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Colorado students organize walkout to protest ICE actions

September 06, 2026

Arts|Education|World

The Iranian school struck in the war's earliest attacks is now a memorial for children

The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, is now a memorial for children and others killed in the Feb. 28 attacks that sparked the war with the United States and Israel

September 06, 2026

Building collapse in New Delhi kills 1 and traps dozens of others

A building has collapsed in New Delhi, killing at least one person and trapping dozens of others

September 06, 2026

Education|Finance|Health|Sports

Fall sports are here. See how likely that sport is to take a kid to college

September 06, 2026

Education|Sports

Lane Kiffin's debut at LSU delayed by lightning as Tigers move ahead without NFL signees

The much-anticipated first game of the Lane Kiffin era at LSU was delayed by lightning and did not include two former NFL signees whose ongoing effort to return to college football has brought a lot of attention — and no shortage of criticism — upon the Tigers’ lightning-rod coach

September 04, 2026

Mudslide kills 2 and leaves 10 missing in China after heavy rain from Typhoon Saudel

A mudslide in eastern China has killed two people and left 10 missing

September 05, 2026

Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after devastating floods

Rescuers in Nepal have pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country

September 05, 2026

Parents of San Diego mosque gunman say a mental health facility failed to heed FBI warning

Federal law enforcement warned the parents of Caleb Vazquez, one of two teenagers involved in a San Diego mosque shooting, about his concerning online comments days before the attack

September 06, 2026

US strikes 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying warships were targeted with ballistic missiles

The U.S. military says it has struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with ballistic missiles

September 05, 2026

What's open on Labor Day? Most retailers. Closed? Government, banks and the stock market.

The origins of Labor Day date back to the late 19th century, when activists first sought to establish a day that would pay tribute to workers

September 05, 2026

US hits Iranian oil tankers, and other key Mideast developments

The U.S. military has hit three Iranian oil tankers after accusing Iran of targeting its warships

September 05, 2026

Missouri asks Supreme Court to revive Republican-drawn congressional map

Missouri asked the U.S.

September 05, 2026

Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel 10 days after flash flood

A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall

September 05, 2026

New Hampshire's GOP primary features two familiar names from the past, and voters are fine with that

New Hampshire’s Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat is a back-to-the-future moment, featuring two older former senators who last held office many years ago

September 05, 2026

Education|Election|Europe|US

Germany’s far-right AfD is poised for power – and split on whether to cozy up to Trump

September 05, 2026

Arts|Asia|Education|Food|Health

Nearly 2,000 fall ill in suspected food poisoning linked to Indonesia's free school meals program

Nearly 2,000 people, most of them students, have fallen ill in suspected food poisoning outbreaks linked to Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meals program between Sept. 1 and Sept. 3

September 05, 2026

How escalating attacks are upending daily life in Kyiv

Commuters stranded; children rushed underground in the middle of the school day; festivals cancelled; walks punctuated by booming air

September 05, 2026

Education|Entertainment|Sports

Mensah throws 5 TD passes, Toney sets record in No. 7 Miami's 45-6 win over Stanford

Darian Mensah threw five touchdown passes in his Miami debut, Malachi Toney set a school-record with 234 yards receiving and the seventh-ranked Hurricanes opened their season with an 45-6 victory over Stanford

September 05, 2026

White House reviews candidates to replace Hegseth deputy Feinberg, sources say

The White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, three

September 05, 2026

Midterm mail ballots start to go to voters as litigation over Trump's order creates uncertainty

Statewide mail voting for this year’s midterm elections is kicking off amid a churning legal battle over President Donald Trump’s attempts to limit the practice

September 04, 2026

Crime|Education|Health|Lifestyle|Science

The Lindsay Clancy trial brings maternal mental health into the spotlight

August 13, 2026

Starbucks anti-unionization case brought by NLRB narrowed by US appeals court

A federal appeals court on Friday declined to enforce most of a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Starbucks illegally threatened employees with reprisals for trying to

September 05, 2026

Arts|Education|Entertainment|Interview

Gloria Steinem: 'I became a reluctant speaker'

Gloria Steinem talked to CNN in 2024 about her unexpected journey from writer to public speaker and the impact of connecting with audiences across the country

September 03, 2026

Education|Science|Technology

Trump’s proposed Space Academy aims to educate a new generation of astronauts and engineers

