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Updated on Sep 3, 2026 5:19 PM EDT 

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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday following a dramatic sixth day of deliberations.

Young Gloria Steinem in LIFE

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Written By: Lily Rothman, Liz Ronk

Gloria Steinem is a feminist icon whose own history in the public eye began with her career as a journalist. Steinem, who died on September 2, 2026 at the age of 92, was in that role when wrote a story for the Aug. 20, 1965 issue of LIFE that was a sardonic look at Pop Culture. “A thing is either widely recognizable or it isn’t,” she wrote, “and whether it is good or bad needn’t be held against it.”

Gloria Steinem World Famous Feminist Leader Dies at 92

Steinem’s decades-long activism was dramatized onscreen on several occasions, including the 2020 biopic 

‘The Glorias’

By Kirsty Hatcher

and Annie Blackman

Updated on September 3, 2026 

NEED TO KNOW

• Gloria Steinem died on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the age of 92, a post on her official Instagram announced
• In 1972, Steinem cofounded Ms., America’s first feminist magazine, where she served as editor for 15 years
• Steinem also cofounded the Women’s Media Center, with Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan

Gloria Steinem, the enduring feminist activist and writer, has died. She was 92. A joint post shared on Steinem’s Instagram with Gloria’s Foundation confirmed that the women’s liberation leader “passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her.” Steinem died on Wednesday, Sept. 2.

What Was Castro’s Lie Meant to Conceal About the Sosa-Celis Shooting?

August 3rd, 2026

ICE and other STATE ABOMINATIONS

Sources: AP, PROPUBLICA

The federal government has charged an ICE officer with allegedly lying about a shooting. But the shooting itself remains the unanswered question

There is now a federal criminal case against Christian Castro, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accused of shooting Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis in January. Federal prosecutors have charged Castro with making false statements to investigators, according to a person familiar with the case. The charges remain under seal. What they do not yet answer is the larger question at the heart of the case: What was Castro allegedly lying about, and what was that lie meant to conceal?

Thomson Reuters C-Track case management platform was hacked by unauthorized party

August 3rd, 2026

Cybersecurity

Source: Thomson Reuters

An unauthorized party accessed certain Thomson Reuters files, specifically its C-Track case management platform used by various courts in multiple U.S. states and Canada, leading to concerns about the potential compromise of personal information, including names and details from court records

According to information released by Reuters, the breach has affected court systems in Ontario, Canada, 11 U.S. states, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, indicating a widespread issue that may impact many individuals involved in legal proceedings. The full extent of the compromised information is still unclear.

When the Secretary of War Becomes the Problem, He Must Go

August 3rd 2026

Iran War

The question facing Trump is no longer whether Pete Hegseth is loyal; it is whether he is making America’s military more capable of fighting the war it's in and the wars to come

There is an old principle in democratic warfare: generals command battles, but civilian leaders are responsible for the military they send into them. When wars go badly, governments sometimes demand accountability at the very top—not because every battlefield failure belongs to the defense minister, but because the minister is ultimately responsible for strategy, readiness, manpower, weapons, logistics, and the chain of command.

Trump’s Saudi nuke agreement may prolong the Iran war

Trump Mohammad Bin Salman

The president would be giving Riyadh capabilities that its fighting to keep away from Tehran

Analysis | QiOSKgoogle

Trita Parsi

Sep 02, 2026

A final deal between the United States and Iran is slipping further out of reach. Since the Memorandum of Understanding collapsed in July, the prospects for reviving it have deteriorated by the day. While Tehran publicly demands a return to the MOU, Trump’s current position is that even if Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, he would neither return to the agreement nor lift the blockade on Iran. And even in the unlikely event that he did, the MOU could not come back into force as long as Israel continues to bombard Lebanon. Iran is unlikely to accept an MOU minus Lebanon: its demand for a regional ceasefire is non-negotiable.

NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer, fines team $30M, Kawhi Leonard $700K in cap circumvention case

By BETH HARRIS
Updated 4:24 PM PDT, September 2, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA imposed a sweeping punishment against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday for violating salary cap circumvention rules, suspending owner Steve Ballmer for one year, fining the team $30 million and forcing it to forfeit five first-round draft picks.

Also, two-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard was hit with a $700,000 penalty, president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank was banned for six months and team president of business operations Gillian Zucker was suspended for one year.

Lindsay Clancy jury still deadlocked, ends day without verdict after judge's "dynamite" instruction

By Kristina Rex, Matt Schooley, Mike Toole

Updated on: September 2, 2026 / 4:20 PM EDT / CBS Boston

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial left for the day without a verdict after telling Plymouth Superior Judge William Sullivan that it remains deadlocked after more than 28 hours of deliberations. Deliberations are set to resume Thursday morning.

