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Russian jet drones hit Kyiv Ukrnafta petrol stations; two dead, a dozen hurt
Russian jet-powered drones struck two state-owned Ukrnafta petrol stations in Kyiv's Dniprovskyi and Obolonskyi districts on Friday morning, killing two people and injuring about a dozen others, including a child and a rescuer, Mayor Vitali Klitschko and city officials said. One Obolon site was hit twice in what authorities called a double-tap. The attacks followed Thursday's first jet-drone hit on a Kyiv petrol station, bringing damaged capital stations to three — all Ukrnafta — after a Telegram list of expected targets circulated midweek. Naftogaz and Ukrnafta executives called the strikes terror against civilians; Moscow denies deliberately targeting civilian sites as both sides escalate energy-infrastructure attacks.
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Houthis take Perim Island in Bab el-Mandeb as Saudi jets strike Mocha airport
Iran-backed Houthi forces reached and occupied Perim Island (Mayun) in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday after Saudi-aligned Yemeni government troops withdrew, officials told the Associated Press, Reuters, and AFP. The barren volcanic island sits in the middle of the narrow waterway linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Houthis also took the mainland coastal town of Dhubab facing the island a day after seizing the port of Mocha; a Houthi broadcaster said Saudi aircraft struck Mocha’s airport Friday with no immediate casualty report. Brent crude remains on track to end the week above $100 as the advance tightens pressure on a second energy corridor while Hormuz traffic stays constrained.
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TSA expands Gateside PreCheck visitor access as 9/11 anniversary renews security debate
On the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, coverage centers on Trump administration changes to post-9/11 airport screening: the nationwide end of the shoes-off rule, Gateside by TSA PreCheck letting vetted non-ticketed visitors past security at 13 U.S. airports (online apply 1–3 days ahead), and reports that TSA is weighing water bottles for PreCheck travelers where newer CT scanners are available. Separately, TSA Administrator David Cummins has floated expanding the Screening Partnership Program that uses private screeners under federal oversight; Trump’s FY2027 budget language would require small airports to enroll. House Homeland Security ranking member Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) says the administration has rebuffed oversight on the shoe policy.
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Joe diGenova resigns as DOJ counsel overseeing Florida probe of Trump investigators
Joseph diGenova, the Trump ally tapped in April to oversee a Florida-based Justice Department inquiry into whether former intelligence and law-enforcement officials conspired against President Donald Trump, told Reuters and other outlets Thursday that he has resigned. ABC News first reported the departure; diGenova said it was an "honor and privilege" to serve the president and the department and declined to elaborate. CBS News reported he submitted his resignation letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche at 3 p.m. EDT and that his wife, attorney Victoria Toensing, who also worked with the Fort Pierce team, will leave Friday. The probe has issued recent grand-jury subpoenas but has not produced charges. A DOJ spokesperson did not immediately comment.
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Oil slips Friday but week holds above $100; U.S. diesel hits record as Mocha + Hormuz squeeze persists
Brent crude traded near $105–$106 a barrel early Friday and WTI near $100–$101 after slipping from Thursday’s highs, Reuters and The National reported, with both benchmarks still on track to finish the week above $100 for the first time since mid-May. Markets continued to price the dual chokepoint squeeze: Iran-aligned Houthis’ seizure of Yemen’s Mocha port near Bab el-Mandeb and the U.S.–Iran tanker war constraining Hormuz flows. U.S. diesel prices hit a record national average above $6 a gallon, adding to inflation and shipping-cost fears even as crude pared some overnight gains.
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U.S. marks 25 years since Sept. 11 attacks; Trump speaks at Pentagon
The United States observes the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed about 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pa. President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at the Pentagon ceremony (~9 a.m. EDT); Vice President JD Vance attends the Ground Zero / National September 11 Memorial ceremony in New York; other administration officials are at the Flight 93 National Memorial. New York’s ceremony adds a seventh moment of silence for people who died later from toxic-dust illnesses — federal monitoring programs have cited 9,400-plus illness-linked deaths in some reporting. Friday is also Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance; politicians have generally been barred from speaking at the NYC Ground Zero ceremony since about 2012.
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Netflix Rams–49ers stream draws viewer reports of buffering, pixelation and audio dropouts
As Netflix carried the San Francisco 49ers–Los Angeles Rams Week 1 game from Melbourne Cricket Ground — kickoff promoted for 8:35 p.m. ET Thursday — individual X posts during the U.S. afternoon described buffering, pixelated or off-color video, and audio cutting out on the national stream. USA Today said the matchup is a Netflix exclusive nationally, with local NBC affiliates in the Los Angeles and San Francisco markets. No Netflix Help, Netflix, or NFL outage acknowledgment was found in the same window; Downdetector’s Netflix page listed user-reported problem categories weighted toward video streaming, app, and server connection without a published numeric total.
