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United States Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, talks to the media during a press conference on the sidelines of the annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)

Energy Department will spend $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from aging power grid

4:00 AM on Thursday, September 24

The Energy Department is set to announce it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation’s aging and stressed power grid

FILE - Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) fighters attend an orientation session in western Oromia, Ethiopia, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo, File)

Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia effectively shatters peace deal that ended 2022 war

3:31 AM on Thursday, September 24

Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia has effectively shattered a peace pact that ended a devastating two-year war in 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Likud party New Year event in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Netanyahu arrives in New York to address the UN, and other Mideast developments

3:12 AM on Thursday, September 24

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in New York to address the United Nations General Assembly

Police standby as people gather outside the Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, England, to take part in an anti-migrant South Coast Patriots march, Saturday Sept. 12, 2026. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Far-right UK activist arrested after migrant dinghy slashed in the English Channel

2:03 AM on Thursday, September 24

A far-right activist has been arrested for allegedly slashing a dinghy in the English Channel

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens during a meeting with President Donald Trump at a multilateral meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Turkey will hand over key base in Iraq in a gradual troop withdrawal deal

1:23 AM on Thursday, September 24

Turkey has agreed to gradually withdraw forces from a strategic military base in northern Iraq and hand over control to the Iraqi government

Michael Serpa, senior scientist at the Scottsdale Water Campus, works on water testing, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Scottsdale's water recycling program hits election-year backlash

12:18 AM on Thursday, September 24

Election-season politics have stalled efforts to expand wastewater recycling to residents' taps in an affluent Phoenix suburb

Vaughn Hillyard, White House correspondent for MS NOW, does a report from near the White House,, Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Judge orders White House to restore access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico

10:38 PM on Wednesday, September 23

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, Moroccan minister, politician and mayor of Marrakech, takes part in an electoral rally for Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) ahead of the upcoming legislative elections, in Tangier, Morocco, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party leads in provisional election results

10:10 PM on Wednesday, September 23

Provisional election results in Morocco show that the Authenticity and Modernity Party has won the largest number of seats in the country’s parliamentary election

People visit the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

At 10 years old, Smithsonian's Black museum is undaunted amid pressure from Trump administration

9:05 PM on Wednesday, September 23

The National Museum of African American History and Culture will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with packed exhibits, sold-out galas and high-profile panels

FILE - Dr. Heidi Overton, Deputy Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, speaks about IVF during an event in the Oval Office of the White House with President Donald Trump, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senators to question FDA nominee about her views on abortion pill and vaccines

9:03 PM on Wednesday, September 23

President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Food and Drug Administration will face questions from Senate lawmakers considering her nomination

President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping participate in an arrival ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump and Xi Jinping head into Washington summit with both leaders thinking time is on their side

9:01 PM on Wednesday, September 23

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have a packed agenda for their talks at the White House

Kenya's President William Ruto attends Atlanta Dream win to watch Madina Okot play

8:15 PM on Wednesday, September 23

Madina Okot had a special guest at the Atlanta Dream’s win over the New York Liberty as William Ruto, the President of Kenya, was in attendance sitting courtside

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words

7:53 PM on Wednesday, September 23

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, on, April 30, 2025. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

OpenAI's breach of Australian health department website prompts rebuke from Albanese

5:51 PM on Wednesday, September 23

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is extremely concerned about OpenAI's security breach of a government website, and that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal the incident

FILE - U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft F-35 performs aerobatic maneuvers on the second day of the Aero India 2023 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, Feb. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

Pentagon investigates after China obtains parts from F-35 stealth fighter jet

5:20 PM on Wednesday, September 23

The Pentagon is investigating how parts of the nation’s most advanced fighter jet ended up in Hong Kong

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, Greenland's leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen, second left, and Greenland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Múte B. Egede, foreground left, have a beer with delegation members at a bar in Manhattan, New York after an agreement with the US was signed, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Trump’s push to acquire Greenland almost broke NATO. The winner of it all may be ... Greenland

2:10 PM on Wednesday, September 23

In the end, it was all kisses and laughter as U.S. President Donald Trump hailed his “fantastic” relationship with Denmark and Greenland

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, listens during a Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created

12:53 PM on Wednesday, September 23

The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Zelenskyy, at UN, urges leaders to keep choking Russia's revenues and impede its war efforts

11:13 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging world’s leaders to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts

Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Milei renews Argentina’s Falklands claim at the UN, urging a 'peaceful solution'

10:05 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Argentine President Javier Milei reaffirms Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Syrian leader lashes out at Israel in UN speech, says Golan is inseparable part of Syria

9:17 AM on Wednesday, September 23

Syria's leader has lashed out at Israel in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly

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