Today’s Special: Fed Raises Rates, Canada Looks to Europe & T. Rex Reveals a Secret

From household budgets to prehistoric discoveries—seven stories with global significance, in under five minutes. The Fed raises interest rates, India debates new UPI merchant fees, Japan reshuffles its Cabinet, and Canada explores closer European ties—not EU membership. We also examine new findings on Nepal’s mountain disaster, remember Pulitzer-winning writer Annie Dillard, and explore how fossil teeth revealed a T. rex body temperature surprisingly close to our own. September 17, 2026. Facts first, with clear context across economics, politics, the environment, culture and science.