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Top News Stories for Wednesday, September 17th 2025
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Speed: 0.5x Speed: 1x Speed: 1.5x Speed: 2x 🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. President Donald Trump gave a fresh warning to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after another U.S. strike on a drug boat in the Caribbean—the third now, he said—in his war against the cartels. Trump said that the U.S. had now "knocked off three boats". Two had only been confirmed publicly ...
Source: newsweek.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
C.D.C. Vaccine Advisers May Limit Hepatitis B Shots for Newborns Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or delaying them until later in childhood. Listen to this article · 7:51 min When the federal committee that recommends vaccine policies meets on Thursday, one vaccine on the agenda will be the hepatitis B shot, a longtime ...
Source: nytimes.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
The US Federal Reserve started a key interest rate meeting Tuesday, hours after Donald Trump's new appointee narrowly won confirmation to join the central bank — while another top official fights her removal by the president. Stephen Miran, who has been a key advisor to Trump, took the oath of office as a Fed governor on Tuesday, the Fed said in a statement, as its rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Speed: 0.5x Speed: 1x Speed: 1.5x Speed: 2x 🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. Prosecutors on Tuesday revealed text messages between accused gunman Tyler Robinson and his roommate, Lance Twiggs, in which Robinson admitted to killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, described hiding his rifle and detailed his planning in the days before the shooting. According to court filings, ...
Source: newsweek.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Attorney General Pam Bondi has doubled down on her attack on free speech after a MAGA backlash, vowing to use the full force of the law to crack down on left-wing people using violent rhetoric to silence conservatives. After being reminded by MAGA world that hate speech is protected by the First Amendment, Bondi pushed back on Tuesday, declaring that anything that crosses the line—such as doxing a ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Trump has refused to enforce a law banning the app President Donald Trump has issued an order directing the Department of Justice to continue putting off enforcement of a 2024 law banning the popular video-sharing app TikTok while negotiations continue over a deal that would place control of the ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. El gobernador JB Pritzker criticó el lunes a las autoridades federales por no revelar quién está investigando un tiroteo fatal por parte de un agente de inmigración en el suburbio de Franklin Park, lo que forma parte de una mayor falta de transparencia sobre el uso de la fuerza por parte de los agentes del Servicio de ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
In a major move aimed at curbing crime in Tennessee, President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order establishing the Memphis Safe Task Force, which will send National Guard troops to the city alongside federal law enforcement agencies. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said the effort would replicate the administration's ongoing military-led response to urban crime in Democratic-run cities. "We're ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage dropped 12 basis points from Monday to 6.13%, according to Mortgage News Daily. That is the lowest level since late 2022. Mortgage rates dropped sharply Tuesday, as investors in mortgage-backed bonds seemed to buy in ahead of a widely expected rate cut by the Federal Reserve . The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage dropped 12 basis points from Monday to 6.13%, ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Speed: 0.5x Speed: 1x Speed: 1.5x Speed: 2x 🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, a new United Nations (U.N.) committee report has said. "The Commission concludes that the State of Israel bears responsibility for the failure to prevent genocide, the commission of genocide and the failure to punish genocide against ...
Source: newsweek.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
A New York state judge has dismissed two terror-related murder charges against Luigi Mangione , the 27-year-old accused of fatally shooting former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. According to the judge's ruling on Tuesday, the now-dismissed charges were "legally insufficient." Mangione, who was present in the courtroom for the hearing, still faces a count of murder in the second degree and other criminal ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel clashed with skeptical Democrats at a contentious Senate oversight hearing Tuesday, defending his record amid criticism that he has politicized the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency and pursued retribution against perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump. The appearance Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee represented the first oversight ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military began its ground offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday, slowly closing in on the Palestinian territory's largest city in another escalation in the war. Thousands of people streamed out of the city in vehicles laden with their belongings, but hundreds of thousands more remain. The conflict has already decimated much of the Gaza Strip and roiled the Middle East for nearly two ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Some bankers have long sought relief from the time-consuming ritual of providing quarterly updates to investors. Now President Trump appears poised to deliver the six-month schedule that industry voices have advocated. Trump wrote in a social media post Monday that, subject to the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission, corporations should no longer be forced to report their earnings on a quarterly ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
United States President Donald Trump has said he is bringing a $15bn "defamation and libel lawsuit" against The New York Times (NYT) over its coverage of his family and political movement, and cited reputational damage over the newspaper's reporting regarding his relationship with disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. "The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders released the text of their bill Tuesday to keep the government funded through Nov. 21, with the goal of passing it through the full House this week. But it's far from certain they have the votes in their slim majority, in which they can afford only two defections before they would need Democratic support or absences to approve it. And Democrats have emphasized for weeks ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Academy Award-winning actor and director Robert Redford , one of the biggest movie stars to ever grace the screen and whose startlingly magnetic charisma in such films as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Way We Were" and "The Sting" made him an icon, has died. He was 89. Cindi Berger, CEO of the publicity firm Rogers & Cowan PMK, confirmed Redford's death to CBS News in a statement. Berger said he died ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
A U.S. judge said that she was powerless to stop the return of four men in Ghana's custody to countries where U.S. immigration judges determined they faced torture or persecution, declining to intervene in a victory for the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said that the administration appeared to be circumventing the U.N. Convention Against Torture by sending the West Africans to Ghana, but ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. President calls Fulton County district attorney a 'criminal' and slams 'weaponization' despite his own felony convictions and threats to prosecute opponents Georgia's highest court rejected an appeal from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willi s in her efforts to return to her sprawling election ...
