Politics & World
U.S. and Iran Hold First Talks Since June
U.S. and Iranian officials met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, their first face-to-face talks since a June ceasefire collapsed, with no breakthrough reported.
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US-Iran Talks, Xi in Washington, and Australia’s Bee Heists
US and Iranian diplomats meet for the first time since June, Xi arrives for a Trump summit, and Australian thieves make off with 800,000 bees.
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Xi Arrives in Washington for Trump Summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington Wednesday ahead of a two-day summit with…
Sources: Fox News Politics, Reuters, CFR
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Vance Task Force to Drop 760,000 ACA Enrollees
Vice President JD Vance and White House officials said Wednesday they plan to remove 760,000…
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1.6million
The estimated crowd at Calvin Harris’ DJ set in São Paulo — the largest attendance ever recorded for a set by a single DJ, earning him a Guinness World Record. That’s roughly the entire population of Philadelphia turning out for one performance.
Source: Billboard
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She died at the San Diego border. A surveillance camera was in plain sight
How a woman died at the San Diego border in plain view of a surveillance camera — and what the towers watching the frontier actually do.
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She’s 28, Loves God and Her Family, and Might Be the Reason You Can’t Have Kids
Why a 28-year-old, faith-driven policy advocate may end up shaping whether Americans can use fertility technology at all.
Wired · Emi Nietfeld
The collapse of the AMOC would be catastrophic. How will we know when it’s coming?
How scientists are racing to spot the early warning signs of a catastrophic collapse of the Atlantic’s great ocean current.
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Shohei Ohtani is expected back in the Dodgers’ lineup for his first game since Sept. 7.
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Bruce Springsteen celebrates his 77th birthday.
Etcetera
- The bee heists sweeping northern Australia — 800,000 stolen and counting
- Mercury’s wrinkles reveal the planet has shrunk far more than we thought
- A 6-year-old just set the women’s Rubik’s Cube world record
- The truly gross ‘witch cake’ Salem residents baked to detect witchcraft
- The anonymous fan gift that inspired an entire Bruce Springsteen album
- The Madison phone booth that connects callers to no one — and everyone
- The $60 loaf of rye bread the internet loves to hate
- A sea turtle laid eggs on a California beach — a U.S. West Coast first
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On this day · September 23
The Historybook- 1806Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis, completing their expedition across the American West
- 1846Astronomer Johann Galle discovers Neptune, the first planet found by mathematical prediction
- 1932The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is proclaimed, unifying the regions of Hejaz and Nejd
- 1949President Truman announces the Soviet Union has detonated its first atomic bomb
- 1952Richard Nixon delivers his televised ‘Checkers’ speech to save his vice presidential candidacy
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Quote of the day
“Nobody wins unless everybody wins.”
— Bruce Springsteen, who turns 77 today
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