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Lindsay Clancy trial ends in mistrial over deaths of three children

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Lindsay Clancy trial ends in mistrial over deaths of three children

A judge declared a mistrial Friday (September 4, 2026) after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the high-profile case of an American woman who killed her three young children. Lindsay Clancy, 36, acknowledged strangling Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, but claimed she should be excused from criminal responsibility…

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Tetris distances itself from controversial White House ‘arcade’ games

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Tetris distances itself from controversial White House ‘arcade’ games

A White House website featuring arcade games. File | Photo Credit: AP Tetris said on Friday (September 3, 2026) that it did not give permission for the White House to use the game’s iconic imagery for a controversial online arcade that the U.S. President Donald Trump administration released on Thursday (September 4, 2026). “The Tetris…

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Indian national charged with drug trafficking, possessing illegal arms in U.S.

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Indian national charged with drug trafficking, possessing illegal arms in U.S.

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Istockphoto/Getty Images An Indian national has been charged with distributing drugs from a pizza outlet in a California city, the U.S. Department of Justice said. According to court documents, 50-year-old Kawal Preet Singh, an unlawful resident of the U.S., sold wholesale quantities of methamphetamine from a…

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U.S., China gear up for mid-September AI safety talks

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U.S., China gear up for mid-September AI safety talks

The U.S. and China are gearing up to discuss AI safety risks during a dialogue planned for mid-September, two sources briefed on the discussions told Reuters, as rapidly advancing frontier AI capabilities ‌reach a global tipping point. The talks, the first official bilateral discussions devoted exclusively to AI between the U.S. and China since U.S….

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Explosion at Bolivia military base kills at least 10, dozens injured

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Explosion at Bolivia military base kills at least 10, dozens injured

An explosion at a military unit in Viacha, Bolivia September 4, 2026, in this screengrab taken from a social media video. Photo: Red Siglo XXI/via Reuters At least 10 people ​were killed and dozens more injured on ‌Friday (September 4, 2026) after an explosion at ​a military barracks in the ⁠Bolivian municipality of Viacha, about…

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U.S. Judge again blocks Postal Service’s mail-in voting restrictions

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U.S. Judge again blocks Postal Service’s mail-in voting restrictions

A federal judge ‌on Friday (September 4, 2026) extended a ban stopping President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing a new U.S. Postal Service ​rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elections. Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira ⁠Talwani issued the injunction at the behest of Democratic-led states and voting rights groups,…

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Trump says Witkoff, Kushner heading abroad to discuss Ukraine peace

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Trump says Witkoff, Kushner heading abroad to discuss Ukraine peace

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. ‌Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, ​Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are heading ⁠abroad to attempt to forge a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, the U.S. president ‌told reporters on Friday (September 4, 2026). During comments in the Oval…

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Trump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes’, says he agrees with Vance that it’s not ‘war’

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Trump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes’, says he agrees with Vance that it’s not ‘war’

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (September 4, 2026) said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in West Asia are not a “war.” Asked during an Oval Office exchange about Mr….

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Nepal wants climate compensation, putting major emitters on the hook

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Nepal wants climate compensation, putting major emitters on the hook

“We are paying the ultimate price for a global crisis we did not create,” Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal declared on September 1, 2026, after a catastrophic glacial collapse that killed over 1,200 people. But in the aftermath of this “Himalayan tsunami”, Nepal is doing something that is quite unprecedented. Instead of just issuing the…

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