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TORONTO -- More mysteries have been unearthed from an archeological dig in Egypt that discovered 13 untouched wooden coffins earlier this month. According to an update from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, 14 more coffins have been found at Saqqara, a major burial site for ancient Egypt that archeologists have been studying for years. Source

Spooky season is almost upon us -- and this year it will be a little bit spookier. The night sky on Halloween will be illuminated by a blue moon, the second full moon in a month. Source

JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- Two extremely rare Javan rhinoceros calves have been spotted in an Indonesian national park, boosting hopes for the future of one of the world's most endangered mammals. The rhino calves -- a female named Helen and male called Luther -- were seen with their mothers in footage taken from nearly 100 camera traps installed in Ujung Kulon national park between March and August, authorities said in a statement on Sunday. Source

TORONTO -- A new study from researchers at the University of Illinois suggests that most homemade face coverings do a good job of preventing the spread of respiratory droplets involved in the spread of COVID-19. Researchers studied the performance of 11 different household fabrics to determine their effectiveness of blocking respiratory droplets. Source

U.S. President Donald Trump said he supports a deal that will allow TikTok to continue to operate in the U.S., after threatening to ban the Chinese-owned app in August. He told reporters at the White House he backs the deal with TikTok owner ByteDance, Oracle and Walmart to create a new company called TikTok Global that will assume TikTok's U.S. Source

WASHINGTON -- Adam Schiff was in the audience at the 2018 Aspen Security Forum when a Microsoft executive mentioned an attempted hacking of three politicians up for reelection. It was the first that Schiff, then the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, had ever heard of it. Source

People in the United States rushed to download TikTok and WeChat after the Commerce Department announced plans to restrict access to both apps starting Sunday. The Trump administration's executive orders against the two Chinese-owned apps are set to take effect Sunday. Source

TORONTO -- From the depths of the Northwest Passage to Baffin Island and beyond, science has stalled in the Arctic. The pandemic that has gripped the world is also wiping out a full field season of research in the northernmost region of Canada. Source

On a crisp December afternoon, as the sun slowly fell behind the nearby Sawatch Range, Addie and Jude Schuenemeyer stared at a nearly dead tree, a few apples dangling off its last living branch. "In that moment, I felt hope," recalls Addie. Source

The U.S. Commerce Department will roll out a ban of transactions in the United States using TikTok and WeChat starting Sunday. The order Friday was put into place, according to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, to "combat China's malicious collection of American citizens' personal data. Source