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(NEXSTAR) – A Halloween costume advertised as a “German Army Soldier” outfit has been removed from sale at several major online retailers, according to multiple reports. The costume, which bore a resemblance to uniforms worn by Nazi soldiers during WWII, was previously available for purchase at Target.com, Walmart.com and Amazon through a third-party seller, news outlets including USA Today and Newsweek first reported.

Police fatally shot a knife-wielding man walking on the cables of New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge after he ignored orders to drop the weapon, authorities said Friday. The shooting happened when he moved within feet of an officer trying to help him climb down. The shooting at one of the city’s most famous landmarks closed the bridge and tied up traffic for part of the morning.

(KTLA) — An aggressive mystery animal is on the loose in New Hampshire, and authorities said it’s gone after multiple people in recent days. The Lebanon Police Department said it’s still unsure exactly what the animal is, but it has reportedly displayed “unusually aggressive behavior towards people,” and at least three unprovoked attacks have been reported since Aug. 30. Lebanon police released video of the animal attacking two people as they got out of a U-Haul.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood has just wrapped up its best summer in a decade and its biggest vibe shift since the pandemic. After years of new-normal ticket sales and regular spells of unease, the summer box office rallied to $4.61 billion in domestic ticket sales between May 1 and Aug. 31, according to Rentrak. That’s not just miles ahead of last year (a 26.1% increase from 2025), but better than every summer other than 2013.

(NewsNation) — A pharmaceutical company is voluntarily recalling three lots of epinephrine injections, USP 30 mg/30 mL, over sterility concerns and the potential presence of particulate matter. American Regent initiated the nationwide recall after customers complained about “leaking and cracked vials,” according to a company notice posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity. The numbers come from the Education Department’s Civil Rights Data Collection, a federal survey of nearly every public school in the nation. The release this week covers the 2023-2024 school year, when the survey included “nonbinary” as a gender category alongside male and female.

President Trump called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates Friday after the August jobs report came in stronger than expected, threatening to cut off trade with several countries if the central bank doesn’t budge. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs last month, well above the 53,000 that economists were anticipating.

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is retiring at the end the year, bringing to a close her seven-plus years at the helm of the league and a stewardship that has been transformative and at times tumultuous. Engelbert is the second-longest tenured WNBA president or commissioner, and she helped negotiate a lucrative collective bargaining agreement this past spring that resulted in the league’s first set of million-dollar player salaries.

Posted: Sep 4, 2026 / 11:24 AM EDT Updated: Sep 4, 2026 / 11:29 AM EDT EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Labor Day weekend is the final weekend for trolley service this year. The time of operation for the trolley will on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening from 4pm-9pm on Sept. 4, 5, and 6. A night out on the town on the trolley is definitely a night of fun for popular locations in Emerald Isle. Riding the trolley is free and open to the public.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Department of Justice is expanding its investigation into beef affordability in the United States to include eight of the largest grocers in the country. On Tuesday, the DOJ posted on X that its Antitrust Division sent letters to these eight grocers over the retail price of beef: Kroger Publix Walmart Albertsons Aldi Ahold Delhaize USA Costco Amazon “Beef prices are a critical concern to Americans, and a priority for this Justice Department,” the DOJ wrote.