| In Speech, Hegseth Targets Diversity, Transgender People, Reporters and Iran
- In his “State of the Force” address, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focused on the culture war and accused reporters of “treason” over Iran war coverage.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:25:52 +0000
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| Plane to Israel Narrowly Averts Disaster
- Also, a Kelvin wave is heading to California. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:25:46 +0000
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| What New York’s Rape Laws Mean for the Cornell Case
- State law makes it harder to prosecute when victims drank willingly. The prosecutor in the Cornell case said that kept him from charging students accused of sexual assault.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:23:43 +0000
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| Hegseth Talks Tough as Republican Doubts About His Leadership Grow
- Pete Hegseth has held onto his job by projecting a tough guy image, but his relationship with Republican lawmakers has never been worse.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:18:37 +0000
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| Cornell Students Question Greek Life Culture After Sexual Assault Claim
- With their university under fire in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit, students are having difficult conversations about Greek life, campus rituals and the possibility for lasting changes.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:14:46 +0000
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| Supreme Court Allows Execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee’s Lone Woman on Death Row
- Christa Pike tortured and murdered a classmate in 1995. She had been set to die on Wednesday, the first woman executed in the state in 200 years, until a lower court paused the execution.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:14:32 +0000
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| Salah Sarsour, Islamic Leader in Wisconsin, Can Be Deported, Judge Rules
- Salah Sarsour, a vocal supporter of Palestinian rights who leads the state’s largest Islamic group, says the case is politically motivated and plans to appeal the decision.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:11:36 +0000
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| OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC
- Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:27:26 +0000
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| A Bloody Attack on a FlyDubai Plane Headed to Israel, and a Terrifying Plunge
- “I don’t deserve to die like this,” said one passenger on Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The motive of the cockpit stabbing remains unknown, officials said.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:38:12 +0000
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| Senator Marsha Blackburn Sues Over Jack Smith’s Subpoena During Trump Inquiry
- The lawsuit, brought by Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, tests the reach of the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:27:04 +0000
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| Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology
- 100 Zeros, a collaboration between Google and Range Media Partners, aims to give the tech giant a foothold in movies, TV and emerging forms of entertainment.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:18:56 +0000
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| Another Day of Pounding Rain Raises Flooding Fears in Texas
- Texas had a dry summer, and rain on Wednesday could run off the arid ground like water on concrete.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:05:23 +0000
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| FlyDubai Flight to Israel Diverted After Clash Between Pilots: What We Know and Don’t Know
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said one of the pilots may have been attempting to crash the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The plane landed in Saudi Arabia and all passengers were safe.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:40:21 +0000
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| Panic and Heroics on FlyDubai Flight: ‘We Felt That This Was It’
- A routine flight turned terrifying when a violent altercation broke out inside the cockpit and the aircraft dropped 17,000 feet in two minutes. Passengers subdued a knife-wielding attacker.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:38:00 +0000
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| Congress Set to Leave Washington for the Midterms With No A.I. Progress
- Senate Democrats blocked a measure that would encourage, but not require, states to protect consumers from power rate hikes tied to data center growth, and had no limits on A.I. use or deployment.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:36:37 +0000
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| A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported.
- Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:30:29 +0000
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| Chi Phi Says It Acted Quickly in 2024 to Expel Cornell Members Named in Sexual Assault Lawsuit
- The national organization of the Chi Phi fraternity at the center of a Cornell University sexual assault lawsuit explained publicly for the first time how it handled the episode.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:30:12 +0000
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| Trump’s Voluntary A.I. Policing Echoes What Biden Did. But Is It Enough Today?
- President Trump’s plan to let A.I. companies police themselves comes amid mounting examples that they are failing to put safeguards on the technology.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:27:20 +0000
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| Andrea Shaw Says Vaccines Killed Her Twins. Authorities Say She Suffocated Them.
- In a small Idaho town, a young mother is accused of killing her young twins. She blames the childhood vaccines they received.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:17:52 +0000
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| Fed’s Watchdog Finds No Misconduct or Illegal Activity in Costly Renovations
- A new report by the Federal Reserve’s independent inspector general concluded that a nearly $2.5 billion construction project was poorly managed but made no referrals to the U.S. attorney general.
Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:16:46 +0000
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