Hak Ja Han, the leader of the Unification Church in South Korea, was arrested early September 23. Investigators accuse the church of bribing the first lady of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, Kim Keon Hee, as well as conservative lawmaker and MP Kweon Seong-dong.
On September 18, American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer Brett James died in a plane crash in a wooded area in Franklin, North Carolina. James co-wrote Carrie Underwood's song Jesus Take the Wheel, a collaboration that, according to the BBC, brought him wide attention.
On September 16, New York Judge Gregory Carro dismissed two of the charges related to terrorism against Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of Brian Thompson. Carro stated prosecutors had not provided sufficient evidence to support the terrorism-related charges.
The ruling was announced on Thursday. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, formed by a panel of five justices, sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison, on five charges related to an alleged plot to overturn the result of the 2022 election.
Around 10:00 a.m. local time (0000 UTC) September 6, an Australian man died after being attacked by a shark while surfing at Long Reef in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney. Police said the shark was believed to have been large.
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