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Mariska Hargitay to host 78th Emmys on NBC and Peacock Sept. 14
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards air live Monday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET from Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, with Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay hosting, NBC and the Television Academy said. The Pitt leads nominations with 25; Hacks follows with 24. Hargitay already won two Creative Arts Emmys this month for her documentary My Mom Jayne. NBC marks its 100th anniversary with a peacock-blue carpet; Peacock streams live.
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Trump administration says it will send $500 ACA rebate checks to nearly 1 million federal-exchange enrollees
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that roughly 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees in 30 HealthCare.gov states who buy coverage without premium subsidies would receive $500 rebate checks starting in October. The White House says the money comes from surplus federal exchange user fees collected under the Biden administration. Democrats and patient advocates called the payout an election-year gimmick after enhanced ACA subsidies expired; some health-policy reporting notes disputes over whether enrollees were “overcharged” $500 and how CMS can lawfully distribute the funds.
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Missouri Supreme Court finds Hoskins in contempt, says he purged it by directing 2022 map
The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for earlier directing local election authorities to use the 2025 HB 1 congressional map, then said he purged the contempt by reversing course and ordering the 2022 map after the U.S. Supreme Court stayed U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark’s temporary restraining order, ABC 17 News, KRCG, and St. Louis Public Radio reported. Chief Justice W. Brent Powell said Hoskins corrected his contemptuous conduct once the federal stay left the state high court’s 2022-map order as the governing directive. Hoskins and Attorney General Catherine Hanaway both said local election authorities are being told to use the 2022 lines for November; a referendum on the 2025 map remains on the Nov. 3 ballot under the state court’s earlier ruling. CNN reported the U.S. Supreme Court’s morning stay of Clark’s TRO issued without noted dissent.
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First Circuit declines to stay block on USPS mail-ballot rule as SCOTUS still weighs DOJ bid
A three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday declined to stay U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s preliminary injunction blocking mandatory parts of the Postal Service’s Aug. 26 Ballot Mail for Federal Elections rule for the Nov. 3 midterms, Reuters reported. The Biden-appointed panel said states and Congress regulate elections under the Constitution, not the executive branch, and saw no error in Talwani’s finding that letting the rule take effect would likely disenfranchise millions of voters. California Attorney General Rob Bonta hailed the ruling; USPS and the White House had no immediate comment. The Justice Department’s Supreme Court stay application in United States Postal Service v. California, No. 26A305 — filed before the 1st Circuit ruled — remains pending.
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Google opens Dreambeans AI app to all U.S. users 18 and older
Google’s Dreambeans AI app is rolling out to every U.S. account 18+, The Verge reported Thursday, after a June test. The Android and iOS app pulls from Search, Gmail, Photos, Calendar, and Gemini to surface shopping tips, travel ideas, and event reminders paired with storybook-style drawings of the user. Google positioned the launch as a consumer companion layered on existing Google apps rather than a workplace agent.
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Houthis seize Yemen’s Mocha port, closing in on Bab al-Mandeb shipping chokepoint
Iran-backed Houthi forces took the Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday after Saudi-aligned National Resistance Forces withdrew south toward Dhubab, Yemeni government sources told Reuters, CNN, and Al Jazeera. Mocha sits roughly 50 miles north of Perim Island near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a corridor that carries a significant share of Asia–Europe trade and Gulf energy flows via the Suez Canal. AFP reported fighters also seized Zuqar Island; Maj. Gen. Tareq Saleh said he moved his command to a safer location to regroup. The advance comes as the wider U.S.–Iran war and recent Houthi strikes on Saudi energy sites have already pushed Brent crude above $100.
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Trump’s $5,000 midterm ‘dividend’ draws trillion-dollar cost estimates and legal questions
President Donald Trump’s Wednesday Dallas pledge of a $5,000 “Trump dividend” to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans keep the House and Senate drew Thursday coverage putting the price tag near $1.15–$1.35 trillion. Vice President JD Vance told Fox News tariffs and middle-class targeting could fund and narrow the plan. Economists, some Republican fiscal hawks, and legal analysts separately flagged debt, inflation risk, and federal rules against paying people to influence votes. Trump said the money must be spent in the United States; the White House has not published eligibility rules or an appropriations ask.