September 05, 2026

Records reveal safety complaints, poor maintenance at site of deadly Washington pulp mill disaster

A pulp mill in Longview, Washington, where 11 workers died after a chemical tank collapsed in May had a history of safety complaints, poor maintenance and discharges of toxic chemicals

September 05, 2026

Education

Undocumented students banned from enrolling in Florida public universities after board vote

September 05, 2026

Arts|Education|Science|Technology|World

UN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa's true size

The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting countries'

September 04, 2026

Strong job gains signal Fed hike as Trump levels new rate-cut demand

Between a strong jobs report Friday that adds to the case for U.S. interest-rate hikes and a novel threat from President Donald Trump to stop

September 04, 2026

Education|Political

Trump administration scrubs data on gender-based bullying from school civil rights survey

The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity

September 04, 2026

Hedge fund giant Citadel seeking to buy US shale oil production assets, sources say

Citadel has held talks to buy U.S. oil production assets, as the hedge fund and commodities trader considers expanding further into owning physical assets,

September 04, 2026

Crime|Education|Health|Political

Arizona group home provider at center of pay-to-play scandal escapes penalties for boy's death

A 9-year-old boy died in 2022 after missing insulin doses at an Arizona group home

September 04, 2026

Latino voter backlash puts Texas governor's race on Democrats' midterm map

The makeup and toys on Valencia Macias' table are items people buy on impulse at discount stores.

September 04, 2026

Education|World

Thousands of Lebanese students still displaced by war as school year nears

The schoolyard in southern Lebanon echoed with the squeals of playing children despite the beating sun and distant booms of Israeli

September 04, 2026

Education|Sports

Louisiana judge rules against NCAA, clearing path for former NFL players to join LSU roster

LSU coach Lane Kiffin’s chances of fielding former NFL players improved Thursday night when a Louisiana judge issued a preliminary injunction against the NCAA in a high-profile eligibility case

September 03, 2026

Indonesia's top rights body calls for police to probe poisoning of more than 2,000 students

Indonesia's top human rights body urged the police on Friday to investigate several new outbreaks of food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto's

September 04, 2026

Two people rescued alive from Nepal hydropower tunnel

Two people were pulled out alive on Friday from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on the Trishuli River, nine days after a ice, rock and mud slide swept through a

September 04, 2026

Arts|Education|Finance|Health|Technology

Sydney airport near-miss involved controllers flagged as high-fatigue risk, records show

Several air traffic controllers on duty when two Qantas aircraft nearly collided at Sydney airport in July had been flagged as facing a high risk of fatigue,

September 04, 2026

Education

Trump moves to strip tax-exempt status from schools that consider race

President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday proposed new regulations that

September 04, 2026

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says investigation underway after clash between two security agencies

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that an investigation would determine what caused a dispute between two of Ukraine's security agencies to escalate into a shootout in

September 04, 2026

ICE whistleblower warned of 'unprecedented lowering of standards' during hiring spree

A supervisor overseeing background checks warned last year that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was hiring scores of new officers without basic vetting, violating federal rules and putting the agency at risk of misconduct

September 04, 2026

US court says Gulf of Mexico fishery council has too much power, but overfishing rule can stand

A federal appeals court said a council created by Congress to help the U.S. commerce secretary manage the nation's fisheries exercised unconstitutional powers,

September 03, 2026

Education|Sports

Michael Lombardi resigns as North Carolina football GM amid school investigation

North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi has resigned after ending up on paid administrative leave as the subject of a school investigation

September 04, 2026

Education

Trump administration pushes to remove tax exemption for private colleges with DEI policies

The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on their race

September 03, 2026

Fact check: Vance repeats Trump’s fictional ‘$19 trillion’ investment figure

September 04, 2026

Illinois chiropractor pleads guilty to secret recording of undressing patients

September 04, 2026

FACT FOCUS: Trump claims US banks cannot operate in Canada. That's not true

President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Wednesday that U.S. banks are not allowed to do business in Canada

September 04, 2026

Education|Health|Science

Kentucky students learn healthy habits and lifesaving skills through Heart Association program

September 04, 2026

Maryland launches family and medical leave insurance program with payments of up to $1,000 a week

September 04, 2026

Arts|Education

In Gloria Steinem's last book, stories of hope and a wish to live to 100

Gloria Steinem died less than three weeks before the release of her newest book

September 04, 2026

Business|Education|Sports

NCAA eligibility court fights are focused on football. Basketball lurks with its own uncertainties

The eligibility fights taking place in courts across the country are taking place with college basketball weeks away from starting preseason practices

September 04, 2026

Education|Environment|Science

Visitors help track monarch migration at Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge

September 04, 2026

Education

US House passes bill to crack down on university boycotts of Israel

The U.S.