It was the second time they have told the judge they cannot reach a verdict, leading Sullivan to read what is known as a final "dynamite" instruction.

Putin Signals Desire to End Ukraine War, Rejecting a "Frozen" Conflict at SCO Summit

September 2, 2026

Sources: Reuters, Washington Post 

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Speaking to reporters following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly declared that Moscow seeks a definitive end to the war in Ukraine rather than a temporary freeze. 

BC boaters warned to avoid floating island that has mystified experts

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Story by Nono Shen 

22h • 4 min read

Geologist John Joseph Clague said when he first heard that a floating island, bigger than a football field, had been spotted on a lake in British Columbia's northern Interior, he dismissed it as an "AI stunt."

But Clague — a professor of earth sciences at Simon Fraser University and an emeritus scientist of the Geological Survey of Canada — is now convinced that the island is very real, but is mystified by its origins.

Scientists may have detected the 1st direct evidence of dark matter

 Astronomy Dark Universe News 

"We expect dark matter events to be extremely rare, 

so only a handful could mark the first detection of 

WIMP dark matter."

By Robert Lea

Published 5 hours ago

In what could be a groundbreaking discovery, scientists report they may have detected the first direct evidence of dark matter. The potential detection came from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, in the form of a single suspected interaction between a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP), one of the leading hypothetical particle candidates for dark matter, and an everyday particle.

Majority of Americans against Lake Ontario name change, Canada tariffs: Poll

by Mira Bhakta

09/01/26 8:16 PM ET

A majority of Americans are against President Trump’s recent decisions to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” and impose additional tariffs on Canada, a new survey suggests.

The Ipsos/Reuters poll, published Tuesday, reported that 63 percent of respondents opposed Lake Ontario’s renaming, while 14 percent supported the decision and 21 percent said they did not know.

Fact Check: Did America just bomb a wedding in Iran with an air-launched precision cruise missile?

Iran War Atrocities

September 2, 2026

An American SLAM-ER missile has a very strong reputation for precision, which makes a simple “the missile just went wildly astray” explanation harder to sustain

A U.S. strike on September 1 hit a residential property in Kuhestak, southern Iran, while a wedding celebration was taking place, killing at least four people and injuring more than 60, according to Iranian authorities. Subsequent reporting has strengthened the evidence that an American weapon struck the area. While there is still no independent evidence establishing whether the wedding gathering itself was the intended target or whether civilians were killed when a nearby military or communications target was attacked, American intent remains unverified. What stands out is that the SLAM-ER has a very strong reputation for precision. It rarely misses its targets.

LEDs let archaeologists see the past in a new light

by Aarhus University

edited by Robert Egan

September 1, 2026

An archaeological excavation is a little like eating a layered cake: Once you have removed a layer, you cannot put it back. The problem becomes even trickier if two layers look almost exactly the same. Researchers from Aarhus University and Moesgaard Museum in Denmark have now developed a relatively inexpensive multispectral imaging system that gives archaeologists more ways of looking at the soil before they dig into it.

Democratic Sen. Ed Markey easily fends off Massachusetts primary challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton

2026 Election

Markey defeated his challenger, NBC News projects, after he stressed his progressive positions and touted endorsements from Sens. Bernie Sanders 

and Elizabeth Warren

Sept. 1, 2026, 5:27 PM PDT / 

Updated Sept. 1, 2026, 6:33 PM PDT

By Bridget Bowman

Democratic Sen. Ed Markey defeated Rep. Seth Moulton in the Senate primary in Massachusetts, NBC News projects, in a victory for the party’s progressive wing.  Markey was winning about two-thirds of the vote percentage points with 69% of the expected vote reporting.

A 30-year wait for justice in Tupac’s killing ends with a murder conviction in under 3 hours

Las Vegas — It took close to 30 years for someone to be arrested in the drive-by murder of rap legend Tupac Shakur, an extraordinary stretch that turned the young singer’s 1996 killing into the stuff of legend and conspiracy.

By contrast, it took less than three hours for a jury of 12 Clark County, Nevada, residents to convict Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former leader in the South Side Compton Crips, of first-degree murder – less time than the closing statements in the trial took.

Meet 'Castle Breaker,' Iran's missile wreaking havoc in US war

Exclusive: Defense experts told USA TODAY that Iranian missiles have significantly damaged U.S. bases and the infrastructure for U.S. allies in the region like Jordan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Josh Meyer
USA TODAY
Aug. 31, 2026 Updated Sept. 1, 2026, 8:49 p.m. ET

Full Summary

Iran's newly deployed Kheibar Shekan "Castle Breaker" ballistic missile, with a 900‑mile range and maneuverable warhead, has reportedly penetrated U.S. defenses and caused significant damage to American bases and allied infrastructure across the Persian Gulf during the six‑month war with the United States and Israel.