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Assorted remote controls are displayed in Phoenix, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Ode to the remote control, that tiny box that lets you channel your desires without ever getting up

1:41 PM on Friday, September 4

If the TV remote hadn’t been invented, channel surfers and couch potatoes would have to argue about something else

This image released by Sony Pictures shows a scene from "Spider-Man: Brand New Day." (Sony Pictures via AP)

Here's how the summer box office blew up and Hollywood got its mojo back

12:31 PM on Friday, September 4

Hollywood has just wrapped up its best summer in a decade and its biggest vibe shift since the pandemic

FILE - The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education, March 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump administration scrubs data on gender-based bullying from school civil rights survey

12:10 PM on Friday, September 4

The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the G20 Finance Ministerial in Asheville, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

US issues sanctions on Turkish bank that it calls a 'critical financial lifeline' for Iran

10:55 AM on Friday, September 4

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on a Turkish financial institution as part of its latest effort to sever “critical financial lifelines” for the Iranian government

FILE - Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Watchdog report: Ex-Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer oversaw hostile work environment, misused funds

10:14 AM on Friday, September 4

A new watchdog report concludes that former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy

FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, June 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

EPA seeks more public comments as it struggles to devise water rule that limits scope on wetlands

10:00 AM on Friday, September 4

The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking additional public comments as it tries to redefine the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to significantly limit the wetlands it covers

Romanian prosecutors indict Andrew Tate on trafficking minors and money laundering

9:17 AM on Friday, September 4

Romanian prosecutors have indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on charges including trafficking minors and money laundering

FILE - Wendell Berry talks with a reporter at his home in Port Royal, Ky., March 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

For many spiritual seekers, author Wendell Berry was a fellow pilgrim and contrarian

7:03 AM on Friday, September 4

Wendell Berry, the influential Kentucky author who died this week at 92, inspired many with his deep spiritual vision and his commitment to nature

Ken Kesey's psychedelic bus "Furthur" is displayed at the Forever Grateful exhibit presented by the Haight Street Art Center at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Psychedelic 'Furthur' bus rolls back into San Francisco for new Grateful Dead exhibit

7:01 AM on Friday, September 4

A school bus that played a key role in the 1960s hippie movement has returned to San Francisco

Kuching riverside in the city center is shrouded in thick haze in Kuching, Sarawak state, Malaysia, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Xpin Voon)

Malaysia declares emergency in Sarawak town as haze reaches critical level

5:05 AM on Friday, September 4

Malaysia has declared an emergency in a town in Sarawak state due to severe air pollution linked to fires in Indonesia

Gas prices are displayed at a gas station in Mount Prospect, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

US diesel prices hit a record high, pushing up transportation costs for a long list of goods

4:37 AM on Friday, September 4

Diesel has hit a record price in the U.S., soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time

Smoke rises after a Russian drone attack in downtown Kyiv, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Russia now bombards Kyiv during the day as well as at night

12:04 AM on Friday, September 4

Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv have intensified, disrupting daily life with constant air-raid sirens

China's Zhang Ziyu prepares for a free throw during the Women's Basketball World Cup match between China and the United States in Berlin, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

China's 7-foot-3 Zhang Ziyu looms over opponents on debut at Women’s Basketball World Cup

Friday, September 4

China’s Zhang Ziyu had everyone looking up to her on the opening day of the Women’s Basketball World Cup in Berlin

In this photo provided by the Nepal Army, soldiers rescue a worker alive from a tunnel during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepal's Rasuwa district, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Nepal Army via AP)

Rescuers pull 2 trapped workers from a hydropower tunnel 9 days after Nepal floods

11:43 PM on Thursday, September 3

Rescuers in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from an underground tunnel at a hydropower plant

FILE - Gloria Steinem of the National Organization for Women attends an Equal Rights Amendment rally outside the White House on July 4, 1981, in Washington.(AP Photo/Scott Applewhite, File)

Gloria Steinem lived to see a backlash against the strides she helped make for feminism

9:40 PM on Thursday, September 3

It was the fight for abortion rights that launched Gloria Steinem into feminism

In this photo taken with a smartphone, people opposing a congressional redistricting plan rally outside the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City, Mo., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, while displaying the number of petition signatures submitted seeking a statewide vote on the measure. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote

5:53 PM on Thursday, September 3

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election

Hiring burst of 162,000 jobs in August puts the focus squarely back on inflation in the US

5:32 PM on Thursday, September 3

The U.S. job market rebounded in August as employers added a surprising 162,000 jobs

FILE - Stephanie Stoll starts a pump as part of an experiment studying the removal of PFAS from water samples, April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Trump administration stalled a survey of PFAS in wastewater, former EPA officials say

2:13 PM on Thursday, September 3

The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help identify industries dumping harmful PFAS chemicals in wastewater, two former officials say

A quote hangs above a trophy display room near the entrance of the LSU Football Operations Center Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Brett Martel)

Louisiana judge rules against NCAA, clearing path for former NFL players to join LSU roster

2:16 AM on Thursday, September 3

LSU coach Lane Kiffin’s chances of fielding former NFL players improved Thursday night when a Louisiana judge issued a preliminary injunction against the NCAA in a high-profile eligibility case

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