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7:45 PM on Monday, September 8

Asian shares are mostly higher as hopes grow, also on Wall Street, that U.S. data reports set for release later in the week will lead the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at its next meeting

7:29 PM on Monday, September 8

An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake has found that 5,230 homes were destroyed and 672 were damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been able to get to the vast majority of the remote villages

6:54 PM on Monday, September 8

Nepal lifts the ban on on social media platforms a day after violent protests in which at least 19 people died

6:34 PM on Monday, September 8

At 66 years old, Kent Broussard, is the oldest member of the Louisiana State University marching band

6:30 PM on Monday, September 8

The founder of a California-based porn empire that recruited women with false modeling offers was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison

6:13 PM on Monday, September 8

Organizers of the Salt Lake City 2034 Winter Games have announced a fundraising effort that they say is the largest philanthropic campaign supporting a host city in Olympic and Paralympic history

6:09 PM on Monday, September 8

5:45 PM on Monday, September 8

U.S. and European officials have met at the U.S. Treasury Department to discuss economic pressure on Russia, including new sanctions and tariffs on Russian oil

5:35 PM on Monday, September 8

The New Orleans Archdiocese has agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse

5:18 PM on Monday, September 8

A former leprosy settlement in a remote part of Hawaii that’s been closed to tours and religious pilgrimages is reopening this month

2:28 PM on Monday, September 8

The Department of Homeland Security is trumpeting the start of a new immigration operation in Chicago that's stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety

2:27 PM on Monday, September 8

North Carolina trial judges have ruled that two voter-approved constitutional amendments are enforceable

1:13 PM on Monday, September 8

A U.S. metals company has signed an agreement with Pakistan, pledging to invest an initial $500 million in the country’s largely untapped critical minerals sector

11:46 AM on Monday, September 8

A federal judge on Monday skewered a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots, raising the specter that the case could still end up going to trial

10:37 AM on Monday, September 8

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have arrived in Puerto Rico as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean

9:17 AM on Monday, September 8

Authorities in Mexico say a train has collided with a double-decker bus northwest of Mexico City, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55

8:22 AM on Monday, September 8

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans are ready to change the chamber’s rules to allow quick confirmations of dozens of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees

7:24 AM on Monday, September 8

Inter Miami’s Luis Suárez further damaged his reputation

6:20 AM on Monday, September 8

Israel has struck and destroyed another high-rise building in Gaza City after warning residents to evacuate as part of an offensive aimed at taking over the largest Palestinian city

12:32 AM on Monday, September 8

Palestinian attackers have opened fire at a bus stop in Jerusalem during the morning rush hour, killing six people and wounding 12