10.1.25
ABCnews.com—US government is shutdown after Senate fails to come to agreement on spending bill
BBC News—Supreme Court pushes back on Trump's illegal attempt to fire a Federal Reserve governor. Now if only they would push back on all the other illegal things he's doing...
CNN.com—World renowned primatologist Jane Goodall dies at 91
CBS News—Trump illegally freezes $18 billion in Congressionally-approved infrastructure funding for New York
USA Today—Braves manager Brian Snitker steps away from that role after 10 years and a World Series title, but will remain with the club as a consultant
NBC News—Tyson to pay $85 million to settle price-fixing lawsuit

10.2.25
CBS News—Trump threatens nine universities with a funding freeze (illegal, as usual, and as usual Congress and the courts will let him get away with it) unless they promise to remake their educational and admission policies to be in line with conservative demands
CNN.com—Trump's China tariffs are devastating the Halloween industry this season
ABCnews.com—FDA approves another generic version of the morning after/Plan B pill
NBC News—Texas megachurch pastor pleads guilty to the sexual abuse of a child. He was sentenced to 10 years (too light a sentence anyway), but he will only serve at most six months in prison.
USA Today—Elon University and Queens University, two private higher ed instituions in NC whose campuses are more than 100 miles apart, announce that they are merging
BBC News—Director of Eisenhower presidential library steps down in protest of the Trump administration appropriating a significant artifact from the collection to give as a gift to King Charles

10.7.25
CNN.com—In a challenge to market-leading chipmaker Nvidia, OpenAI says that it will run a significant amount of its computations on data centers built exclusive on chips from rival AMD
BBC News—Trump says he may withhold back pay from furloughed government workers whenever the shutdown ends
ABCnews.com—Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned off to help make up for the funding gap after Trump administration cuts to PBS and NPR
NBC News—FAA says air traffic controllers are understaffed at several major airports due to the government shutdown
USA Today—Pornhub says Ohio's new age verification law for sensitive material doesn't apply to them
CBS News—Former football star and Trump supporter Herschel Walker named US ambassador to the Bahamas

10.8.25
ABCnews.com—Comey pleads not guilty to Trump's trumped-up charges, and plans to ask for a dismissal based on "outrageous government conduct". Trump enablers, remember this: Comey basically handed the 2016 election to Trump, and now Trump wants to imprison him.
CNN.com—Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to phase 1 of a peace plan. We've been hearing a version of this story for months, so let's see if 1) there is actually a plan and 2) if either side has actually agreed to it.
CBS News—Florida man arrested on suspicion he started the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles
USA Today—Disneyland guest suffers heart attack and dies after riding the Haunted Mansion attraction
BBC News—Gold is worth more than $4000 per ounce for the first time
NBC News—Kiss star Gene Simmons recovering after car crash

10.9.25
USA Today—In yet another politically motivated prosecution, NY AG Leitia James accused of mortgage fraud in Virginia
BBC News—Tech firm that handles Discord's age verification process is hacked, exposing the photo IDs of over 70,000 users
ABCnews.com—Superintendent of Georgia's third largest school district—which we happen to live in—indicted on charges of embezzlement and kickbacks when he was in a similar role in Chicago
CBS News—7.4 magnitude earthquake detected off the coast of the Philippines, prompting tsunami warning
NBC News—Judge dismisses Drake's defamation lawsuit that he filed against his own record label for releasing a diss track from rival Kendrick Lamar
CNN.com—Silver hits $50 per ounce, its highest price since 1980

10.15.25
BBC News—Judge orders Trump to pause layoffs related to the government shutdown, saying they are illegal and politically motivated
CBS News—Bank of America sued over ties to deceased sex trafficker and Trump bestie Jeffrey Epstein
USA Today—DOJ seizes $15 billion in Bitcoin from scammers who stole it using the "pig butchering" method
NBC News—Facebook shuts down Chicago ICE-tracking page at the request of the Trump adminstration
CNN.com—Scouts will now be able to earn merit badges in AI and cybersecurity
ABCnews.com—Smucker's sues Trader Joe's, claiming that the grocery chain's new frozen PB&J sandwiches are too close to Uncrustables

