The Sybil Wilkes Podcast- More than half of U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens' staff quit Sunday, protesting her endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Former chief of staff Justin German said the team was shocked and heartbroken, and urged voters to back El-Sayed and Democrats. The move came days before Tuesday's election.
- One person was killed and eight injured in a shooting Saturday night near Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, after the Magic City Classic between Alabama A&M and Alabama State. Police said nine people were hit, one critically, with seven in stable condition, and multiple firearms were recovered. One person was detained.
- Affordable Care Act open enrollment is underway in most states through January 15, with shoppers warned to expect higher premiums and fewer options for 2027. Marketplace prices are expected to rise about 13 percent, as financial help is restricted for many previously eligible. Experts say people who do not qualify for a subsidy will be hit hardest.
- In a Ministry Monday message, Willie Mae McIver writes that to rebuke is to criticize, and in the Bible it confronts a person with their sin. She says correcting loved ones should be done softly and from love, with restoration as the goal. She cites Proverbs: an open rebuke is better than hidden love.
- On November 1, 1910, W.E.B. Du Bois published the inaugural issue of The Crisis as the magazine of the NAACP. Du Bois, a co-founder of the NAACP, edited it until 1934, saying it would show the danger of race prejudice. He called it a record of the darker races.
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