News for October 20, 2025

Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir says she was abused by her father as a child and suggests he may have taken hush money from Jeffrey Epstein.

An Amazon Web Services outage in Northern Virginia showed how much of the internet depends on one cloud provider and one key region.

The USDA says SNAP food benefits could be delayed in November if the government shutdown lasts, raising concern for more than 40 million people who rely on the aid.

Former President Joe Biden has finished a round of radiation therapy for aggressive prostate cancer, marking progress in his treatment but not necessarily the end of it.

Adam Driver says he keeps choosing filmmaker-led projects, and he revealed that a planned Steven Soderbergh “Star Wars” movie about Ben Solo was approved by Lucasfilm but later rejected by Disney.

President Donald Trump’s plan to buy beef from Argentina to help lower U.S. beef prices is drawing sharp criticism from ranchers, who say it would hurt American producers.

CDC scientists are missing a major infectious disease conference in Atlanta because of the federal shutdown and related Trump administration limits on agency participation.

Atlanta police say they stopped Billy Cagle from carrying out a mass shooting at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after his family warned them he was heading there to “shoot it up.”

Nicholas Rossi was sentenced to five years in Utah for one rape conviction, after prosecutors said he faked his death and fled the country to avoid charges.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said his office is issuing criminal subpoenas to Roblox over child safety concerns and alleged abuse on the platform.

Ian Cleary was sentenced to two to four years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman at Gettysburg College and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you.”

Halloween spending is set to hit a record this year, but higher candy, costume, and drink prices are making the holiday more expensive for shoppers.

Jeff Bezos sold his Seattle mansion for a record $63 million after moving with Lauren Sánchez to Miami, where they now live in a much larger compound.

Charlie Scharf used a steady, disciplined approach to help Wells Fargo recover from years of scandal and win back trust from the Federal Reserve.