New Jersey recorded the lowest number of shootings in 2023 since record keeping began in 2009, while as of October 2023 California had the most mass shootings in the United States, with 26 total shootings since 1982

The Texas State Board of Education approved a controversial, Bible-infused curriculum for public school students in kindergarten through fifth grade; schools will not be required to use "BlueBonnet" curriculum but will receive extra funding if they do

Three daughters of Malcolm X have sued the CIA, the US intelligence agency, the FBI, the federal police investigative agency, and the New York Police Department accusing them of responsibility for the 1965 murder of the civil rights leader

Dozens of monkeys escaped a research facility in South Carolina last week after an employee improperly locked the fence; of the 43 Rhesus macaques that broke out, only one has been captured in the following hours and many are still at large

Republican former President Trump has been elected as the United States’ 47th president following wins in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, in the 2024 race against Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris who would have been the country's first female President