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Sunday, October 1, 2023

Shutdown averted – barely

Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend.

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Sun Oct 1 2023

 

Catch up. Quick.

What happened this weekend? Congress passed a temporary funding bill with just hours to go before a government shutdown. The United States' overseas woes at the Ryder Cup continued. And U2 delivered a jaw-dropping opening night at Las Vegas' Sphere.

Here's the biggest news you missed. 👇

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters following a closed-door meeting with House Republicans after his last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open collapsed yesterday, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.

In a stunning turn of events and in an 11th-hour push, Congress averted a government shutdown with just hours to spare. Here's how it happened.

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Bono adopted his persona of The Fly during U2's performance of songs from "Achtung Baby" at the opening night of the Sphere in Las Vegas, Sept. 29, 2023.
 

Inside U2's stunning opening night Sphere Las Vegas concert

U2 was the perfect band to unveil the Sphere Las Vegas (picture IMAX inside the Death Star) with a show that visually dazzled and bled with sincerity.

 

Europe wraps up Ryder Cup, extends USA's overseas losing streak

Team USA tried to rally around a controversy involving a hat, but it was too little too late.

Texas running back Jaydon Blue (23) carries the ball through the Kansas defense in the fourth quarter, Saturday, Sept. 30 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin.
 

Texas rises in top five of coaches poll, while Utah, LSU take tumble

An impressive win by Texas caused changes in the top five of the US LBM Coaches Poll, while Utah and LSU tumbled after losses.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the California GOP Fall convention on September 29, 2023 in Anaheim, California. Presidential candidates set to speak at the convention include former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, and entrepreneur, Vivek Ramaswamy. The event takes place from September 29 through October 1.
 

Prosecutors say Trump may have broken the law admiring gun on campaign stop

Donald Trump during a campaign stop in South Carolina said he wanted to buy a gun. Prosecutors say he could have broken the law.

Giant Panda Tian Tian is seen at the Giant Panda exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Zoo his mate Mei Xiang rests indoors August 7, 2013 in Washington, DC. Scientists at the National Zoo say Mei Xiang is experiencing hormone changes and showing increasingly obvious behavioral shifts indications that she could be pregnant. Mei Xiang has had only one successful pregnancy since 2005 when she gave birth to Tai Shan. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI  (Photo credit should read   BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
 

Say goodbye to the pandas: All bears on US soil set to return to China

U.S. zoos are losing their pandas. The giant black-and-white bears are going back to China after their contracts are up.

Simone Biles qualified for her sixth world championship, the most ever for a U.S. woman.
 

Simone Biles will have fifth skill named for her

Simone Biles will have the Yurchenko double pike vault named for her after doing it at world championships. It will be fifth skill to have her name.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks with members of the media following a meeting of the Republican House caucus on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. The government is expected to enter a shutdown at midnight if a last-minute budget deal is not reached by the House on Saturday.
 

Matt Gaetz will try to boot Kevin McCarthy from House speakership this week

Matt Gaetz announced he will file a motion to vacate against Kevin McCarthy to oust him for the speakership.

FILE - A stack of the Marion County Record sits in the back of the newspaper's building, awaiting unbundling, sorting and distribution, Aug. 16, 2023, in Marion, Kan.
 

'A bunch of hicks': Police chief suspended after raid on Kansas paper

Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody led the controversial August raid, which included police officers and sheriff's deputies, at the Marion County Record.

A Virginia man won $120,000 after his lottery ticket numbers hit 24 times in one drawing
 

Virginia man wins lottery 24 times in a row using a consecutive number

Virginia man bought 24 tickets using the number 8 four times and won a grand prize of $120,000.

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