Yes. On September 3, 2026, the Missouri Supreme Court unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November 2026 general election and ordered a statewide referendum on whether to uphold or reject the map. The court ruled that a referendum petition with more than 300,000 signatures put the … Read more
No. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are closed on Monday, September 7, 2026, for Labor Day, and they reopen for regular hours on Tuesday, September 8. Labor Day is one of the ten full closures on the 2026 U.S. stock-market holiday calendar. Regular equity trading hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern … Read more
Yes. According to an AFP tally of military and medical sources on both sides, more than 300 combatants and some civilians have been killed since Iran-backed Houthi forces launched an assault on Thursday aimed at cutting off the government-held Red Sea port of Mokha and pushing toward the Bab al-Mandab strait. Military sources told AFP … Read more
Yes. On Saturday, September 5, 2026, a passenger bus crashed on the mountainous Campanas de Cima route on Fogo Island in Cape Verde, killing at least 25 people — mostly teenagers — with several others injured, according to local officials and media cited by the Associated Press. Cape Verde’s president, José Maria Pereira Neves, called … Read more
Yes. On September 6, 2026, Mohsen Rezaei, the new head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Tehran plans to announce an “exclusion zone” outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days. He said the zone would begin from the line of the U.S. naval blockade, extend toward the strait, and continue into the … Read more
No. Costco’s U.S. warehouses are closed on Labor Day, which falls on Monday, September 7, 2026. The company lists Labor Day among seven annual holiday closures for its warehouses, along with New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. That full-day closure typically covers the warehouse floor and related services such … Read more
Yes. On September 6, 2026, a Boeing 767 cargo aircraft operated by 21 Air for Amazon Prime Air overran runway 30 at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m. ET while arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The plane struck multiple vehicles on a surrounding road and caught fire; Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Raied Jadallah said … Read more
Exit-poll projections on election night put Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) at about 44% of the vote in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6, 2026 — more than double its 2021 share and well ahead of the CDU on roughly 18%. That landslide still left the party short of a clear solo majority … Read more
According to AAA, the U.S. national average for regular unleaded was about $4.14 per gallon heading into Labor Day weekend 2026 (about $4.14 as of September 3). That would make this the most expensive Labor Day at the pump on record — the previous Labor Day high was $3.82 on September 3, 2012. AAA said … Read more
Yes. Exit polls and early projections on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, showed the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) finishing first in Saxony-Anhalt with about 44.4% of the vote — more than double its 2021 result and well ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU, which trailed near 18%. Votes were still being counted, and it was … Read more