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Iraq's first industrial-scale solar plant opens in Karbala desert to tackle electricity crisis 09/20/2025 01:23am • KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Iraq is set to open the country’s first industrial-scale solar plant Sunday in a vast expanse of desert in Karbala province, southwest of Baghdad. It’s part of a new push by the government to expand renewable energy production in a country that is frequently beset by elect South Carolina lawmakers haven't been paid after one of their own sued over raise 09/20/2025 12:07am • ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislators have not been getting paid for months since a state senator sued over the first raise in the General Assembly's compensation in three decades. The issue involves what lawmakers call “in-district compensation” which is money set aside for legisl Acting U.S. attorney resigns amid concern he could be fired for not prosecuting NY AG 09/19/2025 10:09pm • ▶ Watch Video: Virginia federal prosecutor resigning following pressure to charge N.Y. AG Erik Siebert, the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, notified his staff Friday that he resigned, according to a copy of the email he sent to e The Latest: Trump overhauls H-1B visa for high-skilled workers and adds new $100,000 annual fee 09/19/2025 09:13pm • President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a new annual $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications, among other changes to the program for highly skilled foreign workers. H-1B visas are meant to bring the best and brightest foreigners for high-skilled jobs that tech compan Brazil's health minister skips trip to UN assembly due to visa limitations from Trump administration 09/19/2025 08:30pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's health minister said on Friday he will not attend the United Nations' General Assembly in New York next week because the United States government gave him “an unacceptable visa” with mobility restrictions within the country. Alexandre Padilha, one of the closest aides Virginia US attorney under pressure to charge Letitia James in mortgage fraud case has resigned 09/19/2025 08:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor in Virginia whose monthslong mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James has not resulted in criminal charges resigned Friday under pressure from the Trump administration. Erik Siebert confirmed his departure in an email to co Missouri judge strikes down ballot summary for anti-abortion measure backed by Republican lawmakers 09/19/2025 07:58pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has struck down a ballot summary for an anti-abortion amendment backed by Republican state lawmakers while concluding that it presented an unfair and insufficient description to voters. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green ruled Friday that the ballot Senate confirms Mike Waltz as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations after months of delays 09/19/2025 07:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Friday confirmed Mike Waltz to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, filling the last vacancy in President Donald Trump's Cabinet after eight months of delays and the withdrawal of a previous nominee. The bipartisan vote for Waltz came after a recent p Texas A&M president steps down but doesn't say if controversial classroom video was a factor 09/19/2025 07:24pm • HOUSTON (AP) — The president of Texas A&M University, roiled by an online video of a confrontation between a student and professor in a class that discussed gender, said Friday that now is the time to leave, but he did not offer a specific reason. Mark A. Welsh III and the school had faced pol Lawyers for Spanish-language journalist in ICE custody fear deportation after unfavorable ruling 09/19/2025 07:05pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for a Spanish-language journalist who has been in immigration detention in Georgia since June said Friday they're worried his deportation could be imminent after an appeals panel reopened an old immigration case against him and ordered him sent back to El Salvador. Local pol Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1 09/19/2025 06:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date. Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the other side for the standoff. Why Newsom's push for new House maps isn't a sure thing, even in heavily Democratic California 09/19/2025 06:21pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot to reshape California’s U.S. House districts to add five Democratic seats in advance of the 2026 midterm elections is not a sure sale with voters, even in a state where Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by nearly 2-t Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project 09/19/2025 06:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has moved to block a Massachusetts offshore wind farm, its latest effort to hobble an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unreliable compared to fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas. The Bureau of Ocean Evgeni Malkin may be entering his final year in Pittsburgh, but perhaps not his final one in the NHL 09/19/2025 06:04pm • CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Evgeni Malkin is well aware his 20th season in Pittsburgh could be his last. He doesn't have to be told. “I know too, trust me,” the longtime Penguins center said with a smile on Friday. The three-time Stanley Cup winner's current contract is up next summer, and Appeals court keeps New York’s gun restrictions in place, including Times Square and subway ban 09/19/2025 05:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — No guns for Elmo, Spider-Man or anyone else in New York’s Times Square — and don’t try sneaking them into the subway, either. That is the decision Friday from a federal appeals court effectively upholding a New York state law that bars firearms in “sensitive” locations, i