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FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores wave after his swearing-in ceremony for a third term at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and wife seek to end drug charges case on immunity grounds

10:51 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have asked a judge to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country

A judge blocks Trump's new bid to curb birthright citizenship, citing Supreme Court precedent

9:02 PM on Wednesday, September 2

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's latest attempt to prohibit automatic U.S. citizenship at birth

George Clooney honored as Venice Film Festival opens, in photos

7:52 PM on Wednesday, September 2

People scamper west across the lower level of the DuSable Lake Shore Drive bridge over the Chicago River on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, as water pumped by a Chicago Fire Department boat flows down onto the double-leaf, double-deck, fixed counterweight bridge. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Chicago River bridge gets stuck after lifting for boat to pass

6:38 PM on Wednesday, September 2

A major bridge over the Chicago River got stuck for more than four hours Wednesday after it lifted up to allow a boat to pass, snarling traffic in Chicago's downtown

FILE - Voters cast their ballots at a voting center on the UCLA campus, June 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Immigrant rights group seeks to block use of federal databases it says could purge legal voters

6:17 PM on Wednesday, September 2

An immigrant rights group has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to block the Department of Homeland Security from using federal databases that the group alleges are being used to target naturalized citizens who are eligible to register to vote

FILE - Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer sits on the sideline before an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls on March 13, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)

NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer, fines team $30M, Kawhi Leonard $700K in cap circumvention case

4:47 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was suspended for one year by the NBA, and the team was ordered to forfeit five first-round draft picks and pay a $30 million fine for violating salary cap circumvention rules in a case involving Kawhi Leonard

People inspect damage and debris at a building that Iranian media said was hit by a U.S. strike while a wedding celebration was taking place there, in Kuhestak, southern Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Morteza Akhoondi/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

What to know about a reported US airstrike that hit a wedding in Iran

2:29 PM on Wednesday, September 2

During the latest American bombardment of southern Iran, a missile hit a home where a wedding was being celebrated

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

1:37 PM on Wednesday, September 2

Production designer Norman Reynolds' robot R2-D2, left, and John Mollo's costume for the C-3PO character from the "Star Wars" franchise are displayed in the Cinema Gallery during a preview of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

George Lucas presents a galaxy of art that goes far, far past 'Star Wars' in new Los Angeles museum

1:00 PM on Wednesday, September 2

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is opening in Los Angeles, showcasing a vast collection of creative work

FILE - New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting, Aug. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

NYC, the nation's largest school system, bans AI for students through 8th grade

12:54 PM on Wednesday, September 2

New York City’s public school system will ban artificial intelligence for students through the 8th grade during the upcoming school year

Workers remove the sculpture "Blue" by artist Joel Shapiro on the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Kennedy Center disassembles Blue sculpture from its grounds

12:29 PM on Wednesday, September 2

The Kennedy Center removed a sculpture known as Blue, a tall, blue stick figure designed by Joel Shapiro and installed in 2019

FILE - The U.S. Mint has started producing a new $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump's image. (AP Graphic/Treasury Department, File)

Heads or tails? $1 coin with Trump's face and gold finish goes on sale

10:52 AM on Wednesday, September 2

The U.S. Mint has started selling a $1 coin to celebrate America's 250th birthday, featuring President Donald Trump's face on one side

FILE - A certified medical assistant holds a syringe for a flu vaccine at a clinic in Seattle, on Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Top US doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion

10:01 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall

Chase Barfield walks to his truck as he takes belongings and his dogs away from floodwaters around his house in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Edouard near Honey Island, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Former Tropical Storm Edouard lingers over Texas, flooding homes and roadways

9:54 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Texas authorities have rescued dozens of people from stranded cars, homes surrounded by floodwaters and an assisted living facility as former Tropical Storm Edouard lingered over rural parts of the state

Tiger Woods appears in County Judge Darren Steele's courtroom for a plea hearing from an arrest in March, at the Martin County Courthouse in Stuart, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Crystal Vander Weit/Treasure Coast Newspapers via AP, Pool)

Tiger Woods pleads no contest to reckless driving charge over rollover crash in Florida

8:50 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Tiger Woods has pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge in Florida

People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Iran targets US allies in Gulf after overnight attacks, and other Mideast news

6:55 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Iran has targeted U.S. Gulf allies, firing drones at Kuwait and Bahrain after U.S. airstrikes in Iran

A child wounded, according to Tasnim news agency, in a strike on a home where a wedding was being held in Kuhestak, southern Iran, receives treatment at a hospital in Menab, Iran, early Wednesday, Sept.2, 2026. (Morteza Akhoondi/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

Iran fires on its Gulf neighbors, retaliating for US strikes after a wedding was hit

2:42 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Iranian attacks have targeted U.S. allies across the Gulf as renewed fighting with the United States ended a monthlong lull

Lindsay Clancy reacts to news that a woman was arrested for recording images of the jury at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy trial goes home after a fifth day without a verdict

12:03 AM on Wednesday, September 2

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial have gone home without a verdict after a fifth day of deliberations

Motorists drive by Texas Department of Transportation signs on I-610 as Tropical Storm Edouard approaches in Houston, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Edouard weakens into a tropical depression after landfall but still dumping rain into Texas

5:21 AM on Tuesday, September 1

The former Tropical Storm Edouard weakened into a depression while unleashing heavy rains and strong winds on parts of Texas

Lindsay Clancy listens to a witness on video during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026 in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

As jurors deliberate in the Lindsay Clancy trial, here are key moments they may be considering

6:02 AM on Saturday, August 29

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder case are trying to decide whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children at her Massachusetts home in 2023

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