Californians can now skip jury duty forever — but there’s a catch. Signed into law on Monday, Assembly Bill 1359 allows Golden Staters aged 80 and up to request a permanent excuse from jury duty due to a health condition — without a note from a doctor. The law will go into effect beginning January 2028. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now. Thanks for signing up! Once you receive your summons in the mail, you can submit a written statement to the jury commissioner, self-affirming that you have a…

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A sweeping new study of the Roman Empire’s vast road network is challenging the age-old saying, “All roads lead to Rome.” The study, published Sept. 15 in the journal Nature Communications, analyzed roughly 190,000 miles of Roman roads spanning Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The team combined existing data to create a new map of the Roman Empire’s road network and analyze its structure on an empire-wide scale. The study’s lead researcher, Tom Brughmans, a classical archaeologist at Aarhus University in Denmark, and his colleagues found that Rome was not uniquely central to the empire’s road network, with…

September 22, 2026 — 7:30pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAs if resigned to what was about to take place under his watch, Liverpool City Council chief executive Jason Breton stuck his hand in his personal lolly bowl and sat back as councillor Peter Ristevski launched a verbal attack on the mayor.“Mate, no wonder people call you a dirty individual. You are very dirty,” Ristevski, a former accountant who lost his registration over serious misconduct and new member of Lyle Shelton’s conservative Family First party, sneered at Liberal Mayor Ned…

Christina Applegate is spreading love in her first Instagram video after a reported months-long hospitalization. The Dead to Me actress, 54, shared a clip showing off her newly dyed hair on Monday, September 21. In the footage, Applegate gave a glimpse of her blonde locks while sporting a black hoodie and gray tank top. She wrote alongside the video, “Fresh hair color, new weird spot on my cheek haha thank you @davestanwell for brightening up my cloudy day. Love you and love to you all out there.” Fans and friends rallied to show Applegate support in the comments section of…

Americans can brew beer in their kitchens and make wine at home, but just try making a bottle of whiskey or gin — and people can run afoul of a federal law that dates back more than 150 years. That distinction caught the attention of Ohio resident John Ream, a former aerospace engineer and home-brewing enthusiast who wants to distill small quantities of spirits at home for himself and his wife. “It is perfectly legal to make beer at home or to make wine at home, but if you make even a single ounce of distilled spirits at home, it…

Published on 22/09/2026 – 15:41 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to rule out including a pledge to rejoin the European Union in Labour’s next election manifesto, according to UK media reports. Burnham, who has been in office since late July, made the comments to reporters as he was travelling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly this week. Asked whether he could rule out such a promise in a manifesto, Burnham was quoted as saying questions about rejoining the bloc were “for another day” and that his current focus remained a long-awaited UK/EU summit – which…

A fourth whale that was moved out of Marineland in July has died after struggling with its health after arriving at her new home in Chicago, Shedd Aquarium said Monday. The park said 26-year-old Osiris died Monday morning. The female beluga was one of 10 that came to Shedd from Marineland, the shuttered tourist attraction in Niagara Falls, Ont.It was part of the world’s biggest collective move of captive whales. Marineland had said it was running out of money and could no longer care for its animals.Over a series of moves beginning in July, Marineland moved 30 belugas and four…

September 22, 2026 — 11:59pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWelcome to the new-look Superquiz! Easier to play on your mobile, the new quiz features a fresh design and more interactive features.Click here to tell us what you think of the new format. Got questions or want to know more? Scroll past the quiz to see our FAQs. By Harry HollinsworthWhy has the quiz changed?Our new quiz format is faster, smoother and easier to play on your mobile.We’ve also introduced several new features. For the first time, you’ll see how…

A Mississippi grand jury has declined to press any criminal charges following the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, who was found dead after a 4th of July boat trip. “The Grand Jury finds no credible evidence to support the public allegations that any persons who rode to or from Horn Island on July 4, 2026, on the Triton, the Palm Beach, or the Tideline engaged in any criminal conduct related to the death of Mr. Wells,” stated a grand jury report released late Monday, September 21, per CBS News. “The allegations against the occupants of the Triton, the Palm Beach,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tensions in the South China Sea escalated again Friday after a Chinese Coast Guard vessel collided with a Philippine government ship, an encounter captured on video that prompted competing accounts from Manila and Beijing.The Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources vessel BRP Datu Magat Salamat was distributing fuel to Filipino fishermen when the collision occurred at 11:13 a.m., roughly 54 nautical miles off the coast of Palawan province — an area Manila says is well within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone.Footage released by the Philippine Coast Guard showed crew members shouting,…

Flights were taking off and landing at New York City-area airports Tuesday with some delays and cancellations, after hours of disruptions resulting from damaged communications lines at a key air traffic control facility in Philadelphia that were later repaired. Hundreds of flights were canceled throughout the U.S. Northeast on Monday, including more than 600 into and out of Newark Liberty International Airport, as the outage hit every major airport in the New York City area. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also said in an online post that “it will take some time to clear all existing delays” despite the repairs. The…

Her cups really runneth over.   Squirting in style came effortlessly to a pregnant Leigh-Ann Pinnock while modeling lactation-inspired couture at the Di Petsa show during London Fashion Week on Monday.  The 34-year-old mommy-to-be, formerly of pop girl group Little Mix, eked out a jaw-dropping display on the spring/summer 2027 runway, leaking liquid from spouts built into a sculptural lactating bra that mimics streams of breast milk shooting out of nipples.  Closing the show, Pinnock posed in an angelic all-white, two-piece ensemble from the collection, entitled Holy Milk, taking center stage while surrounded by at least six other models seated on…

Published on 22/09/2026 – 14:50 GMT+2•Updated 15:00 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has publicly called on the European Union and its member states to keep oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman under sanctions, as talks on renewing the blacklist enter their final stages in Brussels. The entire list will expire if ambassadors fail to find a deal by the end of Tuesday. “The world needs not a political delisting, but timely and unconditional rollover of individual sanctions, until Moscow engages in serious peace negotiations and takes concrete steps to end its war against Ukraine,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media. “This is…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 22, 2026 8:56 am Updated September 22, 2026 8:57 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Quebec man found guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his two children is expected to appear Tuesday before the Parole Board of Canada. Guy Turcotte is expected to make a request for temporary escorted absences from prison. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. The former cardiologist was found guilty in December 2015 after stabbing…