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Joyful Day of the Dead commemorations rally US Latino communities despite immigration raid fears 11/01/2025 06:58pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than 100 people followed Aztec dancers through an arch of paper flowers into El Colegio High School on Saturday morning to visit altars that students had created to commemorate Día de Muertos or Day of the Dead. “It’s ... a way of greeting our ancestors into our homes, Sayin has 4 TD throws, top-ranked Ohio State takes control in 2nd half for 38-14 win over Penn State 11/01/2025 05:31pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State's defense received plenty of attention entering Saturday's game against Penn State, especially with former defensive coordinator Jim Knowles coming back to Ohio Stadium. However, it was the Buckeyes' increasingly high-powered offense that made sure Knowles' return Israel says the latest remains returned from Gaza by Hamas are not of hostages 11/01/2025 05:07pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said Saturday, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. The handover followed Israel’s return on Friday of the bodies of 30 Palestini Tanzania's President Hassan wins disputed election with more than 97% of vote 11/01/2025 04:38pm • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the country’s disputed election with more than 97% of the vote, according to official results announced Saturday. Her two main opponents had both been prevented from running, leaving her virtually unopposed. Hassan, who took pow QB Kyler Murray won't start, could play as Cardinals take 5-game skid into Dallas 11/01/2025 01:44pm • Arizona (2-5) at Dallas (3-4-1) Monday, 8:25 p.m. EST, ESPN/ABC. BetMGM line: Cowboys by 2 1/2. Against the spread: Cardinals 4-3; Cowboys 4-4. Series record: Cowboys lead 56-35-1. Last meeting: Cardinals beat Cowboys 28-16 in Glendale, Arizona, on Sept. 24, 2023. Last week: Cardinals were off after Former Kentucky Gov. Martha Layne Collins has died at 88 11/01/2025 01:16pm • LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, died on Saturday. She was 88. The Democrat's most visible legacy is a sprawling Toyota auto assembly plant — arguably the biggest industrial plum of its day and the linchpin of her economic-develop Halloween and a declining Christian tradition coexist on All Saints' Day in Spain 11/01/2025 10:49am • MADRID (AP) — Skeletons, ghosts, and monsters of all kinds took to the streets of many cities in Spain at nightfall to celebrate Halloween. The next morning, an older generation flocked to the country’s cemeteries to remember their dead. The sobriety of the Catholic tradition, by which on All Sa Pope declares Cardinal Newman a church doctor and signals Catholic education is a priority 11/01/2025 10:00am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, the deeply influential 19th- century British convert and theologian, declaring him a doctor of the church and holding him up as a model for Catholic educators. Only 37 othe What’s up in the sky for November 2025? Leonid meteor shower, full hunter's supermoon 11/01/2025 09:48am • “What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the next edition. Welcome to WTOP’s monthly feature, “What’s Up In DMV Skies.” Each Without the song, 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' may have been largely forgotten 11/01/2025 07:25am • NASHOTAH, Wis. (AP) — Without Gordon Lightfoot's song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 other ships that went down in the Great Lakes before it. Lightfoot was inspired to write his ode to the Fitzgerald and the 29 men who died on board af Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares says he will 'seek common ground' in event of split ticket 11/01/2025 05:04am • Democrat Abigail Spanberger holds a commanding lead over Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia's governor's race, and Democratic candidate Ghazala Hashmi has a slight edge over Republican John Reid for lieutenant governor. But, Democratic challenger Jay Jones trails incumbent Attorney Genera What DC-area leaders are saying about judges' order to continue SNAP payments during shutdown 11/01/2025 04:19am • Most D.C.-area leaders agree with two federal judges’ rulings Friday, ordering President Donald Trump's administration to continue paying for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown. State attorneys general and g Today in History: November 1, Seabiscuit wins “Race of the Century” 11/01/2025 04:10am • Today is Saturday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2025. There are 60 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 1, 1938, in a two-horse match, Seabiscuit defeated the favored Triple Crown winner War Admiral by four lengths in what was dubbed the “Race of the Century” at Pimlico Race Course in Blue Jays' Max Scherzer gets second World Series Game 7 start after Dodgers force winner-take-all 11/01/2025 02:54am • TORONTO (AP) — Max Scherzer is about to become the only living pitcher to start two winner-take-all Game 7s in the World Series. Baseball will have its ultimate finale Saturday night when Scherzer and the Toronto Blue Jays play the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are trying to become the first team to wi Bill Belichick wins first ACC game as North Carolina rallies to defeat Syracuse 27-10 11/01/2025 12:35am • SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Demon June accounted for two touchdowns and nearly 200 yards on offense, Gio Lopez threw for two scores, and Bill Belichick won his first Atlantic Coast Conference game when North Carolina came from behind to defeat Syracuse 27-10 Friday night. “Feels good. Feels great," Be