What happened today, Thursday, October 22: the day's top U.S. news
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- Britt McHenry throws drink at a fan during Wizards home opener, video shows
Britt McHenry, a former ESPN reporter who is now a U.S. State Department press adviser, threw a drink at a fan during the Washington Wizards’ home opener agai - Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas indicted on five charges in alleged marijuana enterprise
Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, 82, was indicted Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, on five charges including drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud and firearm - Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in his $10 billion BBC lawsuit by Dec. 11
A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11, 2026, or risk sanctio - Bill Ackman calls Meta ‘incredibly undervalued’ and predicts an ‘amazing’ 2027 for stocks
Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman told CNBC’s "Squawk on the Street" on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, that Meta remains "an incredibly undervalued stock" and that ma - St. Paul man jumps onto a moving school bus and stops it after the driver’s medical emergency
Ebro Ahmed, 27, jumped onto a moving school bus in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, after seeing the driver suffer a medical emergency, and brou - Jury awards former MIT biologist David Sabatini $6 million in defamation suit against accuser
A jury in Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts awarded David Sabatini, a former MIT professor, $6 million on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, in his defamatio - Lauderhill officer accused of taking over dead man’s home and using his identity for years
Lauderhill police officer Brian Louis Sguros was arrested and charged with five felonies after authorities said he took possession of Dennis West’s home after - Dolly Parton’s sister says a Nashville voting machine kept selecting Marsha Blackburn
Stella Parton said that while voting early at Nashville’s Hermitage Library, a machine repeatedly defaulted her choice to Republican Marsha Blackburn; she sai - Chiefs place LT Josh Simmons on IR as his back rehab stalls; Rashee Rice not headed to IR
The Kansas City Chiefs placed left tackle Josh Simmons on injured reserve after his rehab from a bulging, herniated disc in his lower back plateaued; he will - Pope Leo XIV: No Further Cancer Treatment Needed After Lung Surgery (October 2026)
Pope Leo XIV will require no further treatment for lung cancer after doctors confirmed the removed tumor was localized pulmonary adenocarcinoma, according to