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• German, Russian foreign ministers have rare meeting at U.N.

  26-09-2026 19:18 via washingtontimes.com
  The German and Russian foreign ministers met Saturday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, holding what's believed to be the first such tete-a-tete since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The meeting came as tensions between the European Union and Russia rose - and just before Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed world leaders.
  
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• Coca-Cola, PepsiCo trim snack and juice lineups for 2026

  26-09-2026 23:51 via washingtontimes.com
  Grocery aisles are thinning out this year as two of the country's largest food and beverage companies pare back their lineups in response to softening sales and shifting consumer habits.
  
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• Lawsuit: NC fuel companies mixed contaminated gas into clean loads, sold at more than 130 stations

  26-09-2026 22:32 via washingtontimes.com
  Two North Carolina men allege in a federal class-action lawsuit that a Winston-Salem fuel distributor and its trucking affiliate spent at least a decade secretly blending contaminated fuel into clean loads and selling the mixture to unsuspecting drivers at more than 130 gas stations across the state.
  
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• Five injured after shooting at Arlington County house party

  26-09-2026 22:15 via washingtontimes.com
  A shooting at an Arlington County house Saturday morning left five injured, with three taken to the hospital and two others transporting themselves for treatment.
  
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• Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary rated R for nudity

  26-09-2026 21:38 via washingtontimes.com
  A documentary following disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes through her final weeks of freedom has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association, which cited "language and some graphic nudity."
  
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• Ethiopians celebrate Meskel holiday with pomp, despite recent fighting in Tigray

  26-09-2026 21:23 via washingtontimes.com
  Millions of Christians in Ethiopia gathered to celebrate Meskel, a religious holiday that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by the Roman empress Helena in the 4th century, even as fighting continued in the troubled northern region of Tigray.
  
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• Heavy rain and flooding in Bangkok disrupts traffic and prompts evacuations

  26-09-2026 20:50 via washingtontimes.com
  Incessant rain hammered several areas of Thailand's capital on Saturday, disrupting traffic and forcing thousands to evacuate, as authorities declared the city a disaster area.
  
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• Russian and Ukrainian strikes leave 10 dead as Trump calls on Zelenskyy to 'settle with Putin'

  26-09-2026 20:23 via washingtontimes.com
  Russian attacks killed four people across Ukraine, officials said on Saturday, while Ukraine continued to target Russian oil refineries and industrial sites with long-range drones.
  
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• Missouri substitute teacher says she's losing job over OnlyFans account, blames low teacher pay

  26-09-2026 20:16 via washingtontimes.com
  A Missouri substitute teacher says her job is on the line after school officials learned about the OnlyFans account she had quietly run alongside her classroom work for more than two years.
  "If teachers were paid better, women wouldn't have to resort to online content creation," she said. "Sex sells."
  
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• Hurricane Nolo expected to unleash powerful winds, flash flooding on Hawaii

  26-09-2026 20:15 via washingtontimes.com
  Heavy rain and powerful winds are expected to bring flash floods and extreme surf to the Hawaiian Islands over the weekend as Hurricane Nolo bears down on areas still recovering from previous storms.
  
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• 2-year-old girl missing while playing hide-and-seek in Virginia found safe

  26-09-2026 20:02 via washingtontimes.com
  A 2-year-old girl was found safe in Cumberland County, Virginia, after going missing while playing a game of hide-and-seek.
  
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• Nicki Minaj slams Democrats as 'too caught up' in pop culture

  26-09-2026 19:49 via washingtontimes.com
  NICKI MINAJ calls Dems "petty and childish": "The Democrats have gotten way too caught up in pop culture."
  
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• China and U.S. agree to establish AI safety channel and continue trade and military talks

  26-09-2026 19:42 via washingtontimes.com
  China and the United States agreed to establish a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications following a three-day summit between President Xi Jinping and President Trump in Washington, the two governments said Saturday.
  
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• Brian Urlacher: Kaepernick's kneeling wouldn't fly in his locker room

  26-09-2026 18:37 via washingtontimes.com
  BRIAN URLACHER on Colin Kaepernick kneeling: "You can't have the racial divide in the locker room ... That would have been something that would have probably been a line in the sand for me when it comes to stuff like that."
  
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• Trump rejects Iranian ceasefire offer

  26-09-2026 18:07 via washingtontimes.com
  President Trump has turned down a seven-day ceasefire proposed by Iran.
  