10.16.25
CNN.com—Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton (who is now a political foe of the president) indicted by federal grand jury
USA Today—Lawsuit claims that Amazon's Prime Day has fake discounts from artificially higher prices in the weeks before the sale starts
ABCnews.com—Average price for a new car hits a record high of over $50,000
NBC News—Several major airports refuse to play Noem's video blaming Democrats for the shut down
CBS News—New superintendent for Oklahoma schools will rescind mandate from his predecessor that required teachers to incoporate the Bible into the curriculum
BBC News—Diane Keaton dies at 79

10.21.25
BBC News—Jan 6 insurrectionist who was pardoned by Trump is arrested for threatening to kill a Democratic Congressman
ABCnews.com—Priceless French crown jewels stolen from the Louvre in heist that took just 7 minutes
CNN.com—Significant AWS outage cripples major websites around the internet
USA Today—Family tip to law enforcement leads to arrest of man who was planning a mass casualty event at Atlanta airport
CBS News—6 team women's baseball league to launch next year
NBC News—Former Tampa Bay running back Doug Martin dies while in police custody

10.22.25
CBS News—Trump wants $230 million from the DOJ to go to him personally to settle lawsuits against the DOJ that he filed prior to being sworn in for his second term
ABCnews.com—Despite his promise that his new ballroom addition to the White House wouldn't touch any of the existing part of the structure, it appears as if Trump will actually demolish the entirety of the East Wing
NBC News—Travis Kelce part of investment group aiming to revitalize the Six Flags theme park chain
USA Today—Janelle Monae claims that she travelled back in time to see David Bowie perform as Ziggy Stardust in the 1970s. You know, I kind of believe her.
CNN.com—GM says its version of hands-free driving will be available on select models starting in 2028
BBC News—OpenAI releases ChatGPT-powered web browser

10.23.25
NBC News—Scientists conclude that rising global seawater temperatures have killed off two species of coral off the Florida coast that have existed for 10,000 years
BBC News—NBA head coach and current player name with mobsters in game-fixing gambling indictment by the FBI
CBS News—Trump pardons crypto founder who pleaded guilty to money laundering charges. Not coincidentally, the criminal owns a crypto exchange on which Trump and his family members have made billions with scam coins.
ABCnews.com—Target says it will eliminate 1800 white collar corporate jobs
CNN.com—Lab-grown teeth could mean the end of dental implants
USA Today—Mortgage rates hit 13 month low

10.28.25
CBS News—Texas files lawsuit against Tylenol maker over completely unsubstantiated claims that the over the counter pain reliever can cause autism
CNN.com—Man arrested wearing body armor and carrying a suitcase full of ammunition after making threats to several synagogues
NBC News—Border Patrol chief ordered by federal judge in Chicago to appear in court each day to give a briefing on the agency's daily operations after numerous reports of excessive use of force by his officers
ABCnews.com—Flights to LAX halted on Sunday morning due to air traffic controller shortage
BBC News—Amazon to lay off 14,000 corporate workers
USA Today—UPS lays off 48,000 workers

10.29.25
ABCnews.com—The Fed cuts interest rates for the second time this year as the economy is experiencing a slow down in hiring
BBC News—Nvidia becomes first publicly traded company to be worth $5 trilllion
NBC News—Thieves dressed as construction workers make off with safe and jewelry worth more than $3 million
USA Today—MacKenzie Scott donates $38 million to Alabama HBCU
CNN.com—Study concludes that Musk's dalliance with right wing politics cost Telsa over 1 million vehicle sales
CBS News—Philadelphia launches mental health program to support jurors who were part of traumatic trials

10.30.25
USA Today—Trump administration will withhold SNAP benefits for tens of millions of Americans in an attempt to pressure Democrats amid the ongoing government shutdown
CBS News—Prince Andrew stripped of royal titles and also forced to give up his Windsor mansion
ABCnews.com—ISS marks 25 years of nonstop presence of humans in orbit around Earth
NBC News—More than 1000 artifacts stolen from California museum
CNN.com—Musk launches his version of Wikipedia. I'll let you guess how accurate and useful that site is.
BBC News—Disney pulls channels, including ABC and ESPN, from YouTube TV over fee dispute