Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“The Archdiocese of New York has agreed to pay more than $800m to settle the legal claims of about 1,300 survivors of sexual abuse by clergy. New York Archbishop Ronald Hicks said on Saturday that the settlement will be formally signed on November 6 after an agreement with the plaintiffs and their lawyers. … According to The New York Times, which broke the story, each of the approximately 1,300 survivors will receive at least $250,000 from the Archdiocese of New York and potentially more depending on the severity of the abuse suffered. The settlement is the second-largest of its kind after an $880m deal reached by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 2024.” (10/25/26)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/25/new-york-archdiocese-agrees-to-pay-800m-to-1300-sexual-abuse-survivors
Source: Fountainhead Forum
“Marshall Wilson on running for US Senate from West Virginia.” (10/23/26)
https://rumble.com/v7hb9zk-ff-506-marshall-wilson-on-running-for-us-senate-from-west-virginia.html
Source: Reason
by Autumn Billings
“Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in January 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims more than 1.1 million people have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) combined. But so far, the names of most arrestees have been kept secret. This lack of public disclosure threatens Americans’ ability to hold the government accountable.” (10/23/26)
https://reason.com/2026/10/23/the-founders-warned-against-secret-arrests-ice-is-testing-that-principle/
Source: The Dispatch
“Vivek Ramaswamy’s Vicious Attack Ad May Backfire.” (10/23/26)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/dispatch-podcast/vivek-ramaswamys-vicious-attack-ad-may-backfire/
Source: SFGate
“At least 12 people were injured, including six children, in a shooting Saturday near a football stadium in Tallahassee on homecoming weekend for Florida A&M University, authorities said. Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell told reporters that no arrests had been made. In a statement, police said the preliminary investigation indicates that a fight broke out prior to the shooting. It followed a football game in a crowded area. Eleven of the victims sustained gunshot wounds, and at least three victims sustained serious injuries, according to police. The university said on social media that the shooting happened near its campus and that it remained safe.” (10/24/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/at-least-12-people-injured-in-shooting-near-a-22493148.php
Source: Liberal Currents
by Nicholas Grossman
“AI apocalypse fears went mainstream last month after an Anthropic researcher resigned, saying the technology has more than a 10% chance of wiping out humanity. Leaders of AI companies called for a collective slowdown of development. In the process, the public learned that the tech industry’s conception of AI safety is dominated by a small group of people who believe, with a certainty and devotion resembling religion, that an artificial superintelligence will arrive soon and take over the world. Befitting that millenarian outlook, they appear to have an unhealthy internal culture, part of which sure looks like a sex cult.” (10/23/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-plausible-techno-dystopian-future/
Source: The Daily Economy
by Matthew Schaffer
“With prices rising and nominal spending running hot, the Fed’s own projections and policy rules suggest further tightening ahead.” (10/23/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-fed-may-pause-but-inflation-wont/
Source: Common Dreams
by Timothy Scott
“Universities are making a consequential concession: allowing privately owned generative AI systems into the very processes through which students learn to read, write, reason, and exercise judgment. Their adoption is increasingly presented as inevitable. AI exists, so higher education must adapt. Under this logic, adoption is expected, while refusal requires an explanation. But technological availability is not educational justification. Before reorganizing teaching and learning around these systems, universities should answer the question that advocates of adoption too often avoid: Why should AI be there at all? The language of inevitability obscures who is responsible.” [editor’s note: The language of inevitability is the language of fact; since AI exists, students will use it, end of story. No amount of whining about it will change it – TLK] (10/24/26)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/do-universities-need-ai
Source: Politico
“A drone has hit a commercial ship off the coast of Romania, killing at least one crew member with three more still missing, Romanian President Nicușor Dan said Friday. … The Khoryv ship, flying under the flag of Comoros, suffered significant damage, capsized and partially sank, according to Romania’s Interior Ministry. The incident is the latest in a string of drone attacks on commercial shipping in the Black Sea.” (10/23/26)
https://www.politico.eu/article/drone-hits-another-ship-in-black-sea-near-romania-killing-at-least-one-sailor/
Source: The Anarchist Experience
“Rich and Riley talk about this week’s online security breach, healthcare around the world, and this HEADLINE: Hero Oregon Dad Showed the Importance of Defying Restrictive Gun Laws.” (10/23/26)
https://theanarchistexperience.wordpress.com/2026/10/23/the-anarchist-experience-603/
