Hand-to-hand.

Thirteen million people in Yemen face starvation, what the UN says could become "the worst famine in the world in 100 years." 1/24

Zimbabwe plunges into its worst economic crisis in a decade, complete with price spikes and product shortages. 2/24

Canada becomes the second country after Uruguay to legalize recreational marijuana. 3/24

More than 20 countries have approved the use of medical marijuana. The global market could be worth more than $50 billion by 2025. 4/24

As soon as he was elected, Trump focused on his re-election. He's raised $135M at 29 fundraisers, mostly for himself. 5/24

Two chefs found success in one of the unlikeliest corners of Utah. Now they’re doing “hand-to-hand combat” with the White House. 6/24

A carbon tax plan endorsed by Exxon would also invalidate federal air regulations and excuse the company’s liability for climate damages. 7/24

Britain's investment in new aircraft carriers is a political, as much as a military, decision. 8/24

A predatory subprime auto lender that “repossesses about 35% of all vehicles it finances” tells a story about Detroit. 9/24

Poor people in states that expanded Medicaid under Obama are less likely to forgo needed medical care. 10/24

How the Sears catalog made it possible for black Southerners to shop amidst the rampant racism of the Jim Crow era. 11/24

Manhattan has become a ghost town, empty but for places selling things that Amazon can’t deliver. 12/24

Apple replaces its controversially dry, unappealing bagel emoji with a toasted bagel filled with cream cheese. 13/24

Tom Blachford takes photographs of Modernist buildings lit by moonlight. 14/24

A San Francisco columnist complains that the city has yet to hit 85 degrees this year. 15/24

California's new primary date means millions will have cast votes before New Hampshire voters go to the polls. 16/24

Public transportation has failed in the US but succeeded elsewhere because ours is not all that great. 17/24

Wave and ripple drawings from 1903, by Japanese artist Mori Yuzan. 18/24

A buddhist monk "secured his infamy" by describing his love of sex in detail. A new translation remains controversial. 19/24

The self-help movement has "a startling paucity of theories" about the self. To be precise: It has one. 20/24

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is about to restore Rembrandt’s "The Night Watch." The entire process will stream live online. 21/24

Fervent groups of giant-vegetable growers in Canada are trying to grow a 2,000-pound pumpkin. 22/24

Tractor overturns are the leading cause of farm fatalities. 23/24

It's the middle of October and we almost forgot to link a favorite autumn story: "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers."

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