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More experts see genocide in Israel's wartime conduct in Gaza 09/23/2025 05:19am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A growing number of experts, including those commissioned by a U.N. body, have said Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip amounts to genocide, deepening Israel’s isolation and risking untold damage to the country’s standing even among allies. The accusation is ve What you will and won't see at this year's UN General Assembly 09/23/2025 02:04am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The annual high-level gathering at the U.N. General Assembly this week will see more than 140 world leaders descend upon New York City in an effort to secure global peace and security despite growing divides on how to do that. Nearly 90 heads of state, 43 heads of government Ukraine faces a new test as Russia steps up its drive to seize Donetsk’s fortress belt 09/23/2025 01:52am • SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fall is expected to bring another grueling test for Ukraine’s armed forces as Russia intensifies its campaign to seize an eastern region, once Ukraine’s industrial heartland and a territory it has long sought to conquer. Russia now controls about 70% of the Donetsk r Editorial Roundup: United States 09/22/2025 10:53pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 19 The New York Times says the Trump Administration is trying to punish free speech A founding principle of the United States, enshrined in the Constitution’s opening amendment, is that our republic depends on citizens’ f Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah released from prison after presidential pardon 09/22/2025 10:48pm • CAIRO (AP) — Pro-democracy Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was pardoned and released Monday after nearly 12 years in prison. “An exceptionally kind day. Alaa is free,” his sister Mona Seif wrote on social media site X along with a picture of her brother smiling with his mother Lai The Latest: Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence 09/22/2025 08:44pm • President Donald Trump on Monday promoted unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without offering new medical evidence. “Don’t take Tylenol,” Trump instructed pregnant women around a dozen times during the unwieldy White House news conference, also urging mothers not to give their Mexico boosts controls on cattle after new screwworm case found near US border in Nuevo Leon 09/22/2025 08:30pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico activated emergency controls Monday after detecting a new case of New World screwworm in cattle in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon state, the closest case to the U.S. border since the outbreak began last year. The animal, found in the town of Sabinas Hidalgo, came Cowboys are adrift without Micah Parsons. Now they have to see him up close 09/22/2025 08:05pm • FRISCO, Texas (AP) — With Micah Parsons coming to town, the Dallas Cowboys are already near the bottom of the NFL in sacks. Dallas is one of six teams without multiple takeaways through three weeks. The Cowboys (1-2) knew they weakened their defense significantly when they traded their star pass r Unbeaten San Francisco 49ers face new challenge after Nick Bosa's season-ending injury 09/22/2025 07:43pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have overcome injuries to star players to pull out three straight wins to open the season in games that weren't decided until the closing minutes. The latest came when backup quarterback Mac Jones led a drive to set up Eddy Pineiro's 35-yard field Super typhoon blowing by northern Philippines and Taiwan forces evacuations and closures 09/22/2025 07:36pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people were evacuated from northern Philippine villages and schools and offices were closed Monday in the archipelago and neighboring Taiwan as one of this year's strongest typhoons threatened to cause flooding and landslides on its way to southeastern China Tiger fatally mauls handler during big cat show in Oklahoma, sheriff says 09/22/2025 06:26pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A large tiger fatally attacked an animal handler as horrified onlookers watched during the end of a big cat show at a preserve in southeastern Oklahoma, officials said Monday. Ryan Easley, 37, was dead when deputies arrived Saturday at the Growler Pines Tiger Preserve near Hug Spirit Airlines to furlough 1,800 flight attendants amid second bankruptcy 09/22/2025 05:20pm • Spirit Airlines plans to furlough 1,800 flight attendants before the end of the year, the cash-strapped budget carrier said Monday. The company said it made the “difficult decision” to put cabin crew members on temporary leave to match staffing needs with expected flight demand during Spirit's s Gabrielle becomes at Category 4 hurricane and forecasters advise Azores to take notice 09/22/2025 04:58pm • MIAMI (AP) — People in the Azores archipelago were advised Monday to monitor the progress of Hurricane Gabrielle which is now a Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said. Gabrielle had maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 kph) on Monday afternoon as it skirt As the world convulses in war and contentiousness, its leaders convene at the UN to figure it out 09/22/2025 03:00pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders began convening Monday at one of the most volatile moments in the United Nations' 80-year history, and the challenges they face are as dire as ever if not more so: unyielding wars in Gaza and Ukraine, escalating changes in the U.S. approach to the world, hungry 'DC residents trust my judgment': Bowser remarks on federal law enforcement surge, RFK redevelopment project 09/22/2025 02:08pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser addressed a number of issues facing the District, from what it took to get the Commanders' stadium deal done to the recent surge of federal law enforcement in the city, during an interview. Speaking with political analyst Chuck Todd, in the most recent episode of the Noos