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Sen. @SenAlexPadilla says questions over whether SpaceX's Starlink slowdown in Ukraine was used to get more U.S. money are "worth an inquiry." @elonmusk says Ukraine broke Starlink's terms with offensive drone strikes; Kyiv denies it. The Pentagon IG declined to investigate.

Seven people were shot, one fatally, at a Spirit Halloween store inside Solano Town Center in Fairfield, California, around 8:30 p.m. Friday, @FairfieldPolice says. At least three are in critical condition. No suspect has been identified or detained. Tips: 707-428-7600.

Jamal Murray scored 39 points, 28 in the second half, and Christian Braun added a career-high 31 as the @nuggets beat the @Suns 127-120 in the NBA Cup on Friday. Denver made 20 3-pointers. Phoenix's Dillon Brooks was ejected in the third quarter for kicking Murray in the groin.

Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs told @TheJusticeDept its list of 400+ alleged noncitizen registered voters includes U.S. citizens and is "not reliable." DOJ had asked @secstatewa to set aside those voters' ballots until citizenship is verified. Election Day is Nov. 3.

Two people were arrested Oct. 29 on suspicion of murdering Christina Downer, 38, sister of SNL writer Jimmy Fowlie, @LAPDHQ says. Boyfriend Delorean Bijon Brandon, 41, and Kaylee Nicole Markowski, 34, are held on $2M bail each. Downer was reported missing Dec. 18, 2025.

Investigators in Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping met with lab scientists in Florida this month on further DNA analysis, Pima County Sheriff's Department said Friday. Guthrie, 84, Savannah Guthrie's mother, was taken from her Tucson-area home Feb. 1. @FBIPhoenix is assisting.

Warriors 112, Lakers 95 Friday at Chase Center in an NBA Cup game. Golden State trailed 38-15 after one quarter and erased a 25-point deficit. Stephen Curry scored 31 (8-of-14 from 3). Luka Doncic had 37 for LA, 21 in the first quarter. @warriors @Lakers

New York's @NYSDEC served a cease-and-desist order Friday after workers returned to a Manhattan water tower whose roof was removed Thursday, exposing a nest of five young barn owls. @BirdCentralPark and others call it Manhattan's first known barn owl nest in modern history.

Michigan Senate nominee @AbdulElSayed's campaign asked @RepHaleyStevens, his former primary rival, to skip its remaining events, per Politico and USA Today. Stevens had demanded he condemn an outside PAC ad she called antisemitic and apologize for his rhetoric on Israel.

The @dallasmavs beat the @HoustonRockets 116-111 Friday, handing Houston its first loss after a 5-0 start. Kyrie Irving scored 35 points and Cooper Flagg added 33. Kevin Durant led Houston with 28. Dallas improves to 4-2 with the NBA Cup Group A win.

UK discount chain Poundland has filed notice to appoint administrators, putting about 12,000 jobs at roughly 600 stores at risk. US owner Gordon Brothers, which bought it for £1 last year, rejected a bid from Martin Property Group. Stores remain open for now.

Two helicopters collided about 500 feet up near McMinnville, Oregon, Thursday, killing all three aboard: instructor Maddie Aasbo, 22, UK student pilot Christopher Joughin, 31, and pilot Tyler Sturdevant, 38, on a test flight. @NTSB_Newsroom and @FAANews are investigating.

California High-Speed Rail CEO Ian Choudri resigned, citing personal and family priorities. An inspector general found $592,000 in unallowable consultant travel costs, including premium flights and rides to gyms and a nightclub. Finance Director Joe Stephenshaw is interim CEO.

Nikita Kucherov has told the @TBLightning he will not re-sign and has requested a trade, per @FriedgeHNIC of @Sportsnet. ESPN and TSN also report it. Kucherov, 33, and agent Dan Milstein met with GM Julien BriseBois Friday. He is in the final year of an 8-year, $76M deal.

Google says its Suncatcher satellite ran the first AI prompt on a data center TPU in orbit. @GoogleDeepMind's Gemma 4 wrote a haiku: "Blue marble below / Data streams in silent grace / Starlight feeds my core." Built with @planet, it launched Oct. 1. Two more are planned for 2027.

Police entered Poland's Constitutional Tribunal grounds in Warsaw Friday after judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska suspended its president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and his deputy for a month. President @NawrockiKn cut short a Senegal trip. PiS's Jarosław Kaczyński blamed @donaldtusk.

The @TheJusticeDept told the Daily Caller it is reviewing Minnesota's felony charges against @JamesOKeefeIII and @camhigby and is "concerned about intimidation related to First Amendment activity." Prosecutors say the pair gave poll workers real voters' names. Neither voted.

India's space agency @isro says its GSLV-F18 rocket placed the NVS-03 navigation satellite in its intended orbit Friday after liftoff at 11:51 PM IST from Sriharikota. It joins NavIC, which has had three working satellites, short of the four needed for standalone positioning.

The @TheJusticeDept amended its Alaska Senate suit Thursday, alleging @MaryPeltola's campaign and @DSCC misled a judge about recruiting a second Daniel J. Sullivan. DOJ wants certification blocked if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses and those votes would flip it. Both deny wrongdoing.

Bloomberg's @jasonschreier reports @EA closed @bioware and dropped its next Mass Effect game to fund Star Wars: Battlefront 3, not yet in development, amid $18 billion in buyout debt. EA says the decision, announced Oct. 21, followed "months of planning, review, and analysis."