A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan national, during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. He was in serious but stable condition with a bullet still in his back, according to his lawyer. The shooting prompted anti-ICE protests and calls from local officials for a transparent investigation.
NPR – US NPR – US A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan national, during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. He was in serious but stable condition with a bullet still in his back, according to his lawyer. The shooting prompted anti-ICE protests and calls from local officials for a transparent investigation.
NYTimes – Business CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued the Trump administration on September 21, 2026, arguing that President Donald Trump's ban on their access to White House grounds violates the First Amendment. The outlets said their reporters were prevented from entering after Trump announced the ban, and they warned the move threatens press freedom and independent journalism.
NYTimes – Business Paramount has reached a settlement with 12 US states that sued to block its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, removing a major antitrust hurdle. The deal resolves one of two major lawsuits holding up the merger; the other, filed by the Writers Guild of America, was also settled. Paramount is the parent company of CBS News.
NYTimes – US A Mississippi grand jury unanimously found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing and declined to indict anyone in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, whose cause of death was consistent with drowning. Wells was found dead on Horn Island after boating there with friends on July 4. His family is calling for further investigation.
NYTimes – US Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney asked the judge in her Massachusetts murder trial to question holdout juror Michael Desronvil and review his cellphone records, alleging he used a phone during deliberations and was untruthful on a jury questionnaire. The juror's insistence on guilt produced a mistrial.
NYTimes – Business Major US broadcast networks including ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC suspended White House "pool" television coverage in solidarity with CNN after the Trump administration barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the grounds. The coordinated move, announced Monday, escalates the administration's confrontation with the White House press corps and drew widespread condemnation.
NYTimes – World British Columbia has sued OpenAI in California, alleging the mass shooting at a rural school in Tumbler Ridge that killed nine people could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter used ChatGPT to plan the attack. The province claims OpenAI failed to report troubling internal concerns about the shooter's interactions with the chatbot.
NYTimes – US Walter W. Moorhead, 74, was charged with manslaughter after allegedly fatally shooting Santos Maria Chilel Soto, 39, while hunting in Ellendale, Delaware, last week. Authorities said Moorhead mistook Soto for a deer. The shooting occurred on September 21, 2026, according to reports.
BBC News – World A UN human rights investigator has concluded there are "reasonable grounds to believe" US strikes on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean could constitute crimes against humanity. The report says at least 68 attacks since September 2025 have killed more than 230 people and were not self-defence.
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BBC Sport CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued the Trump administration on September 21, 2026, arguing that President Donald Trump's ban on their access to White House grounds violates the First Amendment. The outlets said their reporters were prevented from entering after Trump announced the ban, and they warned the move threatens press freedom and independent journalism.
