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Sister Vassa Larin, a prominent American Orthodox nun, public speaker and YouTube presenter, poses for a portrait for the Associated Press in her room before recording one of her videos in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, Sept 3. 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

A US Orthodox influencer spoke against Russia's war. Then, she was ousted as a nun

12:28 AM on Thursday, September 11

Sister Vassa Larin is an American nun who is best known for teaching about the Eastern Orthodox faith to thousands of viewers on YouTube

Flags and flowers are placed in the inscribed names at the National September 11 Memorial in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Donald King)

US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

12:05 AM on Thursday, September 11

Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims

Well-wishers pay their respects at a makeshift memorial at the national headquarters of Turning Point USA shown after the shooting death of Charlie Kirk, the co-founder and CEO of the organization, during a Utah college event Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Assassination of Charlie Kirk adds to America's roll call of public violence

12:03 AM on Thursday, September 11

In the tragic roll call of violence in American public life, Charlie Kirk’s name joins the long list

FILE - Nadine Menendez, wife of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves Manhattan federal court, March 21, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Wife of ex-Sen. Bob Menendez set to be sentenced for role in bribery scheme

12:03 AM on Thursday, September 11

The wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is set to be sentenced for her role in a bribery scheme that sent the once-influential Democrat to prison

This courtroom sketch shows Ryan Routh, left, making his statement to the jury as prospective jurors hold up paddles indicating that they want to be heard to be excused during the trial of Routh, who is charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at a golf course in South Florida, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Fort Pierce, Fla. (Lothar Speer via AP)

Trial starts for a man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump

12:02 AM on Thursday, September 11

Opening statements are set to begin for the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year, when he was campaigning for a second term

People attend a vigil at Timpanogos Regional Hospital for Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA who was shot and killed, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett)

A college campus, a fiery speaker — and then a single gunshot

11:02 PM on Wednesday, September 10

A crowd gathered around a white canopy on a grassy college courtyard just weeks into the fall semester, eager to hear what the speaker beneath it had to say

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

10:03 PM on Wednesday, September 10

First responder vehicles are seen outside the Keller Building on the Utah Valley University campus Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)

Utah college where Charlie Kirk was killed is a lesser-known school but the state's largest

7:51 PM on Wednesday, September 10

The university where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in Utah while speaking to students is the state’s largest public university after years of rapid enrollment growth

Inflation likely rose last month as Trump's sweeping tariffs boost goods prices

6:52 PM on Wednesday, September 10

U.S. inflation likely ticked higher last month as the Trump administration’s import taxes lifted the price of goods, putting the Federal Reserve in a tough spot when it meets next week

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds an impromptu news conference with reporters just outside the chamber to say he has filed an amendment on the Senate floor to require the attorney general to release the Epstein files and Republicans will have to vote on it, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans defeat Democrats' effort to force the release of Epstein files

6:31 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Senate Republicans have barely defeated an effort by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein

Firefighters spray hoses at a gas tanker that exploded under a highway overpass in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Tristan Velazquez)

Massive gas tanker explosion in Mexico City kills 3 people and injures 70 others

5:33 PM on Wednesday, September 10

A gas tanker truck has exploded and burned multiple vehicles under a Mexico City highway overpass, killing three people and injuring 70 others

Police work on the campus after Charlie Kirk was shot during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

Politicians who have experienced violence directly react to Charlie Kirk shooting

5:25 PM on Wednesday, September 10

The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at an event in Utah had particular resonance for public figures who have experienced political violence themselves

Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

The Latest: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is shot and killed while speaking at a Utah college

3:21 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Authorities say conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valley University

Charlie Kirk speaks before he is shot during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk assassinated at Utah university

3:01 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, has been shot and killed at a Utah college event in an act that the state’s governor called a “political assassination.”

Flames and smoke rise following Israeli airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo)

Israeli airstrikes on Yemen kill at least 35, Houthi officials say

4:13 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Yemen's Houthi rebels say Israeli airstrikes targeting the rebels in Yeman have killed at least 35 people and wounded over 130 others

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