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Seahawks open title defense 13-10 over Patriots after Darnold exits with hip injury
Seattle beat New England 13-10 on Wednesday night in a Super Bowl LX rematch after starting quarterback Sam Darnold left early with a right hip injury, ESPN, CNN, and Reuters reported. Backup Drew Lock threw for 187 yards and a touchdown to Jaxon Smith-Njigba; Josh Jobe intercepted Drake Maye in the end zone with 21 seconds left. Patriots receiver A.J. Brown also exited with an ankle injury as Maye turned the ball over three times in the fourth quarter.
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Gaza documentary NAZA draws record 25-minute ovation at Venice
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s documentary NAZA received a reported 25-minute standing ovation after its world premiere Thursday at the Venice Film Festival, Deadline, JTA, and Middle East Eye reported. The film, produced with The Guardian and executive-produced by Jonathan Glazer, is the only documentary competing for the Golden Lion and features testimony from Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers about Gaza operations. The Israeli military says the film misrepresents wartime proportionality judgments.
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NTSB: Miami Amazon cargo pilot warned ‘too fast’ for nearly two minutes before overrun
A National Transportation Safety Board investigative update on the Sunday Miami International Airport runway overrun says one pilot of Amazon Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767 operated by 21 Air, repeatedly warned the other that the aircraft was “too fast” for nearly two minutes on approach and after touchdown, with no consistent verbal response recorded. Automated “sink rate” and “too low terrain” alerts sounded; flight data show an unstable approach in strong winds, a late touchdown well down Runway 30, a brief go-around thrust attempt then idle, and no indication that speed brakes or thrust reversers deployed. The jet overran about 1,300 feet and struck a cleaning-crew van; five people in the van died. Capt. Joseph Carroll, 55, and First Officer Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, 37, survived and were interviewed Wednesday; the full CVR transcript is not yet public.
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Census Bureau proposes 2030 rules excluding non-permanent residents from apportionment count
The U.S. Census Bureau published proposed Federal Register rule 2026-18481 on Sept. 10 defining “usual residence” for the 2030 decennial census so the apportionment base would include U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents while excluding undocumented immigrants and aliens whose legal status is less durable than permanent residency. The proposal also seeks to keep race, ethnicity, and sexual-orientation questions off short-form enumeration questionnaires, arguing the count for House seats should be colorblind. A 30-day public comment period is open; the rules are not final and are expected to face lawsuits.
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US Open women’s singles semifinals set for Thursday at Flushing Meadows
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center hosts the women’s singles semifinals Thursday as the 2026 US Open moves into its final weekend, Al Jazeera and tournament schedules reported. Top seed Aryna Sabalenka is chasing a third straight New York title; Coco Gauff, Elina Rybakina, and other top seeds remain in the hunt after Jannik Sinner’s earlier men’s withdrawal reshaped the men’s draw. Women’s final is Saturday; men’s final Sunday.
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Apple begins rolling out Siri AI with iPhone 18 and iOS 27
Apple started putting its rebuilt assistant — branded Siri AI — in users’ hands with the iPhone 18 series and iOS 27, Wired and Business Standard reported Thursday. The update adds personal-context awareness, on-screen understanding, a dedicated Siri app with conversation history, and deeper Apple Intelligence writing tools, initially in English on newer iPhones. Apple says the stack mixes its own models with Google Gemini technology while keeping workloads on-device or on Private Cloud Compute.
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Dodgers place Shohei Ohtani on 15-day IL, call up prospect Josue De Paula
Los Angeles placed two-way star Shohei Ohtani on the 15-day injured list Thursday and called up top outfield prospect Josue De Paula, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale and club briefings reported. Ohtani cited biceps soreness after an 0-for-3 return from four days off; he is eligible to return Sept. 23 with five regular-season games left as the Dodgers chase a third straight World Series title. De Paula is expected to DH and see outfield time.
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Trump delivers Dallas midterm keynote; floats $5,000 ‘Trump dividend’ if GOP holds Congress
President Donald Trump gave Wednesday night’s keynote at the Republican Party’s first national midterm convention at Dallas’s American Airlines Center, urging voters to “pretend” he is on the Nov. 3 ballot and promising a $5,000 “Trump dividend” to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans keep the House and Senate, conditioned on spending the money in the United States. NBC News reported the White House did not immediately detail funding for the roughly $1.35 trillion idea. Trump also said the Iran war would end after Election Day, drew boos when he praised Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and again backed Texas AG Ken Paxton for Senate. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) appeared in a prerecorded video introducing Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.). Trump returns Thursday after Vice President JD Vance’s keynote.
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Pappas and Sununu win New Hampshire Senate primaries; open Shaheen seat set for November
On Tuesday night, Associated Press and major networks projected Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas and Republican former Sen. John E. Sununu as winners of New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate primaries for the seat retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is leaving. Pappas defeated scientist and DSA-aligned challenger Karishma Manzur; Sununu defeated former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown after a Trump primary endorsement. Both parties treat the open seat as material to Senate control on Nov. 3. Early tallies showed Pappas leading roughly in the low-to-mid 60s and Sununu near 70% as projections were called. Ads and super-PAC spots from both sides were already in the air before the primary night.
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UK announces West Bank settlement goods ban; Israel sets 30-day deadline to close British East Jerusalem consulate
On Tuesday Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament Britain will introduce, over six to nine months, an import ban on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, sanctions on firms and individuals facilitating settlement expansion, and a ban on advertising settlement property, while stating the UK view that the occupation is unlawful. France and Canada joined; nine other countries endorsed related restrictions. Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar ordered closure of the British Consulate General in East Jerusalem; sources told Reuters Wednesday that Israel gave London 30 days to shut the mission and shorter deadlines for some British personnel in Ramallah and a Gaza coordination center. Saar also barred 12 British politicians from entry and ended UK training of Palestinian Authority forces. U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee warned of economic blowback for British firms under state anti-boycott laws; Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would not follow the UK move.
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DOJ asks Supreme Court to unblock expanded SAVE citizenship checks for voter rolls
Solicitor General D. John Sauer on Tuesday asked the justices to stay U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s June order vacating DHS’s modified Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system after a divided D.C. Circuit refused a stay. The overhaul added Social Security number lookups and bulk searches so states can seek citizenship confirmation for registered voters. Chief Justice John Roberts directed challengers to respond by 4 p.m. EDT Sept. 15 in DHS v. League of Women Voters (26A308). Older, individualized SAVE queries remain available while the expanded system stays blocked.
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Houthi missiles and drones hit Saudi energy sites; 73 wounded as oil moves through $100
Houthi missiles and drones struck Saudi energy sites, wounding 73, as oil traded through $100 on a wider regional escalation.
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Iran’s Hormuz exclusion-zone plans remain as Brent clears $100 on wider Gulf fighting
Iran’s Hormuz exclusion-zone plans remain in place as Brent cleared $100 on wider Gulf fighting.
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Trump moves to ban Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motorcycles as Ottawa’s counter-tariffs take effect
Washington moved to ban Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motorcycles as Ottawa’s counter-tariffs took effect.
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U.S. destroys five Iranian oil tankers after warship attacks; Iran fires on Jordan base as Brent tops $100
U.S. Central Command said forces destroyed five IRGC-linked crude carriers on Sept. 8 — Kaviz, Charminar, Horizon 1, and Riesco in the Gulf of Oman and Derya near Kharg Island — after the IRGC twice targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles. The ship evaded the attacks; no U.S. personnel were harmed, and crews were told to abandon the tankers first. Iran’s IRGC claimed missile strikes on Al Azraq in Jordan and on vessels in Hormuz; Jordan said 18 of 20 projectiles were intercepted, two fell in unpopulated areas, and there were no casualties. Brent crude printed about $100.07 — the first close above $100 since July 24 — with WTI near $94.73, Reuters reported Wednesday.
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Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy triple-murder case after hung jury
Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial Sept. 4 in Plymouth Superior Court after jurors reported they remained deadlocked following about seven days of deliberations in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, charged in the 2023 deaths of her children Cora, Dawson, and Callan. Reporting described an 11-1 split; the defense argued postpartum psychosis, and prosecutors said she knew right from wrong. Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz has not decided whether to retry; a status conference is set for Sept. 29. Clancy remains held at Tewksbury State Hospital.
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Armed man arrested after pushing toward Ohio gov candidate Amy Acton at Canfield Fair
Patrick Havas, 38, of Canfield was arrested Sunday inside a Democratic Party tent at the Canfield Fair after pushing through a crowd while gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton was speaking, according to the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office and Ohio State Highway Patrol. Two people were knocked down; Acton was not injured. Deputies recovered two handguns and brass knuckles; investigators said no weapons were brandished or removed from holsters. Havas was booked on assault and disorderly conduct counts. Gov. Mike DeWine called violence or its threat at political events unacceptable.
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Russia resumes Kyiv strikes after U.S. envoys leave; capital pause ends
Russia resumed strikes on Kyiv after U.S. envoys left; a pause over the capital ended.
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DHS secretary says ICE will not patrol polls but could enter for threats or warrants
DHS said ICE will not patrol polling places but could enter for threats or warrants.
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