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Nashville, TennesseePublished 2 Oct 2026
On Sept. 30, Tennessee gave Christa Pike two doses of pentobarbital at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. She was still alive and snoring, and was taken to a hospital. Gov. Bill Lee paused the rest of the year’s executions and ordered a review. Hours earlier the U.S. Supreme Court had lifted a same-day stay.
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Johnathan Moore, 34, died Thursday morning after the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force tried to arrest him at a home on Brown Street in Akron. He fired one round into his own head as an officer fired at least one round into his chest.
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Houston, TexasPublished 1 Oct 2026
Chicago scored the first five runs at Daikin Park, with Sam Antonacci's two-run single and Colson Montgomery's homer, for its first playoff win since 2021.
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New YorkPublished 30 Sep 2026
Cam Schlittler and Ben Rice, both from Massachusetts, led the Yankees past the Red Sox in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series at Yankee Stadium. Aaron Judge is out with a calf injury.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 30 Sep 2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith told the Senate Judiciary Committee he would not be silenced and stood by the charges against President Trump. Republicans called the prosecutions an abuse of power.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 30 Sep 2026
On Sept. 28, 2026, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to pause Judge Royce Lamberth’s orders and let the Bureau of Prisons stop surgeries, hormone therapy, and social accommodations for federal inmates with gender dysphoria.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 30 Sep 2026
On Sept. 29, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order telling the executive branch to use “Super Intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence,” and he and tech executives signed a voluntary safety accord he called morally binding.
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Paju, Gyeonggi, South KoreaPublished 30 Sep 2026
Three South Korean soldiers were hurt by explosions on 21 September in the western Demilitarized Zone. Seoul says North Korean mines caused them and wants an apology. Kim Yo Jong says the claim is a farce.
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Cleveland, OhioPublished 30 Sep 2026
City Hall picked eight teams for nine vacant CMSD sites, including senior housing at Collinwood High, while the school board and City Council still have to approve the deals.
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Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, MoroccoPublished 30 Sep 2026
The king tasked the Authenticity and Modernity Party coordinator with forming a government after the party won 97 of 395 seats on September 23.
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Cleveland, OhioPublished 30 Sep 2026
Gov. Mike DeWine told Ohio EPA on Sept. 29 to begin ending vehicle emissions tests in seven Northeast Ohio counties after U.S. EPA said the region meets the ozone standard. Federal approval is still required.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 30 Sep 2026
The administration used Homeland Security funds for spots it calls public service announcements. Democrats and some Republicans say the ads are political and should not be paid with tax dollars.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 29 Sep 2026
On Sept. 29, 2026, President Trump unveiled an AI government site at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington and signed an order tying agencies to it, while tech executives pressed caution and he refused to slow development.
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Louisville, KentuckyPublished 29 Sep 2026
Juan Miguel Muñoz Penalver, 21, died in Louisville Metro Corrections in February 2026. A September federal lawsuit says staff ignored a mental-health collapse. His death certificate calls the dehydration a willful refusal of care.
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WLBT and CUToday.info reported a guilty plea Monday in federal court in Jackson. WAPT reported that the filing does not show a plea. SuperTalk reported the charges.
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Chicago, IllinoisPublished 29 Sep 2026
Case Keenum, starting for the injured Caleb Williams, threw two touchdown passes and ran for another as Chicago beat previously unbeaten Philadelphia 27-7 at Soldier Field.
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Louisville, KentuckyPublished 29 Sep 2026
People fell ill Monday at Pleasure Ridge Park High School’s tech building. JCPS later described a dried-out chemistry-lab P-trap. Outlets disagree on how many students went to the hospital and whether a cause is settled.
Open compositeMoncks Corner, South CarolinaPublished 29 Sep 2026
Berkeley County Council approved the Lake Village expansion of Cane Bay in Moncks Corner after months of argument over traffic, flooding, and rural buffers. The plan is described as about 5,500 homes, with land for a school and fire service and new road money.
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Washington, District of ColumbiaPublished 29 Sep 2026
A White House import ban on selected Canadian alcohol, whey, molasses and motorcycles took effect Tuesday, the latest step in the U.S.-Canada trade fight.
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Columbia, South CarolinaPublished 29 Sep 2026
On Sept. 28, 2026, Charleston County School Board member Darlene Dunmeyer-Roberson answered misconduct charges at a hearing in Columbia. A panel’s recommendation is due Oct. 5, and Gov. Henry McMaster then decides whether to remove her.
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On Monday a Myanmar military airstrike hit a market and a nearby bridge in Kyauktaw, northern Rakhine State, in an area held by the Arakan Army near Bangladesh. Early reports said 33 people were killed and 36 wounded. Later Arakan Army and rescue figures put the toll at 49 dead and 58 wounded, 22 of them critically.
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