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100,000 Signatures Couldn't Keep Him Away: Mamdani Set to Attend Ground Zero Ceremony Despite Families' Pleas

As New York's 25th anniversary ceremony opens this morning, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is confirmed to attend Ground Zero over a six-figure petition and pointed objections from 9/11 victims' relatives who call his presence "an unwelcome guest."

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CLIMATE RECKONING

Buried by a Glacier: Nepal Demands $20 Million as 5,000 Remain Missing

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AFRICA

World's Fastest-Growing Ebola Outbreak Jumps to a 7th Congo Province — Nearly 7,000 Infected, Over 3,300 Dead

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US · BRONX, NEW YORK

Legionnaires' Cluster Hits South Bronx: One Dead, Five Sickened as City Races to Find Source

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US · IMMIGRATION

St. Paul Mechanic With Clean Record Lands in Guantánamo's Terror-Suspect Cellblock — Not Somalia

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US · ARLINGTON, VA

Trump Skips Ground Zero for First Time, Marks 9/11's 25th at Pentagon With Iran War Rhetoric

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UGANDAYESTERDAY

Uganda's "Boy King" Is Dead — Now His Kingdom Is at War Over Who Wears the Crown

Weeks after the world's youngest-ever monarch died of cancer at 34, Uganda's Tooro Kingdom has erupted into a royal succession brawl — a disputed will, a secret heir with no photograph, and a Queen Mother who says soldiers locked her out of the palace.

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil's Top Court Melts Down: Justices Turn on Each Other as Corruption Scandal Explodes Weeks Before Elections

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AFRICA

Fire and Stampede Kill Dozens of Children at DR Congo Schools

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WORLD · MIDDLE EAST

UN Nuclear Watchdog Refers Iran to Security Council — First Time in 20 Years

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The WeeklyObserver

100,000 Signatures Couldn't Keep Him Away: Mamdani Set to Attend Ground Zero Ceremony Despite Families' Pleas

Buried by a Glacier: Nepal Demands $20 Million as 5,000 Remain Missing

World's Fastest-Growing Ebola Outbreak Jumps to a 7th Congo Province — Nearly 7,000 Infected, Over 3,300 Dead

US News

Legionnaires' Cluster Hits South Bronx: One Dead, Five Sickened as City Races to Find Source

St. Paul Mechanic With Clean Record Lands in Guantánamo's Terror-Suspect Cellblock — Not Somalia

Trump Skips Ground Zero for First Time, Marks 9/11's 25th at Pentagon With Iran War Rhetoric

World

Uganda's "Boy King" Is Dead — Now His Kingdom Is at War Over Who Wears the Crown

Brazil's Top Court Melts Down: Justices Turn on Each Other as Corruption Scandal Explodes Weeks Before Elections

Fire and Stampede Kill Dozens of Children at DR Congo Schools

UN Nuclear Watchdog Refers Iran to Security Council — First Time in 20 Years

Celebrity & Entertainment

Jhené Aiko Ends Six-Year Wait With 'Westside Whimsy,' Reunites With Kendrick Lamar

Kimmel Pulls Talarico Interview From TV, Blames Trump's FCC

Ella Langley Dominates CMA Nominations — And Taylor Swift Sneaks In With a Surprise Nod

B2K's Raz B and Wife Mona Li Mourn Sudden Death of Their 3-Month-Old Son

Trump Administration Moves to Strip Undocumented Immigrants From 2030 Census Count

Trump's Hand-Picked 'Deep State' Prosecutor Quits DOJ Probe After Clashing With His Own Bosses

Appeals Court Keeps Trump's Mail-Ballot Rules Blocked as Midterms Near

Kroger Beats on Profit, Then Cuts Its Own Sales Forecast — Stock Pops Anyway

Dell Rockets 11% to an All-Time High as RBC Says the AI Server Boom Is Just Getting Started

Hot August Inflation Reading Pushes Fed Rate-Hike Odds Near 90%

Oracle Backlog Rockets to $664B, Stock Jumps 7%

Sports

Patriots' $100M Bet Blows Up: A.J. Brown Lands on IR After Ankle Snaps in Seahawks Meltdown

49ers Stun Down Under: Purdy Torches Rams 27-7 in NFL's First Australia Game

All-American Semifinal Guarantees Historic US Open Men's Final