Source: independent.co.uk
CrowdStrike and Salesforce Partner on Security Solutions for AI Agents and Applications | PYMNTS.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
CrowdStrike and Salesforce partnered to enhance the security of artificial intelligence agents and applications built on Agentforce and Salesforce Platform . Via integrations between CrowdStrike Falcon Shield and Salesforce Security Center , the companies will provide greater protection, visibility and faster response to secure AI-powered business , the companies said in a Tuesday (Sept. 16) press release . ...
Source: pymnts.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
We've been used to it for so long; have any of us really noticed it in years? Since 2013, the Apple iPhone's icons, windows, and tabs have looked more or less the same. Aside from a few slight tweaks over the years, it's been Apple's steady design language. Playful and flat. After installing the public release of iOS 26 on my iPhone 15 Pro to try it out, I can say that it is certainly something. It looks different ...
Source: vice.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Oracle Corp. today announced a series of new agentic artificial intelligence extensions to its Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management suite, bringing the number of agents in the application to more than 100. The new additions support internal mobility, performance management, learning and development, payroll and staffing processes. Oracle has been steadily adding agents — a type of autonomous AI software ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Already thinking about holiday shopping? Amazon is way ahead of you. The retailer just announced that its Prime Big Deal Days sale (a.k.a. October Prime Day ) is back this fall from Oct. 7 to 8 . During the 48-hour event, Prime members can save on gifts , festive decor and hosting essentials, as well as everyday items across categories. This is Amazon's biggest sale before Black Friday and Cyber Monday — you ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday he will seek a third term in the state's 2026 elections. Walz, who was the Democratic Party's 2024 vice presidential nominee, released a campaign video announcement saying he has "always tried to do what's right for Minnesota." "I've seen how we help eachother in the hard times," Walz opened his 2-minute long clip posted to social media. "And I'lll never ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Talk to the palm! That's the idea behind a growing number of smart locks that can read your palm rather than your fingerprint, and budget smart home manufacturer Wyze has just announced its own take. Available starting today, the Wyze Palm Lock isn't the first smart lock capable of the palm-reading trick; recent locks from Eufy, TP-Link's Tapo brand, TCL, and Phillips can do the same thing. What sets ...
Source: pcworld.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
OpenAI announced Tuesday that it is working on age prediction technology and launching additional parental controls for ChatGPT amid growing concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on children. The AI firm is building a system to estimate whether a user is under 18 years old and direct young users to a more tailored experience, restricting graphic sexual content and involving law ...
Source: thehill.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A judge in Los Angeles on Monday threw out a petition by the Menendez brothers seeking a new trial for the killing of their parents after the emergence of new evidence. Superior Court Judge William Ryan wrote in his ruling that the new evidence would not have changed the outcome of the 1996 trial that resulted in life sentences for the brothers, CBS affiliate KCAL-TV reported Tuesday. The ruling ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Business Writer Costco is recalling bottles of store brand Prosecco because they could shatter without warning. In a notice on the company's website Tuesday, Costco said the recall affects Kirkland Signature Prosecco Valdobbiadene purchased between April 25 and August 26. The affected bottles were sold in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
The United States has officially named Colombia as a country which has "demonstrably failed" to uphold its obligations to control drug trafficking, but stopped short of cutting off the flow of US aid to Colombia. Each year, the US government formally certifies whether several countries are fully co-operating with US-led counternarcotic efforts, and those which are found to be wanting risk having their US funding ...
Source: bbc.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Luxury fashion brands Gucci, Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga have suffered a customer data breach, in another attack linked to the ShinyHunters gang. The impacted data reportedly includes details of how much money individual customers have spent with the brands. ShinyHunters has claimed to have harvested data relating to 7.4 million unique email addresses. This according to a sample of files it ShinyHunters ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Early adopters of AI tended to be men, with around 80% of weekly users having typically masculine first names in the months after ChatGPT was released, according to new data. Most people are using ChatGPT to ask questions and get advice, new data from its developer OpenAI has revealed. Although AI bots can do anything from coding to drafting emails or even helping users to imagine and play, around 49% of the ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Answer: Yes. Car door handles have a very simple function: They're there to make sure you can, you know, open the doors to a car. They are also extremely vital, as anyone who has encountered a frozen one can tell you. Or anyone who owns a Tesla, apparently. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an investigation of Tesla following multiple reports of door handles malfunctioning on ...
Source: govtech.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro excoriated the recent spate of politically motivated attacks and killings during a speech to the Eradicate Hate Global Summit here on Tuesday, days after conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah. Shapiro, up for re-election next fall and widely considered a contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, has spoken out ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Sep 16th, 2025 -
Most Americans would be healthier if the nation dropped daylight saving time, a major new study says. Switching to permanent standard time would prevent about 300,000 cases of stroke per year and result in 2.6 million fewer people with obesity, researchers estimate in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Permanent daylight saving time also would improve the nation's health, but only by about ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Sep 15th, 2025 -
LONDON (AP) — China accused Nvidia on Monday of violating the country's antimonopoly laws and said it would step up scrutiny of the world's leading chipmaker, escalating tensions with Washington as the two countries hold trade talks this week. Chinese regulators said a preliminary investigation found that Nvidia didn't comply with conditions imposed when it purchased Mellanox Technologies, a network and data ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Sep 15th, 2025 -
If life were fair, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America would owe Nate Bargatze a lot of money right now. The Emmys host kicked off the 77th annual TV awards ceremony on Sunday night with a contest for the charity; it aimed to prevent the live broadcast from running into overtime due to long-winded acceptance speeches. He started with a pledge of $100,000 to the nonprofit after-school group and promised to add another ...
Source: esquire.com
Monday, Sep 15th, 2025 -
By Kanishka Singh Donald Trump 's administration announced plans on Monday to invest $500 million in historically Black colleges and tribal universities, days after ending $350 million in grants to programs for colleges with large numbers of Hispanic students and other minority-serving institutions. Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities will receive an ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Sep 15th, 2025 -
Columnist Karen Attiah says she was fired by The Washington Post last week over a series of social media posts about gun control and race in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. "As a columnist, I used my voice to defend freedom and democracy, challenge power and reflect on culture and politics with honesty and conviction," Attiah wrote in a post on Substack published Monday. "Now, I ...
Source: thehill.com
Monday, Sep 15th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to federalize the Washington police again if the department does not cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. In August, Trump federalized D.C. police and deployed National Guard troops into the district in an emergency 30-day takeover, which expired last week. Trump said in a Truth Social post early Monday that the move led ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Sep 15th, 2025 -
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday said people being able to openly carry guns is "the law of the state," after a panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal last week ruled that a longstanding ban was unconstitutional. Uthmeier sent guidance to prosecutors and law-enforcement agencies. Some had already stopped enforcing the open-carry ban after Wednesday's opinion. Uthmeier said in ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Monday, Sep 15th, 2025 -
Governor Kathy Hochul officially endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor over the weekend, putting an end to months of speculation about whether she would back the young Democratic Socialist front-runner despite their political differences. But as support continues to coalesce behind Mamdani as the Democratic Party nominee, President Donald Trump appeared to renew his threats to target NYC under a Mamdani mayoralty. In a ...
Source: nymag.com
Monday, Sep 15th, 2025 -
An SEC filing made public Monday showed that Musk purchased nearly $1 billion worth of the company's stock last week. Musk, who holds a 13% stake in Tesla, has complained in the past about his level of control over the company. In January, he said he would not be comfortable The new compensation plan, which is set to be voted on by investors at Tesla's shareholder meeting in November, provides Musk a route to that ...
Source: insider.com
Monday, Sep 15th, 2025 -
President Trump linked the beheading of a Dallas motel manager to immigration policies, blaming the Biden administration for allowing the Cuban national accused in the killing to remain in the U.S. despite prior arrests. Chandra Nagamallaiah died last week, and Dallas police identified Yordanis Cobos-Martinez as the suspect. Cobos-Martinez is being held in the Dallas County Jail for capital murder and has an ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Sep 15th, 2025 -
It was Gandalf who told Frodo , "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." Tolkien superfan Stephen Colbert is making the most of his time left with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , set to end in May 2026, with his Emmys speech being altogether a victory lap for the show's ten-year run, a tribute to his departed assistant, and a message of hope in the current political chaos. At the , ...
Source: esquire.com