A wild scene played out off the coast of Portugal, with a pod of orca whales seen attacking and sinking yet another boat.https://abcnews.go.com/International/video/orcas-attack-sink-boat-off-coast-portugal-125715606
A 95-year-old woman is being held without bail at Rikers Island prison for allegedly beating to death her roommate, an 89-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, in a Brooklyn, NY, nursing home.https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/holocaust-survivor-allegedly-killed-95-year-roommate-ny-125712830
Rep. Jasmine Crockett pressed FBI Director Kash Patel on his handling of the investigation into last week’s fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk as Patel testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee.https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/rep-crockett-questions-fbi-director-kash-patel-kirk-125681327
These innovative pavings convert the kinetic energy of footsteps into clean electric energy.https://www.wired.com/story/how-energy-generating-sidewalks-work/
The vaccine advisory group ACIP, not all members of which seemed to know what the group does, recommended to the CDC that combined MMRV shots not be given before age 4.https://www.wired.com/story/vaccine-panel-stacked-by-rfk-jr-recommends-delaying-mmrv-immunization/
Thousands marched in London to protest President Donald Trump’s second state visit. Among them were many environmental activists unhappy with Britain’s new AI deal with the US.https://www.wired.com/story/climate-activists-unite-in-london-to-protest-trump-visit-uk/
A wave of AI users presenting in states of psychological distress gave birth to an unofficial diagnostic label. Experts say it’s neither accurate nor needed, but concede that it’s likely to stay.https://www.wired.com/story/ai-psychosis-is-rarely-psychosis-at-all/
Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from outer space—specifically via a collision with a Mars-sized planet billions of years ago.https://www.wired.com/story/a-collision-with-another-planet-could-have-allowed-for-life-on-earth/
Committee members delayed indefinitely a vote on a hepatitis B vaccine for newborns because they did not feel ready to make a decision.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/health/cdc-vaccines-mmrv-hepatitis-b.html
The Supreme Court has distinguished bully-pulpit persuasion, which is permissible under the First Amendment, from coercion and threats, which are not.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/supreme-court-jimmy-kimmel-free-speech.html
The judge said that the complaint failed to contain a “short and plain statement of the claim.” Mr. Trump has 28 days to refile.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/business/media/trump-new-york-times-lawsuit.html
Trump officials told Erik S. Siebert that he was likely to be fired. He had hit roadblocks investigating New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/erik-siebert-comey-letitia-james.html
Devon Archer, Trevor Milton and Carlos Watson were convicted in fraud schemes totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Now, they will not be required by the government to pay back victims.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/sec-trump-clemency.html
Some Israeli officials believe the military assault on Gaza City will deliver a decisive blow to the group, which continues to stage ambushes and guerrilla attacks.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/world/middleeast/hamas-remaining-in-gaza.html
The last of their order, they are now known for a dispute with the church they gave their lives to over where to live in retirement. And they wanted to stay home.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/world/europe/nuns-austria-sisters.html
Battered by years of bombing and shelling, Deir al-Zour remains a frontline, even as its people struggle to rebuild.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/world/middleeast/syria-deir-al-zour.html
A homeland security official said it was “contrary to our national interest to allow Syrians to remain in our country.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/temporary-protected-status-syrians.html
Erika Kirk said her husband aspired to “revive the American family.” Conservative activists wonder if Charlie Kirk’s legacy will lend new urgency to White House policy discussions.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/charlie-kirk-erika-family-marriage-children.html
Since his death, the parents and grandparents of his original followers are discovering his work. They like what they see.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa.html
In 2023, Chance Comanche was playing some of the best basketball of his life. His teammates thought he was on his way to the N.B.A. Instead, he was accused of murder.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/comanche-murder-trial-stockton-kings-nba.html