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New York Times

Food Banks Brace for Growing Demand, and Putin’s New Missile Test
A New Dynamic in the Trump-Netanyahu Relationship
As New Yorkers Flood Early Voting Sites, Undecideds Become Prized Target
Laurie Metcalf and Other Steppenwolf Members on 50 Years of ‘Freedom Onstage’
How the Firebombing of His Home Changed Josh Shapiro
Reviving California’s Kelp Forests, One Dive at a Time

CBC Canada

RBC and CIBC allow 89-year-old to drain life savings, lose $1.7M to scammers
B.C. man dies weeks after rescuing himself from the jaws of a grizzly bear
Housing crisis, cost of living fuelling Nunavut voter apathy
Canada's men beat U.S. for Pan Continental curling gold medal
Canadians ditch once-popular Trump Halloween costumes this year amid trade war
Young Montreal sovereigntists long for Quebec independence, 30 years after referendum

arstechnica.com

Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change
Are you the asshole? Of course not!—quantifying LLMs’ sycophancy problem
A single point of failure triggered the Amazon outage affecting millions
Man takes herbal pain quackery, nearly dies, spends months in hospital
DNA and jolts of electricity get people to make optimal antibodies
The Android-powered Boox Palma 2 Pro fits in your pocket, but it’s not a phone

CBC Top Stories

What’s in a name? Sask. town looking to find out by selling naming rights to highest bidder
#TheMoment 2 bystanders jumped in to save stranded pilot whales in N.S.
Israel says it decides which foreign troops can enter Gaza; Hamas widens search for hostages
Jamaica braces for arrival of strengthening Hurricane Melissa
This woman had to campaign to find a liver donor. Transplant docs say there should be a better way
Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable missile, Putin and top general say

Slashdot.org

Mozilla to Require Data-Collection Disclosure in All New Firefox Extensions (slashdot)
Microsoft Disables Preview In File Explorer To Block Attacks (slashdot)
California Colleges Test AI Partnerships. Critics Complain It's Risky and Wasteful (slashdot)
GM Plans to Drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto From All Its Cars (slashdot)
Some US Electricity Prices are Rising -- But It's Not Just Data Centers (slashdot)
Does Generative AI Threaten the Open Source Ecosystem? (slashdot)

CBC Ottawa

'Enough is enough': Small business owners frustrated as shoplifting keeps rising
Leaked files reveal CRA refunded millions by mistake
$32M case against Ontario developer falls apart at regulator hearing
Atlético Ottawa books spot in CPL final with win over Forge FC
Atlético Ottawa books spot in CPL final after win over Forge FC
Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies