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FILE - In this Monday, March 30, 2015 file photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Royal Saudi Land Forces and units of Special Forces of the Pakistani army take part in a joint military exercise called "Al-Samsam 5" in Shamrakh field, north of Baha region, southwest Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/SPA, File)

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia sign defense agreement to treat an attack on one as attack on both

1:44 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a defense pact pledging that any attack on either nation would be considered an attack on both

FILE - Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaks at the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sept. 5, 2024. (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Nigeria lifts emergency rule in Rivers State after 6 months of political crisis

1:18 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Nigeria’s president has lifted emergency rule in Rivers State and reinstated the local governor and lawmakers

Supervisor Joel Engardio, second left, hugs his husband, Lionel Hsu, as supporters applaud after Engardio lost recall election in San Francisco on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Voters oust San Francisco supervisor who turned a coastal highway into a car-free park

11:51 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A San Francisco supervisor has been recalled after he successfully pushed to turn part of a coastal highway into a car-free park

FILE - United Nations peacekeepers stand in the market in Bouar, Central African Republic, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

UN armored vehicle crashes in Central African Republic, killing 5 police officers

11:36 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A United Nations armored personnel carrier in the Central African Republic has crashed into a river outside the capital, killing five U.N. police officers

Xp Lee, Democratic candidate for Minnesota house district 34B, knocks on doors during campaigning in Brooklyn Park, Minn., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Minnesota House to return to full strength for first time since lawmaker's assassination

11:22 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The Minnesota House is set to return to full strength with a power-sharing agreement after a special election filled a vacant seat

FILE - A home sits near the Gen. James Gavin Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant, April 14, 2025, in Point Pleasant, W.Va. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

National Academy of Sciences rebuffs Trump EPA's effort to undo regulations fighting climate change

10:41 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The National Academy of Sciences says evidence supporting a 2009 U.S. government finding that climate change threatens public health is “beyond scientific dispute” and that evidence supporting that finding has only grown stronger

FILE - Jaden Smith appears at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles on Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Jaden Smith is moving to Paris as men's creative director for Christian Louboutin

10:32 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Jaden Smith has been hired as men's creative director by Christian Louboutin and is moving to Paris

Jan Carey, a North Carolina veteran who burned a flag near the White House last month, listens while his attorneys speak following his arraignment at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Army veteran who burned American flag near White House pleads not guilty to federal charges

10:24 AM on Wednesday, September 17

An Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on flag burning has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges

Casino opponents rally in Times Square on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo)

Broadway opposition brings the curtain down on a planned Times Square casino backed by Jay-Z

9:44 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square that’s backed by Jay-Z has lost its bid for a lucrative New York City-area gambling license amid fierce opposition from the Broadway theater industry

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine reviewing recent events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implications for children's health on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health

8:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez is warning senators America’s public health system is headed to a “dangerous place” under Health Secretary Robert F

Protesters in costumes adjust their crowns during a demonstration of the Stop Trump Coalition group against President Donald Trump's state visit in London, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Trump's second state visit to the UK meets with protests and arrests

7:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Beyond U.S. President Donald Trump's royal reception at Windsor Castle, there were many people not so enthusiastic about his visit

Migrants who arrived recently at the island of Crete, despite a suspension of asylum claims and plans for tougher detention rules, are being held under guard at a temporary shelter in the village of Agia, near Chania city, on the island of Crete, southern Greece, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)

UNHCR official warns that the 1951 refugee convention is increasingly under threat

5:42 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum-seekers even threatening its very existence

This 2022 image provided by the Hong campaign shows Democratic state Rep. Francesca Hong. (Hong campaign via AP)

Democrat Francesca Hong promises to be 'wild card' in Wisconsin governor's race

5:04 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A Democratic state lawmaker who is promising to be a “wild card” is joining Wisconsin’s open race for governor

President Donald Trump and Britain's King Charles III inspect the guard of honor during an arrival ceremony at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump enjoys royal pageantry during unprecedented second UK state visit

3:38 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump is relishing the glow of a British royal spectacle during his visit to Windsor Castle

A national flag hangs over the site where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University last week, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Jesse Bedayn)

Students make a somber return to Utah campus where Charlie Kirk was assassinated

11:22 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Utah Valley University students are returning to classes Wednesday for the first time since an assassin struck down conservative activist Charlie Kirk in an attack that stunned the nation

Trader Michael Conlon works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the rate decision of the Federal Reserve is announced, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Federal Reserve cuts key rate for first time this year

4:11 PM on Tuesday, September 16

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation’s labor market

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