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India's Modi and China's Xi seek to reset ties on BRICS sidelines

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met during the BRICS summit in New Delhi

September 12, 2026

NYPD officer accidentally discharges weapon, injuring 2nd officer, bystander, police say

September 13, 2026

Arts|Crime

Arrest made after resident scammed out of more than $200,000: authorities

September 12, 2026

Arts

Blooms of Kindness repurposes flowers into gifts of kindness

September 12, 2026

Arts

Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install George Washington statues and exhibit

President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History

September 12, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Technology

132-year-old overdue magazine returned to library: "He won't have to pay the $12,055 fine

September 12, 2026

Arts|Entertainment|Interview

Juanes hit a breaking point at the height of his career. Now he says he’s never felt better

September 12, 2026

Arts|Entertainment|Interview

Time to Talk: Sara Bareilles on how she discovered that grief is evidence of great love

Sara Bareilles wrote an entire album about grief in all forms. In a conversation with Lauren DePino, a funeral singer, the songwriter talked about all the things she’s learned from her infertility struggles and from the loss of close friends in recent years.

September 12, 2026

8 killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine as Putin warns Europe against sending troops

Russian strikes have killed eight civilians and wounded dozens in Ukraine, according to local officials

September 12, 2026

Arts|Entertainment|Interview

In facing the truth of her losses, Sara Bareilles embraces a faith in her own grief

September 12, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment

Mississippi police make arrest in Tasia Fortune case after medical examiner rules death a homicide

September 12, 2026

‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis’ lightning advance down Red Sea coast

September 12, 2026

Arts|Lifestyle|Technology

Dating apps are ditching ‘the swipe’ for meet-ups IRL

September 12, 2026

Saudi oil pipeline shut down after attack triggers fires

September 11, 2026

Bodies from charred Philippine ferry arrive at port after fire that killed at least 35

Thirty charred bodies found inside a burned passenger ferry in the western Philippines have arrived at a port for identification after a ship fire that killed at least 35 people

September 12, 2026

For the US news industry, a tough summer draws to a close with McClatchy chain's cuts

The McClatchy newspaper chain has made significant layoffs at The Miami Herald and other papers, cutting over 90 unionized journalists across 17 publications

September 12, 2026

Arts|Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Rapper Lil Durk acquitted of murder-for-hire at Los Angeles trial

A federal jury has found rapper Lil Durk not guilty of attempted murder for hire of rival rapper Quando Rondo

September 12, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment

Judge rejects bid to release Arizona sheriff’s office from supervision in racial profiling case

A federal judge who ruled 13 years ago that Hispanics were racially profiled in then-Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns has rejected a bid to end the court’s supervision of the sheriff’s office

September 12, 2026

Mississippi police arrest a man in the death of Tasia Fortune

Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month

September 12, 2026

Arts|Crime|Technology

Woman loses $23,000 after scammer impersonates her pastor via email

September 12, 2026

15-year-old rescued after clinging to capsized boat for days in Alaska's Bering Sea

A fishing crew in Alaska’s Bering Sea rescued a teenager who clung to a capsized boat for roughly two days in the frigid waters

September 12, 2026

Arts|Entertainment|Finance

CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on bin Laden and al-Qaida before Sept. 11

Several dozen presidential briefing documents have been declassified on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks

September 12, 2026

Arts

Ohio father charged in 3-week-old daughter's death: 'horrific facts'

September 12, 2026

Arts

Trump on 9/11 reposts video of him asking January 6 rioters to go home

September 12, 2026

Arts

Former Canadian leader Jean Chrétien tells US: ‘Never mistake our generosity for weakness'

Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien used the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in Gander, Newfoundland, to praise Canada-U.S. friendship

September 12, 2026

Arts|Crime

Several Latin American leaders are looking to the Bukele model to fight crime. This country has another idea

September 12, 2026

Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Ella Langley leads Country Music Association Awards nods, with mentor Miranda Lambert close behind

Ella Langley leads the 2026 Country Music Association Awards nominations with nine nods, thanks to her hit “Choosin’ Texas.”

September 10, 2026

UN extends partial Sudan arms embargo for a month while talks continue on US demand for a total ban

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to briefly extend the current arms embargo on Sudan’s western Darfur region while negotiations continue on a contentious U.S. proposal to expand the embargo throughout the country

September 12, 2026

Arts|Business|Entertainment

Kenya's quest to host Africa Recording Academy hub gets boost from Grammy organizers

Kenya’s quest to host an Africa Recording Academy headquarters has received a boost, with Recording Academy officials saying key milestones have been completed

September 12, 2026

Arts|Entertainment

‘CODA’ didn’t change Hollywood's attitude about disability. Siân Heder hopes ‘Being Heumann’ can

“CODA,” the first film featuring a largely deaf cast to triumph at the Oscars, marked a watershed moment for the film industry

September 12, 2026

Arts|Education|World

The Latest: The US marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks

Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity

September 11, 2026

Diesel prices are hitting record highs at a bad time for many US farmers

The price of diesel is hitting record highs just as many U.S. farmers are harvesting two of the nation’s largest commodities, soybeans and corn

September 11, 2026

The Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a lifeline for the global economy, is in jeopardy

September 11, 2026

Arts

Justice Department secures deportation order in first-of-its-kind case brought in secretive court

September 11, 2026

Arts|Economy|Travel|World

A man fights for a new life in Cuba after the US expels him in an immigration crackdown

A Cuban man is fighting for a new life on his troubled island after the U.S. government expelled him as part of an immigration crackdown

September 11, 2026

Iranian allies captured a strategic Red Sea island in a vital waterway. Here’s what to know

September 10, 2026

Afghan woman whose case was the first for a long-dormant court has been deported, officials say

The Justice Department says an Afghan woman who was accused of supporting an Islamic State-inspired plot in the United States and whose case was the first for an obscure and long-dormant court has been deported

September 11, 2026

Arts|Interview|Opinion

September 11 is also our birthday

September 11, 2026

Arts|Economy

Diesel costs more than $6 a gallon for the first time. Here’s how that affects you

September 11, 2026

Death toll in Philippine ferry fire rises to 35 as more bodies are recovered

The death toll from a ferry fire in the Philippines has risen to 35, with 54 still missing

September 11, 2026

Arts|Opinion|Science|Technology

What the settlement left out: Meta can still collect data from kids

The settlement calls for changes to Meta’s platforms but does not change the company’s surveillance-based business model

September 11, 2026

Arts|Political|World

Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers to prison in national security case

A Hong Kong court has sentenced three activists who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown to prison terms of about five to seven years

September 11, 2026

Security clearances don’t determine whom a president can trust – they reveal risks the president may not know

A report that one of Trump’s aides went a year without routine vetting raises a question a former CIA executive knows well: What is that process for?

September 11, 2026

Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Sports

Remember when pro-wrestler Chyna flipped the script on red carpet fashion?

September 11, 2026

More than 500,000 Russian troops killed in Ukraine, UK defense chief says

A senior British defense official says more than half a million Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since Moscow's full-scale invasion in February 2022

September 11, 2026

Arts

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organizers handed lengthy prison terms

September 11, 2026

Arts|Entertainment|Europe

Buildings are sinking and cracking in one of Europe’s largest cities

September 11, 2026

Arts|Europe

Police say 5 dead, 40 injured in tour bus crash in eastern Switzerland

Police say five people have died and 40 others were injured after a Dutch tour bus slammed into a roadside crash barrier and overturned in eastern Switzerland

September 11, 2026