- Escaped monkeys from Mississippi truck crash puts spotlight on NIH-funded Tulane lab October 31, 2025Three monkeys remain at large after truck crash in Mississippi released 21 primates from Tulane University research program allegedly funded by NIH, sparking public safety concerns.
- Senate talks show signs of progress as government shutdown grinds into 2nd month October 31, 2025Shades of optimism filled the Senate this past week as bipartisan talks on a way out of the government shutdown increased.
- Hornets star LaMelo Ball fined $35,000 for flipping off referee after foul call October 31, 2025LaMelo Ball received a $35,000 fine for making an obscene gesture, a middle finger, toward a referee during the Charlotte Hornets' loss to Miami Heat.
- LA firefighters ordered to leave fire that exploded into Palisades Fire days later: report October 31, 2025Firefighter text messages reveal crews were ordered to leave the origin site of the devastating Palisades Fire despite hot tree stumps, a new report said.
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- Johnson raises shutdown stakes on Schumer as food stamp deadline, Obamacare cliff loom October 31, 2025The House of Representatives is being shut for another week as Speaker Mike Johnson keeps pressure on Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown.