Researchers have found that killings by police are mostly unreported or incorrectly reported. Congress has pulled back from the brink of a government shutdown by passing a stopgap funding bill hours before the fiscal year ended. And the Capitol riot was a proving ground for a troubling trend in police-tech cooperation ..read more

The government officially runs out of money tonight, and Congress seems far from approving more along with a necessary debt ceiling hike. An Ecuadorian prison riot featuring bombs and beheadings has killed more than 100 people. And Britney is free — of her dad’s control, anyway ..read more

America’s top generals told senators yesterday that they wanted to keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, contradicting statements made by their commander in chief. The U.S. Treasury secretary warned of fiscal “calamity” without congressional action. And Greta Thunberg chided world leaders for congratulating themselves while the planet continues to heat up ..read more

North Korea launched another missile shortly before its ambassador addressed the United Nations about “hostile” American policies. R. Kelly is guilty on all counts in the singer’s sex trafficking trial. And Mr. Goxx the hamster is killing it at crypto trading ..read more

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party suffered its worst election results ever yesterday, but it still has a chance to eke out a governing coalition instead of the victorious left-leaning Social Democrats. Authorities are investigating this weekend’s deadly crash of an Amtrak train in Montana. And safety officials are worried about other accidents as Tesla rolls out the beta version of its autonomous driving software ..read more

President Joe Biden promises “consequences” for immigration officers on horseback who rounded up refugees. China and Canada appear to have traded high-profile prisoners. And do you feel safer with Big Bezos watching ..read more

Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, made an unexpectedly positive statement about peace talks with South Korea today. U.S. frontline workers can get booster COVID-19 shots, but not because experts recommended it. And Europe wants to make it easier to charge your devices ..read more

Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden seem to have patched up Franco-American relations in the wake of the Australian submarine crisis. America is planning to immunize 70% of the world against COVID-19. And what do you do when your swimming pool is filled with lava ..read more

President Joe Biden’s promise of fewer wars was greeted with some skepticism at the U.N. General Assembly, but both Washington and Beijing pledged to fight climate change. There’s great excitement in Britain after Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared how many children he has fathered. And learn the fascinating tail behind the evolution of your coccyx ..read more

Some members of Congress have said they were shocked by images that showed horse-riding Border Patrol agents chasing migrants in Texas, and the DHS says it is investigating. A Texan doctor who wrote an article about purposefully breaking the state's new abortion law is being sued by two members of the public. And in an unusual example of "the survival of the fittest," a goat has killed a grizzly bear ..read more