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The move is a start toward reviving a tradition that largely disappeared after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks 25 years ago this week.

The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships. Iran hit American targets in Jordan.

A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue.

Georgia and South Carolina are trying to fight off an invasive bee-eating hornet that's been spreading along their coasts.

Kenya's president orders a crackdown on foreigners running small businesses, amid accusations of xenophobia.

Bunch has spent the last few months defending the Smithsonian against attacks from President Trump. In a statement, Bunch says he leaves with "mixed emotions."

Caroline Rose's new album, Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall, is out Oct. 23.

A government statement said on Tuesday social media platforms would be required to send a notification to new and existing users offering them a choice over their default feed.

France, Canada and other countries joined the U.K. in banning goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel said it would close the British Consulate among other measures.

In 2024, the ruling Taliban pledged to use flogging as well as stoning to punish people for not following certain of their precepts — committing adultery, running secret schools for girls. Have they followed through?