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Ahead of NASA's Artemis II mission to fly astronauts around the Moon, ABC News has published a guide explaining the key terms and jargon surrounding the flight. The explainer covers what the mission involves, the spacecraft and rocket hardware, and the meaning of phrases used in coverage. Interest in the Artemis program remains high as the crewed lunar flight approaches, prompting outlets to help readers follow mission terminology.

Italian police responding to help a colleague detain an African migrant failed to brake in time and struck both the officer and the man being arrested. Authorities say no one was seriously hurt in the accident. The incident, shared widely online, has drawn commentary about police driving during arrests and about migrant detentions in Italy.

Privacy advocates are renewing calls for privacy protections to be enabled by default for everyone, arguing they should apply even to people who believe they have nothing to hide or who are indifferent to surveillance. The argument frames privacy as a fundamental human right rather than an optional setting, insisting that opting out should be unnecessary because safeguards must protect all users regardless of their personal stance on data collection.

Older millennials are pulling ahead of their peers in the housing market while also dominating spending in the 'hobbies' economy. The argument is that the older end of the millennial generation has accumulated enough wealth to buy homes and fund leisure pursuits at levels their younger counterparts cannot match, widening generational gaps in both property ownership and discretionary spending.

Garrett Crochet says he 'will go until they take the ball from me' as he prepares to lead the Boston Red Sox in their Wild Card Series. The ace left-hander is signalling he is willing to throw deep into games as Boston opens its playoff run, framing himself as ready to carry the pitching load in the postseason.

The Wall Street Journal reports that borrowing costs in the United States have surged, yet the economy continues to show robust growth. Despite higher interest rates raising costs for businesses and consumers, economic activity has remained resilient, defying expectations that tighter financial conditions would significantly slow growth.

A writer based in Lafayette, Indiana has announced a staged reading of a new 10-minute psychological and religious horror play. The reading is planned for either October 14 or 15 at Matchbox coworking studio on South 6th Street in Lafayette, with the final date not yet confirmed. The announcement targets local audiences interested in short-form theatre and genre work.

Iranian officials say the United States has delivered a response to a proposal aimed at ending the ongoing conflict between the two countries. The exchange marks a potential diplomatic shift in US-Iran tensions, though neither side has publicly detailed the contents of the response or indicated whether further talks will follow. Observers are watching closely for signs of de-escalation.

A commentary in the Salt Lake Tribune looks at the history of temples in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, noting that while temples have existed since the church's founding, they no longer host dances as they once did. The piece reflects on how the purposes and uses of these sacred buildings have changed over time.

Hey, an open-source HTTP load generator written in Go by engineer rakyll, is drawing attention as a modern replacement for the classic ApacheBench (ab) benchmarking tool. The tool lets developers stress-test web servers with concurrent requests from the command line, and its simplicity compared to older alternatives is resonating with the developer community.

Fashion editors have compiled a list of the eight items they say have officially reached cult status during this season's fashion month. The roundup highlights the pieces that dominated street style and runway buzz across the season's shows, offering shoppers a snapshot of the trends resonating most with the fashion crowd right now.

A full-length fantasy drama titled 'They Thought She Drowned—Then She Returned as the Ocean Queen' is circulating widely online, drawing hundreds of thousands of likes. The story follows a woman presumed drowned who returns transformed into a powerful ocean queen. Viewers are sharing and discussing its melodramatic revenge-and-rebirth plot.

Fortune reports that large companies increasingly court retail investors ahead of their initial public offerings, a shift from the old practice of reserving shares almost exclusively for institutional buyers. Companies are treating individual investors as a meaningful constituency, allocating them IPO allocations and outreach that would once have gone only to funds and banks.

Fertility clinics increasingly offer IVF 'add-ons' — extra treatments like genetic screening or immune therapies — marketed to parents desperate to conceive. Scientific American examines whether these costly extras are actually supported by robust scientific evidence, amid concerns that hope is being sold where clinical proof is thin.

The banned-books advocacy site banned-books.org is featuring Turkish author Yaşar Kemal's 1969 novel They Burn the Thistles as its book of the day, drawing fresh attention to the history of censorship around the work. Kemal, one of Turkey's best-known novelists, repeatedly faced prosecution and bans over his writings. Readers online are sharing the feature under censorship and freedom-to-read tags.