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Cela Bratton Williams walks into the Workforce Solutions of North Central Texas office, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Plano, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Furloughed federal workers face delays getting unemployment pay during shutdown

9:50 AM on Saturday, November 1

Thousands of furloughed federal workers are trying to navigate the unemployment system, in a sharp increase that is still a fraction of the 670,000 furloughed during the shutdown

A bird flies in front of the Harvest Supermoon in San Francisco, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

How to spot November's supermoon, the closest of the year

9:23 AM on Saturday, November 1

The closest supermoon of the year is approaching in November

This photo provided by Anabel Romero shows her 14-year-old daughter, right, with her hands zip-tied, next to her 8-year-old daughter, foreground center, during a raid by various law enforcement agencies at La Catedral Arena horse race track in Wilder, Idaho, on Oct. 19, 2025. (Anabel Romero via AP)

FBI raid at Idaho horse track shows how immigration is a top focus across law enforcement

9:07 AM on Saturday, November 1

A recent FBI-led raid at an Idaho race track shows how immigration is driving federal law enforcement under the Trump administration

FILE - The Duke of Windsor, Prince Edward stands with his wife the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, before he sailed on the Queen Mary from New York on Feb. 7, 1952, en route to England for the funeral of his brother, the late King George VI. (AP Photo, File)

Andrew's royal exit is the latest crisis for Britain's monarchy

7:12 AM on Saturday, November 1

Britain’s monarchy holds prestige but not power and is subject to public sentiment

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-United States Defence Ministers' High Tea, as part of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' meeting, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Hasnoor Hussainl/Pool Photo via AP)

US urges ASEAN to be firm in countering China in the South China Sea

6:44 AM on Saturday, November 1

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urges Southeast Asian nations to strengthen their maritime forces to counter China's actions in the South China Sea

FILE- An easyJet airplane will be handled at Terminal 1 in the evening after the opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg "Willy Brandt" (BER) Airport, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Berlin, Germany. (Soeren Stache/dpa via AP, File)

A drone sighting temporarily suspends air travel at the Berlin airport

6:18 AM on Saturday, November 1

A drone sighting at Berlin’s airport prompted flights to be suspended for nearly two hours

Pope Leo XIV presides over Mass with participants in the Jubilee of the Educational World on the Solemnity of All Saints, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, during which he will proclaim St. John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope declares Cardinal Newman a church doctor and signals Catholic education is a priority

5:45 AM on Saturday, November 1

Pope Leo XIV has bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, declaring him a doctor of the church

9 dead, dozens injured in crowd surge at Hindu temple in southern India

4:26 AM on Saturday, November 1

A crowd surge at a Hindu temple in southern India has left at least nine people dead and dozens injured

At least 7 dead and dozens injured in a crowd surge at a Hindu temple in southern India

4:25 AM on Saturday, November 1

At least 7 dead and dozens injured in a crowd surge at a Hindu temple in southern India

Official results in Tanzania election show President Samia Suluhu Hassan winning with 97.6% of the vote

1:38 AM on Saturday, November 1

Official results in Tanzania election show President Samia Suluhu Hassan winning with 97.6% of the vote

Sugar skulls known as “calaveritas” or little skulls, traditionally added to Day of the Dead altars honoring deceased loved ones, are displayed for sale at the Dulces de Ampudia market in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

How Mexico’s Day of the Dead turns skulls into joyful sugar treats

1:07 AM on Saturday, November 1

As Mexican families prepare for Day of the Dead celebrations, altars are set up to welcome back loved ones under the belief that they return home for one night each Nov. 2

Hannah Bowerman, left, a technical designer for Terry Precision Cycling, measures a bike shirt worn by market designer Thea Sousa during a fit session at the company’s headquarters in Burlington, Vt., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)

A Vermont cycling apparel company is trying to survive Trump's tariffs. Will the Supreme Court help?

12:07 AM on Saturday, November 1

A small company in Vermont that specializes in women's cycling apparel is at the center of the fight over President Donald Trump's contentious tariff policy

FILE - Gordon Lightfoot performs during the half-time show at the CFL Grey Cup championship football game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Calgary Stampeders on Nov. 25, 2012, in Toronto. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Without the song, 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' may have been largely forgotten

12:05 AM on Saturday, November 1

Without Gordon Lightfoot’s song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 other ships that went down in the Great Lakes before it

FILE - The Fitzgerald in a 1959 file photo, with a crew of 28 to 30 men, was carrying a load of 26,216 tons of taconite pellets. (AP Photo, file)

'The legend lives on': Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years later

12:04 AM on Saturday, November 1

November 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes

This photo taken from video shows Judge David Hejmanowski, back left, officiating the wedding of Andrea Bates, center, and Jessica Scales at the Historic Jail and Sheriff's Residence on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Delaware, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)

Former jail building draws couples for Halloween weddings in Ohio

12:03 AM on Saturday, November 1

Nine couples got married on Halloween inside a former county jail in central Ohio that was decorated for the holiday

People join Olvera Street merchants in a night procession during the Day of the Death festival, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Mexican Americans balance tradition and modernity in Day of the Dead celebrations

12:03 AM on Saturday, November 1

Mexican American families are gathering to honor their ancestors with altars, marigolds and sugar skulls on Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waves to Rita Bellevue as she waits at a bus stop in New York, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

From the subway to social media, NYC mayoral candidates make their closing arguments to voters

12:02 AM on Saturday, November 1

The final stretch of New York City's mayoral race has candidates Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo painting two very different pictures

Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts (50) leaps into the arms of Kiké Hernández (8) after Toronto Blue Jays' Addison Barger, right, was forced out to end Game 6 of baseball's World Series, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Dodgers force World Series to deciding Game 7 by holding off Blue Jays 3-1 as Yamamoto wins again

11:21 PM on Friday, October 31

Yoshinobu Yamamoto beat Toronto for the second time in a week, slumping Mookie Betts hit a two-run single in a three-run third inning and the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers held off the Blue Jays 3-1 to force the World Series to a decisive Game 7

A girl dressed up in scary costume takes part in a Halloween party in Berlin, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Top photos of Halloween celebrated around the world

12:24 PM on Friday, October 31

Today in History: November 1, Seabiscuit wins “Race of the Century”

10:03 PM on Wednesday, October 15

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