Thursday, September 12

🚨NATION

📌 Speaker Mike Johnson yanks government funding bill amid growing GOP defections (NBC NEWS)

📌 Wildfires scorch Southern California hillsides, torching homes and injuring several (AP)

📌 Mother of Apalachee High School shooter apologizes to victims’ families in open letter (CNN)

📌 Biden, Harris, Trump, Vance appear together at 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York City (CBS NEWS)

📌 State and election officials issue warning over potential voting disruptions (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israeli official floats safe passage for Oct. 7 architect Yahya Sinwar in return for hostages (CNN)

📌 Mexico’s Senate approves contentious judicial overhaul after protesters storm chamber (AP)

📌 Top US and UK diplomats pledge almost $1.5B in additional aid for Ukraine during visit to Kyiv, but no breakthrough on strikes into Russia (REUTERS)

📌 China mulls raising retirement age as it confronts shrinking workforce (SEMAFOR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Spacewalking is the new domain of the rich as billionaire attempts first private spacewalk today (AP)

📌 New CPI report shows another month of cooling inflation— what it means (ABC NEWS)

📌 Lead, arsenic and other heavy metals in tampons prompt FDA investigation (CNN)

📌 The gender wage gap just widened for the first time in 20 years (AXIOS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Justin Timberlake snags plea deal in DWI case, will dodge drunk driving charges (NY POST)

📌 Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard sues Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for sexual assault (PEOPLE)

📌 Dave Grohl hired divorce lawyer before love child reveal (DAILY BEAST)

📌 Incredible moment rock legend Bon Jovi convinces woman not to leap from bridge while filming music video in Nashville (DAILY MAIL)