In a remote, dry patch of California, a battle is raging over carrots (apnews.com)
Panama Canal reduces the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day (apnews.com)
Ukraine aid is dropped from government funding bill. That raises questions about future US support (apnews.com)
Suicide bomber detonates a device in the Turkish capital. A second assailant is killed in a shootout (apnews.com)
Polish opposition head Donald Tusk leads march to boost chances to unseat conservatives in election (apnews.com)
Opposition leader Donald Tusk told supporters that political “change for the better is inevitable” in Poland as he opened a massive march Sunday to try to boost his political coalition’s chances of unseating the country’s conservative government in an upcoming parliamentary election....
Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting (apnews.com)
Connecticut’s most wide-ranging gun control measure since the 2013 law enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting takes effect Sunday, with proponents vowing to pursue more gun legislation despite legal challenges happening across the country....
Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world (apnews.com)
Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president will break routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains....
Federal agency sues Chipotle after a Kansas manager allegedly ripped off an employee's hijab (apnews.com)
A federal agency has sued the restaurant chain Chipotle, accusing it of religious harassment and retaliation after a manager at a Kansas location forcibly removed an employee’s hijab, a headscarf worn by some Muslim women....
A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots (apnews.com)
In the hills of a dry, remote patch of California farm country, Lee Harrington carefully monitors the drips moistening his pistachio trees to ensure they’re not wasting any of the groundwater at the heart of a vicious fight....
UN to vote on resolution to authorize one-year deployment of armed force to help Haiti fight gangs (apnews.com)
WORLD NEWS UN to vote on resolution to authorize one-year deployment of armed force to help Haiti fight gangs...
California governor rejects bill to give unemployment checks to striking workers (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl (apnews.com)
The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics — guns and abortion — and concerns about ethics swirling around the justices....
The police chief who led a raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended (apnews.com)
The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday....
An ex-investigative journalist is sentenced to 6 years in a child sexual abuse materials case (apnews.com)
A former investigative journalist for ABC News was sentenced Friday to six years in federal prison for possessing and transporting child sexual abuse images....
On the brink of a federal shutdown, the House passes a 45-day funding plan and sends it to Senate (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the brink of a federal government shutdown, the House on Saturday swiftly approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open as Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped demands for steep spending cuts and relied on Democratic votes for passage to send the package to the Senate....
India's devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combine (apnews.com)
BY SIBI ARASU Updated 7:11 AM BST, October 1, 2023...
United Auto Workers strikes spread as 7,000 more workers at two plants join the picket line (apnews.com)
Video provides first clear views of WWII aircraft carriers lost in the pivotal Battle of Midway (apnews.com)
Sweden's leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates (apnews.com)
Mexico's president slams US aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba (apnews.com)
López Obrador said the United States should spend some of the money sent to Ukraine on economic development in Latin America....
New York stunned and swamped by record-breaking rainfall as more downpours are expected (apnews.com)
Missouri high school teacher is put on leave after school officials discover her page on porn site (apnews.com)
A Missouri high school teacher says she has been placed on leave after officials discovered that she was performing on a pornography website to supplement her salary....
Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment (apnews.com)
As Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for minors goes into effect this weekend, families with transgender children and the doctors who treat them are steeling themselves for change. But exactly what and how much change is anyone’s guess....
Afghan embassy says it is stopping operations in Indian capital (apnews.com)
McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain (apnews.com)
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain....
