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Researchers have found that killings by police are mostly unreported or incorrectly reported. Congress has pulled back from the brink of a government shutdown by passing a stopgap funding bill hours before the fiscal year ended. And the Capitol riot was a proving ground for a troubling trend in police-tech cooperation.
The government officially runs out of money tonight, and Congress seems far from approving more along with a necessary debt ceiling hike. An Ecuadorian prison riot featuring bombs and beheadings has killed more than 100 people. And Britney is free — of her dad’s control, anyway.
America’s top generals told senators yesterday that they wanted to keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, contradicting statements made by their commander in chief. The U.S. Treasury secretary warned of fiscal “calamity” without congressional action. And Greta Thunberg chided world leaders for congratulating themselves while the planet continues to heat up.
North Korea launched another missile shortly before its ambassador addressed the United Nations about “hostile” American policies. R. Kelly is guilty on all counts in the singer’s sex trafficking trial. And Mr. Goxx the hamster is killing it at crypto trading.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party suffered its worst election results ever yesterday, but it still has a chance to eke out a governing coalition instead of the victorious left-leaning Social Democrats. Authorities are investigating this weekend’s deadly crash of an Amtrak train in Montana. And safety officials are worried about other accidents as Tesla rolls out the beta version of its autonomous driving software.
President Joe Biden promises “consequences” for immigration officers on horseback who rounded up refugees. China and Canada appear to have traded high-profile prisoners. And do you feel safer with Big Bezos watching?
Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, made an unexpectedly positive statement about peace talks with South Korea today. U.S. frontline workers can get booster COVID-19 shots, but not because experts recommended it. And Europe wants to make it easier to charge your devices.
Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden seem to have patched up Franco-American relations in the wake of the Australian submarine crisis. America is planning to immunize 70% of the world against COVID-19. And what do you do when your swimming pool is filled with lava?
President Joe Biden’s promise of fewer wars was greeted with some skepticism at the U.N. General Assembly, but both Washington and Beijing pledged to fight climate change. There’s great excitement in Britain after Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared how many children he has fathered. And learn the fascinating tail behind the evolution of your coccyx.
Some members of Congress have said they were shocked by images that showed horse-riding Border Patrol agents chasing migrants in Texas, and the DHS says it is investigating. A Texan doctor who wrote an article about purposefully breaking the state's new abortion law is being sued by two members of the public. And in an unusual example of "the survival of the fittest," a goat has killed a grizzly bear.
Women and girls have been told not return to work or high school as the Taliban resume their old ways. The U.S. has started deporting thousands of Haitian migrants who recently crossed the border into Texas. And a slack-lining French daredevil "looks down" on Paris.
The U.S. military has admitted to killing 10 civilians instead of what it thought was an attacker heading for Kabul airport late last month. A U.N. climate report foresees “catastrophic” 2.7-degree Celsius global warming by the end of the century. And learn about the formation of a bicycle militia in New York City.
Officials are warning of a humanitarian crisis with more than 10,000 migrants, mostly from Haiti, camped out under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. France has accused President Joe Biden of acting like his predecessor regarding the nuclear submarine deal with Australia. And the world's biggest tree, the General Sherman in Sequoia National Park, is under threat from California's wildfires.
In a clear signal to China, the U.S. and Britain are helping Australia deploy a fleet of nuclear-powered, but not nuclear-armed, submarines. Washington, D.C., is fencing in the Capitol again. And a crew of amateurs is floating in space today.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom survived yesterday’s recall election, dashing GOP dreams of governing the state. North Korea today fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off Japan, prompting a strong response from Seoul and Tokyo. And Afghan women are posting photos of themselves in colorful traditional dress after the Taliban told female students to wear niqabs.
Since the Taliban seized power, a dearth of aid to Afghanistan has put 14 million people at the risk of starvation, the U.N. has warned. Polls show Gavin Newsom set for victory over Larry Elder as California holds recall election. And pop stars, and even politicians, wowed at the Met Gala in New York.
