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Wed Sep 16 2026
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Wildfires
‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
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Environment
Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
First responders work the scene after a helicopter crashed near a bus crash in Chatsworth, a neighbourhood in Los Angeles.
California
NBC helicopter crash in LA kills at least three people with others injured
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EU
European Union invites Canada to become first ever ‘associate member’
A woman holding a purple awareness ribbon for Domestic Violence and Alzheimers Awareness.
Society
New report reveals prevalence of physical and sexual violence in US
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Special report

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Trump asked Americans to help him whitewash national parks. They revolted instead
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In focus

A former Anthropic researcher’s apocalyptic declaration about artificial intelligence has led to a global panic that the technology might be the end of us all. But is this response a distraction from the more immediate problems AI is already causing?
Stateside with Kai and Carter
Why the real AI apocalypse is already here – Stateside with Kai and Carter
  Video | 17:20
 
Guns and lies
ICE raids forever changed the work of these gun violence prevention workers: ‘The panic is still there’
Ukraine in depth
‘My future is in the EU’: the Ukrainian children who don’t want to go home
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Features

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Protest
Send in the clowns: the new guard of activists combating the right
Family
quote  The love, hope and pain of raising Elsie – my one in 163 million daughter
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Opinion

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quote  The US government is failing Americans on AI
Shakeel Hashim
quote  Trump’s $5,000 pledge to voters is a shameless bribe
Steven Greenhouse
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Sports

Cavan Sullivan of the Philadelphia Union jogs onto the field high-fiving young fans
quote  Excitement over Cavan Sullivan is tempered by memories of hypetrains past
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MLB
Mets fans celebrate home run against own team as returning hero Alonso goes yard
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Culture

Orville Peck.
Music
‘I thought I would lose my career’: Orville Peck on addiction and creating his best album yet
Film
Your mission, Tom Cruise, is to improve at interviews. And please keep sending the cakes
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Lifestyle

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Beauty
Sali Hughes on beauty: lip gloss is back in vogue and these new formulas have me hooked
How we survive
quote  The pirates arrived with AK-47s. They took us hostage – then the torture began
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