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Lady Gaga Welcomes First Child With Fiancé Michael Polansky  The Hollywood ReporterExclusive | Lady Gaga welcomes first baby with fiancé Michael Polansky  Page SixSurprise! Lady Gaga Welcomes Her First Child With Michael Polansky  instyle.comBaby Gaga is here! Lady Gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky welcome first child  ew.comLady Gaga Is a Mom! Singer Welcomes Baby with Fiancé Michael Polansky  People.com

Lil Durk verdict: Federal jury finds rapper not guilty of orchestrating 2022 murder-for-hire plot against Quando Rondo  ABC7 Los AngelesRapper Lil Durk acquitted of murder-for-hire at Los Angeles trial  The Seattle TimesRapper Lil Durk Found Not Guilty on All Charges  LAmagJury arrives at verdict in Lil Durk murder-for-hire trial  NBC Los AngelesLos Angeles federal jury acquits Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk in murder-for-hire case  Los Angeles Times

Death toll in Philippine ferry fire rises to 35 as more bodies are recovered  AP NewsSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News

Trump Wanted a New House Map in Missouri. Voters Got Chaos Instead.  The New York TimesThe Supreme Court just handed Republicans a surprisingly decisive midterm loss  vox.comTwo Missouri House Race Ratings Change After Redistricting Roller Coaster Finally Ends  Cook Political ReportHoskins found in contempt of court; reverses himself on Missouri’s gerrymandered map  Kansas City StarMissouri GOP says its preferred voting map still has a chance. Experts aren't so sure.  STLtoday.com

Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open  AP NewsSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News

Jeter reunites with 9/11 victim's daughter as Yanks pay tribute in ceremony  ESPNDaughter of 9/11 victim throws out first pitch as Yankees mark 25th anniversary of attacks  NBC SportsOn somber evening, Bellinger's dinger helps bring joy to the Bronx  MLB.comYankees beat Mets 6-4 on 25th anniversary of 9/11  ABC7 New YorkYankees, sports world remember 25th anniversary of 9/11 with 'God Bless America' and moments of silence  Fox News

Saudi Arabia says East-West pipeline hit by drones launched from Iraq  Al JazeeraSaudi oil pipeline shut down after attack triggers fires  CNNLightning Houthi advance in Yemen may bring dangerous new dimension to Iran war  BBCSaudis Shut Down Crucial Pipeline After Drone Attack From Iraq  The New York TimesOil routes in peril as attacks shut Saudi pipeline and Houthis threaten key waterway  The Washington Post

Man arrested over death of Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree  The GuardianTasia Fortune: Arrest made over the death of black woman found hanged from tree  BBCJackson police provide major update in death of Tasia Fortune  WLBTMan arrested in Tasia Fortune case, additional arrests pending  WJTVMississippi police make arrest in Tasia Fortune case after medical examiner rules death a homicide  CNN

U.K. Parliament rejects bill to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill  The Washington PostOpinion | Britain walks back from the assisted-suicide brink  The Washington PostMPs vote against legalising assisted dying in England and Wales  The GuardianUK lawmakers vote down bill to allow assisted dying in England and Wales  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and VideosUK lawmakers reject bid to legalise assisted dying  Reuters

Tasia Fortune's body was found in the lot of an abandoned home in Mississippi in August.

The proposed law sought to introduce one of the biggest societal changes in recent years.

Glutathione, an antioxidant, has been offered as a treatment at some of the largest US wildfires in recent years.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has promised cabinet jobs for the Sweden Democrats, but the rival left-wing bloc has a narrow lead in the polls.

Several of the papers consider on the fall of the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons on Friday.

In New York, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania, solemn ceremonies commemorate the landmark anniversary.

New innovations and workarounds are constantly being made to support blind parents in the challenges they face.

The BBC's Tom Gerken plays the hotly anticipated superhero game from Spider-Man makers Insomniac.

Art detectives and security experts say the number of museum thefts across Europe are increasing - with some thieves inspired.

70 Up is the final instalment in a series which began in 1964 and has followed the lives of 14 people.

Temperatures will return to summerlike levels over the weekend, despite some heavy rain.

Mountaineer Mingma G tells the BBC about the climb to bring home the bodies of his closest friends.

South Korea said it was closely exchanging information on the launches with the US and Japan.

The presidents of Iran and Russia have criticised US dollar dominance ahead of the BRICS summit in India.

Saudi Arabia has shut its East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack. Riyadh says the attack originated in Iraq.

A briefer told Clinton in 1998 that bin Laden’s 'preferred option is to strike the US on its own soil in Washington'.

Canada’s buy-local movement remains strong, but new tariffs could test how much more shoppers are willing to pay.

French train derailment sparks emergency response, with 130 firefighters and five medical teams dispatched to the scene.

Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad describes misgivings about the US handling of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

Houthi forces seize Yemen's Red Sea coast while Saudi Arabia suspends crucial oil pipeline following drone attack.

Lawsuit claims Chloe Dillon was fired for questioning ICE tactics and seeking to give a teenage asylum-seeker more time to pursue their case

Vicky Kim, the woman charged with murder, has reportedly had several domestic violence cases against her that involve her husband

A recently filed lawsuit against the fundraising site takes issue with the automatic tip added at checkout that is allegedly difficult to opt out of

The arrest came after the medical examiner classified Tasia Fortune’s death as a homicide on Thursday

A fishing crew in Alaska’s Bering Sea rescued a teenager who had clung to a capsized boat for days in the frigid waters

The rapper had been accused of orchestrating a plot to kill a rival in an ambush that resulted in the death of another man.

President Trump’s trip comes after a two-day Republican rally in Dallas, where he tried to energize voters amid fears that the party could face losses in the midterms.

The judge, in halting the pretrial fact-finding process, said President Trump’s claim of immunity could “dispose of the entire case” involving the library to be built in Miami.

The legal wrangling over a congressional map redrawn by Republicans has election officials, candidates and voters scrambling before November.

Ship operators already faced severe risks in navigating the region, and now the danger is higher as Houthi militias assert control in the Red Sea.

Prosecutors accused musician, born Durk Banks, of putting bounty on fellow rapper in retaliation for friend’s killingChicago rapper Lil Durk has been acquitted of all charges in a murder-for-hire scheme, in which a man was fatally gunned down in 2022.Prosecutors had accused Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, of putting a bounty on Atlanta rapper Tayquian Bowman’s life in retaliation for the 2020 shooting death of Banks’s friend, fellow Chicago rap star King Von. Continue reading...

This live blog is now closed.Sign up for US Breaking News emailsOn 11 September, 25 years ago, Osama bin Laden drove with a small number of al-Qaida retainers and aides to a remote location in eastern Afghanistan. His convoy of SUVs was accompanied by a minivan converted into a makeshift communications centre.The van’s rudimentary equipment did not allow Bin Laden to watch the 19 men he had started sending to the US more than a year before fly planes into the twin towers in New York and the Pentagon near Washington DC, killing about 3,000 people. But he listened as shocked radio announcers broke the news. Continue reading...

Officers found one 14-year-old’s ebike was capable of hitting 90km/h. Owners have two weeks to appeal the seizure before the bikes will be crushedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDozens of high-powered and illegal ebikes have been seized by police on Sydney’s northern beaches just weeks after the force was granted new powers to destroy dangerous bikes.The operation was part of a coordinated push with the New South Wales government to ensure people only ride legal ebikes that have not been modified to reach high speeds. Continue reading...

Two months before hacking Hugging Face, malicious packages authored by internal OpenAI agents were uploaded to RubyGemsAgents being tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious packages in a cyberattack on software service RubyGems in May, two ⁠months ​before they hacked open-source platform Hugging Face, the company confirmed Friday.It’s the latest revelation of cyberattacks linked to major artificial intelligence developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic. The hacks or attempts to access external systems have spooked the public and heightened concerns over the increasing abilities of AI models – and whether developers can contain them. Continue reading...

SF Gate reports bond for Vicky Kyung Mi Kim, 65, set at $10m after man found dead at couple’s Palm Desert homeA 65-year-old California woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly fatally wounding her husband with a flagpole, according to SF Gate.On 4 September, Palm Desert sheriff’s deputies responded to an “unknown trouble call” in The Enclave, a luxury condominium community. Upon arrival, officers located an individual with “traumatic injuries” that appeared to be from a physical assault and pronounced them dead. Continue reading...

Police have arrested Jacques Ratliff and ruled the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, as a homocidePolice in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant house last month. The state medical examiner on Thursday ruled Fortune’s death a homicide.Jackson police chief RaShall Brackney-Wheelock said at a news conference Friday that police had secured search and arrest warrants for Jacques Ratliff and arrested him when they encountered him walking on the street. Continue reading...

Australia is being exploited by an ally that could draw it, however unwillingly, into war with China, experts warnGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcast“Physical security matters,” said Kevin Rudd, at his axiomatic best before the National Press Club this week.“Our first responsibility is to secure our people’s future in this most contested region of the world.” Continue reading...

“This is the first day that Iran really started winning the war,” a Yemeni official said of Houthi territorial gains that give Tehran leverage over a second major waterway.

A journalist, he was the first Japanese person to enter space, joining a Soviet crew as part of a spectacular $35 million ratings stunt in 1990.

The plan — quickly challenged by a local court — came days after Colombia’s president and the U.S. secretary of state, Marco Rubio, discussed stronger measures against drug trafficking.

The leaders of China, Russia, India, Iran and other nations in the BRICS club gather in New Delhi this weekend, but wars and soaring energy prices divide them.