- 3d ago
Netflix announces Stranger Things prequel Other Worlds, set in 1955 Nevada for 2028
Netflix has announced Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, a live-action prequel set in 1955 Marion, Nevada, due in 2028. The Duffer brothers, Kate Trefry and director Joe Wright are involved, and filming is planned for New Mexico.
- Oct 29
Oscar-nominated actress Barbara Barrie dies at 95 after a medically assisted death
Actress Barbara Barrie died at her home in Manhattan on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, at the age of 95. Her daughter, Jane Harnick, said the death was medically assisted after a diagnosis of terminal cancer.
- Oct 23
18-year-old arrested in Hamburg over suspected Discord campaign linked to a US teen's death
Prosecutors say the suspect, then 17, pressed a 14-year-old girl from Indiana into self-harm on video and later tried to obtain footage of her death. Police arrested him in Hamburg on Thursday, 22 October 2026.
- Oct 19
Earhart search team finds Taraia Object was likely trees, not wreckage
A Purdue-linked expedition on Nikumaroro found that the object seen in 2020 satellite images was most likely a pile of large trees. The researchers still believe Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan may have reached the island.
- Oct 13
Expedition lands on Nikumaroro to test a possible Amelia Earhart plane wreck
A team of 17 researchers reached the uninhabited Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro on Monday, 12 October, to examine a submerged object that may be Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra. Other specialists consider a fallen tree in the lagoon the more likely explanation.
- Oct 9
A'ja Wilson wins record fifth WNBA MVP as Aces face elimination Friday
Wilson received 65 of 74 first-place votes to become the first player to win three straight WNBA MVP awards. Her Las Vegas Aces trail the Golden State Valkyries 2-0 in their best-of-five semifinal and host Game 3 on Friday night.
- Oct 8
Margaret Hamilton, whose Apollo 11 software helped land the first crew on the Moon, dies at 90
Hamilton led the team that wrote the onboard software for NASA's Apollo missions, including Apollo 11's 1969 Moon landing. She died on 30 September in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 90.
- Sep 26
US Jockey Club forces renaming of racehorse Austrian Painter over Hitler references
The Jockey Club ordered the two-year-old colt Austrian Painter renamed to Merrylegs following its debut win in Indiana, ruling the name violated bans on offensive political terms.
