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Updated October 2, 2026 at 1:55 AM CDT New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has appointed the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James as the special prosecutor in the investigation into allegations of a gang-rape at Cornell University.

Two pandas have arrived in the U.S. from China and will live at Zoo Atlanta. What are their names? Yun Chuan and Xin Bao Ping Ping and Fu Shuang Bao Li and Qing Bao Thing One and Thing Two Those are San Diego's pandas. Those are D.C.'s pandas. No. Good job! Ping Ping and Fu Shuang flew to the U.S. aboard FedEx's Panda Express. The duo is in Atlanta for 10 years through a new conservation agreement between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association.

Last month, 26-year old Laotian activist Khieo Lapchanh disappeared on his way to his apartment in a Thai province just outside Bangkok. He didn't show up for his registration interview with the United Nations Refugee Agency in Bangkok the next day, and hasn't been heard from since, according to a human rights group tracking his case. Days later, Australian democracy campaigner Tran Hiep, who was in Cambodia to meet with other activists of Vietnamese origin, similarly disappeared.

During the pandemic, Thomas thought he would give DraftKings and FanDuel a try. Before long, he formed a habit. "I could have ten drinks one night and then be fine with not drinking again for a year," said Thomas, 35, who asked to be identified by his middle name fearing his problem gambling history could affect his career. "But sports gambling was different. It really got me." He never cared much for sports. Yet betting on games seemed like an easy way to make a buck.

Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. COLUMBUS, PAINESVILLE AND AKRON, Ohio — It was a raucous homecoming for Sherrod Brown. AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" blared from ballroom speakers. Union stalwarts representing steelworkers, utility workers, construction workers and others greeted the 73-year-old Democrat with resounding cheers and endless handshakes.

Goodbye and good riddance to the beach read. At least for this year, we can stop pretending that baking on the sand in the hot sun or tilted awkwardly on a damp plastic lounge chair by the pool is the ideal setting for reading. Now, with the fall equinox behind us, we can look forward and embrace the one true ideal season for reading: autumn. Or we can not be so dramatic about it and just say that there are a lot of books coming out between now and the holidays.

Updated October 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM CDT TEL AVIV, Israel, and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Several countries are investigating the circumstances around a pilot stabbing on a flight headed to Israel from the United Arab Emirates, which made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia released a preliminary assessment confirming the co-pilot assaulted the pilot on FlyDubai flight FZ IO73. The flight diverted and landed at an airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

The family of Renee Good, the 37-year-old killed last January by a federal agent during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, filed two civil lawsuits against the federal government Thursday.

It's been a landmark year for activists seeking bans against child marriage in the U.S. On Sept. 30, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Bill AB 1267, setting 18 as the minimum age for marriage in the state, with no exceptions. The bill, sponsored by Unchained at Last and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, was authored by Assemblymember Gail Pellerin.

Updated October 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM CDT If you want to see how far U.S. sanctions can reach, ask Kimberly Prost's Alexa. After the United States sanctioned her, the Canadian judge at the International Criminal Court began losing access to services from companies in different countries. Her credit cards were also canceled. "You start to lose services from American companies, Amazon, Google, potentially Apple, whatever it may be," she told Morning Edition.