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A fatal shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas underscored threats to immigration officials, as well as detainees, amid a divisive rise in immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security said three detainees were shot, with one killed and two others in critical condition. Rhetoric demonizing immigration officials has 鈥渧ery real consequences,鈥� said Sen. Ted Cruz at a news conference. See our story. 鈥� Staff

Zelenskyy told global leaders听at the U.N. that the world is in 鈥渢he most destructive arms race in human history.鈥� The Ukrainian leader called on the international community to act against Russia, asserting that Vladimir Putin wants to expand his war in Europe. President Trump said Tuesday he believed Ukraine could win back all territory lost to Russia, a dramatic shift from calls for Kyiv to make concessions to end the war. 鈥� The Associated Press

China, the top producer of greenhouse gases听in the world, announced new climate pledges and urged resolve to fight global warming. In a video address to the U.N. climate summit in New York, leader Xi Jinping said China would cut greenhouse gas emissions across its economy by 7% to 10% from peak levels by 2035, while boosting the share of non-fossil fuels in domestic energy consumption to 30 percent. 鈥� Staff

Denmark鈥檚 prime minister gave an official apology to the Greenlandic women given contraception without their consent starting in the 1960s. Mette Frederiksen has worked to improve relations between her nation and the autonomous Danish territory, which President Trump has expressed interest in buying. Addressing victims at a ceremony Wednesday in Greenland鈥檚 capital, she acknowledged their long-standing fight for justice and accountability, saying, 鈥淲e鈥檙e doing that now: Denmark and Greenland together.鈥� 鈥� Staff

One of Asia鈥檚 biggest storms听of recent years struck Hong Kong and China鈥檚 Guangdong Province yesterday. Typhoon Ragasa brought heavy rains, 120-mph winds, and coastal flooding, forcing millions of people to evacuate. Earlier this week, the storm reached wind speeds of more than 150 mph听as it hit听the northern Philippines and burst a barrier lake in Taiwan,听causing flooding that听killed more than a dozen people. Today it was downgraded to a severe tropical storm. 鈥� Staff

Malawi鈥檚 president conceded defeat听in this month鈥檚 elections, pledging to ensure a peaceful transfer of power. In an address to the nation, Lazarus Chakwera emphasized his respect for the will of citizens and for the constitution. The rivalry between Mr. Chakwera and incoming president Peter Mutharika was thrust into the spotlight when Malawi's constitutional court annulled Mr. Mutharika's 2019 election victory due to irregularities. 鈥� Reuters

Scientists found 85 previously unknown lakes hidden under Antarctica鈥檚 glaciers using a decade of data. These subglacial lakes are 鈥渁ctive,鈥� meaning they fill and empty in cycles, making them an important data point for studying sea level change. But they are often not taken into account in climate models. Sally Wilson, lead author of the study published in the journal Nature Communications, called subglacial hydrology a 鈥渕issing piece of the puzzle.鈥� 鈥� Staff

More food is reaching Gaza now, but barely enough to stave off famine amid the forced displacement ordered by the Israeli army. Our reporters look at the situation on the ground.

Supporters of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk vow to expand his conservative youth movement. As the Turning Point USA campus tour resumes, students at Virginia Tech share their vision for the cause he built.

A Monitor writer and his family fell in love with a city, only to see it hit by federal government cutbacks and other challenges. Now, as it responds, they are discovering a new reason why it鈥檚 a place to call home.

The controversy in the U.S. around Jimmy Kimmel being taken off the air under government pressure bears a striking resemblance to the case of 鈥淜ukly,鈥� a popular political satire show in post-Soviet Russia that ran afoul of Vladimir Putin.

Some of baseball鈥檚 greatest heroes, from Jackie Robinson to Ted Williams, have wielded Louisville Sluggers. A museum in Louisville, Kentucky, celebrates these wooden Excaliburs, first manufactured in 1884.

Here鈥檚 a stark example of polarization in Washington: As a Sept. 30 deadline looms over Congress to pass a spending bill, the two top Senate leaders from both parties are not talking to each other. And President Donald Trump backed out of negotiations with Democratic leaders on the bill.

This dearth of dialogue 鈥渆ncapsulates the partisan tensions that have raised the odds that ... government agencies will close at midnight Tuesday,鈥� stated Politico.

The shutdown standoff in the capital may seem like the norm. Yet it does not reflect electoral trends or public attitudes in much of the United States. Last year鈥檚 election, for instance, revealed a large drop in polarization between groups of voters compared with the 2020 election, according to a survey from Harvard University and YouGov. The divide between the generations, genders, and rural and urban Americans actually shrank. 鈥淚f these trends endure, they promise a new political era,鈥� wrote Harvard law professor Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos in The Washington Post.

At the national level, trust is still in decline. Only 41% of Americans trust people 鈥渁cross the U.S.,鈥� according to a survey last April for Allstate. Yet trust rises to 53% for local communities and 59% for next-door neighbors. And 87% of people say they are likely to increase the number of social interactions they have in their community in the next year.

鈥淪mall behaviors鈥� in local areas, person by person, can build up trust nationally, the study concluded. 鈥淚f I鈥檓 doing sandbags with you, or I鈥檓 walking through the Palisades fire ... we鈥檙e not going to be arguing about whether there should be tariffs or not,鈥� Allstate鈥檚 chief executive officer, Tom Wilson, told the news site Semafor.

The key to better dialogue in Washington, says former Sen. Joe Manchin, is for politicians to bring out the better angels in each other. 鈥淧eople are talking about there鈥檚 a crusade coming. There鈥檚 war coming,鈥� the former Democrat-turned-independent told NewsNation. 鈥淭he only crusade this country needs right now is one of civility.

鈥淗ow do we get back where we treat each other like human beings? ... Like, hey, we鈥檙e all in this together.鈥�

In a new memoir, 鈥淒ead Center: In Defense of Common Sense,鈥� Mr. Manchin cites the need for humility rather than the use of fear and hatred. 鈥淟isten with an open mind, embrace diverse perspectives and lead by bringing everyone to the table,鈥� he wrote. No one person has all the answers.

Growing up in a minority religion (Catholicism) in a small West Virginia town taught him lessons about relationships. 鈥淚 know that if you work hard and you try to give back more than what you鈥檙e willing to take out, they鈥檙e going to accept you,鈥� he told NPR.

鈥淭hey鈥檒l love you. You鈥檒l be fine.鈥