Florida deputy’s son, 10, accused of selling dead father’s gun to classmate for $300 (www.nbcnews.com)
Two 10-year-old students were arrested in connection with a gun sold at their elementary school in Florida, county officials confirmed....
Church Attendance Has Declined in Most U.S. Religious Groups (news.gallup.com)
Three in 10 U.S. adults attend religious services regularly, led by Mormons at 67%...
New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it (www.cnn.com)
Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors....
Fruit Stripe Gum Is Gone Forever (www.foodandwine.com)
If you call yourself an older millennial, then you definitely grew up with Fruit Stripe gum, its wildly erratic zebra mascot, and the brightly colored sticks of gum with bold fruit flavors that lasted almost as long as it took you to read this sentence. Almost....
X's fresh temporary ban of several prominent journalists raises alarm (www.nbcnews.com)
“We do sweeps for spam/scam accounts and sometimes real accounts get caught up in them,” Elon Musk wrote on X, responding to the temporary ban of at least 8 accounts, including those of a handful of journalists.
Trump claims he’s never read Mein Kampf as he repeats anti-immigrant rhetoric (www.independent.co.uk)
Donald Trump has now denied ever having read Adolf Hitler’s 1925 memoir-manifesto Mein Kampf as he faces a firestorm over his recent run of anti-immigrant comments, which have been likened to the Nazi leader’s infamous “blood and soil” rhetoric....
Three-year cruise canceled weeks before shoving off, after one woman sold her apartment to join unique voyage (www.foxbusiness.com)
Passengers who booked trips have been told refunds will be issued in monthly installments...
‘Archaic’: the Tennessee town that made homosexuality illegal (www.theguardian.com)
Republican lawmakers in the US are leaning into outdated definitions of obscenity to outlaw drag and ban books too...
Woman punches Husband to death for not taking her to Dubai on Birthday (www.ndtv.com)
Utah sues TikTok, alleging it lures children into addictive and destructive social media habits (apnews.com)
Utah became the latest state Tuesday to file a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the company is “baiting” children into addictive and unhealthy social media habits....
US sues Amazon.com for breaking antitrust law and harming consumers (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com (AMZN.O) on Tuesday, charging the online retailer with harming consumers through higher prices in the latest U.S. government legal action aimed at breaking Big Tech’s dominance of the internet....
Actor Paul Reubens, of PeeWee Herman fame, dead at 70 (www.nbcnews.com)
'Zionist-free zone': Israelis are increasingly unwanted at global tourism sites (www.haaretz.com)
From a hotel in Kyoto to a sandwich joint in Edinburgh, the world is becoming hostile toward Israelis who are learning that a vacation won’t shield them from the Gaza war....
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma dies at 89 (apnews.com)
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89....
EV sales slowdown is mostly a Tesla problem, according to sales data (arstechnica.com)
Workers at TJ Maxx and Marshalls are wearing police-like body cameras. Here’s how it’s going (www.cnn.com)
Retail chains like TJX, the parent company of TJ Maxx and Marshalls, are equipping some store employees with body cameras to deter shoplifting and improve safety. This is part of a growing trend in the retail industry, as stores respond to an increase in organized retail theft and violence against workers. However, some...
Dog attack: 6-week-old Ezra Mansoor dies after Husky attacks sleeping newborn (abc7.com)
While Ezra was taking a nap in his crib, the family’s Husky that they owned for eight years attacked out of nowhere....
57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 (ground.news)
Only 57 fossil fuels and cement producers have been responsible for most of the world’s CO2 emissions since 2016, according to the Carbon Majors report by InfluenceMap...
Donald Trump Should Probably File for Bankruptcy, but Likely Won’t Because He’s Worried It Would Make Him Look Like a Loser: Report (www.vanityfair.com)
U.S. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry Into Boeing (www.nytimes.com)
The investigation is tied to an incident on an Alaska Airlines flight in early January. Boeing also told a Senate panel that it cannot find a record of the work done on the Alaska plane.
Alabama IVF ruling divides devout Christians: 'Fewer children will be born' (www.bbc.com)
When Alabama’s Supreme Court defined frozen embryos as children, the shock and confusion was immediate. Major hospitals pulled fertility services and would-be parents scrambled for clarity on what would happen next....
Live audio of the US Supreme Court: oral arguments to decide if Trump is eligible to run for president (www.supremecourt.gov)
North Carolina mother sues school district for kicking her homeless kids out of class (thehill.com)
A woman in North Carolina is suing a school district, alleging officials forced her children to switch schools while they experienced homelessness....
Far-Right Extremists Are Organizing an Armed Convoy to the Texas Border (www.wired.com)
Another trans candidate in Ohio faces disqualification vote for omitting deadname (apnews.com)
A second transgender candidate running for a seat in the Republican-majority Ohio House is at risk of being disqualified from the ballot after omitting her former name on circulating petitions....
