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Senators demand answers from Dept. of Defense after reports of JROTC instructor abuse

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand are questioning the Departments of Education and Defense after a New York Times investigation showed reports of sexual misconduct among JROTC instructors.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 20: Albert Pujols #5 of the St. Louis Cardinals points to the San Diego Padres dugout after hitting a single during the ninth inning of a game at PETCO Park on September 20, 2022 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols 'chases' baseball history: 700 home runs

The 42-year-old is in his final Major League season and is hoping to join three baseball legends in reaching 700 home runs. Only Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds have done it. Pujols has 698.

Pages from a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta ruling that lifts a judge's hold on the Justice Department's ability to use classified documents seized by the FBI at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, are photographed Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The ruling clears the way for the department to immediately resume its use of the documents in its investigation.(AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

An appeals court rules the DOJ can regain access to documents seized from Mar-a-Lago

A federal appeals court has permitted the Justice Department to resume its use of classified records seized from Donald Trump's Florida estate as part of its ongoing criminal investigation.

FILE - Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks in Springfield, Pa., Sept. 8, 2022. With the fall campaign election season in high gear, Democrat John Fetterman and his Republican rival for U.S Senate, Dr. Mehmet Oz, are making a beeline for Philadelphia’s heavily populated suburbs. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd, File)

Oz, who has criticized Fetterman for releasing prisoners, announces support for reducing sentences

The new stance contrasts with one of the key tactics of his campaign -- to relentlessly criticize Fetterman for supporting the early release of prisoners.

People gather outside after an earthquake was felt in Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The earthquake struck early Thursday, just three days after a deadly earthquake shook western and central Mexico. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico and leaves 1 dead

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck Mexico early Thursday, causing buildings to sway and leaving at least one person dead in the nation's capital.

McDonald's reopens in Ukraine, feeding customers' nostalgia — and future hopes

All of the chain's 100-plus locations in Ukraine closed after Russia invaded in February. Three reopened in Kyiv this week, for delivery only. "It's a nice gift from McDonald's," one customer says.

Christiane Amanpour, British-Iranian journalist, television host and president of the jury of 2018 Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents in Bayeux, northwestern France, gives a speech during the closing ceremony of the event, on October 13, 2018. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo credit should read CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

CNN says Iran's president tried to make a hijab a condition for Amanpour interview

CNN's Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour said her interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York was abruptly canceled when she refused to wear a headscarf.

The woman who called 911 on a Black bird watcher wasn't wrongfully fired, judge rules

Amy Cooper, a white woman, lost her job as a portfolio manager at a New York investment firm after she called the police on a Black man who asked her to put her dog on a leash.

Nancy Galarza looks at the damage that Hurricane Fiona inflicted on her community, which remained cut off four days after the Category 1 storm slammed the rural community of San Salvador in the town of Caguas, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)

Power outages and problems accessing fuel force Puerto Rico grocery stores to close

A growing number of businesses are temporarily closing across the island as power outages caused by Hurricane Fiona drag on, sparking concern about the availability of fuel and basic goods.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 21: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 21, 2022 in New York City. Stocks dropped in the final hour of trading after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point in an attempt to continue to tame inflation. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Stock markets drop as Wall Street takes a gloomy view of the economy

The Dow dropped more than 450 points to close at the lowest level since November 2020.

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