Facts, not takes
TikTok settled with Alabama on September 26, 2026, agreeing to pay at least $100 million and adopt new safety features for teenage users, according to ABC News and TechCrunch.
Madison police opened a suspected illegal hazing investigation during the week of September 25, 2026, after about 30 young men were found in a fraternity house basement near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Hurricane Nolo is bearing down on Hawaii's Big Island, with forecasters expecting the storm to reach major hurricane strength over the weekend of September 27 and 28, 2026.
Mississippi police announced on September 25, 2026, that Tasia Fortune, a Black woman, had already died before someone placed her body in a tree to simulate a hanging.
A significant earthquake struck east-northeast of Tadine, New Caledonia on September 25, 2026, at approximately 21:23 UTC, with the U.S. Geological Survey recording two different magnitude readings across its measurements.
The U.S. Supreme Court voted on Friday, September 25, 2026, to allow a government data system that screens voter rolls for alleged non-citizens to remain in operation, reversing a lower court order that had shut it down.
Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah addressed the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2026, urging climate justice after floods killed at least 1,400 people in the Himalayan region of his country.