Athens explosion kills six, including four American tourists
The State Department said four Americans died in a gas explosion in the Plaka district of Athens, where residents had warned of gas risks a year earlier.
Entertainment
Tarleton State athlete Alejandra Franco dies after rodeo accident
The Tarleton State breakaway roper was in the roping box when she was injured Thursday.
The Numbers
AllOfficial series, each dated to the observation it comes from.
Inflation3.4%
Unemployment4.1%
30-year mortgage7.03%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Army Reserve canvasses units for Cuba planning within 120 days
No deployment orders have been issued, and the message never names Cuba, but U.S. officials told CBS News the planning is aimed at the island.
Bay City Rollers guitarist Neil Henderson dies at 73
Henderson played on the Rollers' first charting single, Keep On Dancing, and left in 1972, two years before the band's No 1 debut album.
Politics
4 stories · updated 24 SepButler rally survivor Jim Copenhaver dies at 76, lawsuit pending
Copenhaver still had bullet fragments in his body; no cause of death has been released, and his wife remains a plaintiff against the U.S. government.
Three Republican senators fault Don Jr. over Russian oligarch's payments
Umar Kremlev, a Putin ally, paid for part of Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas wedding weekend, and House Democrats have asked the FBI to respond by Sept. 30.
Trump says Arlington arch will store drones and sniper ammunition
The Park Service has not authorized construction, and a judge requires 48 hours' notice before any activity at Memorial Circle.
Jon Kyl, former Senate minority whip, dies at 84
Kyl's family said he died Wednesday night at his Phoenix home of complications from a neurological disease that ended his public life in December 2025.
World
2 stories · updated 24 Sep
Lebanon arrests Islamic State member over plot to kill Pope Leo XIV
Lebanese Army Intelligence detained a Syrian Islamic State member in Batroun and handed him to the Military Court, where he is expected to face terrorism charges.
Haiti extradites 18 suspects in Moïse assassination to U.S.
Prosecutors have not named the 18, but those held in Haiti included 17 Colombian soldiers and a former justice ministry official.
Business
6 stories · updated 6 SepArthur Lundeen charged after being duct-taped on American Airlines flight
The flight from Dallas to Newark diverted to Baltimore, where police arrested Lundeen, 67, and his Tucson brokerage later cut ties with him.
Entertainment
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Health
3 stories · updated 25 SepInvestigators recover kratom at both Ole Miss death scenes
Aidan Hamilton, 18, died in a campus dorm and Robert Strang, 20, at an off-campus house; the cases are being investigated separately.
Coast Guard hoists hypothermic hiker Craig Berg off Isle Royale
Backpackers spotted Berg on an island where overnight lows hit 48 degrees, and troopers and K-9 teams reached him on foot.
East Greenbush police find Dominick Bianchi dead in wooded area
Bianchi left home on foot on Sept. 8 without his phone, which his glucose monitor paired to, and without his wallet or car.