On This Day: January 31

10 years of headlines that grabbed us.
January 31, 2025
4 Big Things That Tariffs May Hit Hard
Friday is looking like a good day to buy an electric vehicle and fill up on guacamole and salsa.  Keep reading >>
 
January 31, 2024
An Innocent Question From Elmo Breaks the Internet
On a Monday morning toward the end of the seemingly endless month of January, Elmo posed a question: "How is everybody doing?"  Keep reading >>
 
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January 31, 2023
Missing Monkeys Found in Abandoned Home
Two monkeys taken from the Dallas Zoo were found Tuesday in a nearby abandoned home after a mysterious disappearance the day before, police said.  Keep reading >>
 
January 31, 2022
Trump's Line About Pence Causes a Ruckus
Former President Trump made a flurry of provocative assertions over the weekend, both at a Texas rally and in a Sunday night statement.  Keep reading >>
 
January 31, 2021
3 Duck Hunters Dead Amid Alarms Over 'Cutthroat Culture'
Two young hunters were killed in a Tennessee duck hunting mecca, allegedly by a 70-year-old fellow hunter who confronted them on a lake reportedly known for heated altercations over prime hunting spots.  Keep reading >>
 
 
January 31, 2020
Taylor Swift Raises Her Left Hand, and Boom —It's On
Taylor Swift was talking politics when she raised her left hand, and bang—that's the story.  Keep reading >>
 
January 31, 2019
As He Was Executed, Motorcycles Revved Engines
A 61-year-old Texas inmate was executed Wednesday evening for killing a Houston police officer more than three decades ago.  Keep reading >>
 
January 31, 2018
Fact-Checkers Pounce on Trump's SOTU Address
President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address Tuesday night—and fact-checkers say it was riddled with "alternative facts," even by the exaggeration-heavy standards of SOTU speeches.  Keep reading >>
 
January 31, 2017
'Almost Everything Went Wrong' in First Trump-Era Raid
The first American military raid of the Trump administration wasn't a complete failure, but "almost everything went wrong," a senior military official tells NBC News.  Keep reading >>
 
January 31, 2016
2 College Students Charged in Missing Girl's Murder
A 13-year-old girl who went missing from her home in Blacksburg, Va.  Keep reading >>