10.3.23
CNN.com—House Speaker's chair vacant after McCarthy is ousted; no business can be done by Congress until the seat is filled
ABCnews.com—Judge in Trump's fraud trial issues gag order to the former president after Trump posts derogatory comments about one of the judge's staff members on social media
NBC News—Multiple people shot near Morgan State University in Baltimore
BBC News—All Onewheel electric skateboards being recalled worldwide for potentially fatal safety hazard
CBS News—Forbes drops Trump from list of 400 wealthiest Americans
USA Today—Costco now selling gold bars to its members

10.4.23
NBC News—75,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers across five states go on strike for better wages
USA Today—Suspect in Tupac's murder makes first court appearance
CBS News—McDonald's announces that the McRib will return for a limited time in November
CNN.com—Man officiating wedding in Nebraska accidentally shoots his 12 year old grandson during the service
BBC News—Grimes sues Elon Musk for parental rights
ABCnews.com—The CDC says it has stopped printing Covid vaccination cards

10.5.23
BBC News—This September was the warmest on record
CNN.com—Man arrested after trying to force his way into the Wisconsin governor's office with a handgun. But he then posts bail and returns with an assault rifle.
CBS News—The MyPillow guy's lawyers drop him as a client for being in arrears for millions in legal fees
NBC News—The SEC wants to compel Elon Musk to testify in Twitter probe for which he has already ignored a subpoena
ABCnews.com—Legendary Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus dies at 80
USA Today—False advertising lawsuits against Wendy's and McDonald's are dismissed by judge

10.10.23
CBS News—Israel declares war on Gaza after Hamas surprise attack kills hundreds of Israelis, mostly unarmed civilians
CNN.com—EU warns Elon Musk of penalties for misinforation about the attacks on Israel circulating on Twitter
BBC News—Pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds sets new world record
NBC News—California becomes first state to ban four popular food additives, including red dye No. 3
ABCnews.com—Powerball drawing on Wednesday will be second largest pool in history, worth at least $1.7 billion
USA Today—Braves mount an incredible late-inning comeback to even the NLDS with the Phillies

10.11.23
ABCnews.com—Gaza's sole power plant runs out of fuel, leaving the entire zone without electricity after Israel cuts off power from their grid
BBC News—Scientists share preliminary findings about material collected from an asteroid
CNN.com—The IRS says Microsoft owes $29 billion in back taxes
NBC News—Republican lawmakers plan to introduce resolution to expel George Santos from Congress
CBS News—Average scores on the ACT dropped for the sixth straight year in 2023
USA Today—Jada Pinkett Smith reveals that she and husband Will Smith have been separated and living apart since 2016

10.12.23
USA Today—Trump criticizes Israel's PM and says that Hezbollah leaders are "very smart"
ABCnews.com—Twitter belatedly removes hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts, although misinformation about the conflict is still rampant on the site
CNN.com—Unnamed group uses truck to display names and faces of Harvard student leaders who signed a petition blaming Israel for the Hamas invasion that killed hundreds of unarmed Israeli citizens
BBC News—Researchers create gene-edited chickens that are partially resistant to bird flu
CBS News—Weather forecasters predict that El Nino will persist through spring of next year
NBC News—Single ticket in California matches the Powerball numbers for a $1.7 billion jackpot

10.17.23
CNN.com—Trump adherent Jim Jordan's first attempt to win the Speaker's gavel falls short, with more resistance than expected from his fellow GOP members
USA Today—Biden set to visit Israel
NBC News—Chicago man who was obsessed with the Israel-Hamas conflict stabs a 6 year old Palestinian-American boy to death
BBC News—US curtails sales of advanced computer chips to China
CBS News—IRS to test free tax-filing service in 13 states next year
ABCnews.com—Girl Scout troop treasurer arrested on charges that she stole over $12,000 from her troop's funds

10.18.23
CNN.com—The GOP clown show in the House continues as Jim Jordan loses his second bid for the speakership with even less support than the first vote
BBC News—Israel says hospital blast in Gaza that killed hundreds was actually caused by Hamas
NBC News—A new pepper called Pepper X sets world record for hottest pepper
USA Today—Jordan van de Sloot confesses to the murder of Natalee Holloway in 2005 as part of plea deal
CBS News—Best Buy to stop selling physical DVDs and Blu-Rays
ABCnews.com—Twitter testing $1 sign up fee for new accounts

10.19.23
CNN.com—Tump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty to Georgia election crimes and strikes a plea deal that will require her to testify against her co-defendants, including Trump. I bet Cheeto is rage-pissing into his diaper right now.
ABCnews.com—US warship shoots down missiles fired from Yemen that were headed for Israel
CBS News—CVS will pull popular cold medicines from store shelves after FDA deems their active ingredient to be ineffective
BBC News—Netflix raising prices again despite surge in subscriptions after its password sharing crackdown
NBC News—Florida man found guilty of killing his wife after she refused to go on a home renovation reality show
USA Today—Michigan football program under investigation for stealing signs from other teams

10.24.23
CNN.com—A third Trump lawyer pleads guilty and agrees to testify against the former president in the Georgia election fraud case
ABCnews.com—41 states sue Facebook and Instagram owner Meta, saying those platforms are addictive and harmful to childrens' mental health
NBC News—GOP puts forth a third nominee for Speaker to replace Kevin McCarthy, but similar to the previous candidates, he seems unlikely to get the support he needs in a floor vote
BBC News—Off-duty pilot who tried to shut of a plane's engines mid-flight may have been on mushrooms
CBS News—California DMV suspends permits for Cruise's driverless robotaxis
USA Today—Kurt Cobain's daugher Frances Bean Cobain marries Tony Hawk's son Riley Hawk

10.25.23
CNN.com—Republicans finally elect a new Speaker—an election denier from Louisiana who has only been in Congress since 2017
ABCnews.com—Trump fined $10,000 for violating gag order in NY civil fraud trial
CBS News—Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows granted immunity in exchange for his testimony in Trump's federal election fraud case
BBC News—Shaft star Richard Roundtree dies at 81
NBC News—Family sues Panera after their daughter dies from cardiac arrest brought on after she drank a Charged Lemonade energy drink bought at the sandwich chain
USA Today—Dusty Baker announces his retirement after 26 years as a manager of MLB teams

10.26.23
ABCnews.com—Mass shooting in Maine kills at least 18 people; suspect has not been apprehended
BBC News—The Beatles announce the release of their final song, a recording based on a demo by John Lennon in 1970 and completed by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr last year
CBS News—Scientists use radio echo sounding to reveal landscape unter Antarctic ice that has been frozen in time for millions of years
CNN.com—Still-unresolved UAW strike is the longest in 25 years
NBC News—Chevron is buying Hess for $53 million
USA Today—Bud Light attempts to regain market share by partnering with the UFC

10.31.23
BBC News—Judge rules that three of Trump's children must take the stand in the former president's $250 million fraud case in New York
USA Today—Minnesota governor drops college degree requirement for many state jobs
ABCnews.com—This year's first World Series game between two wild card teams was the least-watched series opener in history
CNN.com—Apple unveils new iMacs and MacBooks using its latest M3 chips
NBC News—GOP state senator from North Dakota charged with traveling to Europe with the intent to have sex with a minor
CBS News—Friends star Matthew Perry dies at 54