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A quiet stretch of Highbridge Park in Upper Manhattan turned into a homicide scene on Wednesday morning. Someone walking through the park came across a woman lying on a hiking trail near Amsterdam Avenue and West 174th Street. Police were called at around 9:20 a.m. and found her unconscious and unresponsive.
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On an ordinary Tuesday evening in Chatsworth, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, an SUV hit a city bus full of people heading home. Two passengers died. About two hours later, a news helicopter that had been covering the crash went down less than a mile away and killed three more people. Two crashes and five deaths in a single evening left Los Angeles in shock. Here is what we know about what happened, who was lost, and what investigators are still trying to figure out.
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Australian HYROX athlete and fitness coach Joanna Wietrzyk is suddenly a name people outside the sport are talking about, and not for the reason she'd probably want. She won the women's Pro event at HYROX Beijing, crossing the line in around 1:01:23, but that result has been overshadowed by what happened partway through the race, a bowel-control incident she chose to push through rather than stop for.
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Stella Stocker, a British actress, found herself in the media spotlight after stepping out with Liam Neeson at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2026. The two were spotted holding hands at the premiere of Evil Genius, and it didn't take long for romance rumors to start swirling.
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The Lindsay Clancy case is far from over. Just days after a Massachusetts jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict in her triple murder trial, her defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, is back in court, pushing hard for something bigger than a retrial. He wants the whole case thrown out.
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On September 10, 2026, exactly one year after Charlie Kirk was killed, a crowd of students, friends, and Turning Point USA members made their way back to Utah Valley University to remember him. The memorial took place at the UCCU Center, and the tone of the evening leaned heavily on three things that defined Kirk's public life: his faith, his political work, and the movement he spent over a decade building.
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Casey Gerald is having a moment again. The author sat down with NPR's Fresh Air on September 8, 2026, to talk about his new book, The Great Refusal: A New Vision of Resistance, and why he's walked away from success twice in his career instead of holding onto it.
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Stefany Shaheen has clinched the Democratic nomination for New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, edging out Maura Sullivan in a race that came down to the wire. The Associated Press called the contest at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday, with Shaheen ahead 37.2% to 34.9% once 88% of the votes were counted.
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Daejon Love posed as a rising NFL talent tied to the 49ers for nearly three years, using fake gear, staged photos, doctored highlight reels, and fabricated documents to convince women he was a pro athlete (and even claimed ties to a wealthy Swiss family). The FBI arrested him in Boise, Idaho on August 24, along with 18-year-old Taylor Jamie Chan, on wire fraud charges.
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Ramzi Kassem, chief counsel to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has faced criticism after Mamdani handed him a ceremonial signing pen following a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at City Hall.
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Jason Bard Yarmosky isn't new to the art world, but 2026 has introduced him to a much bigger audience, thanks to his very public relationship with actress Katie Holmes.
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Sarah Jane Nader, the youngest of the Nader sisters, is heading to Dancing With the Stars Season 35, paired with Hailey Bills—the show's second all-female duo. Known from Hulu's "Love Thy Nader," she came out as bisexual in Season 1 and has since become an LGBTQ+ advocate. She's recently been linked to Pete Davidson, though nothing's confirmed. DWTS premieres September 15 on Disney+ and ABC.