It’s Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Today’s top stories: a former Naval Academy midshipman is charged over a threat that triggered a lockdown and accidental shooting, and a retired Navy admiral gets six years for bribery. The Pentagon will discharge troops with long-term shaving waivers, while Texas names a former US Cyber Command chief to lead its new cyber agency. Overseas, an M23 rebel parade threatens Congo peace hopes, a UN panel accuses Israel of genocide as its Gaza offensive intensifies, Russian strikes wound 20 in Ukraine, and a China-Philippines clash at Scarborough Shoal leaves one sailor hurt.

—Ex-Naval Academy Midshipman Charged Over Threat That Triggered Lockdown

Federal prosecutors charged former US Naval Academy midshipman Jackson Fleming , 23, with transmitting a threa

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