Yes. Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, by the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office while working as a featured extra on a Christmas movie set at a horse farm near Paris, Kentucky. The arrest executed a June bench warrant from Jefferson Family Court Judge Angela Johnson for civil contempt after Bevin … Read more
A mistrial is a trial that ends without a verdict or judgment on the merits. In U.S. courts, that usually happens when a jury cannot agree (a hung jury), or when a serious procedural error or misconduct would make a fair trial impossible and the judge stops the case and orders a new trial. Common … Read more
Pickaxe Mountain is a deep underground complex near Natanz that Trump threatened to strike “very soon” in September 2026.
Yes. In early September 2026, a miles-long Mediterranean microalgae bloom temporarily knocked offline five of Israel’s six coastal desalination plants, which supply most of the country’s drinking water. Mekorot, Israel’s national water company, called it an extremely rare event; scientists linked the bloom to algae believed to have traveled from the Nile Delta, with high … Read more
Yes — according to Israeli officials. On September 3–4, 2026, the Israeli military said it had taken operational control of the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon and cleared Hezbollah fighters from tunnels there that included command centers and weapons storage. Defense Minister Israel Katz said Friday the mission was completed and the tunnels … Read more
Yes. On September 4, 2026, Massachusetts Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after the jury deadlocked for a third time following seven days of deliberations in Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial. Clancy, charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 strangling deaths of her three children, had pleaded not guilty and argued she was not criminally responsible … Read more
Yes. On September 4, 2026, a Russian drone struck the central headquarters of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) on Volodymyrska Street in Kyiv, opposite St. Sophia Cathedral, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. He said the drone was aimed at the office of SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad; the SBU said Poklad was unhurt. Kyiv authorities reported at … Read more
On Sept. 3, 2026, Trump said he would ask European nations to repay the U.S. for military aid and munitions previously sent to Ukraine under Biden.
Yes. On September 4, 2026, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick apologized after telling CNBC the day before that “there haven’t been American deaths” in the Iran war and framing the strategy as mainly an “economic choke-out.” In a post on X, Lutnick said he misspoke, acknowledged that 18 U.S. service members have died, apologized to … Read more
Yes. On September 4, 2026, Nepali Army and police rescue teams pulled two workers alive from the Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel after they had been trapped for nine days by flash floods along the Nepal–Tibet border. Mechanical foreman Sanjay Shah and project supervisor Kabir Maharjan were found deep inside the tunnel and flown to Kathmandu … Read more