The U.S. and Japan have expressed concern after North Korea tested several long range cruise missiles over the weekend. Iran and the U.N.'s atomic energy agency have reached a last-minute deal aimed at saving nuclear deal talks. And online wellness gurus are contributing to dangerous anti-vaccine misinformation.
Americans are remembering nearly 3,000 people killed in the 9/11 terror attacks 20 years ago while grappling with that day’s legacy. California’s governor seems poised to prevail in Tuesday’s recall election. And Shanksville, Pennsylvania, is struggling to survive two decades after hijackers crashed Flight 93 nearby.
U.S. President Joe Biden has thrown down the gauntlet on vaccines, announcing wide mandates to get shots into American workers’ arms. The DOJ’s suing Texas over its new restrictive abortion law. And the Ig Nobels, the awards that celebrate weird science, named researchers who flew rhinos upside down and tested the effects of orgasms as a nasal decongestant among this year's winners.
The Taliban say they want ex-government officials to return to help run Afghanistan, but skeptics aren’t convinced they’ll keep their promises of amnesty. Los Angeles is poised to adopt the nation’s largest school vaccine mandate. And Robert E. Lee has been unhorsed in Richmond.
Afghanistan's new government is made up of Taliban stalwarts, including a Haqqani network militant wanted by the FBI, and there isn't a woman in sight. As Texas tightens abortion restrictions, neighboring Mexico has gone the other way, decriminalizing terminations. And a fowl-mouthed Australian duck has shocked scientists by mimicking human speech.
The DOJ has come out guns blazing against Texas' new restrictive abortion laws, with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland vowing to challenge them. Afghan university students have been separated by gender and pop-art murals are being whitewashed as the Taliban cement power. And Michael K. Williams, who played Omar in The Wire, has died aged 54.
Guinea emerged from military rule just over a decade ago. Now it seems the army is in charge again after a weekend military coup deposed President Alpha Condé. The Taliban says they've captured the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan's last bastion of resistance. And Yale's "happiness professor" recommends we all need a "funtervention" after months of pandemic pain.
After claiming at least 60 lives across eight states, Hurricane Ida may help America come to grips with climate protection efforts. The Taliban claim to have captured the last Afghan province, but holdouts deny that. And a relatively unknown teenager has ousted Naomi Osaka from the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
Ida killed more people when it hit New Jersey and New York as a storm than it did making landfall in Louisiana as a hurricane, with the president blaming the climate crisis. Desperate Texan women are calling abortion centers asking for help after the state passed one of America’s most restrictive laws. And there’s a new boar war as Romans battle piggish behavior.
The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to let Texas' citizen-enforced near-ban on abortions stand last night, but left open further legal challenges. The Pentagon may work with the Taliban against Islamic State’s Afghan offshoot. And taser-happy French police may be taught a lesson.
It's the end of an era, not just for the U.S. war in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden announced yesterday, but for U.S. nation-building attempts abroad. A Texas abortion law that is the most restrictive in the country went into effect today, barring women from terminations after six weeks. And the rush is on again for toilet paper, as manufacturers ramp up production.
The longest war is over. All U.S. forces have officially withdrawn from Afghanistan, with the Taliban now back in power after 20 years. The death toll from Hurricane Ida could rise "considerably," Louisiana officials say, as almost 1 million people remain without power. And in a bid to stop video game addiction the Chinese government has brought in new rules for minors.
There have been flood warnings and power outages in New Orleans after the city was hit by Hurricane Ida on the exact day Katrina made landfall 16 years ago. Militants have fired rockets at Kabul airport and a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan has killed civilians. And #Time’sUp for octopus and hummingbird harassers!
The U.S. military believes its drone strike today killed a “planner” of Thursday’s Kabul airport attack that killed 170 people. A California parole board has approved convicted Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan for release. And meet the Virginia counties with their own armies.