Months of American and Israeli bombs have damaged the country’s industries and infrastructure, spiking unemployment and pushing more Iranians into poverty.
—
Narges Bajoghli,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Oct. 2026
Instead of a dozen bombs, the Israeli military had decided to drop just two munitions, each aimed at a single room.
All is peaceful under the long, lazy loggia laden with vibrant fuschia bougainvillaea – the Passeggiata dei Monaci – and in the neat orchards low-hanging with fat, bobbly Amalfi lemons.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Oct. 2026
Brooke epitomized the cheesy cliché about turning lemons into lemonade.
Overnight freezes and morning frosts typically start in October in the City of Trees, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
—
Hali Smith
October 9,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Oct. 2026
Cold-hardy brassicas like kale only need to be covered when temperatures fall to 26 to 28°F, and light frosts potentially make these veggies taste better and sweeter.
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2026
Contained within all these fiascoes is a subtly different conservative movement.
—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.
At least 84 people remained missing in one of the deadliest shipwrecks yet on the popular but perilous crossing from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, where many migrants seek work in rich Gulf nations.
—
JAMEY KEATEN,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2026
At least 84 people remained missing in one of the deadliest shipwrecks yet on the popular but perilous crossing from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, where many migrants seek work in rich Persian Gulf nations.
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