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Lead: On Aug. 22, 2025, 23-year-old Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed while riding the Lynx Blue Line light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, just before 10:00 p.m. Authorities say the assault was unprovoked and that a 34-year-old passenger, identified as Decarlos Brown Jr., was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Zarutska was pronounced … Read more
Lead On Sunday night in Buffalo, the Baltimore Ravens surrendered a 41-40 lead and fell to the Buffalo Bills, prompting coach John Harbaugh to call for a deliberate reassessment of late-game strategy. The collapse — capped by a Derrick Henry fumble forced by Ed Oliver and a decisive fourth-quarter rally by Josh Allen — left … Read more
Lead On Sept. 8, 2025, Senators Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced a congressional inquiry into the response to the early January 2025 Palisades fire in Los Angeles, questioning whether state and local officials could have acted differently. The probe will examine claims that the Santa Ynez reservoir was offline and that hydrants … Read more
Lead: Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo told CNN on Sept. 7, 2025, that the state’s move to roll back school vaccine requirements was not founded on data analysis but on a belief in parental choice. The rollback, announced Sept. 3, begins with dropping requirements for hepatitis B and chickenpox; vaccines such as measles, polio and … Read more
Lead Rabbit Inc. announced on September 8, 2025, that a major software overhaul—RabbitOS 2—is rolling out as a free update for the Rabbit R1, the AI handheld it released in 2024. The company published an eight-minute video on its official X account describing a redesigned interface, clearer capability cues and new features such as a … Read more
Lead: On Sept. 8, 2025, the Murdoch family announced a settlement that resolves a years‑long succession dispute and secures Lachlan Murdoch’s leadership of the family’s media holdings. The agreement, valued at $3.3 billion, dissolves the existing family trust and creates a new trust that will place Lachlan and two younger sisters in the controlling position. … Read more
Lead On Sept. 8, 2025, OPEC+ agreed to a modest production increase effective in October, prompting oil prices to recover from recent losses. Brent settled at $66.02 a barrel, up $0.52, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate closed at $62.26, up $0.39. The move — an additional 137,000 barrels per day from eight members — was … Read more
Lead On 8 September 2025, France’s National Assembly voted 364 to 194 to reject a confidence motion in Prime Minister François Bayrou, forcing him to present his government’s resignation to President Emmanuel Macron. The defeat, with 25 abstentions, ends Bayrou’s nine-month tenure and ushers in fresh political uncertainty for a president already presiding over a … Read more
Lead: On September 8, 2025, at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, President Donald J. Trump unveiled an initiative called “America Prays,” urging Americans of diverse faiths to unite in prayer ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He framed the initiative as part of his administration’s broader effort to defend … Read more
Lead — On Sept. 8, 2025, the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee said it received materials from the Jeffrey Epstein estate, including a copy of a 2003 “birthday book” compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday. The committee had subpoenaed estate records in late August and requested delivery by Sept. 8, a package described as containing banking and … Read more
Lead On September 8, 2025, in Week 1 at Highmark Stadium, the Baltimore Ravens fell 41-40 to the Buffalo Bills. Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades and team snap counts from the opener show a mix of standout individual work and troubling depth issues. Safety Kyle Hamilton produced the game’s highest grade (93.4) while rookie Zay … Read more
David Baltimore, the Nobel Prize–winning molecular biologist whose discovery of reverse transcriptase reshaped modern genetics, has died at 87 from complications of cancer, his family and institutions announced on 8 September 2025. Baltimore shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work that overturned the one-way model of genetic information flow and opened … Read more
Lead: On 8 September 2025, oil prices closed higher after OPEC+ announced a modest production increase effective in October and markets weighed the prospect of additional sanctions on Russian crude. Brent finished at $66.02 a barrel, up $0.52 (0.79%), and U.S. West Texas Intermediate settled at $62.26, up $0.39 (0.63%). The producer group said eight … Read more
Lead A new mural attributed to the anonymous street artist Banksy appeared on the exterior of the Royal Courts of Justice in central London on 8 September 2025. The image shows a judge in a traditional wig and gown striking a protester on the ground, with blood splattering the protester’s placard. Within hours the artwork … Read more
September 8, 2025 — The US Supreme Court on Monday permitted wide-ranging immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles to continue while lower-court litigation proceeds. The court lifted a temporary restraining order issued by US District Judge Maame E. Frimpong that had limited stops or questioning absent reasonable suspicion. The 6-3 decision came from the Court’s … Read more
