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The newsroom of the Associated Press headquarters at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, 1939. (AP Photo/Corporate Archives)

Across US history, the AP has watched, chronicled and helped people understand a complex world

7:50 AM on Thursday, September 3

Precisely 180 years ago, a handful of New York news executives looking to save money on coverage had an idea

Sri Lanka's opposition leader Sajith Premadasa holds a placard reading "Hands off independence of judiciary" during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lankan opposition rallies against government's proposed judicial reform

7:20 AM on Thursday, September 3

Hundreds of opposition lawmakers and activists in Sri Lanka have protested against a proposed constitutional amendment on judicial reform

FILE - An offshore drilling platform operated by Sable Offshore Corp. is seen from Refugio State Beach near Goleta, Calif., April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Trump administration ratchets up its fight to get more oil flowing from California

7:02 AM on Thursday, September 3

The Trump administration has been fighting with California officials over offshore oil projects and the state's coastal commission, which works to protect the state's shores

Fifteen years, same loop. California ferret advocates were told in 2011 that their environmental report was with the Department for review, with 'no timing' for completion. In 2025, Petition 2025-003 was again sent from the Fish and Game Commission to the Department for 'review and recommendation.' Advocates are still waiting for a final decision.

6:00 AM on Thursday, September 3

In this photo taken with a smartphone, security personnel patrol a street in Baidoa, Somalia, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Bishar Mayow Mukhtar)

Fighting erupts in southwestern Somalia between government and militias

5:49 AM on Thursday, September 3

Fighting has erupted between government forces and militias near Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa

FILE - Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Sultan of Oman, leaves 10 Downing Street in London, on July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan, File)

Sultan of Oman to make state visit to UK, balancing pressures from US and Iran

4:36 AM on Thursday, September 3

The Sultan of Oman will travel to Britain for a three-day state visit next month as the Arab nation that controls the southern shore of the Strait of Hormuz comes under pressure from both the U.S. and Iran

The main building of the former Bauhaus design school, which was called an "aberration of modernism" by Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party, photographed in Dessau, Germany, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German far-right party targets iconic Bauhaus school ahead of landmark state election

10:24 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Nearly a century after the Nazis shut down Germany's world-famous Bauhaus school of design, the art movement has once again become a cultural battleground

Democratic congressional candidate Chris Backemeyer poses in front of a campaign banner after an event in Murdock, Nebraska, on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Will Weissert)

Here's a look at 'reach' election races where Democrats hope to pull off House upsets

9:07 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Democrats are eyeing upset midterm election wins in House districts from rural Nebraska to central Kentucky and from Nevada's high desert to a newly redrawn district in Texas

FILE - Right-wing party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni addresses a rally as she starts her political campaign ahead of the Sept. 25 general elections, in Ancona, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

Italy weighs the results as Giorgia Meloni’s government sets a longevity record

9:03 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Premier Giorgia Meloni’s conservative administration became Italy’s longest-serving uninterrupted government since World War II at 1,413 days on Thursday

FILE - A plume of black smoke rises over the port of St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 3, 2026, after a Ukrainian drone attack. (AP Photo, File)

Ukraine's drone attacks caused turmoil for Russians throughout summer

9:02 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Russians have experienced a summer of turmoil because of the war in Ukraine

A man takes a selfie with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Likud party primary elections ahead of Israel's general election in October, in Jerusalem, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool)

Netanyahu's big reelection concern isn't his political rivals. It's some of his biggest supporters

9:01 PM on Wednesday, September 2

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks reelection, his main concern these days isn’t his political rivals

President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Republican lawmakers in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump promises to campaign for Republicans and says they have a winning midterm message

6:19 PM on Wednesday, September 2

President Donald Trump is urging Republican lawmakers to run on his White House record despite his sagging popularity

A US journalist sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for acting as an illegal agent for China

3:47 PM on Wednesday, September 2

An American journalist has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for acting as an agent of a foreign government within the United States

Workers remove the sculpture "Blue" by artist Joel Shapiro on the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Kennedy Center disassembles Blue sculpture from its grounds

9:29 AM on Wednesday, September 2

The Kennedy Center removed a sculpture known as Blue, a tall, blue stick figure designed by Joel Shapiro and installed in 2019

Protesters march in support of Ceuta to mark the city's anniversary in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Francis González)

Tens of thousands in Spain protest Ceuta border crisis

6:44 AM on Wednesday, September 2

The Spanish city of Ceuta on the northern African coast normally celebrates its official holiday on Sept. 2

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrives at the port in Laem Chabang, Chonburi, Thailand, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

USS Abraham Lincoln crew visits Thailand’s Pattaya, in photos

4:34 AM on Wednesday, September 2

People whose relatives remain missing following flash floods perform rituals after symbolic funeral rites on the banks of the swollen Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Symbolic funerals held in Nepal for those feared lost as some missing tourists make contact

10:35 PM on Tuesday, September 1

Some tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday

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