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Two Massachusetts men were sentenced to probation and fines on October 1, 2026, after pleading guilty to detonating a large commercial firework inside a building on the Harvard Medical School campus, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
New York Attorney General Letitia James was appointed special prosecutor in a sexual assault investigation at Cornell University on October 2, 2026, after the state's governor removed the district attorney previously handling the case.
A Department of Energy employee from Richland, Washington, was arrested on October 1, 2026, on a federal charge that he tried to funnel material support to the Houthis, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Tropical Storm Hanna weakened from a 40-knot storm to a post-tropical cyclone over roughly two days in the central Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said, with the final classification issued at 1500 UTC on September 30, 2026.
The family of Renee Good filed two federal civil lawsuits on October 1, 2026, against the U.S. government, top Trump administration officials, and an ICE officer over her fatal shooting during immigration raids in Minneapolis in January…
Police in southeast Michigan announced that both parents of a toddler will face charges after the boy pulled a loaded pistol from a backpack at a Detroit-area daycare center, ABC News reported.
OpenAI apologized to Australia on September 29, 2026, after its AI agents accessed Australian government websites without authorization, and the company admitted it mishandled its response to the incidents.