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FILE - Police and local residents load the exhumed bodies of victims of a religious cult into the back of a truck in the village of Shakahola, near the coastal city of Malindi, in southern Kenya, Sunday, April 23, 2023. (AP Photo/File)

Exhumation in Kenya cult site paused to allow DNA sampling on 34 bodies

1:49 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Authorities in coastal Kenya say exhumations at a site near where the bodies of more than 400 followers of a doomsday cult were found two years ago have been suspended so that DNA samples collected can be analyzed

Nevada public defenders argue state's acting US attorney is serving without Senate confirmation

1:44 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Federal public defenders in Nevada are asking a judge to dismiss several indictments brought while Sigal Chattah has served as acting U.S. attorney because she has not been confirmed by the U.S. Senate

FILE - Lowndes County District Attorney Scott Colom speaks at a news conference, July 6, 2016, in Columbus, Miss. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)

Democratic prosecutor Scott Colom announces US Senate race in Mississippi

1:17 PM on Wednesday, September 3

A Democratic district attorney in Mississippi is running for U.S. Senate, challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally with Hotel & Gaming Trades Council workers, in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Zohran Mamdani says he'll skip 'unofficial' debates in NYC mayor's race

1:01 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Zohran Mamdani says he won’t participate in any debates in the New York City mayor’s race except for two official debates next month that were organized by the local campaign finance board

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent visits Martin's Tavern, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, during an area restaurant tour about no taxes on tips and overtime. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Podcasters and influencers: The unexpected jobs covered under Trump's 'no tax on tips' plan

12:57 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The Treasury Department has released a preliminary list of jobs exempt from income tax on tips, including food service, concierge, and salon workers

FILE - President Donald Trump reads from a paper and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen listens after reaching a trade deal between the U.S. and the EU at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Head of EU parliament trade committee has 'doubts' about deal with US, says it could be amended

10:53 AM on Wednesday, September 3

The head of the European Parliament’s trade committee said he has doubts about some aspects of the EU’s trade deal with the Trump administration and predicted the deal could be amended during the legislative approval process

From left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrive at a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin meets North Korea's Kim in Beijing

1:44 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held bilateral talks in Beijing Wednesday

FILE - Students gather around lit candles surrounding the UCF logo, June 14, 2016. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP, file)

Students in the US illegally see college pathways close as Trump targets tuition breaks

12:04 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Across the country, tens of thousands of college students without legal status are losing access to in-state tuition as part of an immigration crackdown carried out by President Donald Trump and his allies

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump can't use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, court rules

11:21 PM on Tuesday, September 2

A federal appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang

FILE - A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Judge orders search shakeup in Google monopoly case, but keeps hands off Chrome and default deals

4:53 PM on Tuesday, September 2

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shake-up of Google’s search engine in an attempt to curb the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the U.S. government’s attempt to break up the company and impose other restraints

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