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• Air Force One flyover: Trump attends a big college football game that could disrupt communications

  26-09-2026 18:06 via washingtontimes.com
  Encouraging fans to get inside Neyland Stadium earlier than usual with President Trump coming to Tennessee's college football game against Texas sure worked Saturday.
  
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• CNN says it was left off Air Force One for Trump's Saturday trip to a college football game

  26-09-2026 18:04 via washingtontimes.com
  The White House left CNN off Air Force One for President Trump's trip Saturday to a college football game in Tennessee, marking the latest media restriction from the administration in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications.
  
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• 'We're not giving up': Beset by climate change, island nations act as conscience of a warming world

  26-09-2026 17:21 via washingtontimes.com
  When Palau President Surangel Samuel Whipps Jr. recently took his children to his nation's Helen Island, two-thirds of it was gone. Rising seas caused by climate change had swallowed generational burial grounds, washing away a people's entire culture and identity.
  
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• Woodbridge man gets 40 years for sexual exploitation of children and possessing child pornography

  26-09-2026 17:16 via washingtontimes.com
  A federal judge sentenced a Woodbridge man to 40 years in prison for sexually exploiting minors and possessing child sexual abuse material.
  
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• Bill Maher says Trump toughness, safety net may have curbed crime

  26-09-2026 17:11 via washingtontimes.com
  BILL MAHER says Trump toughness may have curbed crime: "It's just childish to pretend that when you elect a f--- around and find out president, a no more Mr. Nice Guy, boot in your ass, V for Vendetta, kick ass and take names, 'say hello to my little friend' president, that's not going to have some effect on crime."
  
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• Sherrod Brown lost in 2024, but a quarter of Ohio hasn't noticed

  26-09-2026 17:05 via washingtontimes.com
  Democrat Sherrod Brown has been out of the Senate for nearly two years, but a large chunk of Ohio voters think he's still there.
  
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• China, as usual, uses U.N. speech to promote global development as solution to world's challenges

  26-09-2026 16:58 via washingtontimes.com
  A day after his boss met with President Trump in Washington, China's vice president unfurled the nation's familiar list of global talking points, emphasizing development, issuing mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism, and making no direct mention of Taiwan.
  
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• Body of 10th woman found in South Africa as killings investigation continues

  26-09-2026 16:50 via washingtontimes.com
  South African police said Saturday that another woman's body had been found near Johannesburg, bringing to 10 the number of victims in a series of killings under investigation.
  
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• U.S., China agree to reduce tariffs after Xi visit

  26-09-2026 16:49 via washingtontimes.com
  The U.S. and China have agreed to reduce tariffs on a subset of each other's goods, the White House said Saturday.
  
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• U.S. and China agree to reduce tariffs on goods after Xi visit

  26-09-2026 16:49 via washingtontimes.com
  The United States and China have agreed to reduce tariffs on a subset of each other's goods, the White House announced Saturday.
  
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• Carrot Top discharged from hospital, recovering as legal fight over alleged extortion continues

  26-09-2026 16:34 via washingtontimes.com
  Comedian Carrot Top is out of the hospital and recovering at home with family, a week after what police and court records reviewed by People show was a suicide attempt at his Las Vegas residence.
  
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• Nearly 90 million Americans own guns, and a quarter of them pack an AR-15, study finds

  26-09-2026 16:33 via washingtontimes.com
  Americans collectively own 461 million firearms -- and AR-15-style rifles account for about 40 million of those, according to a new study by Georgetown University professor William English.
  
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• The Senate's top spender on hair and makeup will surprise you

  26-09-2026 16:26 via washingtontimes.com
  Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat running for reelection, has spent nearly $3,000 on hair and makeup services through his campaign, outpacing every other Senate candidate, including the women.
  
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• Supreme Court, for third time, rejects GOP's bid to use Republican-friendly maps in Missouri

  26-09-2026 16:05 via washingtontimes.com
  The Supreme Court rejected Republicans' latest attempt to revive a GOP-tilted map for November's congressional elections, ruling for a third time that even though the state held primaries under the new map, the old one must be used.
  
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• Supreme Court -- for third time -- denies GOP's bid to use Republican-friendly maps in Missouri

  26-09-2026 16:05 via washingtontimes.com
  The Supreme Court rejected Republicans' latest attempt to revive a GOP-tilted map for November's congressional elections, ruling for a third time that even though the state held primaries under the new map, the old one must be used.
  
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