“One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi highway was shot and killed early Sunday by a woman who says she feared for the safety of her children. Jessica Bond Ferguson said she was alerted early Sunday by her 16-year-old son who said he thought he had seen a monkey running in the yard outside their home near Heidelberg, Mississippi. She got out of bed, grabbed her firearm and her cellphone and stepped outside where she saw the monkey about 60 feet (18 meters) away. Bond Ferguson said she and other residents had been warned that the escaped monkeys carried diseases so she fired her gun. ‘I did what any other mother would do to protect her children,’ Bond Ferguson, who has five children ranging in age from 4 to 16, told The Associated Press.” (11/03/25)
“The Trump administration has begun detailed planning for a new mission to send U.S. troops and intelligence officers into Mexico to target drug cartels, according to two U.S. officials and two former senior U.S. officials familiar with the effort. The early stages of training for the potential mission, which would include ground operations inside Mexico, has already begun, the two current U.S. officials said. But a deployment to Mexico is not imminent, the two U.S. officials and one of the former U.S. officials said. Discussions about the scope of the mission are ongoing, and a final decision has not been made, the two current U.S. officials said.” (11/03/25)
“Heart-pounding bodycam footage showed a Florida cop take out a knife-wielding madman with a single shot to the head — saving a young boy with his quick action. Footage from just outside Tampa on Sunday afternoon showed Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Deputy Anthony Gonzalez, 25, kick down a bedroom door after hearing a 7-year-old boy pleading for help inside. Gonzales found a man in body armor and a motorcycle helmet holding a knife to the boy’s throat — and the man refused to comply when the deputy raised his gun ordered the man to drop the knife. After several warnings, Gonzalez fired a single shot and dropped the assailant. The suspect was later identified as 27-year-old Mario Camacho, who had been holding a knife to his own younger brother’s throat and choking him out.” (11/03/25)
“Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani struck a defiant tone in an early morning speech Monday in response to President Donald Trump’s ‘threats’ to block federal funding to New York City if the democratic socialist is elected Tuesday. Mamdani marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall …. Flanked by supporters, local officials and Attorney General Letitia James, Mamdani promised to fight back against the Trump administration. … Trump told CBS'[s] Norah O’Donnell on ’60 Minutes’ Sunday that if Mamdani wins, it is ‘going to be hard for me, as the president, to give a lot of money to New York.’ … ‘I’m not a fan of Cuomo one way or the other, but if it’s going to be between a bad Democrat and a communist, I’m going to pick that bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you’ …. Mamdani on Monday referenced Trump’s aforementioned comments as an endorsement of Cuomo.” (11/03/25)
“Spain’s Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz went on trial Monday over allegations of leaking confidential information in an unprecedented and politically charged case that looms large over Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s left-wing government. … García Ortiz is accused of having leaked an email to journalists from a lawyer who was representing the partner of Madrid’s influential regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso, one of Spain’s main opposition leaders. García Ortiz has denied the charges and has received public support from Sánchez on more than one occasion.” (11/03/25)
“Public health officials in San Francisco said no ‘immediate action’ is needed to protect public safety after airborne plutonium was detected in the city. In 2024, the radioactive substance Pu-239 was detected in the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, which was used as a repair shipyard for the U.S. Navy for nearly 30 years. The plutonium was detected in an air filter in November 2024, but the San Francisco Health Department said in a letter to Navy officials that it was not alerted until last month. … Pu-239 has a half-life of over 24,000 years and can stay in the body for decades even if ingested or inhaled in small amounts, potentially increasing the risk of developing cancer.” (11/03/25)
“The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday after federal officials began reviewing ‘serious concerns about his personal conduct,’ according to a government spokesperson. Dr. George Tidmarsh, who was named to the FDA post in July, was placed on leave Friday after officials in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of General Counsel were notified of the issues, HHS press secretary Emily Hilliard said in an email. Tidmarsh then resigned Sunday morning. … The departure came the same day that a drugmaker connected to one of Tidmarsh’s former business associates filed a lawsuit alleging that he made ‘false and defamatory statements,’ during his time at the FDA. The lawsuit, brought by Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, alleges that Tidmarsh used his FDA position to pursue a ‘longstanding personal vendetta’ against the chair of the company’s board of directors, Kevin Tang.” (11/02/25)
“The U.S. military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Saturday. Hegseth, in a social media post, said a U.S.-designated terrorist organization allegedly operated the vessel but did not name which group was targeted. He said three people were [murdered] in the strike. It’s at least the 15th such strike carried out by the U.S. military in the Caribbean or eastern Pacific since early September. The U.S. military has now [murdered] at least 64 people in the strikes.” (11/02/25)
“Hundreds of riot police separated opponents and loyalists of Serbia’s autocratic president, Aleksandar Vučić, in central Belgrade on Sunday as political tensions boiled after a year of anti-government protests. Several thousand people faced off on both sides of the police cordons, with officers in riot gear standing in rows between shouting crowds who threw bottles and flares at each other. Tensions in Belgrade soared a day after tens of thousands of people joined a huge rally in the northern city of Novi Sad which marked the first anniversary of a train station disaster there that killed 16 people and triggered a youth-led movement demanding political changes, challenging Vučić’s firm grip on power.” (11/02/25)
“Leaving his home in Ontario to work at a food bank Thursday morning, Carlos Jimenez pulled over to warn a group of federal agents that they should wrap up their stop of a car quickly because school-age children would soon gather there to take the bus, his lawyers said Sunday. In the following moments, the attorneys said an ICE officer shot Jimenez, a U.S. citizen and father of three, from behind. Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, said at the time that Jimenez had ‘attempted to run officers over by reversing directly at them without stopping’ and that the shots were ‘defensive.’ Jimenez, 25, was charged in federal court with assault on a federal officer. A judge released him on bond Friday.” (11/02/25)
