Facts, not takes
Humanitarian teams working on the Ebola response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are calling for urgent access to the region after fighting drove thousands of people from a displacement camp there, United Nations News reported…
The National Hurricane Center upgraded a subtropical Atlantic disturbance to Tropical Storm Hanna on September 28, 2026, at 11:00 AM AST, making it the eighth Atlantic tropical cyclone of the 2026 season.
Wooden fragments that may be remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck surfaced on the south shore of Nantucket on September 27, 2026, after a nor'easter battered the East Coast and eroded the shoreline, NBC News reported.
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.