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Mississippi police say Tasia Fortune was dead before staged hanging
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.
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Nepal PM calls for climate justice after floods kill 1,400
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.
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Third beluga whale from Marineland dies at Shedd Aquarium
Osiris, a 26-year-old female beluga whale, died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium on September 22, 2026, becoming the third beluga from Canada's Marineland park to die at the facility, according to ABC News and NBC News.
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Venezuelan man shot by ICE officer pleads for medical care from detention
A 28-year-old Venezuelan national is in ICE custody in Austin, Texas, with a bullet lodged near his spine after a federal immigration officer shot him on September 20, 2026.
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Two helicopter crew members killed in Yosemite wildfire crash
A helicopter crashed at Yosemite National Park on Sunday, September 21, 2026, killing both crew members aboard during aerial firefighting operations over the Dome Fire.
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Ed Sheeran calls Gaza situation 'catastrophic and unjustifiable' at Philadelphia concert
Ed Sheeran called the situation in Gaza "catastrophic and unjustifiable" on September 19, 2026, opening his first concert since a controversy over the removal of Macklemore from his "Loop" tour.
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UN experts find grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran
Independent investigators appointed by the UN Human Rights Council concluded on September 17, 2026, that there are reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes against Iranian civilians, United Nations News reported.
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NBC news helicopter crashes in Los Angeles, killing at least three
An NBC helicopter went down in flames in Los Angeles on September 16, 2026, killing at least three people and injuring others, according to The Guardian.
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Crane collapse at Miami construction site sends four to hospital
A large crane collapsed at a Miami construction site on September 14, 2026, hospitalizing four people, according to ABC News and NBC News.
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On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we never forget
The United States marked 25 years since the attacks of September 11, 2001, with observances at the three places where that morning ended so many lives: the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a field…
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UN climate chief warns political divisions undercut response to warming
The head of the UN's climate body warned on September 10, 2026, that treating global warming as a partisan issue conflicts with economic reality, as climate change continues to impose measurable costs across Europe.
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Pilot warned of excessive speed in Amazon cargo crash near Miami
One pilot aboard an Amazon cargo plane repeatedly warned the other that the aircraft was coming in too fast, beginning nearly two minutes before the plane ran off a runway in Miami, ABC News and NPR reported by September 10, 2026.
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Five dead after Amazon cargo jet overruns Miami runway and strikes vehicles
Five people were killed when an Amazon-branded Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft overran a runway at Miami International Airport on September 6, 2026, struck multiple vehicles on a road beside the airfield and caught fire.
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Nepal floods leave 22,000 children without clean water, UNICEF says
Flash floods in Nepal's Bhotekoshi-Trishuli river basin have cut off at least 22,000 children from safe drinking water, the United Nations Children's Fund reported on September 3, 2026.
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Flash floods kill multiple people in Nepal, prompting rescue operations
Deadly flash floods struck Nepal around September 1, 2026, killing an unspecified number of people and triggering active rescue operations across affected areas, United Nations News reported.
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Nepal flood deaths reach 903 with more than 4,200 still missing
Nepal's flood death toll climbed to 903 as of August 31, 2026, with more than 4,200 people still unaccounted for, the United Nations News reported.
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Israeli attacks kill four children, destroy aid supplies in Gaza
Four children died in separate Israeli attacks across Gaza during what the UN emergency relief agency OCHA called a deadly week, the agency reported on August 28, 2026.
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UN Security Council briefed on Sudan's worsening conflict and humanitarian crisis
The UN Security Council met on August 24, 2026, to receive briefings from senior UN officials on escalating armed conflict, mass displacement, and deepening hunger in Sudan.
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UN agencies warn 94% of Gaza residents need shelter
UN agencies and peacekeepers said on August 20, 2026, that nearly all of Gaza's population is in need of shelter, as Israeli gunfire and strikes continued inside the territory.
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UN expands relief effort after 7.4 quake leaves 1.2 million needing aid in Colombia
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on August 10, 2026, and ten days later an estimated 1.2 million people required humanitarian assistance, United Nations News reported.