- Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset tonight. It is the first of the High Holidays, happening 10 days before Yom Kippur.
- A chance of showers and thunderstorms today with a high near 73, according to the National Weather Service.
- The William Tennent boys and girls cross country teams hit the course at Bensalem High School today at 3:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., the girls varsity volleyball team hosts a match against Pennridge.
- More than 1.7 million toy workshop and tool sets from toy-maker Little Tikes are being recalled because of choking concerns, The Associated Press (AP) reports. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the play tool sets have oversized, plastic toy nails that might cause young children to choke.
- On this day, September 28, 1918, a Liberty Loan parade in Philadelphia prompts a huge outbreak of the flu epidemic in the city. By the time the epidemic ended, an estimated 30 million people were dead worldwide.
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