September 03, 2026

US labor market remains stable; services input price rises point to elevated inflation

The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits rose marginally last week amid low layoffs, pointing to stable labor market conditions

September 03, 2026

Out-of-state drivers owe Maryland nearly $1 billion in unpaid tolls

September 04, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education|Lifestyle|Sports

'I'm so lucky to call him my baby brother': Community gathers to honor middle schooler after cardiac arrest

September 04, 2026

Arts|Education|Interview|Lifestyle|Opinion

Finding a job after prison comes with extra challenges. Here are ways to overcome them

Having a criminal record creates hurdles for people seeking employment

September 03, 2026

A Lebanese man held prisoner in Israel is released and handed over to Lebanon

A Lebanese man held in Israel has been released, marking the first such handover since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict began six months ago

September 03, 2026

The bond market rout is global. Here’s what’s driving it

September 03, 2026

Education|Science|Technology

Do you need to worry about the Sun turning into a black hole?

Some stars turn into black holes at the end of their lifespans, once they stop burning the fuel in their cores.

September 03, 2026

Education|Health

More than 1,700 fall sick from Indonesia free school meals in three days

Another 777 students and teachers contracted food poisoning in Indonesia's Central Java after consuming government-issued free meals, a school principal said on

September 03, 2026

Arts|Education|Environment|Health

Nepal must rebuild thousands of homes, no letup in search for missing

Nepal will have to rebuild around 20,000 houses in flood-ravaged areas, authorities said on Thursday, as rescuers

September 03, 2026

Arts|Education|Finance|Health|Travel

Is dumping a Cuban person in Africa ‘deportation’?

September 03, 2026

Asia|Crime|Education

Philippines stages school safety drill after shootings

As an alarm warning of an active shooter threat blared through a Philippine public school on Thursday, students and

September 03, 2026

Arts|Asia|Education|Environment|Health

Nepalis pin hopes on 'wall of the missing' in hunt for relatives after deadly flood

Sati Sigdel makes daily visits to a hospital wall in Kathmandu blanketed in hundreds of photographs, some of missing relatives,

September 03, 2026

Arts|Education|Science

Trump administration threatens to cut federal agencies' support for Smithsonian

President Donald Trump's administration has threatened to cut federal agencies' support for the Smithsonian, marking its latest escalation against the institution.

September 03, 2026

Arts|Education

German far-right party targets iconic Bauhaus school ahead of landmark state election

Nearly a century after the Nazis shut down Germany's world-famous Bauhaus school of design, the art movement has once again become a cultural battleground

September 03, 2026

Arts|Economy|Education|Health

Hundreds of thousands of eligible kids are waiting for childcare assistance

Childcare costs are straining families

September 03, 2026

Former Tropical Storm Edouard lingers over Texas, flooding homes and roadways

Texas authorities have rescued dozens of people from stranded cars, homes surrounded by floodwaters and an assisted living facility as former Tropical Storm Edouard lingered over rural parts of the state

September 02, 2026

UNICEF estimates 20 million children suffered online sexual abuse in one year

About 20 million internet-using children across 21 countries were subjected to sexual exploitation or abuse on digital platforms in a single year, with

September 03, 2026

Economy|Education|Environment|Health|Science

From hunger to obesity: Developing world faces growing threat to child health

Intan Permatasari's mother simply couldn't refuse her daughter's pleas for food.

September 03, 2026

Education|Science|Technology

Nation’s largest school district bans AI in the classroom through 8th grade

September 03, 2026

Education|Technology

NYC, the nation's largest school system, bans AI for students through 8th grade

New York City’s public school system will ban artificial intelligence for students through the 8th grade during the upcoming school year

September 02, 2026

Chicago River bridge gets stuck after lifting for boat to pass

A major bridge over the Chicago River got stuck for more than four hours Wednesday after it lifted up to allow a boat to pass, snarling traffic in Chicago's downtown

September 03, 2026