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Global oil prices cross $100 a barrel as Iran war sends fuel prices surging
Early voters out in force in NWA, election coordinators say
‘You Can See Everything’ becomes one of the biggest documentary releases in decades
Nine things we learned in Patriots-Jets: Drake Maye still the difference-maker
Amazon is taking its biggest shot at Nvidia yet with new TorchNeuron dev tool
NW Arkansas
Early voters out in force in NWA, election coordinators say
First-day early voting jumped in both Benton and Washington counties compared with 2022, the last non-presidential election. Benton County logged 6,513 ballots (up more than 77%) and Washington County 4,465 (up 61%).
6 Northwest Arkansas cities, JBU awarded $2 million for trail, transportation work
Bella Vista, Fayetteville, Gentry, Johnson, Pea Ridge, Tontitown and John Brown University will share $2.22 million in federal money for trail and transportation upgrades. ArDOT announced the awards under its 2026 Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails programs.
What's on the ballot in Benton County
With early voting underway ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3, 5NEWS lays out every contested county and city race in Benton County, including several justice of the peace seats, plus the ballot questions voters will decide.
Arkansas Basketball Ranked No. 12 in Preseason AP Top 25
The Razorbacks open the 2026-27 season at No. 12 in the preseason AP Top 25, their sixth straight preseason ranking and one spot above where they finished last year. They won the SEC Tournament and reached the Sweet 16 last season, and face 10 ranked opponents this year.
Razorbacks' OL Earns Player of The Week Honors After Victory Over Vanderbilt
Sophomore center Kash Courtney was named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week after playing 76 snaps in Arkansas's 31-21 win at Vanderbilt, the Hogs' first SEC win of the season.
McClaren Farms Smokehouse Hits NW Arkansas Walmart
Texas beef brand McClaren Farms is taking its Walmart-exclusive Smokehouse line outside Texas for the first time. The BBQ-focused Prime and Choice Angus cuts are landing in 13 Walmart stores across Bentonville, Rogers, Fayetteville, Springdale, Siloam Springs and Berryville.
Hawaii
Bomb threat prompts emergency screening of Amazon cargo plane in Honolulu
An Amazon Air cargo jet declared an emergency on its way into Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Monday morning because of a bomb threat. No explosives were found, and the plane was moved to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for extra screening.
Maui Health appoints Wade Ebersole as Chief Executive Officer
Maui Health named interim chief Wade Ebersole its permanent CEO, starting Oct. 25. Ebersole, the former COO, joined in 2021 and has focused on financial performance, outpatient growth and training local healthcare workers.
Hawaiian Airlines hosts largest-ever disability practice flight aboard Airbus A330 in Honolulu
Hawaiian Airlines hosted 258 travelers with disabilities and their families on an Airbus A330 in Honolulu, the largest practice flight of its kind. Participants rehearsed every step, from check-in and TSA screening to boarding and taxiing.
Hawaii County to livestream fire chief candidate interviews
Hawaii County's Fire Commission will livestream interviews with six fire chief finalists Wednesday and Thursday: four from inside the department and two from outside. The meetings were pushed back from September by Tropical Storm Nolo.
Students explore Maui recovery through interdisciplinary field study
UH Mānoa architecture, engineering and planning students spent two days on Maui studying how Lahaina is being rebuilt. They met officials, advocates and builders working on resilient construction and mass timber.
Business
Stock futures rise slightly after tech shares rebound to start the week: Live updates
Stock futures edged higher Monday night after tech shares led a rebound from last week's sell-off. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% and the Nasdaq gained more than 1%, with Tesla up 3.8% and Nvidia up 1.4%.
Elon Musk’s proposed SpaceX stock giveaway would go into ‘Trump Accounts’
Elon Musk says he'll give one SpaceX share to every kid in America next year, and President Trump says the shares will go into the new tax-advantaged 'Trump Accounts' for children. The White House says about 60 million of those accounts have been created.
The Treasury’s financing plans are sparking anxiety on Wall Street
Long-term Treasury yields rose again Monday after a sharp drop last week, as Wall Street worries about how the Treasury will fund its borrowing. The 10-year yield hit 5.31% in early October, a 24-year high, before easing to about 5.14%.
Netflix's Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Just Gave Investors Bad News Before Earnings
Ahead of Netflix's Tuesday earnings, the company is laying off about 6% of its staff, and co-CEO Ted Sarandos has said the business is 'not growing as fast as I want.' The stock has already fallen for much of the year.
