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3:52 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Jane Fonda has revived an activist group from the Cold War era, originally backed by her father, Henry Fonda

3:03 PM on Wednesday, October 1

It’s been eight years since Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting and said he wanted to “explore the world in a different way.”

3:03 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.N. Security Council's approval for the creation of a so-called gang suppression force in Haiti has been met with wary resignation in the small Caribbean state

2:28 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

2:23 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The sacred bones of a much-loved French Carmelite nun began a tour of the U.S. at a suburban Detroit parish named in her honor

2:15 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels

11:55 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The Colorado Rockies say general manager Bill Schmidt has stepped down after one of the worst seasons in major league history

11:00 AM on Wednesday, October 1

It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow

10:59 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and segregated based on criminal history and flight risk

10:57 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The Supreme Court is allowing Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now

10:31 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Brian Snitker, who managed the Atlanta Braves to the 2021 World Series championship as the highlight of almost a half-century with the organization, will not return to the dugout next season

9:17 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Rookie Dillon Gabriel will get his first NFL start on Sunday when the Cleveland Browns face the Minnesota Vikings in London

9:12 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Domestic goats are reaching new heights on Vermont's ski slopes

8:31 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored

8:17 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Walmart says it plans to remove synthetic dyes and 30 other food additives from its store brands sold in the United States by January 2027

8:00 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A panel of three federal judges are considering whether Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that boosts Republicans and has launched a widening redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterm elections

7:50 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.S. military has begun reducing its mission in Iraq under an agreement made with Iraqi officials last year

8:33 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Indonesian rescue workers are racing against the clock in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java

12:04 AM on Tuesday, September 30

A lot of government continues during a federal shutdown

12:04 AM on Tuesday, September 30

At DePaul University, a Catholic school in Chicago, students have created a covert contraceptive delivery network called “the womb service.”