Iconic chimp researcher Jane Goodall dies at the age of 91

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

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Iconic chimp researcher Jane Goodall dies at the age of 91; the federal government shuts down as Donald Trump gleefully posted racist videos on social media; and unapologetic white supremacist Nick Fuentes pleads with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to cool it with the antisemitism.

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1 | Jane Goodall, pioneering chimpanzee expert who revealed the animals' human links, dies aged 91

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2 | No end in sight as senators leave DC until Friday and White House threatens 'imminent' layoffs

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3 | Trump posts another vulgar and racist AI video mocking Jeffries hours ahead of government shutdown

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4 | White supremacist Nick Fuentes pleads with Tucker Carlson to tone down his antisemitism

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5 | New York rapper who joined Trump at campaign rally jailed for attempted murder

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More young adults in the U.S. are getting cancer, and experts don't know why.

Expanded screening and better detection may offer two explanations for more "early-onset" cases — referring to those in people under 50 — but doctors say there have to be additional explanations.

Some oncologists say they've already ruled out genetics.

"Our genome just doesn't change so quickly over several decades," Dr. Ulrike Peters, of Seattle's Fred Hutch Cancer Center, told the National Cancer Institute.

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Number of years after Hunter S. Thompson's death that

Colorado authorities announced they will be reviewing

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"Oh, I think it's funny"

Vice President JD Vance on the multiple deepfake AI videos that Donald Trump has posted of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero and a cartoonishly large mustache, insisting there is nothing racist about the memes and it is all in good fun.

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