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FILE - Texas state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, D-Austin, right, listens as Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, speaks in favor of a bill before a vote on a redrawn U.S. congressional map during a special session in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas' redrawn US House map that boosts GOP begins a key court test

8:00 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A panel of three federal judges will begin considering whether Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that boosts Republicans and has launched a widening redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterm elections

US military starts drawing down mission in Iraq, officials say

7:50 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.S. military has begun reducing its mission in Iraq under an agreement made with Iraqi officials last year

FILE - Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during a news conference at the Conference Center, Jan. 27, 2015, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file)

Former judge is likely the next leader of the Mormon church and its 17 million members

7:11 AM on Wednesday, October 1

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Pope Leo XIV gestures as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Oct.1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope intervenes in US abortion debate by raising what it really means to be pro-life

6:56 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, attends a news conference with members of Democratic leadership about the looming government shutdown, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats embrace a shutdown fight in a rare moment of unity against Trump

6:34 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Democrats agree it's time to fight

South Korea says US agrees to let Koreans work at sites with short-term visas and visa waivers

6:13 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The United States has agreed to allow South Korean workers on short-term visas or a visa waiver program to help build industrial sites in America, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday

In this image provided by NASA, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Enceladus on Nov. 30, 2010, with the shadow of the body of Enceladus on the lower portions of the jets is clearly visible. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute via AP)

New study adds to the possibility of favorable conditions for life at Saturn's moon Enceladus

5:03 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Scientists have uncovered new types of organics in icy geysers spouting from Saturn's moon Enceladus

Oktoberfest grounds closed after bomb threat from suspected perpetrator of explosion in northern Munich, city says

4:34 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Oktoberfest grounds closed after bomb threat from suspected perpetrator of explosion in northern Munich, city says

Japan’s top negotiator on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Ryosei Akazawa speaks to reporters at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, in Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

Japan's lead trade negotiator defends tariffs deal with the US

4:23 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Japan’s chief trade negotiator has defended a tariffs deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration

The Taliban government in Afghanistan rejects reports of a nationwide internet ban

4:01 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The Taliban government in Afghanistan rejects reports of a nationwide internet ban

See the world in vertical: Top photos by AP's photojournalists

3:37 AM on Wednesday, October 1

PHOTO COLLECTION: A look at AP's top photos in September

12:09 AM on Wednesday, October 1

FILE - The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

How the government shutdown will affect student loans, FAFSA and the Education Department

12:05 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Republican Trump administration

Rescuers search for victims after a building under construction collapsed, at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

Indonesian rescue workers 'racing against time' in search for dozens in rubble of collapsed school

8:33 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Indonesian rescue workers are racing against the clock in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java

Waves from Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda destroy a home in Buxton, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (Heather Jennette via AP)

5 homes collapse into the Outer Banks surf as Atlantic hurricanes swirl far offshore

8:30 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks have collapsed into the Atlantic ocean

What You Need to Know About Annuities

2:25 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Annuities come in many forms

This GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 and provided by NOAA, shows weather systems in the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Imelda, left, and Hurricane Humberto at right. (NOAA via AP)

Bermuda lashed by distant hurricane and prepares for the stronger Imelda

8:11 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The outer bands of Hurricane Humberto are lashing Bermuda ahead of a more direct pass from the stronger Hurricane Imelda on the tiny British territory

People hold posters of Charlie Kirk during a Turning Point USA rally at Utah State University, as a part of the organization's push to memorialize Kirk, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Logan, Utah. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett)

Turning Point, moving forward without Charlie Kirk, makes first return to Utah since his killing

12:14 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Turning Point USA’s college tour went to Utah for the first time since its founder was assassinated on a college campus in the state earlier this month

Supporters watch as a boat that is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla departs to Gaza to deliver aid amidst Israel's blockade on the Palestinian territory, in the Tunisian port of Bizerte, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

What to know about the international flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade of Gaza

7:57 AM on Thursday, September 25

A flotilla carrying activists seeking to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza is on alert after military ships approached it as they sail closer to the besieged Palestinian territory

Today in History: October 1, Las Vegas music festival shooting

12:06 PM on Friday, September 5

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