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FILE - Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium as part of her Eras Tour, June 21, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

Taylor Swift can be deposed, but has no role in Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni litigation, lawyer says

6:41 PM on Friday, September 12

A lawyer for Taylor Swift says the singer can answer questions in October — if she is forced — from attorneys involved in the litigation between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni stemming from their roles in the movie “It Ends With Us.”

This courtroom sketch shows Secret Service agent Robert Fercano identifying the defendant in the trial of Ryan Routh, who is charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at a golf course in South Florida, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Fort Pierce, Fla. (Lothar Speer via AP)

Prosecution continues case against the man accused in a Trump assassination attempt

6:13 PM on Friday, September 12

Witnesses from the FBI and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office focused mostly on the law enforcement response, as well evidence collection and analyses, as prosecutors continued their case with a second day of testimony in the case of a man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year

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

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

The McCook Work Ethic Camp is seen in McCook, Neb., on Aug. 20, 2025. (Brigham Larington/McCook Gazette via AP)

Nebraska plan for an immigrant detention center faces backlash and uncertainty

1:04 PM on Friday, September 12

Some Nebraska lawmakers and residents say the Republican governor's plan to convert a prison into an immigration detention center has come with few details about the transition

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

President Donald Trump gestures to people during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

The Latest: Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns

8:53 AM on Friday, September 12

President Donald Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor

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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