Weekend Shootings, Troops to Portland & AI Actress Debuts - Monday, September 29, 2025
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 29 September 2025
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The news to know for Monday, September 29, 2025!
We have to tell you about two mass shootings—and while they're not connected, investigators say both suspects shared a surprisingly similar background.
Also, could the head of Iowa's largest school district be in the country illegally? He was arrested for it.
Plus: where a major hurricane is headed this morning, what's behind the "Med-Bed" theory President Trump shared—then deleted—over the weekend, and how an AI creation could become Hollywood's next big star.
Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, September 29th. We have to tell you about two mass shootings. And while they're not |
| 0:05.0 | connected, investigators say both suspects shared a surprisingly similar background. Also, could the head of |
| 0:10.6 | Iowa's largest school district be in the country illegally? He was arrested for it. Plus, where a major |
| 0:16.3 | hurricane is headed this morning, what's behind the medbed theory President Trump shared, then deleted |
| 0:21.5 | over the weekend, and how an AI creation could become Hollywood's next big star. Those stories and even |
| 0:27.5 | more news to know coming up. Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. All the day's news in around 10 |
| 0:34.8 | minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being |
| 0:40.0 | here. You ready? Let's do this. Well, unfortunately, we have to start another show by telling you about |
| 0:50.1 | more mass shootings in the U.S. In Michigan, at least five people were killed and eight others |
| 0:55.2 | hurt at a church in Grand Blank Township just south of Flint. And that death toll could still rise. |
| 1:01.7 | It happened during a large service for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often called the Mormon Church. |
| 1:07.0 | Authorities say a gunman rammed his vehicle through the front of the church and started shooting |
| 1:11.2 | with an assault rifle, then purposely set a fire that eventually burned down the building. The suspect |
| 1:16.4 | was killed in a shootout with officers. Police have since identified him as a U.S. Marine Corps veteran |
| 1:21.6 | who fought in Iraq. At last check, investigators have not released a possible motive. |
| 1:26.9 | Separately, another Marine veteran who served in Iraq is suspected in a different mass shooting over the weekend. |
| 1:32.5 | Officers say he pulled up to a waterfront bar in Southport, North Carolina, on his boat, |
| 1:37.0 | and started shooting an assault rifle from the water. |
| 1:39.7 | Three people died and five others were hurt, many of whom were tourists on vacation. |
| 1:45.0 | Police are calling it a premeditated attack. The suspect was actually awarded a purple heart for his time in the Marine Corps. |
| 1:50.8 | He was injured many times during his service. In fact, he said at one point he was even shot in the head |
| 1:55.3 | by friendly fire, leaving him with a traumatic brain injury. Now he's facing murder charges and is |
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