SNAP benefits set to expire this week. And, Jamaica braces for a Category 5 storm

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 More than 40 million Americans will soon be...

Trump Administration Dismisses Risks of Atrazine, a Farm Herbicide


But in a new follow-up evaluation released earlier this month, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)—which collaborates with the EPA on assessing how pesticides affect at-risk plants and animals—dismissed those risks. Atrazine use poses little to no...

What A House of Dynamite gets wrong about a REAL nuclear attack: Expert gives their verdict on Idris Elba's terrifying new film

A nuclear missile is heading towards the United States, and officials have less than 20 minutes to do something before 10million people are wiped out in an instant. That is the horrifying premise of director Kathryn Bigelow's new film A House of...

Senator Katie Britt Backs Legislation to Safeguard SNAP Benefits for 750,000 Alabamians Amid Government Shutdown

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 27, 2025 - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) has joined Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in co-sponsoring the Keep SNAP Funded Act, a bill aimed at ensuring uninterrupted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...

Handpicked by Locals: 5 places to eat, drink and explore in Ocean Beach

Teaching and helping innocent people, especially those from underrepresented communities, is the mission and passion of Justin Brooks, a criminal defense attorney, author and law professor at the University of San Diego. Brooks has spent the last...

COMMENTARY: Trump’s in his Louis XIV era, and it’s not a good look

To say that President Donald Trump is unfazed by the nationwide "No Kings" rally, which vies for bragging rights as perhaps the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, is the sort of understatement too typical when describing his monarchical...

Five reasons Brian Kelly failed at LSU

Brian Kelly came to LSU in late 2021 with a clear and realistic purpose: to win a national championship. His three predecessors as Tigers coach -- Ed Orgeron, Les Miles and Nick Saban -- all led LSU to titles by the end of their fourth full...

Real American Heroes Who Are Almost Forgotten Today - Part 2

Northern Cheyenne Chiefs "Little Wolf" (L) and "Morning Star" (R), who was also known as "Dull Knife." Photo by William Jackson, 1873. In Part 1 of this series, I introduced you to two famous Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne people, namely “Little...

The 2025 November Elections Preview

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Welcome to The Resistance

und 4,500 people attended the Richfield rally at 66th and Penn Ave. Lines went for blocks down both sides of both streets (photo/Stephanie Fox) BY ED FELIEN “Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.” Jefferson, Franklin, Adams. They called it a...

Hurricane Melissa intensifies with storm expected to make landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday

Hurricane Melissa is hours away from its expected landfall in Jamaica late Tuesday morning or early Tuesday afternoon, but the storm has already been deadly. The hurricane is set to hit Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to...

Who is Kellie Gerardi and why Jupiter declared a day to celebrate her

Jupiter native Kellie Gerardi became the 90th woman to visit space on a Virgin Galactic flight in 2023. The Town of Jupiter honored the astronaut by naming Nov. 2 "Kellie Gerardi Day." Gerardi is preparing for her second space flight in 2026,...

Town honor Jupiter native, woman astronaut. Nov. 2 is Kellie Gerardi Day

JUPITER — On the second anniversary of Jupiter native Kellie Gerardi making the trip to space, the town has seen fit for all to celebrate, declaring Nov. 2 "Kellie Gerardi Day." Gerardi was the 90th woman to visit space, and "carried the spirit of...

Beverly ‘Bev’ H. Winninghoff

KEWASKUM Beverly ‘Bev’ H. Winninghoff Aug. 23, 1939 — Oct. 17, 2025 Beverly “Bev” H. Winninghoff (nee Bruggink), age 86, passed away on Friday, October 17, 2025, at the Kettle Moraine Gardens in Kewaskum. She was born on August 23, 1939, to Harold...

Desert Ten, deployed soldiers take on the Army 10-Miler

Josh Little gives instruction to runners before the start of the Ten-Miler at Camp Buerhing, Kuwait. (Andrew Lightsey IV) Sweat, dust and smiles adorned the faces of runners early on Oct. 12, 2025. The group of 530 Soldiers and civilians arrived...

Small businesses become Congress’s latest pressure point during shutdown

Small businesses are a new focal point of Democrats’ and Republicans’ messaging series on the consequences of the government shutdown, as both parties seek to apply pressure on the other to reopen the federal government and avoid any more program...

Which Big Ten football stadiums are the best, most underrated and overrated?

Editor’s note: This article is part of our College Football Stadium Rankings series, highlighting the most interesting venues across the country. By Scott Dochterman, Austin Meek, Mitch Sherman and Cameron Teague Robinson The Big House. The...

Food banks in US alarmed, see surge in demand amid govt shutdown

Food banks in the U.S. were already struggling after federal program cuts earlier this year, but now they're bracing for a tsunami of hungry people if a pause in federal food aid to low-income people kicks in this weekend amid the government...

The Movement: When does Trump 2028 become a serious push?

Is there a point at which Republicans and the broader conservative movement take President Trump’s third-term push seriously and start trying to make it happen? His former adviser Steve Bannon told The Economist that there...

Shut Out: Inequitable Access to After School Programs Grows

Manny Padia’s first job with an Arizona summer program for children changed his life when a young boy asked if he would be his father. “I had to let him know I couldn’t be his dad, but I could be his friend,” said Padia, 49. The boy’s request made...