4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (291+ words) Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. On Sept. 9, 1985, President Ronald Reagan ordered economic sanctions against South Africa to target apartheid. In 1776, the second Continental Congress formally adopted the name “United States of…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (771+ words) By DAVID A. LIEB and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press The decisions highlight the bewildering nature of Missouri’s redistricting battle, which has spanned more than a year and leaves Missouri voters in some parts of the state uncertain which district they will…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (342+ words) Today is Friday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2026. There are 117 days left in the year. On Sept. 5, 1986, four hijackers who had seized a Pan Am jumbo jet on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, opened fire on the jet’s passengers; a total…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (479+ words) By SHEIKH SAALIQ and SHRISTI KAFLE At least 900 workers are missing from hydropower projects, with about 500 believed to be inside tunnels, according to officials and industry representatives. Access to the tunnels has been hampered by flooding, debris and damaged infrastructure,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (713+ words) The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged and remains near its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 113 points, or 0.2%, as of 11 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.2% lower. Stocks are making relatively few…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (331+ words) Christian Castro is charged in Minnesota with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 shooting of 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Minnesota authorities have sought Castro’s extradition since his arrest, but he remains in custody in Brownsville, Texas, a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (320+ words) A second witness to a fatal shooting in Houston by a federal immigration agent has been ordered released from custody after more than a month in detention. Daniel Tirado Pantoja was one of three passengers riding in a work van…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (511+ words) Those are just a few of the hundreds of different Canadian products that President Donald Trump’s administration has slapped with a 50% tax to enter the United States. The new tariffs, which kicked in Saturday, are expected to affect about $20 billion…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (693+ words) The spend of nearly $830,000 came as Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman wrapped up their compressed campaigns to win South Carolina’s GOP nomination in a special primary to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on November ballots. Tuesday’s Senate runoff tests…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (390+ words) By DAVE COLLINS and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, Associated Press A mental health advocate suspected of killing her police officer husband was found dead Monday, six days after she disappeared from her Massachusetts home, authorities said. Karen Solomon, an advocate who called…...