September 2026
In China, drinks come with AI tokens and coffee is served by robots
BEIJING — The buzziest new place for coffee in the Chinese capital has no cash registers and no human baristas — only machines.
Illinois mother charged with murder after killing 2-year-old, attempting to harm herself
A suburban Illinois mother, who had become interested in the Lindsay Clancy case, has been charged with murder after she allegedly killed her 2-year-old son then attempted to harm herself, according to police and court records.
Judge orders Trump officials to disclose who set up the $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
The ruling comes in a lawsuit first filed by a fired Jan. 6 prosecutor and a law professor seeking to block the “anti-weaponization” fund.
Researcher who found OpenAI-linked rogue agents says AI giants may hide future chaos
An investigator behind a new report detailing how fleets of rogue AI agents linked to OpenAI took over a defunct German web forum has a warning.
Judge again blocks Trump’s effort to restrict voting by mail as ballots start going out
The move comes as the Trump administration is appealing a related order to the Supreme Court.
Measles cases top 3,000 to reach highest level in three decades, CDC reports
A 6-week-old baby girl is one of two people with measles who died in Pennsylvania, the Lancaster County coroner said Friday, as the nation’s measles tally hit a new 35-year record of 3,134 cases.
Trump administration rolls out 5 voter fraud prosecutions ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday announced that federal prosecutors brought five voter fraud cases this week and released video of Homeland Security Investigations agents arresting a defendant at an apartment in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Supreme Court backs Republicans in election ad rate dispute
Republicans asked the high court to allow party committees to receive the same ad discounts that candidates themselves benefit from.
Pig kidney works for a record 271 days inside the body of surviving American
An American lived for a record 271 days with a transplanted pig kidney before Boston doctors replaced it with a human kidney earlier this year — a transplant that has kept him alive ever since, researchers said Thursday.
3 hurricanes in the Pacific show the power of El Niño
Three hurricanes — Karina, Lowell and Marie — are churning in the Pacific Ocean, a high level of activity that climate scientists say is on brand for El Niño.