WorldFederal investigators are giving their first public update as they begin examining what caused an Amazon cargo jet to crash near Miami International Airport.
WorldFederal investigators are giving their first public update as they begin examining what caused an Amazon cargo jet to crash near Miami International Airport.
CultureZundert, the Dutch village where painter Vincent van Gogh was born, held the world’s largest flower parade for its 80th edition. Twenty competing hamlets spent months creating flower-covered floats and other displays.
WorldEgyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 others have been sentenced to death in a major synthetic drug trafficking case. Appeals and further legal challenges are expected.
Politics1:39An armed assailant was arrested after allegedly lunging at Democratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair, injuring multiple people.
SocietyGio Benitez examines national average gas prices and driving trends, along with what travelers should expect on the roads during the Labor Day rush.
SocietyA trial has opened in Orléans over the alleged illegal hunting of protected species by French billionaire Olivier Bouygues. If convicted, Bouygues, whose wealth is estimated at nearly €3.2 billion, and the other defendants could face up to seven years in prison in a case described as unprecedented in French history.
CultureHuazhou in Guangdong is renowned for Huajuhong, a prized pomelo peel once presented as an imperial tribute. It is now used in teas, lozenges, snacks and other health-related products, with goods exported to more than 30 countries and regions, including the United States, Japan and Europe.
SocietyAn air raid alert was active in Kyiv while Alyona Bohatyrenko was in labor. She celebrated giving birth during the alert, joining several women who risked strikes to deliver their babies at the Ukrainian hospital.
SocietyBolivia marked its annual Pedestrian Day with a nationwide 10-hour ban on vehicles. Highways linking the cities of La Paz and El Alto were filled with pedestrians.
PoliticsA regional election in a small eastern German state has caused a political shock with implications beyond Germany. The AfD, which Germany’s domestic intelligence agency classifies as an extremist group, came just short of winning an outright majority on Sunday.
WorldIran has announced a plan to establish an “exclusion zone” in the Strait of Hormuz. Former Trump NSC chief of staff Alex Gray discusses maximum economic pressure on Iran, including strikes on three Iranian oil tankers, as well as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveling to Russia and Ukraine.
WorldAt least 10 people died and dozens were injured after stored fireworks exploded during an evening mass at a church in the Mexican community of Santa Maria Canchesda, authorities said.
CultureTaika Waititi hosted this year’s amfAR gala alongside the Venice Film Festival. The fundraiser supported HIV/AIDS research and honored Pamela Anderson and artist Marina Abramovic, with stars in attendance.
WorldAt least eight Palestinians have been killed in recent Israeli attacks across Gaza, including an eight-year-old girl on her way to school and a three-year-old boy in a classroom at a sheltering school. Israel’s military says it targeted Hamas sites in northern Gaza after one of its vehicles hit an explosive device. The attacks have continued despite a US-brokered ceasefire that began in October.
WorldChinese officials said rescuers recovered more bodies as the search continued for hundreds of people still missing after a tsunami-like mudslide destroyed China’s main border crossing with Nepal.
SocietyNepal observed a day of mourning on Monday for those who died in the Aug. 26 floods. Government offices lowered their flags, while families of the victims completed mourning rituals.
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Society1:44A parenting debate over childhood independence has erupted after a mother received jail time and was placed on a child-abuse registry for allowing her five-year-old son to take a walk by himself.
WorldOfficials said five people died and five were injured when an Amazon Air cargo plane arriving from Puerto Rico overran a runway at Miami International Airport. The information was given at a Sunday evening news conference.
PoliticsGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under pressure ahead of a Berlin press conference after his Christian Democrats suffered a humiliating defeat to the Alternative for Germany in Saxony-Anhalt’s regional election. The CDU’s support fell to 17.2%, raising serious questions about mainstream parties’ longstanding “firewall” against cooperation with the AfD.
WorldLt. Col. Darin Gaub analyzes the fatal Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport, which killed at least five people. He discusses possible contributing factors, including weather and runway conditions.
PoliticsGermany’s far-right Alternative for Germany wins in Saxony-Anhalt, moving closer to taking state-level power for the first time since World War Two. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner promote new ideas after trips between Moscow and Kyiv, but hopes on the streets are fading as winter approaches.
WorldIAEA Director General Rafael Grossi holds a press conference as the UN nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors begins a week-long meeting. Iran and Syria are among the issues on the agenda.
PoliticsPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attends Brazil’s Independence Day military parade in Brasília, ahead of the presidential election scheduled for October.