GST 2.0 fuels $68 billion festival shopping boom in India
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
November 03, 2025
bloomberg
Spending between Sept. 22 and Oct. 21 — the period between the Hindu festivals of Navratri and Diwali — increased 8.5% from the same time last year
'I don't know who he is', says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon
Osmond Chia
BBC News
November 03, 2025
bbc-news
The president pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder of the world's largest crypto exchange, in October.
Judge to weigh plea deal of funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies
JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press
ABC News
November 03, 2025
abc-news
A Colorado funeral home owner has taken a plea deal after stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building
Abu Dhabi hosts oil summit as OPEC+ halts production hikes planned for first quarter of 2026
JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
ABC News
November 03, 2025
abc-news
Abu Dhabi hosts a major oil summit Monday, just after the OPEC+ group of the cartel and its allies announced they would halt planned production increases for early 2026
California law to protect Jewish students faces challenge over free speech concerns
JANIE HAR Associated Press
ABC News
November 03, 2025
abc-news
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is challenging a new California law designed to protect Jewish students from discrimination
Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues
MORIAH BALINGIT Associated Press, MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press
ABC News
November 03, 2025
abc-news
The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving many working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation’s neediest children out of preschool
Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues
MORIAH BALINGIT Associated Press, MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press
ABC News
November 03, 2025
abc-news
The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving many working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation’s neediest children out of preschool
What to Stream: 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps,' Tracy Morgan, Kim Kardashian and 'Downton Abbey'
The Associated Press
ABC News
November 03, 2025
abc-news
The earnest superhero team-up tale “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” and Tracy Morgan returning to TV with a new comedy called “Crutch” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you
Hearings to focus on National Guard deployments in the nation's capital and Memphis, Tennessee
JOHN RAAND JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press
ABC News
November 03, 2025
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Hearings are set in two states over the deployment of the National Guard as part of President Donald Trump's crime-fighting efforts
Judge extends block on National Guard deployment into Portland
Peter Charalambous, Vanessa Navarrete
ABC News
November 03, 2025
abc-news
A federal judge on Sunday extended her order blocking President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops into Portland.