Thursday, October 22, 2026
Praise for Putin?, New National Park & ‘Whimsymaxxing’
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Story Links
All the news stories mentioned in today's episode are listed with links below, so you can spend as much -- or as little -- time as you want to review the latest happenings...
Read more about the stories in today's show:
U.S. Troops, Diplomats Leaving Mideast Posts: NBC News, CBS News, Reuters, Fox News
Russia Frees Imprisoned American: NY Times, WaPo, AP, NBC News
Putin Agrees to Resume Peace Talks: Reuters, BBC, CBS News, WSJ
SCOTUS Upholds Block on Anti-Trans Prison Policy: NPR, WaPo, CBS News, NY Post
New Video Released in Shooting of MS Toddler: CBS News, NY Times, CNN, Fox News
Severe Weather Threatens Southwest: TWC, Fox Weather, NY Times, AP
U.S. Gets New National Park: NPS, WaPo, NY Times, ABC News, USA Today
AI Discovers Critical Cybersecurity Flaw: TechCrunch, NY Times, CNBC, Reuters
Meta Ordered to Pay $25B Privacy Settlement: Bloomberg, NY Times, Reuters, Axios
Amazon to Hire 300K Holiday Workers: Fox Business, Insider, USA Today, Challenger Gray
Airbnb Changes Checkout Rules: Airbnb, The Verge, BBC, TechCrunch, ABC News
Jay-Z Reported as Super Bowl Halftime Headliner: Puck News, Deadline, Bloomberg, NY Post
Thing to Know Thursday: Whimsymaxxing: USA Today, NY Times, Today, VICE