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FILE - Law enforcement officers stand guard during a protest June 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

California lawmakers pass bill barring authorities from wearing face masks

2:49 PM on Friday, September 12

California lawmakers have passed legislation to ban most law enforcement officers from covering their faces during official business

The west front of the Capitol is seen in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, where the flags have been lowered to half-staff after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Unemployment, inflation and GDP growth will be worse this year than projected, budget office says

2:18 PM on Friday, September 12

The Congressional Budget Office has released new economic projections, indicating that unemployment, inflation and overall growth will worsen in 2025 before improving over the next year

FILE -Ghana's President John Mahama addresses the high level meeting on rule of law in the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Lawsuit says US held West African migrants in straitjackets for 16 hours on flight to Ghana

1:46 PM on Friday, September 12

A lawsuit says some West Africans who were deported to Ghana were held in “straitjackets” for 16 hours on a U.S. military plane on which all passengers were shackled and given only bread and water

FILE - A sign warns against trespassing on government property at the site of a planned Rivian electric truck plant March 7, 2024, in Rutledge, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Georgia judge won't award attorneys fees to governments in lawsuit over Rivian vehicle plant

1:38 PM on Friday, September 12

A judge has rejected an attempt by Georgia and a local development agency to make residents pay legal fees after they unsuccessfully sued to block the Rivian electric vehicle plant

FBI agents carry bags and boxes out of former national security adviser John Bolton's house Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Judge releases redacted document used to justify search of John Bolton's home

1:19 PM on Friday, September 12

A judge has released a heavily redacted document used to justify a recent search of the Maryland home of John Bolton

Co-owner Eric Abramowitz at Eric's Rx Shoppe unpacks a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines at the store in Horsham, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

States are taking steps to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines as they await federal recommendation

1:01 PM on Friday, September 12

The governors of Arizona, Illinois, Maine and North Carolina have signed orders intended to make COVID-19 vaccines available in pharmacies for people without individual prescriptions

Texas state police are aiding in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

12:55 PM on Friday, September 12

Texas state police officers have helped arrest more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants so far this year, many of them far from the border

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, file)

Spain summons Israel's acting ambassador following comments made by Netanyahu's office

12:31 PM on Friday, September 12

Spain's Foreign Minister has summoned Israel's acting ambassador in Madrid following comments made about Spain from the Israeli Prime Minister's office

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi)

Iran expects a prisoner swap with France, including an Iranian woman held in France over Gaza posts

12:29 PM on Friday, September 12

The Iranian foreign minister says Iran and France are close to agreeing to an exchange of prisoners, including the release of an Iranian woman arrested in France over online posts related to the war in Gaza

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at a news conference, as FBI Director Kash Patel looks on, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Orem, Utah, (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Utah's governor, in impassioned remarks, urges Americans to find 'off-ramp' from political violence

9:41 AM on Friday, September 12

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is making an impassioned plea for Americans and young people in particular to use the horror of Charlie Kirk’s public assassination as an inflection point to turn the country away from political violence and division

FILE - South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar speaks to the media about the situation in South Sudan following a peace agreement the week before with the government, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)

Concern grows for safety of South Sudan opposition leader facing treason and other charges

7:55 AM on Friday, September 12

Amnesty International has called for a public trial for South Sudanese opposition figure Riek Machar, who faces treason and other charges

This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)

Head of US military's Central Command meets Syrian leader in Damascus

7:05 AM on Friday, September 12

The head of the U.S. military's Central Command has met with Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus, a rare meeting between the new Syrian leader and a top U.S. military officer

Wendy Lucas, a Utah Valley University student, kneels at a memorial set up for Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

The Latest: A 22-year-old Utah man is charged with murder in Charlie Kirk shooting

6:20 AM on Friday, September 12

The man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk was being held without bail Friday at the Utah County jail

Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (UGC via AP)

UAE summons Israeli diplomat to condemn the attack on Qatar targeting Hamas leaders

5:40 AM on Friday, September 12

The United Arab Emirates has summoned Israel's envoy to condemn Israel's attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar

Enio Kaso, head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency Licensing shows the AI "minister" Diella, whose name means "Sun" in Albanian, during a conference call in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Albania's prime minister appoints an AI-generated 'minister' to tackle corruption

3:51 AM on Friday, September 12

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama says his new Cabinet will include an artificial intelligence “minister” in charge of fighting corruption

People watch a hearse containing the body of Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, who was shot and killed on Wednesday leave after the body arrived aboard Air Force Two at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Choose your America: In the aftermath of the Kirk slaying, a snapshot of a fractured nation

10:09 PM on Thursday, September 11

The governor of Utah struggled to find the right words to describe the question so many have been asking: What is happening in America

An opponent of a plan to redraw Missouri's U.S. House districts raises a sign against gerrymandering in a hallway outside the state Senate chamber in Jefferson City, Mo., Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Where states stand in the battle for partisan advantage in US House redistricting maps

11:27 AM on Thursday, September 4

Missouri has become the third state to embrace a mid-decade redesign of its U.S. House districts in a quest for partisan advantage

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