Nearly 1.6M pounds of hot dogs, bacon and other meats recalled nationwide
Kayem Foods is recalling about 1.58 million pounds of ready-to-eat hot dogs, bacon, brisket and ham after a warehouse cooler malfunction caused 'temperature abuse.' The USDA gave the recall its most serious classification.
Tech
Amazon is taking its biggest shot at Nvidia yet with new TorchNeuron dev tool
AWS released TorchNeuron, a tool that lets PyTorch AI apps run on Amazon's Trainium chips with a one-line configuration change. It's a direct shot at the software lock-in that has made Nvidia the default hardware for AI.
Apple Starts Moving Up iPhone Duo Delivery Dates
Apple is moving up delivery estimates for some iPhone Duo pre-orders in the U.S. and Japan. Some buyers who were quoted December now see Nov. 20-30, which suggests supply is improving.
Spotify’s ‘QR code verification’ cracks down on sharing and could ban you for a year
Spotify is rolling out QR-code verification to make sure Family plan members actually live together. It's easy to get around, but anyone who misses the verification window can be locked out of the plan for up to a year.
HomePod 27.2 Adds Sound Glow to Existing HomePod Models
HomePod Software 27.2 brings Sound Glow, which debuted on the HomePod mini 2, to the second-generation HomePod and the original HomePod mini. The update is in release-candidate testing and should launch next week.
Nvidia RTX Spark Analysis - Finally an answer to Apple's M5 Pro & M5 Max?
Notebookcheck benchmarked Nvidia's first laptop system-on-a-chip, the RTX Spark N1X, which combines a custom ARM CPU, a Blackwell GPU and up to 128 GB of memory. The review compares its CPU, gaming, AI and efficiency results with Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max and AMD's Strix Halo.
XLE & Oil
Global oil prices cross $100 a barrel as Iran war sends fuel prices surging
Brent crude briefly topped $100 a barrel for the first time since May after Houthi militants said they struck two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, on top of continuing U.S.-Iran strikes. That left oil about 28% higher in a month, one of the biggest oil shocks on record.
Oil Prices Hover Near Five-Month High
Brent hovered near a five-month high above $109 after jumping almost 4% Friday on fears the Iran war would escalate over the weekend. Iran said it has 'no choice' but to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz, but overbought technical signals capped the rally.
Oil Prices Split As Houthi Attacks Raise Shipping Risks
Brent slipped to $109.55 while WTI settled at $103.66. Analysts warn the WTI number is distorted by thin trading ahead of the Oct. 20 contract expiry, even as Houthi shipping threats keep a risk premium in the market.
Oil Prices Rise as Traders Weigh Saudi Aramco Attack Report, Hormuz Shipping Risks
Oil rose after Saudi Arabia said an Aramco building in Dhahran was targeted and more tankers were hit near the Strait of Hormuz. December Brent rose 0.4% to $106.06, and November WTI gained 1% to $95.09.
Canada’s inflation ticks up to 3.1% due to high oil prices
Canada's inflation rate rose to 3.1% in September, driven almost entirely by Middle East war-driven oil prices. Excluding energy it was 2.1%, so the Bank of Canada is expected to hold rates at 2.25%.
Chainlink
Chainlink Just Signed a Tokenization Partner in Japan. Can LINK Get Back to $15?
Japan's Pacific Meta is adopting Chainlink's cross-chain protocol, but LINK fell anyway and sits near $12.20, 23% below $15. Clients pay in stablecoins that only become LINK buys after services launch, and Bitcoin's dominance matters more for the price right now.
Will Chainlink’s 431900 LINK Reserve haul outweigh ETF withdrawals?
The Chainlink Reserve added 89,200 LINK (about $1.1 million), bringing its stash to 6.29 million tokens and about 431,900 in the past 30 days. AMBCrypto weighs whether that steady buying can offset ETF outflows.
Chainlink Keeps Buying Its Own Token. Why Is LINK Still Down This Week?
The Reserve buys LINK with network revenue every day, but $260 million in daily trading volume dwarfs those purchases. With Bitcoin's dominance driving an altcoin sell-off, LINK is down 23% from its September high and needs to reclaim $13.33.
Chainlink Price Prediction: LINK Eyes $13.50 as Stellar Launch Meets Trendline Support
Chainlink Data Feeds and Data Streams went live on Stellar, which holds over $4 billion in tokenized assets, and U.S. spot LINK ETFs saw $9.48 million of inflows on Oct. 9, their best day of the year. Analysts watch $11.86 as support and $13 to $13.50 as upside targets.
