safety, local development, the economy, and uplifting stories about our neighbors.

The alliance announces after a chain of deadly drone attacks have struck the region. NATO is deploying additional patrol aircraft and intelligence personnel to the Black Sea, a spokesman for the alliance said, after a series of deadly drone attacks in the region widely blamed on Russia but denied by the Kremlin. “Allies have or will send additional maritime patrol aircraft, radar systems, explosive exploitation teams, intelligence personnel, drones and more to the Black Sea,” said Colonel Martin O’Donnell on Tuesday. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3NATO says will do ‘anything and everything’ if alliance is attackedlist 2 of 3‘Block, blunt, break’: What’s in NATO’s new Russia war plan?list 3 of 3Will NATO’s ‘theory of victory’ work?end of list“The most important thing we can do, however, is to increase our situational awareness in the region through increased sensors and data sharing,” he added. NATO, along with Bulgaria and Romania, has not directly attributed the recent spate of attacks to any country. Military analysts have said Russia almost certainly carried out the attacks but Moscow has not acknowledged any responsibility.

Tuesday October 20, 2026 4:31 pm PDT by Juli CloverWith just a couple of days to go until the iPhone Duo launches, the first unboxing video has surfaced online from someone who managed to get a device early. The ‌iPhone Duo‌ ships flat instead of folded, and it is otherwise packaged like any other iPhone.

SOUTH POINT, Ohio (WSAZ) - Local and state leaders on Tuesday celebrated major riverfront renovations in Lawrence County, Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) helped cut the ribbon on new upgrades at the riverfront park in South Point. The renovations include a 131-foot seawall, an ADA compliant ramp, and more handicap parking. The money for the renovations comes the state’s Appalachian Community Grant Program. DeWine said the program helps boost tourism, redevelopment and community engagement. “More people are going to have access,” he said. “This is good for tourism, but it’s also good for people who live here and happen to have a boat or just want to get out on the river. This is what we intended the money for. We wanted to really be a boost for the local community. And every community made its own decision. I mean, South Point decided how they wanted to spend this money. And this is what we see today, and I’m very delighted by what they’ve done.” For previous coverage, click here. Copyright 2026 WSAZ. All rights reserved.

In a recent study published in Science Translational Medicine, Guo et al.1 shed further light on TDP-43 pathology by demonstrating that several transcripts involved in synaptic function and membrane excitability are aberrantly spliced upon depletion of TDP-43. Simultaneous treatment with antisense oligonucleotides targeting these transcripts corrected the splicing abnormalities and restored neuronal function, suggesting that combination therapy could be a promising approach in TDP-43 proteinopathies.1TDP-43 is an RNA-binding protein involved in key aspects of pre-mRNA splicing, particularly in the repression of cryptic exons that could lead to frameshifts and premature stop codons. While physiologically localized in the nucleus, TDP-43 forms cytoplasmic aggregates in almost all cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of motor neuron disease (MND), and roughly half of the cases of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), leading to a de facto loss of the protein’s function. TDP-43 pathology is thus regarded as the common downstream event onto which probably multiple pathogenetic mechanisms converge. But what lies even more downstream?

In a recent study published in Science, Lisowski et al. identified superparamagnetic, iron-loaded macrophages in the pigeon liver and showed that depletion of clodronate-sensitive phagocytic cells impaired homing under overcast skies, when solar cues were unavailable.1 Together, these observations point to a light-independent magnetoreceptive system outside the head and broaden current models of magnetoreception beyond receptors based on cryptochrome, magnetite, and ion channels in the eye and beak.2Magnetic measurements pointed the way (Fig. 1). Vibrating-sample magnetometry revealed a magnetic blocking transition near 12 K in liver and spleen, the signature of superparamagnetic nanoparticles, absent from muscle and beak. The measured signal could not be explained by isolated paramagnetic ferric iron, and low-temperature hysteresis indicated long-range magnetic order: not merely iron in the liver, but a biological nanomagnet. Prussian blue staining localized ferritin-bound iron to MHC II+ cells in hepatic sinusoids, abundant in liver, sparse in spleen, and absent from brain, eye, muscle, and beak. Fig. 1A liver-based route for magnetic orientation in homing pigeons.

A free information night at CR Plastic Surgery & Medical Aesthetics offered women facing breast cancer a message of reassurance: the disease is frightening, but it is largely survivable and knowing how the system works can ease the fear. The Oct. 15 evening followed the model of Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day, which Toronto plastic surgeon Dr. Mitchell Brown launched in 2011 at Women’s College and Toronto General hospitals. Its purpose is to educate, empower and connect women considering reconstruction after a mastectomy. The idea has grown into an international movement, with events across Canada and in more than 30 countries.

Local NewsTrack your absentee ballot status online through the Michigan Voter Information CenterWhat to know:Michigan voters can check whether their absentee ballot has been received and accepted online through the Michigan Voter Information Center. To check ballot status, visit the website and select “Your Voter Information.”Voters can look up their information without creating an account by entering their name, birthdate, and ZIP code, or their driver’s license number. The online portal shows three key details: when the local clerk issued the ballot, when the completed ballot was received, and whether it was accepted. DETROIT — With absentee ballots heading back to clerks’ offices across Michigan, voters do not have to guess whether their vote has officially been received. Under Michigan law, voters can track their ballot status online in less than a minute through the Michigan Voter Information Center website. After selecting “Your Voter Information,” users can look up their status without creating an account by providing their name, birthdate and ZIP code, or by entering a driver’s license number.

