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What DC Courts can and can’t do during a government shutdown 10/02/2025 05:07pm • When the government shuts down, certain limitations are placed on D.C.’s courts. Here’s a list of what to know about court operations: Litigation According to a contingency plan posted to the U.S. Department of Justice’s website, criminal litigation will continue without interruption. That� Panthers' Chuba Hubbard misses second practice, status for Sunday vs. Dolphins in doubt 10/02/2025 04:28pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard missed his second straight day of practice, raising doubts about his availability for Sunday's game against the Miami Dolphins. Hubbard played through a calf injury this past Sunday against New England, but coach Dave Canales said Imelda weakens after downing trees and power lines in Bermuda as a hurricane 10/02/2025 02:52pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The clean up began across Bermuda on Thursday after Hurricane Imelda swiped past the tiny British territory as a Category 2 storm, downing trees, power lines and transformers. “There has been no significant damage and, most importantly, no reported casualties,” Pre EPA's job is to protect America's air, water and land. Here's how a shutdown affects that effort 10/02/2025 01:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency was already reeling from massive staff cuts and dramatic shifts in priority and policy. A government shutdown raises new questions about how it can carry out its founding mission of protecting America's health and environment with little more t No. 12 Georgia looks to bounce back from a tough loss with its goals still intact 10/02/2025 01:24pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Bulldogs are hurting. Kirby Smart doesn't mind a bit. From his perspective, a crushing loss to Alabama will go a long way toward determining if this team has what it takes to make another championship run. So far, the coach likes what he sees. “The more invested you ar DoorDash closes on $3.9 billion buyout of Deliveroo in the UK 10/02/2025 12:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — DoorDash has finalized its acquisition of the U.K. food delivery company Deliveroo, saying Thursday that the boards of both companies approved the nearly $4 billion deal announced earlier this year. Word of DoorDash's interest in Deliveroo began to circulate in April and the San Myanmar's military says it has recaptured a key central town from ethnic rebels 10/02/2025 12:00pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has taken back control of a major district capital in Shan State more than a year after losing it to an armed ethnic minority rebel group, state media reported on Thursday. The recapture of Kyaukme, about 115 kilometers (70 miles) northeast of Mandalay, the coun Everybody in Washington hates a shutdown until it becomes a useful tool 10/02/2025 11:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government had shut down, and Donald Trump was calling on Democrats and Republicans to work together to get out of the mess. “You have to get people in a room, and you have to just make deals for the good of the country,” Trump remarked. The year was 2013, and Trump Earthquake with preliminary 5 magnitude shakes Istanbul, causing panic 10/02/2025 09:06am • ISTANBUL (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake shook Istanbul and other parts of northwestern Turkey on Thursday, Turkey’s emergency services said. The quake sent people running from buildings and forced evacuations from schools, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The t 2 Vietnamese officials accused of sexual attack evade extradition to New Zealand 10/02/2025 05:19am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two Vietnamese officials accused of sexually attacking two young female servers at a restaurant in New Zealand won’t return to face criminal charges after attempts to extradite them failed, New Zealand authorities said Thursday. New Zealand police would not disclos Youth-led anti-government protests in Morocco turn deadly, with 2 killed in a small town 10/02/2025 02:01am • RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Anti-government demonstrators in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night on Wednesday, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence. Police opened fire at the protesters in a southern town, reportedly in self-defense, killing two Hurricane Imelda descends on Bermuda with damaging wind and waves 10/01/2025 11:36pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Imelda was nearly on top of Bermuda late Wednesday as a Category 2 storm that forecasters warned was expected to bring potentially destructive weather to the British territory. “Imelda's core now moving over Bermuda where hurricane-force winds, damaging wav The Latest: Vote to end government shutdown fails as Democrats hold firm on health care demands 10/01/2025 10:10pm • The U.S. Senate adjourned for the day on Wednesday with no resolution on how to reopen the government. Blame was being cast on all sides on the first day of the shutdown. A vote to end the government shutdown failed earlier Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out 10/01/2025 06:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown. Now they have to figure out how to get out of it. Just hours after the shutdown began, Senate Democra 'This is not a game': Maryland leaders respond to government shutdown 10/01/2025 06:00pm • State and local leaders in Maryland wasted no time in holding news conferences on Wednesday morning, just hours after the government shutdown began. Democrats in the state capital cast blame on Republicans while vowing to do what they could to help federal workers who would be hurt by a long,