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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin arrives for a ceremony in the Pentagon courtyard to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The EPA wants to end a requirement that large polluters report their greenhouse gas emissions

5:38 PM on Friday, September 12

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed doing away with a program that has required large, mostly industrial polluters to report their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to the government

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

4:49 PM on Friday, September 12

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

The crowd reacts after Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, is shot at the Utah Valley University Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

A timeline of Charlie Kirk's assassination and the arrest of a suspect

4:30 PM on Friday, September 12

Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old Utah man in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University

How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 9/12/2025

4:20 PM on Friday, September 12

Wall Street coasted to the finish of its best week in the last five

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

4:18 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 - Charlie Kirk speaks at Texas A&M University as part of Turning Point USA's American Comeback Tour on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in College Station, Texas. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP, File)

Widespread availability of graphic Charlie Kirk shooting video shows content moderation challenges

3:51 PM on Friday, September 12

Immediately after Charlie Kirk was shot during a college event in Utah, graphic video of what happened was available almost instantly online, from several angles, in slow-motion and real-time speed

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

3:38 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

U.S. Navy Security Forces stand on duty at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (Rick Hutzell/The Baltimore Banner via AP)

False threat led to Naval Academy lockdown and then a mistaken shooting

12:31 PM on Friday, September 12

A military official says a post on an anonymous chat platform triggered a lockdown at the U.S. Naval Academy this week

Edward Shephard, left, and Adrian Simpson play basketball near a temporary public art piece that provides shade at Sunnyslope Park in Phoenix, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Samantha Chow)

Across the US, cities combine art, shade and education to help people beat the heat

9:13 AM on Friday, September 12

Cities across the U.S. are combining art with shade to shield people from rising temperatures and educate them about our warming world

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

9:05 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

Students are among the dead in a boat capsize in Congo that claimed dozens of lives. (AP Graphic)

At least 193 passengers killed in two boat accidents in northwestern Congo

9:03 AM on Friday, September 12

Authorities and state media in Congo say that two separate boat accidents this week in northwestern Congo killed at least 193 people dead and left scores missing, authorities and state media reported Friday The accidents happened about 150 kilometers apart in the Equateur province

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

8:20 AM on Friday, September 12

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

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, right, and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General Alexus G. Grynkewich address the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO flexes its muscles and bulks up defenses on its eastern flank to ward off Russia

6:12 AM on Friday, September 12

NATO says it's bulking up its defensive posture on its eastern flank bordering Belarus, Russia and Ukraine with new equipment

Trader John Bishop works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street coasts to the finish of its best week in the last 5

1:34 AM on Friday, September 12

Wall Street coasted to the finish of its best week in the last five

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