US suicides hit an all-time high last year (apnews.com)
China denies reports it obstructed G20 climate discussions (www.reuters.com)
Mexico to set up center for third-country migrants and U.S. will take referrals for possible refuge (abcnews.go.com)
The U.S. government says it will take referrals of Haitian, Cuban, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens in Mexico for possible resettlement as refugees in the United States
Patron sets fire to bar after being kicked out, killing 11 people in Mexico border city, authorities say | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Authorities in Mexico are searching for a man who they say intentionally set a bar on fire after being kicked out, killing 11 people overnight near the Arizona border in the Mexican state of Sonora.
Axios- Many hospitals posted record margins during pandemic, study finds (www.axios.com)
“Jason’s most treasured instrument”: The guitar Eddie Van Halen gifted Jason Becker during their emotional first meeting is heading to auction (www.guitarworld.com)
The Peavey Wolfgang was signed and played by Van Halen during his 1996 visit to Becker’s house, and is being sold to raise funds for Becker’s ongoing medical care
7 Nashville officers on 'administrative assignment' after Covenant school shooter's writings leaked (apnews.com)
Seven Nashville police officers have been placed on “administrative assignment” amid an investigation into the unauthorized release of some writings by the shooter who killed six people, including three children, at a private elementary school in March, authorities said Wednesday....
Maryland lands new FBI headquarters, leaving Virginia officials bitter (www.politico.com)
The FBI will relocate from its Washington headquarters to a proposed site in suburban Maryland, the General Services Administration confirmed on Wednesday, capping an acrimonious process in which officials from two states competed for the lucrative project....
Seventeen men arrested in Sicily and US in joint anti-mafia operation (www.theguardian.com)
Seventeen men have been arrested in Sicily and the United States in a joint anti-mafia operation by the FBI and Italian police....
Governments plan more fossil fuel production despite climate pledges, report says (apnews.com)
A month into war, Netanyahu says Israel will have an 'overall security' role in Gaza indefinitely (apnews.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will have “overall security responsibility” in Gaza for an indefinite period after its war with Hamas.
'We're wiser': US Republican women candidates steer clear of speaker fight (www.reuters.com)
Some of the holdouts say that is a deliberate choice, to avoid what has been a brutal fight that has taken a political toll on many of the group’s top leaders....
The ‘new elites’ of X: Identifying the most influential accounts engaged in Hamas/Israel discourse (www.cip.uw.edu)
Since the first news of the attack on Israel by Hamas, we have seen anecdotal reports from users of X (formerly Twitter) that the platform has become less useful for surfacing verified news and more generally disorienting. Through a novel data collection process we identify highly influential accounts in the Hamas/Israel...
Daniel Noboa, heir to banana fortune, wins Ecuador’s presidential runoff election (apnews.com)
US has seen increase in domestic threats since Hamas attacks in Israel, FBI says (www.theguardian.com)
FBI director Christopher Wray has reiterated part of an FBI statement that the US domestic security agency does not have “specific and credible intelligence indicating a threat to the United States stemming from the Hamas attacks in Israel”....
Lawrence Summers, Ted Cruz criticize Harvard for student statement blaming Israel (www.politico.com)
Some of Harvard University’s most prominent political alumni are criticizing the school for not condemning a student-led statement that blamed Israel for the surprise Hamas attack over the weekend....
In Wake of Russell Brand Allegations, U.K. to Introduce Independent Body to Address Bullying and Harassment in Creative Industries (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
British culture minister Lucy Frazer, together with talents from the U.K. film, TV, music and theater sectors, announced the new body, which will be ready to take cases next year.
Peruvian man charged with making hoax bomb threats to schools, synagogues in Pennsylvania (www.wtae.com)
US secures the release of the soldier who crossed into North Korea 2 months ago (apnews.com)
Rural hospital maternity wards closing as people seek to give birth closer to home (abcnews.go.com)
A growing number of rural hospitals have been shuttering their labor and delivery units, forcing pregnant women to travel longer distances for care or face giving birth in an emergency room. Fewer than half of rural hospitals now have maternity units, prompting government officials and families to scramble for answers. One...
What a record-breaking hurricane looks like (www.bbc.com)
The hurricane, which reached 160mph (258km/h) winds on Friday (8 September), was a category one storm on Thursday but intensified to a category five, increasing by 85mph (137km/h) in just 24 hours. The increase made the hurricane, which meteorologists dubbed “rare”, the third-fastest rapid intensification in the Atlantic....
More than 750 new Texas laws go into effect Friday. Here’s a quick breakdown of the highlights (www.kut.org)
Every odd-numbered year, state lawmakers convene in Austin and debate hundreds of proposed bills with potential to affect tens of millions of Texans who call the Lone Star State home. More than 750 new laws take effect Friday. That’s on top of 321 passed this year that took effect immediately after being signed by Gov. Greg...
Social media company X to allow political ads, reversing previous ban (www.aljazeera.com)
Platform says decision builds on commitment to ‘free expression’ and pledges to prohibit promotion of misinformation.
Exclusive: Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government (www.cnn.com)
The FBI is investigating more than a dozen Uzbek nationals allowed into the US after they sought asylum at the southern border with Mexico earlier this year, a scramble set off when US intelligence officials found that the migrants traveled with the help of a smuggler with ties to ISIS, according to multiple US officials....
B.C. firefighters who lost their homes hailed for selfless effort saving their neighbour's houses (www.cbc.ca)
When Annick deGooyer had to leave her home in West Kelowna due to a wildfire evacuation order last Thursday, her husband was among the firefighters battling the blaze....