The Latest: 10/31/2025 09:59am ET

All the latest national and international news. Topics also include finance, weather and entertainment.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour in just four minutes.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
FBI Director Cash Pttel says a potential terror attack has
been thwarted. In a post on x this morning, Patel
said multiple suspects have been arrested in Michigan who are
allegedly plotting a violent attack this weekend. Pattel added that
more details will be forthcoming. California Attorney General Rob Bonta
is suing the Trump administration over what he calls the

(00:31):
unlawful suspension of SNAP benefits.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
The federal administration has cut off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,
or SNAP, allowing more than forty one million Americans who
rely on federal food assistants to go hungry.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Banta held a press conference at the Los Angeles Regional
Food Bank to announce the lawsuit. Members of the National
Guard we're helping with warehouse duties, which Monta pointed out
as an appropriate use of the Guard, unlike how President
Trump has deployed them, provides monthly electronic benefits to low
income individuals and families to help them buy groceries. Major

(01:07):
airlines are calling on Congress to end the shutdown and
pay air traffic controllers. The federal government shutdown is now
in its thirty first day, and US air traffic controllers
didn't get their paycheck this week. Now, Delta, United American,
and Southwest Airlines are all urging the US Senate to
pass a resolution that would pay federal employees. The Trump

(01:29):
administration is offering to help Caribbean nations hit hard by
Hurricane Melissa. More from Rory O'Neill.

Speaker 4 (01:37):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the administration is in
close contact with governments in the region, with rescue and
response teams at the ready, along with critical life saving supplies.
He specifically mentioned Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, and Haiti. Rubio,
whose parents immigrated to the US from Cuba, said storm
relief to that island should be coordinated through on governmental organizations.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
On Wall Street, sm P five hundred and NASDAC are
on the rise. I'm Michael Kassner. A Harvard Medical School
study shows that COVID during pregnancy is linked to a
higher risk of autism. More from Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 5 (02:16):
Researchers studied more than eighteen thousand berths in Massachusetts during
the early days of the COVID nineteen epidemic, before vaccines
were available. The study, published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology,
showed that of the eight hundred and sixty one pregnant
women who contracted coronavirus, one hundred and forty gave birth
to children diagnosed with autism, spectrum disorders, or other neurodevelopmental

(02:39):
issues by the age of three. Doctor Andrea Edlow co
author of the study, and emphasizes that while the findings
don't prove that COVID during pregnancy causes autism, it shows
an association. I'm Sarah Lee Kessler.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
Sean Ditty Combs is now in federal prison to begin
his sentence for prostitution related charges. On Thursday, comme checked
into Fort Dicks, a low security prison in New Jersey.
Combs will serve roughly two and a half years at
Fort Dix after being convicted of transportation to engage in prostitution.
iHeart Media has been named the exclusive audio partner for

(03:15):
next year's Winter Olympics by NBC Universal Matt Mattinson with details.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
The coverage will include play by play audio channels as
well as the original iHeart podcast Two Guys five rings
with Bowen Yang and Matt Rodgers. The twenty twenty six
Games will be held in Milan and Courtina, Dompezo, Italy,
with the opening ceremony taking place February sixth. The Winter
Games will see the return of NHL players in the
hockey tournament for the first time since twenty fourteen. Meanwhile,

(03:42):
former Olympic champion skier Lindsay Vaughn is attempting a comeback
to compete in Italy after retiring in twenty nineteen. I
Met Mattinson.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
Netflix is out with a second trailer for the final
season of Stranger Things. The latest look at the show's
fifth season sees the villain Jna trying to invade the
real world. I'm Michael Kassner.