September 2026
Record baby boom brings world’s heaviest parrot back from the brink
There’s been a baby boom among one of the world’s most endangered parrot species – and it’s something to crow about.
Thai city braces for thousands of U.S. service members after record stint on the troubled USS Lincoln
Thailand’s coastal resort city of Pattaya is bracing for an influx of about 5,000 American service members aboard the USS Lincoln.
Woman hospitalized with possible shark bite on Martha’s Vineyard
A swimmer suffered a leg injury believed to be from a shark bite Monday afternoon, according to officials on Martha’s Vineyard.
NYC unveils new Legionnaires safety measures after 11 deaths in Upper East Side cluster
Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a new plan Tuesday to strengthen the city’s response to Legionnaires’ disease as officials work to get ahead of future outbreaks.
Can Ed Markey’s progressive politics overcome the age question?
The 80-year-old Massachusetts senator has appeared to harness antiestablishment energy even as he faces a younger primary challenger in Rep. Seth Moulton.
Smell of death hangs over rescue efforts in Nepal as deaths pass 1,000
The overwhelming stench of death is crushing hopes that more survivors will be found in this Nepalese town devastated by last week’s catastrophic floods.
Whistleblower says USPS system Trump ordered for mail ballots is flawed and untested
An executive order from Trump, which is stymied in the courts, required the Postal Service to rapidly build a complex system to vet mail ballots.
Wendell Berry, Kentucky-born author who advocated a simpler life, has died at 92
Wendell Berry, the Kentucky-born author and agrarian who in poems, stories, novels and essays celebrated the farming communities of his native state and warned of the excesses and misjudgments of an industrial, commercialized society, has died.
Leaders of China, Russia and India meeting to counter U.S. influence
The leaders of China, Russia and India gathered with other heads of state in Kyrgyzstan for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group billed as a counterweight to U.S. global influence.
Teen girl who recorded San Diego mosque shooting livestream is charged with murder
According to the indictment, the North Carolina teen agreed before the attack that she would record the livestream, distribute it and release a document written by the attackers.