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5:44 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Texas lawmakers approve letting private citizens sue abortion pill providers, send bill to governor

FILE - Patrick Hemingway, son of famed author Ernest Hemingway, stands for a photo in Tanzania on Feb. 28, 1969. (AP Photo/Nair, File)

Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's last surviving child, dies at 97

5:12 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Patrick Hemingway, the last surviving child of Ernest Hemingway who in emulation of his father lived for years in Africa and later oversaw numerous posthumous works by the Nobel laureate, has died

FILE - A worker passes a Dominion Voting ballot scanner while setting up a polling location at an elementary school in Gwinnett County, Ga., outside of Atlanta on Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Justice Department requests access to Dominion voting equipment used in Missouri in 2020

4:32 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The U.S. Department of Justice has requested access to voting equipment used in the 2020 election in two Missouri counties in what appears to be a wide-ranging effort to more closely monitor election processes around the country

FILE - New York Mayor Eric Adams arrives at his campaign launch rally at City Hall, June. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

NYC Mayor Eric Adams insists he isn't ending his reelection campaign

4:06 PM on Wednesday, September 3

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is insisting that he isn’t dropping his reelection campaign after reports he had been approached about potentially taking a job with the federal government

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump extends his reach into Congress in ways large and small

3:51 PM on Wednesday, September 3

As Congress returns for a busy fall stretch, President Donald Trump is reaching into the affairs of the legislative branch, chiseling away at the separation of powers

Serbia's Nikola Jokic, left, and Czech Republic's Martin Peterka in action during the Basketball Supercup semifinal between Serbia and Czech Republic, in the SAP Garden, Munich, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

NBA moving closer to a US vs. International format for the All-Star Game, AP source says

3:48 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The NBA is close to finalizing another new format for this season’s All-Star Game that would include two eight-man teams from the U.S. and one eight-man team composed of international players squaring off in a round-robin tournament

FILE - Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, speaks to reporters following closed-door strategy meetings, at the Capitol in Washington, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republicans are preparing to change Senate rules to speed Trump's nominees

3:41 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Republican senators say they are prepared to change the chamber’s rules to get around the Democratic blockade of President Donald Trump’s nominees, discussing a proposal to make it easier to confirm multiple nominees at once

FILE - Soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, where the Tren de Aragua gang originated, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

What to know about Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang as Trump justifies attack

2:42 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The deadly U.S. military attack on a boat accused of carrying drugs in the Caribbean is the latest in a series of extraordinary measures that President Donald Trump has taken to combat the threat he sees from the Tren de Aragua gang

Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley (0) linebacker Khalil Mack (52) and safety Derwin James Jr. joke with the press during a news conference prior to an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh say he's excited about the opportunity to play on 'a world stage'

2:41 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday he wasn’t thinking of the challenges of starting the season in Brazil when he learned Los Angeles would be making the long trip to face the Kansas City Chiefs

FILE - Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., speaks during the opening session of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) Legislative Conference March 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Left and right are joining forces to ban lawmakers from trading stock

2:09 PM on Wednesday, September 3

It's an issue uniting the left and the right

FILE - Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, right, looks toward the scoreboard during the second half of an NBA basketball game, May 1, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)

NBA says it will open investigation into report that Clippers broke cap rules with Leonard deal

1:24 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The NBA says it will investigate if a $28 million endorsement contract between Kawhi Leonard and a California-based sustainability services company allowed the Los Angeles Clippers to circumvent league salary cap rules, following a report by journalist Pablo Torre

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference after meeting with community violence intervention (CVI) leaders at an emergency response training to prepare for federal deployments in Chicago, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago prepares for an influx of National Guard troops and immigration agents

12:25 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Chicago residents are bracing for an influx of military patrols and immigration agents in the coming days

FILE - Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., asks a question during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, June 18, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

GOP Sen. Cassidy, facing primary challengers, proceeds cautiously on CDC and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

11:45 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy’s support was crucial to Robert F

This image made from video provided by the Anaconda Deer Lodge County Justice Court shows Michael Paul Brown, who is accused of killing four people in a bar, during a virtual court appearance, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Montana. (Anaconda Deer Lodge County Justice Court via AP)

Montana man charged with shooting four people at a bar pleads not guilty

10:10 AM on Wednesday, September 3

A Montana man suspected of killing four people at a bar then evading capture for a week has been charged with additional crimes, including attempted arson

FILE - Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo gestures as speaks to supporters and members of the media before a bill signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates

9:46 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates that have been a cornerstone of public health policy for decades in keeping schoolchildren and citizens safe from infectious diseases

Vice President JD Vance and his wife second lady Usha Vance, arrive to pay their respects to victims of the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting in Minneapolis, Minn., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/ Pool via AP)

VP Vance says meeting with families of victims from Minneapolis church shooting affected him deeply

9:38 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Vice President JD Vance has visited Minneapolis to meet with families affected by a deadly church shooting

Argentina's Lionel Messi smiles during a training session ahead of a World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match against Venezuela, at the Argentina Soccer Association in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

World Cup tickets initially to cost $60-$6,730 but could fluctuate with dynamic pricing

9:14 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Ticket prices for next year’s World Cup will range initially from $60 for group-stage matches to $6,730 for the final, but could change as soccer’s top event adopts dynamic pricing for the first time

Front from left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrive at a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

A summit and parade in China may signal a geopolitical shift. They might also be political jockeying

5:56 AM on Wednesday, September 3

The pictures from this week’s military parade in Beijing commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the earlier economic gathering would seem to offer a striking, maybe even defiant, message to the United States and its allies — evidence of a possible new reconfiguration of rising power in Eurasia, an “Axis of Upheaval,” as one U.S. analyst has called it

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Trump suggests sending National Guard troops to New Orleans next

5:36 AM on Wednesday, September 3

President Donald Trump is suggesting that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard

A family member wears a photo of a Boeing crash victim Danielle Moore before a hearing at federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Families of Boeing crash victims urge judge to reject deal sparing company from prosecution

9:02 PM on Tuesday, September 2

Grieving families filled a Texas courtroom Wednesday to ask a judge to reject a deal that would let Boeing avoid criminal prosecution in two deadly 737 Max crashes

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