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Migrants waiting to be picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol under an international bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, earlier this month.

National

Migrant deaths at the U.S.-Mexico border hit a record high, in part due to drownings

6:25am September 29, 2022

This has been the deadliest year ever for migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Hundreds have drowned in the Rio Grande or perished from extreme heat in failed smuggling attempts.

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Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James shares a laugh with staff members during the NBA basketball team's Media Day Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in El Segundo, Calif.

Sports

LeBron James is buying a pickleball team

4:46am September 29, 2022

by Ayana Archie

LeBron James is now part of a pickleball team ownership group that includes fellow NBA players Kevin Love and Draymond Green. Pickleball is rapidly growing in popularity in the U.S.

President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 28, 2022.

Politics & Government

Key takeaways from Biden's conference on hunger and nutrition in America

5:05pm September 28, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

The White House is touting many of its pandemic programs and benefits as a way to reduce hunger. But a partisan Congress is among the biggest hurdles.

Two people work on boarding up a house in South Tampa Bay, Florida, on Tuesday, before Hurricane Ian hits the area.

Some don't evacuate, despite repeated hurricane warnings, because they can't

4:52pm September 28, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

People with disabilities, people who can't afford it and people who don't want to abandon their pets are among the many who can't easily get up and leave before a hurricane.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Nataki Garrett stands inside the Allen Elizabethan Theatre in Ashland, Ore. She recently programmed her first full season but not everyone has embraced her new approach.

Arts

Oregon Shakespeare Festival focuses on expansion – but is not without its critics

4:35pm September 28, 2022

by Bilal Qureshi

After two years of pandemic closures, audiences are back at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to find a season of diverse plays. But for many, change has come too soon.

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Eastbound traffic crowds Interstate 275 as people evacuate before the arrival of Hurricane Ian in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday.

National

Florida's population has skyrocketed. That could make Hurricane Ian more destructive

4:33pm September 28, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

More people — and more buildings to house them, often in coastal areas — mean that a major hurricane could become more costly and destructive. That's raising concerns as Hurricane Ian approaches.

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Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) sits between Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) during a meeting between President Donald Trump and congressional members on Feb. 13, 2018.

Politics & Government

Biden calls out for late Rep. Jackie Walorski at White House hunger event

3:53pm September 28, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

Biden mistakenly called out for the Indiana Republican who died in a car crash in August. She had cosponsored a bill to fund the conference.

A South Miami, Fla., resident makes a phone call from one of the few working phones in the area as another man waits for his turn amid the rubble of a destroyed business on Aug. 25, 1992, after Hurricane Andrew made landfall.

National

Category 5 hurricanes are rare in the U.S. There have only been 4 in its history

3:36pm September 28, 2022

by Scott Neuman

Such massive storms are fairly rare, and it's even more rare for them to make landfall. NOAA says that for such storms, "catastrophic damage will occur" with electricity outages "for weeks or months."

Kurt Wagner performs with Lambchop in September at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Music & Culture

Lambchop's long and winding road

3:27pm September 28, 2022

by Grayson Haver Currin

Kurt Wagner's Nashville collective has always been an expression of absolute possibility. The Bible, his best album in a decade, points that instinct at life's most inescapable truth.

Bed Bath & Beyond is working on yet another turnaround after a series of crises and missteps.

National

Will Bed Bath & Beyond sink like Sears or rise like Best Buy?

3:24pm September 28, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

The company has been on a rollercoaster of crises, including a meme-stock rise and crash. Its latest financial report comes Thursday.

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