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11:01 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Federal government shutdown begins as lapse in funds brings on fresh uncertainty for country

10:30 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Shares are mixed in Asia, with Chinese markets closed for a weeklong holiday

8:50 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Louisiana's only two Planned Parenthood locations have closed after 40 years

8:41 PM on Tuesday, September 30

A federal government employee has been taken into custody after an “active shooter hoax” led to a lockdown at New Jersey’s largest military base

8:23 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Chunk, a 1,200-pound behemoth with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after finishing in second place three previous years

8:05 PM on Tuesday, September 30

A judge has barred the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Nevada from overseeing several criminal cases, ruling she is “not validly serving” as the state’s top federal prosecutor

7:58 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Trump-appointed US attorney in Nevada is disqualified from overseeing multiple criminal cases, court rules

7:33 PM on Tuesday, September 30

At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building collapsed on them, authorities said after reviewing attendance records and reports from anxious families of those missing

6:24 PM on Tuesday, September 30

The White House is withdrawing the nomination of E

4:12 PM on Tuesday, September 30

A top New Orleans police official is welcoming the idea of working with federal troops deployed to Louisiana’s largest city

1:48 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Napheesa Collier delivered a blistering assessment of the WNBA and its commissioner as she sat in front of the media with a prepared statement and disclosed private conversations she said she had with Cathy Engelbert that portrayed her as a leader who lacks accountability

1:06 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Federal officials have sued pro-Palestinian demonstrators involved in a heated protest last year outside a New Jersey synagogue

11:07 AM on Tuesday, September 30

10:39 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, alleging it violated the Constitution by moving too slowly to process gun licenses for people who want to carry concealed weapons

10:23 AM on Tuesday, September 30

An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 has jolted a central Philippine province and collapsed the walls of houses and buildings, killing at least 31 people

9:11 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The public schools superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa, has resigned while challenging his deportation after being detained by immigration authorities

8:18 AM on Tuesday, September 30

The U.S. government is on the brink of the first federal government shutdown in almost seven years as Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government

7:36 AM on Tuesday, September 30

A Mexican man who was among three people shot at a Dallas immigration field office last week has died, becoming the second person killed in the attack

11:01 PM on Monday, September 29

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday

10:23 PM on Monday, September 29