Chainlink's 2-Hour Drop: Bitcoin-Led Liquidation Event
LINK dropped 3.8% in two hours as part of a Bitcoin-led liquidation wave rather than anything Chainlink-specific. Over $700 million in long positions were wiped out as Bitcoin slid below $82,000.
Patriots
Nine things we learned in Patriots-Jets: Drake Maye still the difference-maker
Despite drops, fumbles and more offensive line injuries in Sunday's imperfect 26-19 win over the Jets, NBC Sports Boston's takeaway is that Drake Maye remains the difference-maker of the Patriots' three-game winning streak.
Drake Maye passes Tom Brady’s career Patriots mark in Week 6
Drake Maye ran for 24 yards against the Jets, which moved him past Tom Brady's career rushing total as a Patriot. He only needed six to break the mark.
Drake Maye doubles down on A.J. Brown support after 3-drop game
After A.J. Brown dropped three passes in his Foxborough debut, Maye told WEEI he's glad to have Brown in the huddle and looks forward to throwing to him again. He was targeted 10 times, ahead of Thursday night's game against a hot Bears team.
6 winners and losers from Patriots’ win over Jets
Pats Pulpit's winners and losers from the Jets win, which moved New England to 4-2. Mike Vrabel said his team tried to beat itself, but Maye and cornerback Christian Gonzalez stood out.
Caleb Williams Primed for Vengeance Against Drake Maye, Patriots
Ahead of Thursday's matchup, Sports Illustrated looks at why Caleb Williams and the Bears have extra motivation against Maye and the Patriots, who beat them 19-3 at Soldier Field during Chicago's 2024 collapse.
Movies
‘You Can See Everything’ becomes one of the biggest documentary releases in decades
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's Elizabeth Holmes documentary 'You Can See Everything' made more than $15 million in its opening, one of the biggest documentary debuts in over 20 years. A24 says many three-hour screenings in New York and L.A. sold out.
Secrets, lies and a shock A-list cameo: how You Can See Everything became the film of the year
The Guardian explains how the secretive A24 Holmes documentary, with Fielder interviewing Holmes face to face, became the year's surprise sensation and could even make Oscars history.
'Musk' review: Alex Gibney's near 4-hour doc is a scathing look at Elon Musk
Alex Gibney's 'Musk' runs nearly four hours with an intermission, and Mashable calls it a scathing portrait in which Elon Musk's own words and actions are the most damaging evidence.
Nicolas Cage Is Unrecognizable in ‘Best Pancakes in the County’ Trailer
Nicolas Cage plays a fast-talking con man called The S.O.B. in the trailer for Ken Sanzel's crime thriller 'Best Pancakes in the County,' with Justin Long and Shelley Hennig. IFC Films releases it in theaters and on digital on Nov. 20.
Tom Holland And 'Thomas Crown Affair' Scribe Team On 'Penthouse' Movie
Sony pre-emptively bought 'Penthouse,' an original idea from 'Thomas Crown Affair' and 'Fall Guy' writer Drew Pearce, to develop as a starring vehicle for Tom Holland. The plot is under wraps.
Ann Hornaday, longtime Washington Post film critic, dies at 66
Ann Hornaday, the Washington Post's longtime chief film critic and a Pulitzer finalist, died Oct. 18 at her home in Baltimore. She was 66.
Lorcana & SWU
DISNEY LORCANA’s HYPERIA CITY Takes a Major Mechanical Swing
Lorcana's Hyperia City set takes its biggest mechanical swing yet with a new mechanic that Magic: The Gathering players will recognize. It also brings 'Coco' characters into the game.
Disney Lorcana Virtual Queue Coming to Disney Springs on October 16
Hyperia City demand at World of Disney in Disney Springs was big enough that Disney added a second virtual queue in the My Disney Experience app. Each boarding pass holder can buy up to two of each featured item.
Starting Out with Star Wars: Unlimited Icons, Available November 20th
Fantasy Flight previews Icons 2027, the first Icons set for Star Wars: Unlimited, arriving Nov. 20. It's a smaller set of fan-favorite characters with straightforward mechanics, built as an entry point for new and returning players.
