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Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh, left, addresses the crowd inside Kyle Field as his wife Betty looks on during Midnight Yell in College Station, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sam Craft, File)

Texas A&M president is stepping down after upheaval over classroom video

9:40 PM on Thursday, September 18

Texas A&M University’s president is stepping down after facing criticism over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender, which led to the professor’s firing

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8:31 PM on Thursday, September 18

This courtroom sketch shows Secret Service agent Robert Fercano identifying the defendant in the trial of Ryan Routh, who is charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at a golf course in South Florida, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Fort Pierce, Fla. (Lothar Speer via AP)

FBI sniper testifies that hiding spot near golf course was ideal place for man to shoot Trump

7:08 PM on Thursday, September 18

An FBI sniper testified about the effectiveness of a hiding spot chosen by a man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year

FILE - This photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, shows death row prisoner Richard Kenneth Djerf. (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry via AP, File)

Arizona prisoner set to be executed apologizes, says he won’t seek clemency

6:36 PM on Thursday, September 18

An Arizona prisoner scheduled to be executed next month for killing four members of a family in their Phoenix home over 30 years ago has apologized for the pain he’s caused

FILE - Robert Mujica, budget director of the State of New York, answers budget questions during a news conference after Gov. Kathy Hochul presented her first executive state budget at the state Capitol, Jan. 18, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

3 members of federal control board in Puerto Rico sue Trump and others for illegal firings

6:26 PM on Thursday, September 18

Three members of a federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances who were recently fired by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit in U.S. court alleging their firings were illegal

New York State Senator Jabari Brisport chants while detained by federal agents after demanding access to inspect the detainment facility at immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits federal building, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Elected officials among dozens of protesters arrested at a Manhattan immigration holding facility

5:45 PM on Thursday, September 18

More than a dozen elected officials have been arrested while protesting conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility where a federal judge extended a court order requiring the government to shape up its treatment of detainees

Delta State University sign on the campus grounds, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 in Cleveland, Miss. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)

Autopsy finds hanged Mississippi student died by suicide, police say

5:32 PM on Thursday, September 18

Mississippi police say an autopsy by the state medical examiner's office has concluded a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University died by suicide

This satellite image provided by NASA Earth Observatory shows the retreat of Alsek Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska, as it loses contact with a land mass known as Prow Knob, center right, revealing an island, Aug. 6, 2025. (NASA Earth Observatory via AP)

Retreating Alsek Glacier reveals new island in southeast Alaska

5:31 PM on Thursday, September 18

A retreating glacier has revealed a new island in Alaska, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice

Kentucky's highest court strikes down a city's ban on no-knock warrants

5:14 PM on Thursday, September 18

Kentucky's Supreme Court has struck down a city's ban on no-knock warrants

Assault charges dismissed against NYC man who said he was beaten by Egyptian officials

4:05 PM on Thursday, September 18

Prosecutors have dropped assault charges against a New York man who claimed Egyptian officials dragged him off a Manhattan street and beat him

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) vehicle is parked in front of an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

As immigration arrests spike in Chicago, activists escalate tactics to fight back

3:27 PM on Thursday, September 18

As encounters with federal immigration agents around Chicago increase, tactics used by activists and immigrant leaders to fight back are also escalating

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw wipes his face as he speaks to the media after announcing his retirement at the end of the season prior to a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Clayton Kershaw to retire after 18 years with Dodgers and more than 3,000 strikeouts

3:11 PM on Thursday, September 18

Clayton Kershaw, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, says he's retiring at the end of this season, capping an 18-year career all spent with the Los Angeles Dodgers

FILE - The UN flag flies on a stormy day at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

12:41 PM on Thursday, September 18

The United States once again has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that had demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages

FILE - A relative of an unaccompanied minor deported from the United States reviews the list of those deported outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan migrant children

9:45 AM on Thursday, September 18

A judge is blocking the Trump administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the U.S. alone back to their home country

President Donald Trump, left, is greeted by Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he visits the prime minister's country residence Chequers, near Aylesbury, England, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (Ian Vogler/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Democrats introduce bill to protect free speech following Kimmel suspension

4:17 AM on Thursday, September 18

Congressional Democrats have unveiled a bill that would bolster free speech protections against government officials

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