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Romanian President Nicusor Dan grimaces while announcing the nomination of European Parliament member Siegfried Muresan as Prime Minister designate in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romania's president nominates a new prime minister to break a political deadlock

10:10 AM on Thursday, September 17

Romanian President Nicusor Dan has nominated Siegfried Muresan as prime minister to end a political crisis

FILE - Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., waits to be sworn-in by Vice President Mike Pence during his ceremonial swearing-in at the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Sept. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Former US Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, a 'workhorse' who shaped water policy, dies at 84

9:02 AM on Thursday, September 17

Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, who represented Arizona in both chambers of Congress over nearly three decades, has died at 84

Did you know it’s Hispanic Heritage Month? Only 1 in 3 do

8:58 AM on Thursday, September 17

People perform prayers in Ben Guerdane, Tunisia, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, before a burial for migrants who drowned at sea after their boat capsized off the country's southeastern coast. (AP Photo/Bassem Aouini)

Fewer migrants are reaching Europe by sea but more people are dying, IOM warns

8:14 AM on Thursday, September 17

The U.N. migration agency reports that significantly fewer migrants are reaching Europe by sea this year, but more are dying on increasingly dangerous journeys

A Venezuelan mother sits with her daughter among food trucks Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Midvale, Utah. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Many Venezuelan immigrants shun Florida and turn to smaller cities in Utah, elsewhere

8:09 AM on Thursday, September 17

Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah

African asylum seekers find home in unlikely new American melting pots

7:41 AM on Thursday, September 17

In 2023, thousands of migrants from West Africa arrived in Lockland, Ohio, nearly doubling the town’s population so suddenly it seemed to some that it happened overnight

Why Hispanic Americans are losing faith in the American Dream

5:21 AM on Thursday, September 17

FILE -Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a press conference at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Serbia's President Vucic inaugurates assembly factory for Israel-made drones

4:28 AM on Thursday, September 17

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic says he has inaugurated an assembly factory for Israeli drones in the Balkan country

FILE - Democratic Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a former three-term U.S. senator, speaks at a campaign event in Akron, Ohio, on July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Ohio voters rejected Sherrod Brown. Two years later, are they ready to give him a second chance?

4:07 AM on Thursday, September 17

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown is asking Ohio voters to send him back to Congress just two years after they rejected him

FILE - Tara Westover attends the TIME100 Gala in New York on June 8, 2022. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

After 'Educated,' Tara Westover revisits a family split in memoir 'Brothers and Sisters'

4:00 AM on Thursday, September 17

Tara Westover is returning with a second memoir nearly 10 years after her million-selling “Educated.”

This photo taken with a smartphone shows Steve Perry, of Kansas City, holding a sign in opposition to Missouri’s congressional redistricting plan on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, outside the state Capitol, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

The fight over congressional maps put nearly 35 million people into new House districts, report says

3:21 AM on Thursday, September 17

A new report reveals that mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans

Samba Diallo displays his daraa, a loose-fitting traditional robe worn by men in Mauritania, as he stands in the bedroom of his shared apartment in Lockland, Ohio, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

African asylum seekers find home in unlikely new American melting pots

3:06 AM on Thursday, September 17

In 2023, thousands of migrants from West Africa arrived in Lockland, Ohio, nearly doubling the town’s population so suddenly it seemed to some that it happened overnight

Khalidou Sy's young daughter looks out a window inside the family's home in Lockland, Ohio, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

How AP obtained and analyzed data on 4.5 million migrants released in the US at the border

3:05 AM on Thursday, September 17

Newly obtained data on the unprecedented surge of border crossings over the past decade is shedding light on who entered the U.S. and where they went

FILE - A group of people, including many from China, walk along the wall after crossing the border with Mexico to seek asylum, Oct. 24, 2023, near Jacumba, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

A border surge reshaped America. Now, data shows who 4.5 million migrants were and where they went

3:03 AM on Thursday, September 17

A surge in border crossings over the past decade reshaped America: Millions of people from more than 150 countries arrived, bringing the immigrant population to its highest levels

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a research facility in Koltsovo near Novosibirsk, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Here's what to know about Russia's parliamentary vote and its main parties

9:15 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Russia’s parliamentary election features the main Kremlin’s party and nine others that all back President Vladimir Putin’s policies

Today in History: September 17, U.S. Constitution signed

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