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• Shutdown, Day 1: The federal government shut down at midnight after a deadlocked Congress failed to reach a deal on funding. Republicans and Democrats are at odds over enhanced Obamacare subsidies.

The holiest Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, begins at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 1, described as the Day of Atonement where fasting, prayer and repentance will take place for 25 hours. Yom Kippur is ...

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Today is Wednesday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2025 with 91 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune ...