Fans cheer along the route during a parade in Los Angeles Monday to celebrate the L.A. Dodgers World Series win. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP LOS ANGELES — Even as they were celebrating their second straight World Series championship with a parade in downtown Los Angeles and a rally at […]
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Tanzania’s President sworn in amid disputed election and deadly protests : NPR
People protest in the streets of Arusha, Tanzania, on election day Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. str/AP hide caption toggle caption str/AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — There was plenty of pomp and ceremony at President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s inauguration ceremony on Monday as she took the oath of office. But unlike at previous swearing in ceremonies […]
SNAP funding; NYC mayor race with Cuomo and Mamdani : NPR
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories President Trump has shown little interest in negotiating with Democrats to end the government shutdown. He spent the weekend in Florida, one […]
Mexican mayor killed during Day of the Dead celebrations in Michoacan : NPR
People carry the coffin of late Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, who was shot during Day of the Dead celebrations, in Uruapan, Michoacan state, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. Eduardo Verdugo/AP hide caption toggle caption Eduardo Verdugo/AP URUAPAN, Mexico — A mayor in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan was shot dead in a plaza in […]
In Chicago, a Halloween weekend of immigration arrests and violence : NPR
A young man confronts federal agents after they arrested a worker at a home in his Edison Park neighborhood on Friday in Chicago. Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images Over the weekend, heightened immigration enforcement actions in and around Chicago led to muted Halloween and Day of the Dead […]
Fire and explosion northwestern Mexico store leave at least 23 dead and 12 injured : NPR
Policeman stands near a convenience store destroyed by a fire in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. Abraham Tellez/AP hide caption toggle caption Abraham Tellez/AP MEXICO CITY — A fire and explosion at a convenience store in northwestern Mexico killed at least 23 people, including children, and injured 12 others, state authorities said. […]
Goats and Soda : NPR
Participants who’d been enrolled in the now canceled program to lift people out of poverty in the Palabek Refugee Settlement in northern Uganda as well as in the local community: (from left) Santa Angwech, 26, a single mother of three who takes care of two other children; Michael Obwoya, 49, an elder in the refugee […]
10 people hospitalized after UK train stabbing attack, 9 with life-threatening injuries : NPR
Emergency personnel inspect a train at the Huntingdon, England, train station in Cambridgeshire after people were stabbed Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. Chris Radburn/PA/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Radburn/PA/AP LONDON (AP) — British police said 10 people have been hospitalized, nine with life-threatening injuries, following a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train Saturday evening, […]
2 new suspects charged in the Louvre jewel heist : NPR
A black curtain hides the window where thieves entered the Louvre museum in Paris, pictured on Oct. 22, three days after historic jewels were stolen in a daring daylight heist. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption toggle caption Thibault Camus/AP PARIS — Two more suspects were charged on Saturday in the Louvre jewel heist case, three days […]
Tanzanian President Hassan wins disputed election : NPR
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan casts her vote at a polling station in Dodoma, Tanzania, on Wednesday. /AP hide caption toggle caption /AP KAMPALA, Uganda — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the country’s disputed election with more than 97% of the vote, according to official results announced early Saturday, in a rare landslide victory […]