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New York (CNN) — Bridget Gormley suspects her father was “well aware” he might one day get sick. She imagines him feeling a dark cloud following him around, “waiting to come when it wanted to.” But the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and the potential sicknesses that loomed over everyone who worked at Ground Zero, were “never discussed” in Gormley’s household, she told CNN — even after her father, Billy Gormley, got sick. It was likely a mix of “PTSD and guilt,” she said.

(CNN) — High-school students across Asia are pulling ahead of their Western peers, an annual global assessment indicates, as artificial intelligence spurs a worldwide race for talent and reshapes how young people learn. In a troubling trend, reading, science and math performance among 15-year-olds has continued a decline globally across the board, according to the 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment released this week by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

(CNN) — On a night where the Seahawks were honored for their Super Bowl LX victory, the celebrations felt short lived as starting quarterback Sam Darnold left the game with an injury in the team’s 13-10 win over the New England Patriots at Lumen Field on Wednesday night in Seattle.

(CNN) — The UN’s nuclear watchdog agency is asking the body to hold Iran accountable for failing to stick with safeguards meant to prevent the development of nuclear weapons, diplomatic officials announced Wednesday.

(CNN) — President Donald Trump vowed to pay every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain their House and Senate majorities in November’s midterm elections – an extraordinary offer as he tries to keep his party in power. But he offered no details on how he would pay for such a move, which he equated to companies paying shareholders dividends and the extra $1,776 checks his administration issued to members of the military last year.

(CNN) — Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes will win the Democratic nomination for governor of Rhode Island, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, defeating incumbent Gov. Dan McKee as she capitalized on voter frustration over the partial closure of a key bridge and the ensuing traffic chaos. Used by tens of thousands of commuters daily, the westbound lanes of the Washington Bridge in Providence closed in 2023 amid concerns of collapse.

Rockville, Md., Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Balance disorders are common, often disabling, and frequently misunderstood and misdiagnosed. However, when they are identified accurately, they are also highly treatable. That’s why the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is partnering with the Vestibular Disorders Association (VeDA) for Balance Awareness Week, which will take place September 13–19, 2026.

A Russian drone entering Moldova’s airspace delayed the departure of a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Norway on Tuesday, a Moldovan official said. The eastern European country, which borders Ukraine, closed its airspace after detecting an incursion of a jet-propelled drone, officials said. Zelensky’s aircraft was waiting at Chișinău International Airport in the Moldovan capital and was cleared for take-off once it had been established the drone had come down.

(CNN) — Some of the speakers at the Republican midterm convention on Wednesday made false or misleading claims. Here is a fact check of some of their remarks: Fact check: Scalise’s false claim that Democrats just voted to allow illegal immigrants to vote in federal elections From CNN’s Daniel Dale House Majority Leader Steve Scalise claimed in his convention speech, “Just last week, Democrats voted to allow illegals to vote in our federal elections.” That’s not true.

(CNN) — President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his Wednesday speech at the Republican midterm convention. Here is a fact check of some of them: Investment in the US Trump repeated his false claim that there has been “over $20 trillion” invested in the US during his second term so far. That figure is fiction, as we noted when he has made the same or similar claims on numerous previous occasions. The White House has never been able to substantiate it.