Donald Trump, Sesame Street, Vanilla Ice & More - 10/31/2023

A Morning News Update That Takes Into Account The News Stories You Deem 'Highly Conversational'

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Today's Rundown:
Trial begins on whether Trump should be kept off the 2024 ballot in Colorado
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trial-whether-trump-kept-2024-ballot-colorado-begins-rcna122728

Sesame Street Getting “Reimagined” for Season 56
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sesame-street-changing-format-tales-from-123-season-56-1235623888/

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ rides PG-13 rating, video game fame to Halloween box office crown
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/30/five-nights-at-freddys-dominates-halloween-box-office.html

Robert De Niro Faces Off Against Ex-Assistant In Discrimination Trial
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/robert-de-niro-faces-off-against-ex-assistant-discrimination-trial-1235630577/

GM Reaches Tentative Agreement With UAW, Ending Six-Week Strike
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/gm-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-uaw-ending-six-week-strike

Georgia Woman Wins $3 Million In Settlement Against Dunkin’ Donuts For Hot Coffee Spill
https://uinterview.com/news/georgia-woman-wins-3-million-in-settlement-against-dunkin-donuts-for-hot-coffee-spill/

Cornell University police investigating online threats targeting Jewish students
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cornell-university-investigating-online-threats-targeting-jewish-stude-rcna122735

Pharmacy staff from CVS, Walgreens stores in US start 3-day walkout
https://news.yahoo.com/pharmacy-staff-cvs-walgreens-stores-115912179.html

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ONE DAY OLDER ON OCTOBER 31
Dan Rather (92)
Deidre Hall (76)
Rob Van Winkle (56)

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
1990: Singer Billy Idol dumped 600 dead fish on his opening act, Faith No More, during a Seattle concert and put four pigs and a goat in their dressing room. The group retaliated by parading naked on stage during Idol’s encore.
2002: A four-year-old Austrian boy was so disgusted by his grandmother’s plum dumplings he dialed 911 for help. The dispatcher pleaded with the boy to give grandmother’s dumplings another chance. He finally agreed and hung up.
2017 A judge in Maui, Hawaii ordered a man to write his ex-girlfriend 144 compliments after violating a protection order and sending 144 nasty text messages.

PLUS, TODAY WE CEOLEBRATE: Halloween
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween