Vienna – October 29, 2026 -- Anyone heating with a wood stove in Austria needs a chimney sweep's assessment first, and usually has to register the stove with the municipality and get the landlord's consent. Energy provider Grünwelt Energie has outlined what households should know about the rules and the environmental side of heating with wood.

Chimney sweeps check safety before the first fire

The chimney sweep (Rauchfangkehrer) judges whether the structural requirements are met and whether exhaust gases can escape safely. Sufficient combustion air and safety clearances must also be in place.

Requirements differ by federal state and stove model, according to Grünwelt's experts. In most cases, a notification to the municipality is required, along with landlord approval for tenants.

Munich/Vienna – October 29, 2026 -- Shoppers in Germany and Austria can now ask an AI chatbot where to find nearby supermarket deals and whether a price is actually good. The feature, called "Frag den Guru" ("Ask the Guru"), is built into the free marktguru app for Android and iOS.

Chatbot opens with one tap and accepts text, voice or photos

A blue marktguru icon at the bottom right of the app opens the chat. Users can type a request or speak it. They can also upload a photo of their fridge contents or a handwritten shopping list to start the conversation.

From there, the chatbot picks out matching offers and links straight to the product or the relevant supermarket flyer. Suggestions follow the postcode saved in the app, so they reflect stores near the user.

Saint Paul – October 29, 2026 -- PBS will air the documentary Medicine Ball on November 9 at 8 pm CST, during Native American Heritage Month. The film follows two Native college basketball players at the University of Minnesota Morris.

Two athletes play on a former boarding school site

Dakota/Diné filmmaker Leya Hale directed the film. It tracks Lexus Redthunder and LeRoy Staples Fairbanks IV through college life and basketball on a campus built on the site of a former Native boarding school. The film shows basketball as a way to carry culture forward, build community and find joy amid adversity.

Hale said: "Medicine Ball is about more than basketball."

Hollywood – October 29, 2026 -- Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital has implanted an Inspire hypoglossal nerve stimulation device in a teenage patient with Down syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea, its first such procedure. The hospital is now the only center in South Florida offering the therapy to these patients.

How the implant keeps airways open during sleep

Inspire is described as the first FDA-approved obstructive sleep apnea treatment that works inside the body to address the root cause of the condition. A small device is implanted in a minimally invasive procedure and uses gentle stimulation to keep the airway open during sleep. Patients or caregivers turn the therapy on before bedtime by clicking a button on the Inspire remote.

PITTSBURGH – October 29, 2026 -- Pedestrian deaths are nearly 45% higher on Halloween than on other evenings around the same time of year, so Allegheny Health Network (AHN) pediatricians are urging families to take five precautions before kids hit the streets this weekend.

Bright colors and supervision cut pedestrian risk

The 45% figure comes from the Journal of American Academy of Pediatrics. AHN advises dressing children in bright or reflective clothing and choosing costumes that fit well to reduce tripping and falls.

Children under 12, or those who need an extra set of eyes, should be supervised. Stick to well-lit streets with sidewalks, cross at designated intersections, and show your child how to dial 911 in an emergency.

Völklingen – October 29, 2026 -- Shoppers get 20 percent off their purchases from Thursday, October 29, to Saturday, October 31, 2026, as the Globus Baumarkt in Zweibrücken reopens after a rebuild of about a year and a half. The store stayed open throughout the work and is also celebrating 40 years at its location.

A bigger store with a new layout

The DIY store opened on January 13, 1986. At about 10,000 square meters, it was then the largest DIY store in Germany. Major modernizations followed in 1991 and 2001. After the latest rebuild, it covers around 19,000 square meters including the garden center and carries more than 60,000 items. Globus put the investment at roughly 14 million euros and added about 1,000 square meters of floor space.

LAS VEGAS – October 29, 2026 -- Starting Friday, Nov. 13, visitors to The Mob Museum can see the personal items Bugsy Siegel carried on the day he was shot, after nearly 80 years in police custody. The new exhibit, "What Bugsy Left Behind," pairs the never-before-seen collection with the competing theories about his unsolved murder.

Siegel was shot at his girlfriend's Beverly Hills home in 1947

On June 20, 1947, the 41-year-old mobster was killed at the Beverly Hills home of Virginia Hill while she was traveling in Europe. Siegel had come from Las Vegas to Southern California to meet his two daughters for a planned vacation, but he died before they could see him. He was shot while reading an early edition of the Los Angeles Times. The case remains one of the Beverly Hills Police Department's oldest cold cases.

IRVING, Texas – October 29, 2026 -- 7-Eleven, Inc. is rolling out a Korean-inspired Flavors of Korea menu, including 10-piece bibigo Spicy Chicken Dumplings for $5 and 8-piece Gochujang Boneless Wings for $5, at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes stores.

The menu spans hot foods and chilled meals

The lineup covers wings, pizza, sandwiches, dumplings and more. The bibigo Spicy Chicken Dumplings combine chicken, green onion, glass noodles, cabbage and soy sauce. The bibigo Korean BBQ-Style Pizza is topped with seasoned beef, caramelized onions, shoestring carrots, roasted garlic, green onions, mozzarella and cheddar, and bibigo Korean BBQ sauce.

The Gochujang Boneless Wings are seasoned with a gochujang glaze, garlic, doenjang, ginger and chili paste.

TORONTO – October 29, 2026 -- A fourth PAW Patrol feature film is in development, and Paramount Pictures is set to distribute it in 2029, Spin Master Corp. announced.

Cal Brunker returns to direct and co-write

Brunker, who directed the first three PAW Patrol films and The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, is back in the director's chair. He is co-writing the new film with Bob Barlen. The movie is a Spin Master Entertainment production, made with Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies.

The first three films earned a combined half-billion dollars

Each of the earlier PAW Patrol films scored above 93% on the Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter. Together they grossed half a billion dollars at the global box office.

Brunker said the team has written a new story, adding that they "can't wait to share it with the world." Jennifer Dodge, President of Paramount Animation, described the project as an adventure made for the theatrical experience.

Somerset, N.J. – October 29, 2026 -- Women diagnosed with breast cancer, and the people supporting them, can ask whether proton therapy is an option if radiation is recommended, says ProCure Proton Therapy Center in New Jersey. For some patients, it may reduce radiation exposure to nearby healthy tissue, including the heart and lungs.

A study found fewer lung changes and skin reactions with protons

Research published earlier this year in Breast Cancer Research examined 8,189 breast cancer patients who received radiation after surgery. Of those, 501 were treated with proton therapy.

Lung changes visible on imaging occurred in 5.8% of the proton group, compared with 10.0% of the conventional radiation group. Skin reactions were also less frequent with protons, at 13.4% versus 20.9%.