Leipzig – October 30, 2026 -- A new MDR documentary is streaming now in the ARD Mediathek, and the people behind one of Germany's biggest post-reunification data scandals appear on camera for the first time. "Der große Stasi-Leak – Helden oder Verräter?" (The Great Stasi Leak – Heroes or Traitors?) airs on MDR-Fernsehen on November 10 at 8:15 p.m.

An anonymous 1992 list named 4,500 alleged informants

In 1992, an anonymous list circulated in Saxony-Anhalt naming 4,500 alleged Stasi informants from Halle/Saale. Who published it stayed secret for decades. After more than 35 years, the authors now tell their story for ARD History.

Smuggled microfilms and secret hiding places drive the story

The participants describe how they decided to make the names public. They recount smuggled microfilms, hiding places and covert operations. The film frames the events as a historical true-crime and espionage case.

Beijing – October 30, 2026 -- Visitors to Jinghong City in southwest China's Yunnan Province can browse more than 100 booths along a 1.2-kilometer stretch of the Lancang River, where the Lancang-Mekong Treasures Carnival opened on October 28.

The carnival is a key supporting event of the 14th Culture and Art Festival of Countries in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin. Jinghong is the capital of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. The event runs under the theme "encounter the Lancang-Mekong, encounter fine treasures."

Booths are split into six themed sections

The booths are organized into tea, beans, crafts, fruits, rainforest food and rainforest stays. Travel photography and cultural creative scenarios are set up alongside them.

Local specialties, delicacies and handcrafted goods share the riverbank with products from Lancang-Mekong countries.

CAMDEN, N.J. – October 30, 2026 -- The all-electric 2027 Subaru Trailseeker SUV, with up to 281 miles of range, is on sale now from $39,995 MSRP after TopGear.com named it Car of the Year in its 2027 U.S. Car Awards. Editors picked it from among new or significantly updated models from multiple automakers.

The Trailseeker packs 8.5 inches of ground clearance for off-road driving

Top Gear editors praised the SUV's on- and off-road drivability. Subaru lists a best-in-class 8.5 inches of ground clearance, standard Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive and X-MODE for rough terrain.

Top Gear U.S. Correspondent Alex Kalogiannis called X-MODE "set-and-forget" and said it handles the tricky terrain work on trails. He added that he would not mind more WRX DNA in the mix, but concluded that "the pros far outshine the cons."

NEW YORK – October 30, 2026 -- For $70, you can spend Halloween night inside Hudson Yards' 150-foot Vessel while a string quartet plays haunting melodies by candlelight. A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics, a one-night-only Candlelight concert presented by Fever, starts at 9 p.m. on October 31.

Thriller and Psycho get a string-quartet makeover

The Highline String Quartet will reimagine music from classical works, film, television and pop culture. The program includes Michael Jackson's Thriller, Bernard Herrmann's Psycho, the theme from Stranger Things and music from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain round out the set.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – October 30, 2026 -- BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is rolling out the Nutella Gone Bananas Pizookie at all of its locations nationwide, available for a limited time while supplies last. It costs $5 on Pizookie Tuesday.

The dessert is built on a banana bread cookie

The new Pizookie sits on a freshly baked banana bread cookie, the first base of its kind for BJ's signature dessert. It is topped with two scoops of vanilla bean ice cream, a Nutella drizzle and crushed hazelnuts for crunch.

Social media voters picked the flavor

BJ's shared potential Pizookie flavors on social media in July, and banana and Nutella was the top-voted combination. Monika Saxena, Brand President at BJ's Restaurants, Inc., said the team then added its own twist with the banana bread base, which she called a fit for the holiday season.

San Francisco – October 30, 2026 -- If a holiday visit is your first full day in months with an aging parent, a memory care director says what you notice is worth writing down and bringing to a doctor.

Gloria Vo, executive director of Frank Residences, an assisted living and memory care community at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, says families often call after the holidays. Vo is trained in dementia support through the Crisis Prevention Institute. Her advice: nobody needs to diagnose a parent at the dinner table, but paying attention is not overreacting.

November is Alzheimer's awareness month, with 7.4 million Americans affected

November is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month. According to the Alzheimer's Association, about 7.4 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's.

LAS VEGAS – October 30, 2026 -- Families can get 50% off Midway games and Adventuredome wristbands at Circus Circus Las Vegas on Saturday, October 31, from noon to 3 p.m., with trick-or-treating included at both attractions.

Half-price games at a Midway with 200+ options

The Midway houses more than 200 arcade and carnival games, and all of them are half price during the three-hour window. Trick-or-treating is available at participating games while candy supplies last.

Adventuredome wristbands drop 50%

The Adventuredome, billed as Las Vegas' only indoor theme park, also discounts its wristbands by half. Guests can trick-or-treat at participating rides while candy lasts.

The park spans five acres under a pink glass dome. Its attractions include:

San Diego – October 30, 2026 -- U.S. service members and veterans with a cancer diagnosis can now get comprehensive genomic profiling and biomarker interpretation at no cost, through a nationwide program called Cancer Hunt from the nonprofit SOTERIA Precision Medicine Foundation.

SOTERIA, a California-based 501(c)(3), is currently accepting both patient referral partners and military and veteran patients with a cancer diagnosis. The program also aims to reduce the administrative burden on treating oncologists and medical institutions.

A multidisciplinary team supports each patient's care team

Cancer Hunt deploys oncology nurse navigators, PhD-level scientists, oncology specialists and logistics coordinators. Their job is to give treating clinical teams actionable molecular data specific to each patient's disease.

WATERLOO, Iowa – October 30, 2026 -- Veridian Credit Union members can now use Allstate Identity Protection at no cost through Credit Central, the free credit monitoring tool inside Veridian's online banking.

Identity theft losses hit $27.3 billion in 2025

The Javelin Strategy & Research 2026 Identity Fraud Study put U.S. identity theft losses at an all-time high of $27.3 billion in 2025. Veridian added the benefit as those losses grow.

Members who suspect fraud can work with a restoration specialist

Members enrolled in Credit Central who believe they are experiencing identity theft can use identity fraud finder tools. They can also work with a professional restoration specialist on monitoring high-risk transactions, dark web exposure and more.

Monitoring for additional fraud continues for at least three months after a restoration case is resolved.

Los Angeles – October 30, 2026 -- VIZ Media's manga catalog is now available on MangaPlaza, and readers can earn 10% back in points on VIZ titles for two weeks. VIZ Media and NTT Solmare Corp. announced the launch on the platform, which the companies describe as one of the largest digital manga libraries in the U.S.

The 10% reward caps at 3,000 points

Users earn 10% in point rewards when they unlock VIZ Media content, up to 3,000 points. The promotion runs from October 29, 2026, at 7:00 PM through November 12, 2026, at 6:59 AM Pacific Time. Participation runs through a dedicated promotion page on MangaPlaza's website.

MangaPlaza offers 170,000 chapters and a $6.99 Premium tier

MangaPlaza partners with more than 120 manga publishers, including Kodansha, KADOKAWA and SHUEISHA. Its catalog holds over 170,000 chapters across romance, fantasy, action, boys' love and horror.