No. 54
Sunday, September 27, 2026
World
Fighting resumed this week in which African region, effectively collapsing the Pretoria ceasefire that ended a war which killed an estimated 500,000 people?
- Amhara, Ethiopia
- Darfur, Sudan
- Tigray, Ethiopia
- Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Fighting resumed in Ethiopia's Tigray region as former enemies joined forces against the federal government.
Associated Press (via Boston 25 News) · read the story
Politics
The U.S. Supreme Court lifted a lower court's block on which federal voter-eligibility database ahead of the midterms?
- NVRA Registry
- E-Verify
- NLETS
- SAVE
The Court allowed states to use the revamped SAVE database to check voter rolls.
OPB (Associated Press) · read the story
Business
Which stock index hit back-to-back record closes this week even as Treasury yields surged to their highest since 2007?
- Dow Jones Industrial Average
- Russell 2000
- Nasdaq Composite
- S&P MidCap 400
The Nasdaq Composite notched record closes, boosted by an AI-stock rally, despite rising yields.
CNBC · read the story
Science
A rare, powerful storm that caused coastal flooding compared to Superstorm Sandy struck which part of the U.S. this weekend?
- The East Coast
- The Gulf Coast
- The Great Lakes region
- The Pacific Northwest
A powerful nor'easter brought flooding, high winds and power outages along the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to Maine.
NPR · read the story
Tech
At its Connect 2026 conference, Meta unveiled a new pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses whose key feature, aimed at easing privacy concerns, was that they lacked what?
- A speaker
- A microphone
- Bluetooth connectivity
- A camera
Meta introduced its first camera-free smart glasses to address privacy backlash against its camera-equipped models.
CNN · read the story