Yorkshire, in northern England, was declared to be in drought on Friday despite recent rainfall. It’s the latest sign that the UK’s hottest summer on record is continuing to reverberate even as winter approaches

YORK SPACE SYSTEMS $YSS Q2’26 EARNINGS HIGHLIGHTS 🔹 Revenue: $92.5M (Est. $91.6M) 🟢; +10% YoY 🔹 Adj. EPS: -$0.31 (Est. -$0.16) 🔴 🔹 EBITDA: -$25.5M (Est. -$6.5M) 🔴 🔹 Gross Margin: 24%; +13 pts YoY Cuts FY26 Guide: 🔹 Revenue: $375M-$405M (Est. $560M) 🔴 Other Q2 Metrics: 🔹 Gross Profit: $22.2M; +133% YoY 🔹 Backlog: $592.0M 🔹 Liquidity: $684M Comments: 🔸 “we’ve secured eight contract wins at an 88% win rate” 🔸 “we are bringing down our full year 2026 revenue guidance.”

New York City increased the fine for improperly disposing of sharps in household trash after sanitation workers were injured by discarded needles believed to be from GLP-1 medications

New York City is on track for its safest year on record for gun violence. Through the first nine months of 2026, NYC recorded the fewest murders, shooting incidents and shooting victims in its history, per the NYPD: Murders: 203, down 19.8% Shooting incidents: 489, down 11.6% Shooting victims: 594, down 14.4% Total major crime: down 6.6%

New York is preparing to enforce its sweeping AI safety law, requiring major developers like OpenAI and Anthropic to register, disclose safety practices, and report critical incidents or face fines.