What Happened Was...

A lightning fast comprehensive recap of the week's biggest events for October 30th - Nov. 5, 2023

Donald Trump Jr., and his brother Eric Trump arrive at the New York Supreme Court for former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial on Thursday in New York City. (photo by David Dee Delgado/via Getty Images

Below is a catch-up of the significant events of this past week. You can check in with a minimal time commitment, read about the big stuff, and stay in the know before we’re on to the next. If you want more information on the past week's events, you can scroll through my Twitter; Bluesky; Spoutible; and Post News feeds for more detail on other topics that I don’t mention below.

Gun Violence This Week

There were 13 separate mass shooting incidents in the United States this past week, where eight people were killed and 80 were injured. My Sunday recap covers this, as well as the week's most critical news. Here at SHERO, we document all mass shooting incidents for the week every Sunday, so please take a moment to review them and remember to keep up the fight for sensible gun reform. 

1. Sunday, October 29, 2023: Azuza, California

2. Sunday, October 29, 2023: Chicago, Illinois

3. Sunday, October 29, 2023: Wiggins, Mississippi

4. Sunday, October 29, 2023: Atlanta, Georgia

5. Sunday, October 29, 2023: Indianapolis, Indiana

6. Sunday, October 29, 2023: Dodge City, Kansas

7. Sunday, October 29, 2023: Wilson, North Carolina

8. Sunday, October 29, 2023: Tampa, Florida

9. Monday, October 30, 2023: Minneapolis, Minnesota

10. Tuesday, October 31, 2023: Salinas, California

11. Wednesday, November 1, 2023: Dallas, Texas

12. Friday, November 3, 2023: Cincinnati, Ohio

13. Saturday, November 4, 2023: Cleveland, Ohio

• Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State quietly canceled the voter registrations of more than 26,000 voters in late September, less than two weeks before the deadline to register to vote in next week’s hotly contested abortion referendum in the state. Now would be a great time for everyone to check their individual voter registration status here.

• Newly elected Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson vouched for a Christian Law School start up, served as dean and wasted $5 million of Louisiana College’s money, but the whole project was so poorly researched that it collapsed before it could even open.

• Climate change is accelerating and the world will cross the 1.5 degrees (C) warming threshold this decade, according to new research that scientists said should raise alarms at this year's COP28 climate summit.