Star Wars Unlimited – Getting hands on early with Homeworlds
A hands-on look at Homeworlds, SWU's newest set, which adds new keywords, Weakness and Beast tokens, and 'fortify' upgrades that let you upgrade your base as well as your units.
Fantasy Flight Games: Star Wars: Unlimited – Homeworlds Booster Packs
Homeworlds, SWU's ninth expansion, came out Oct. 9. Each 16-card booster has about nine commons, three uncommons, a rare or legendary, a leader, a base or token, and a Hyperspace foil.
Faith
Andy Stanley, pastor of North Point Church, to resign in 2027
Andy Stanley, 68, told North Point Community Church he'll step down as pastor in May 2027, saying he wants to leave while things are going well. Elders nominated Joel Thomas to succeed him, and congregants vote through Oct. 30.
Apostle Justin Heath: NC church, family mourn pastor killed in crash with off-duty Durham police officer hours after sermon
A North Carolina congregation is mourning Apostle Justin Heath, a longtime pastor and former Wayne County deputy who was killed Saturday night while driving church members home from a revival in Harnett County. The crash involved a vehicle driven by an off-duty Durham police officer.
Former 'cult' members call for Pennsylvania church to be shut down, investigated
Former members of Faith Tabernacle Congregation, a church with several Pennsylvania branches, say it operates like a cult and are calling for it to be investigated and shut down. They describe decades of emotional trauma after leaving.
Williamsville pastor sentenced for sexually abusing children
John Camardo III, a former executive pastor at The Chapel in Getzville, N.Y., was sentenced to eight years in prison plus 10 years of supervision after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two children he knew.
A look at the needs and opportunities for senior missionaries
Church News looks at the growing need for senior missionaries in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the roles older couples and individuals can fill that younger missionaries can't.
Christian Metal
Skillet’s John Cooper Talks Split With Former Church: ‘I Am Not Doubting My Faith — But I’m Like, ‘Man, How Can People Hurt Each Other This Bad?”
As Skillet turns 30, John Cooper tells Billboard that a painful split with his former church shaped the new EP 'After the Storm.' He says he isn't doubting his faith, and the six songs deal with hurt and betrayal but still end on hope.
Skillet unleashes "After the Storm" EP lead by "Grave Stomper"
Skillet's independent EP 'After the Storm' is out, led by the hard-hitting 'Grave Stomper.' The band calls it some of the heaviest and most hopeful music of its nearly 30-year career.
One Last Time: BRIDE’s Final U.S. Show Is Almost Here.
After more than four decades, Christian metal pioneers BRIDE played their final U.S. show on Oct. 10 at Rock House 39 in Lancaster, Ohio, with special guest Legacy.
Album Review: Stryper – Throne Of Thorns
The Razor's Edge reviews 'Throne of Thorns,' Stryper's latest album, out Sept. 25 on Frontiers. The reviewer argues the band's post-2003 reunion records hit harder than its '80s pop-metal era.
‘Better Than Drugs’: Skillet, Scene Queen, Monkstock, Doomfest foment fans (Photos)
Photo recap of Skillet's Saturday stop at GLC Live at 20 Monroe in Grand Rapids, part of a busy weekend of West Michigan shows.
Chris Voss
How Chris Voss Became an FBI Hostage Negotiator
In a new video interview, Chris Voss talks through how he became one of the FBI's top hostage negotiators and the experiences that shaped how he negotiates under pressure, the methods behind 'Never Split the Difference.'
MasterClass Takes Its Expert-Led Formula Into Podcasting.
MasterClass is launching 'Other People's Business,' a weekly podcast hosted by CEO David Rogier. Former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss is an early guest on crisis negotiation, alongside Malcolm Gladwell, Martha Stewart and Daniel Negreanu.
You Should Use Mark Cuban's Negotiation Trick That's 'Money in the Bank'
On Voss's 'Fireside' show, Mark Cuban explained how staying silent in Shark Tank negotiations drew double-takes from everyone on set, a tactic he calls 'money in the bank.'
Don’t negotiate, just listen: the most effective lesson in negotiation
An Il Sole 24 Ore columnist revisits Voss's 'Never Split the Difference' and concludes its key lesson is that negotiating is about patience and listening, not quick-witted maneuvers.
Southern Miss MBA Students Strengthen Negotiation Skills Through New Intersession Course
Southern Miss built a new intersession MBA negotiation course around 'Never Split the Difference,' using Voss's line 'Life is negotiation' as its foundation. Students practiced bargaining, deal structuring and relationship building.
