Villagers rescue five in Kiribati after 3,355-mile Pacific drift
The 20-foot skiff went missing on July 30, and a U.S. Coast Guard search covering 33,000 square miles was called off on Aug. 9.
Politics
Megyn Kelly urges Republicans to rebuild without Trump on the ballot
The conservative host called the party in ruins after Democrats took both chambers Tuesday.
The Numbers
AllOfficial series, each dated to the observation it comes from.
Inflation3.7%
Unemployment4.2%
30-year mortgage7.24%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Taylor Red singer Nicole Taylor dies at 35 after battle with breast cancer
Taylor Red's lead singer was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in 2022, and her sisters say it later advanced to stage four.
Rhabdomyolysis killed NYC Marathon runner, Rachel Apa's father says
Rachel Apa collapsed near Mile 24 of the New York City Marathon and died at Mount Sinai at 9:40 p.m. after six hours of treatment.
Politics
4 stories · updated 3 NovNTSB says Learjet may have broken up before Florida crash
Debris from the Learjet 60 is spread across roughly half a mile in Palm Beach County, and about 600 residents have been moved to shelters.
Sen. Chris Murphy transferred to Johns Hopkins after stroke
Murphy felt numbness in his arm at his son's hockey game on Saturday; his office has not said what kind of stroke he had.
Abubakarr Barrie held without bail on nine charges in Baltimore stabbing
The homeowner gave Baltimore police surveillance video timestamped 43 minutes apart, showing the 15-year-old arriving and then running from the house.
Manhunt in Tennessee after Jacob Morley escapes through prison fence
The TBI put Morley on its Most Wanted list with a reward of up to $2,500, and says he stole a white 2008 Ford F-350.
World
2 stories · updated 30 Oct
CEO David Morton and his daughters shot in Toronto home invasion
Morton's wife, Doriana Zohil-Morton, was struck with a hammer, and two of the four family members have life-altering injuries, Toronto police say.
Michelle Rubio Leiva, 36, dies in 300-metre fall in the Dolomites
Italian press reports say Rubio Leiva stepped off the marked path for a photograph; the rescue service's account says only that she slipped.
Business
3 stories · updated 28 OctFTC and 20 states sue Dollar General over register overcharges
Undercover FTC purchases in four states found every basket rang up higher than advertised, and Dollar General says it will fight the case.
Workers evacuate Quaker Oats mill after Cedar Rapids explosion
USDA confirms screwworm in Texas elk, first wildlife case of outbreak
| Price-honoring complaints to Dollar General, Jan. 2023 to March 2026 | More than 29,000 |
| Items priced differently in one Ohio undercover basket, Jan. 16 | 13 of 58 |
| Pricing inaccuracies found at 10 North Carolina stores | 400 |
| North Carolina inspections over two years | 28 |
| Missouri stores checked in the state's 2023 investigation | 147 |
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Entertainment
6 stories · updated 2 Nov
Health
3 stories · updated 29 OctFDA classifies recall of 4.3 million toothpaste tubes as Class II
Seventeen products from Brush Buddies, evo and ARU are covered, with expiration dates running from November 2026 to June 2028, and no reported illnesses.
Lawsuit names Trader Joe's wraps in 50-case E. coli outbreak
Two hospitalized women sued the grocery chain in Los Angeles federal court; the FDA still lists the wraps only as a suspected source.
Nearly 12-foot alligator kills Steven Hamilton, 71, in Winter Garden
Hamilton was pulled from the shoreline at Dr. Bradford Memorial Park around 5 p.m., and active alligators kept rescuers out of the water.