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FILE - Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks to reporters following Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Judge clears a lawsuit against Kyrsten Sinema under North Carolina's 'homewrecker' law

12:57 PM on Friday, September 4

A judge has ruled that former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema can be sued under North Carolina's homewrecker law

The Supreme Court is seen on the morning after the conservative majority sided with the Trump administration in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court grants Republican emergency appeal on TV ad rates before midterms

12:56 PM on Friday, September 4

The Supreme Court is clearing a legal block to cheaper TV ad time before the midterm elections, granting an emergency appeal from Republicans in a dispute over campaign ad prices

Travelers flocked to Illinois last year, generating over $88 billion in economic impact

12:45 PM on Friday, September 4

Illinois tourism reached new heights last year, breaking records in visitor spending and generating over $88 billion in economic impact

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during a news conference in Bari, Friday, Sept 4, 2026 (Roberto Monaldo /LaPresse via AP)

Meloni celebrates her Italian government's longevity during party rally in Bari

11:44 AM on Friday, September 4

Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni has celebrated a milestone for her government

FILE - Dolly Parton performs on NBC's "Today" show in New York on May 13, 2014. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

The year in review: Influential people who have died in 2026

11:31 AM on Friday, September 4

Country music icon Dolly Parton was the rare celebrity whose popularity transcended generations and politics

Police stand outside a municipal police station damaged after a car bomb exploded overnight in Ojocaliente, Zacatecas state, Mexico, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Pesci)

Why Mexican cartels are increasingly using car bombs and other explosives

10:17 AM on Friday, September 4

Drug cartels in Mexico are increasingly using car bombs and explosives in drones and roads

FILE - The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education, March 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump administration scrubs data on gender-based bullying from school civil rights survey

9:10 AM on Friday, September 4

The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the G20 Finance Ministerial in Asheville, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

US issues sanctions on Turkish bank that it calls a 'critical financial lifeline' for Iran

7:55 AM on Friday, September 4

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on a Turkish financial institution as part of its latest effort to sever “critical financial lifelines” for the Iranian government

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers use excavators to clear a road at the core area of the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwestern China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Tenzing Nima Qadhup/Xinhua via AP)

China exerts tight grip on information after floods along the border with Nepal

4:25 AM on Friday, September 4

It’s been more than a week since deadly flash floods killed hundreds and left thousands missing along the China-Nepal border

Attendees participate in the opening ceremony of the Gwangju Biennale in Gwangju, South Korea, on March 31, 2021.(Ryu Hyung-geun/Newsis via AP)

China is boycotting a major Asian art festival over the naming of a Taiwanese exhibition

4:13 AM on Friday, September 4

Chinese artists are boycotting the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea over plans to designate an exhibition space as the “Taiwan Pavilion.”

A buyer checks a T-shirt with a picture of former Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic displayed on Belgrade's main pedestrian street, Serbia, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

EU official scraps planned Serbia visit over handling of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic's death

4:11 AM on Friday, September 4

The European Union’s Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos has canceled a visit to Serbia due to what she called the “glorification” of Ratko Mladic after his death

FILE - Migrants queue to enter a refectory in Milan, Italy, on Oct. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

5 EU nations agree on model to send rejected migrants to 'return hubs' as early as 2027

4:02 AM on Friday, September 4

Denmark and four other European nations say they have agreed on a model to start sending rejected asylum seekers to non-EU “return hubs."

Reform Party Leader Nigel Farage points as he speaks during the Reform party's annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych)

Nigel Farage's party suspends top officials after undercover sting makes foreign funding claims

3:31 AM on Friday, September 4

Reform UK, a British anti-immigration party, has suspended two senior officials after videos showed them discussing potential foreign funding, which could breach electoral law

FILE -Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte gestures as she speaks during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe, File)

Philippine vice president is ordered arrested for threats against the president

2:52 AM on Friday, September 4

A Philippine court has ordered the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte

A man rests at a waterfront shelter as commercial vessels lie anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israel releases more 4 more prisoners, a shipping slowdown and other Mideast news

2:31 AM on Friday, September 4

Israel has released four more prisoners to Lebanese authorities who had been detained in southern Lebanon, a day after the first was freed

FILE - Gloria Steinem of the National Organization for Women attends an Equal Rights Amendment rally outside the White House on July 4, 1981, in Washington.(AP Photo/Scott Applewhite, File)

Gloria Steinem lived to see a backlash against the strides she helped make for feminism

6:40 PM on Thursday, September 3

It was the fight for abortion rights that launched Gloria Steinem into feminism

In this photo taken with a smartphone, people opposing a congressional redistricting plan rally outside the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City, Mo., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, while displaying the number of petition signatures submitted seeking a statewide vote on the measure. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote

2:53 PM on Thursday, September 3

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election

FILE - Stephanie Stoll starts a pump as part of an experiment studying the removal of PFAS from water samples, April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Trump administration stalled a survey of PFAS in wastewater, former EPA officials say

11:13 AM on Thursday, September 3

The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help identify industries dumping harmful PFAS chemicals in wastewater, two former officials say

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