A quick look at all the current affairs topics making headlines on October 2, 2025 and the possible questions for the exam.
In 2024, 8.8 million visitors to Massachusetts' national parks spent $950 million in the state. This spending contributed a total of $1.4 billion to the Massachusetts economy. Nationwide, visitors to ...
A sign warns visitors to Boston's Bunker Hill Monument in 2018. (Nicolaus Czarnecki/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images) The last time there was a government shutdown, America’s national ...
Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Wednesday morning with no immediate signs of the government shutdown that is triggering the furlough of about ...
The shutdown plan contains some conflicting information about emergency services, such as search and rescue operations, that people may depend on when visiting national parks. The document states that ...
Washington — The National Park Service will furlough more than half of its workforce during the government shutdown, but will keep trails, open-air memorials and other areas at least partially open to ...
The National Park Service said it plans to keep most national parks open amid the government shutdown, which began Tuesday at midnight, but restrictions will be in place due to limited staffing. The ...
More than 35 former park superintendents wrote a letter to the Trump administration, saying the lands could be damaged under limited staffing. By Eileen Sullivan Reporting from Washington During the ...