South Carolina voters to decide on penny sales taxes for local projectsGREENVILLE COUNTY, S. C. —South Carolina voters in several cities and counties will soon decide on one-percent sales taxes to fund local infrastructure projects and reduce property taxes, following the passage of a new state law allowing municipalities to put these taxes on the ballot. The proposed one-percent sales tax would apply to purchases like meals at restaurants and retail items, while essentials such as medicine, gas, utilities, and groceries would remain exempt. In Walhalla, the tax proposal focuses on road safety and parks. If passed, the tax would last for eight years. Residents within city limits can vote early now or on Election Day, November 3. Tim Hall said the tax could lead to property tax reductions and quality-of-life improvements, including upgrades to emergency services and local parks. “Well, I think to me, a reduction in property taxes is definitely an is a quality-of-life increase. For me, it would be indeed.

A chief operating officer helping develop a university campus in downtown Fort Worth. A board member shaping Fort Worth ISD’s future. A partner to local business leaders. In less than a decade in Cowtown, Bobby Ahdieh has helped connect Fort Worth and Tarrant County’s ambitions for education and economic growth.

Open this photo in gallery:Ron Hoffmann, right, vice-president of SixRing Inc., speaks with colleagues at the company's lab in Calgary, on Tuesday. AHMED ZAKOT/The Globe and MailWhen Ron Hoffmann awoke Tuesday morning to news that Alberta had chosen to stay in Canada, he knew it was good for business. Mr. Hoffmann is vice-president of SixRing Inc., an agricultural technology startup that develops molecules to increase crop yields and decrease fertilizer use. The company is weeks away from finishing its latest investment round, with a target of $36-million. It also plans to spend $2.5-million on upgrading a facility outside Calgary. A changing Canadian business environment is helping the company realize its ambitions, Mr. Hoffmann said. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s focus on the resource sector and on thawing relations with Alberta pleased investors; this wasn’t the time to consider leaving Canada, he explained. “We have bigger issues, and I think the bigger issues are evolving quite positively,” he said.

Archaeologists suggest that one of two abbots was buried in a Roman sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey in England. Possible candidates include Ælfwig, who headed the abbey from 993 to 1020. Live Science reports. Roman sarcophagus with a medieval crossThe stone sarcophagus was found by the abbey’s chief mason in 1869. A fourth-century Latin funerary inscription dedicated to Valerius Amandinus has survived on its side. The text states that Valerius Superventor and Marcellus made the sarcophagus for their father. A large 11th-century Anglo-Saxon cross is carved on the sarcophagus lid. This indicated that the Roman sarcophagus was used for a new burial several centuries later. Until 2016, it was believed that no human remains had survived inside, but a complete skeleton was discovered when the sarcophagus was opened for conservation. Dating and possible candidatesIn a 2016 report, bioarchaeologist James Langthorne determined that the remains belonged to a middle-aged man of average height. The skeleton had been disturbed: there was a hole in the skull, and the bones of the arms and legs had become mixed up. The man also showed signs of osteoarthritis, two healed rib injuries and gout.

Layer-1 blockchain Qubic has restarted its network and launched a recovery process after a wallet seed vulnerability allowed an attacker to drain roughly $1.4 million in QU tokens from 1,404 accounts, according to the project’s latest update. Qubic’s blockchain explorer shows the network resumed processing ticks 8:00 pm on Oct. 19, advancing beyond tick 85,371,949, where it was halted on Sunday. Qubic said its network validators, known as Computors, had approved a recovery plan and that the project had launched a claims platform for affected wallet holders. Affected users can check their address and submit a claim through Qubic’s reclaim platform. Affected users have until May 1, 2027, to submit claims, according to Qubic. The network was halted Sunday to prevent further movement of stolen funds after attackers exploited predictable wallet seeds generated by vulnerable wallet software. The vulnerability affected wallet seeds generated using Qubic’s web wallet on certain Apple devices and browsers, where an insecure random-number generator could produce predictable seeds. Qubic on Sunday said it had fixed the seed-generation flaw in the latest version of its web wallet.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is already exceeding expectations after engineers made incredibly precise adjustments to sharpen its view of the universe. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA’s Roman Space Telescope has achieved nearly 30% better optical performance than required, promising stunningly sharp views of the universe and its greatest mysteries. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is performing even better than scientists anticipated after engineers completed an extensive series of tests and precision adjustments. The work has sharpened the observatory’s focus and brought its primary instrument closer to regular scientific operations. Remarkably, the telescope’s Wide Field Instrument is now delivering optical performance nearly 30% better than predicted. “All of Roman’s sweeping surveys will rely on the Wide Field Instrument,” said Dave Hickey, a Wide Field Instrument systems engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.