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Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, right, talks with Assemblymember Steve Bennett during an Assembly session at the Capitol, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

California Legislature to vote on wildfire reforms after blocking key parts of Newsom's plan

12:19 AM on Tuesday, September 1

California lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill that would ensure survivors of utility-sparked wildfires get paid faster

FILE - Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., speaks at an event with President Donald Trump at Rockland Community College, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Suffern, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Democrats are again angling for Rep. Mike Lawler's House seat. Can he hold on in liberal New York?

12:09 AM on Tuesday, September 1

U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler is considered one of the nation’s most vulnerable Republicans in this year’s midterm elections

Greg Metzger, lead field biologist for SOFO's shark research and education program, catches a sand tiger shark off the coast of Hampton Bays, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Researchers catch sharks off NY's Hamptons, attach trackers to toothy predators

12:07 AM on Tuesday, September 1

Researchers are catching a wide range of sharks off the New York’s Hamptons and outfitting them with small trackers as they seek to understand more about one of the world’s few confirmed great white shark nurseries

President Donald Trump smiles during an event about drug prices, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

With elections nearing, battleground Republicans still waiting for Trump to open his campaign wallet

12:06 AM on Tuesday, September 1

Vice President JD Vance's appearance in Michigan on Monday was funded by MAGA Inc., marking a rare spending move from the group

Sen. Ed Markey speaks during a Get Out the Vote event supporting Markey, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026 in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

Massachusetts Democratic primary is a generational clash as Rep. Seth Moulton targets Sen. Ed Markey

12:05 AM on Tuesday, September 1

Democrats across the U.S. are showing a strong desire for change

Lindsay Clancy watches jury members as Judge William Sullivan polls them before they start deliberations during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy jury set to deliberate for another day

12:04 AM on Tuesday, September 1

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are set to enter their fourth day of deliberations

FILE - Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, sits beside defense attorney Kathryn Nester during a hearing in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, on Jan. 16, 2026. (Bethany Baker/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Judge to decide if Tyler Robinson will stand trial in Charlie Kirk's killing

12:02 AM on Tuesday, September 1

A Utah judge is set to decide whether there's enough evidence against the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk to put him on trial for aggravated murder

Social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kids

12:01 AM on Tuesday, September 1

Determining which accounts belong to children is the linchpin of online child safety measures that Meta, Google, TikTok, Roblox and other companies are ramping up as public and regulatory sentiment increasingly turns against them

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, greets voters at Salina Intermediate School on election day, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Macho, macho men? Democrats talk masculinity on campaign trail after years of Trump's bravado

12:01 AM on Tuesday, September 1

Donald Trump has put his version of masculinity front and center in American politics for more than 10 years

FILE - Law enforcement vehicles sit parked outside the Florida state prison in Starke, Fla., on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/David Fischer, file)

Florida set to carry out 14th execution this year in the nation's busiest death chamber

Tuesday, September 1

A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends is set to be executed

Democratic State Senator Henry Stern, of Los Angeles, smiles as the leaves the Senate Chambers during the Senate session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California lawmakers pass bill allowing people to identify their Jewish ancestry on state forms

11:46 PM on Monday, August 31

Lawmakers in California have passed a bill that would require state agencies that collect demographic information to allow people to identify their Jewish identity

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

Wendell Berry, Kentucky-born author who advocated a simpler life, has died at 92

10:34 PM on Monday, August 31

Author-agrarian Wendell Berry, a Kentucky native who celebrated the farming world of his home state and warned of the excesses of industrial society, has died

Parts of paper statue of Da Shi Ye, the Guardian God of Ghosts, are seen at workshop during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Bukit Metajam, Malaysia, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

The living care for ancestors and wandering spirits at Malaysia's Hungry Ghost Festival

9:09 PM on Monday, August 31

The Hungry Ghost Festival is observed during the seventh month of the lunar calendar, drawing on Buddhist, Taoist and folk religious beliefs about the relationship between the living and the dead

Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, reacts during a match against Roman Safiullin, of Russia, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Carlos Alcaraz returns to the US Open with a victory, Aryna Sabalenka also wins her first match

1:24 PM on Monday, August 31

Carlos Alcaraz returned to the U.S. Open and looked healthy enough for a run at a repeat

FILE - People dressed in protective gear prepare to lower into a grave the coffin containing the remains of six-year-old Baudjo Baraka Jules, who died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, on Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole, File)

Congo authorities report more than 6,000 confirmed Ebola cases and nearly 3,000 deaths

8:54 AM on Monday, August 31

Congo’s authorities report that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has topped 6,000 cases with 2,911 deaths

Buildings are seen in a flood damaged Bright Angel Canyon the Grand Canyon, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Rescuers saved some 80 people in Grand Canyon floods that left 2 dead and 1 missing, officials say

7:01 AM on Monday, August 31

The bodies of a Texas chiropractor and at least one other person have been found after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon

This satellite image released by NOAA shows Potential Tropical Cyclone Five forming over the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Edouard forms near Texas and Louisiana, while another storm moves toward Hawaii

6:05 AM on Monday, August 31

Tropical Storm Edouard has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to gain strength before bringing potentially heavy rains and flooding into parts of Texas and Louisiana

Vice President JD Vance speaks at CompoTech headquarters, Monday, August 24, 2026 in Brewer, Maine. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool Photo via AP)

Vance privately addresses Republican Jewish Coalition during tension over Israel and antisemitism

12:07 AM on Monday, August 31

Vice President JD Vance has spoken at the annual gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Pyotr Kovalev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Leaders of China, Russia and India are among heads of state meeting to counter US influence

Monday, August 31

The leaders of China, Russia and India have gathered with other heads of state at a meeting billed as a counterweight to U.S. global influence

Duane Davis stands during a break in closing arguments during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)

What to know about the evidence that led to Keffe D's conviction in Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing

9:21 AM on Saturday, August 15

Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been convicted of first-degree murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur

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