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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

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

The Kentucky Supreme Court hears oral arguments at Centre College's Norton Center for the Arts in Danville, Ky., Sept. 10, 2025. Seated from left are Justice Shea Nickell, Justice Kelly Thompson, Justice Angela McCormick Bisig, Chief Justice of the Commonwealth Debra Hembree Lambert, Justice Pamela R. Goodwine, Justice Michelle M. Keller and Justice Robert B. Conley. (Jim Hoffman/Administrative Office of the Courts via AP)

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

16-year-old with a loaded gun threatened to shoot up his New York City high school, police say

5:11 PM on Thursday, September 18

A New York City high school student has been arrested after authorities say he brought a loaded gun to class and wrote on social media that he wanted to “shoot the school up."

Yasin El Sammak is interviewed outside the New York City Police Department's 17th Precinct, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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

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

Geir Pedersen, the official who steered the United Nations diplomacy in Syria for nearly seven turbulent years, is interviewed at UN headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Top UN official in Syria is stepping down after 7 years of tumult. And he sees hope

11:34 AM on Thursday, September 18

The official who steered the U.N.’s diplomacy in Syria for nearly seven turbulent years is resigning

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

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a media Q&A session during a visit to London on Sept 17 2025. (AP Photo/Kelvin Chan)

Nvidia to invest $5 billion in struggling rival Intel

6:30 AM on Thursday, September 18

Nvidia has announced a new partnership with Intel to work on custom data centers and personal computer products

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

Attendees react during a vigil at Spring Grove Alliance church Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Spring Grove, Pa., after multiple police officers were shot and killed. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Prosecutor says stalking suspect ambushed Pennsylvania police officers, killing 3

11:41 PM on Wednesday, September 17

A prosecutor says a suspected stalker armed with a rifle hid inside his ex-girlfriend’s home in Pennsylvania and ambushed police officers who came to arrest him, killing three of them

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