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- Today in History: August 5, Nelson Mandela arrested
- In first store partnership, Ikea opening mini-showrooms in Best Buys
- Young adults are less likely to follow politics or say voting is important: poll
- Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the US after a previous migrant deal with the UK collapsed
- More Americans are family caregivers; states struggle to help them, report finds
- The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback
- Trump and Democrats turn rivals Texas and California into proxies for national power struggle
- Switzerland’s president rushes to Washington in effort to avert steep US tariffs
- Sales tax holidays can save you money on back-to-school shopping — or on new clothes or a laptop for yourself
- Work requirements and red tape ahead for millions on Medicaid
- Second opinion
- Got the sniffles? Here’s what to know about summer colds, COVID-19 and more
- Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles
- Student loan caps might worsen the national doctor shortage, critics say
- Recipes: 3 delicious dishes you can make with olives
- Titan submersible disaster CEO could have been charged criminally if he survived, Coast Guard says
- ‘Chief of War’ review: Hawaiian history comes to life courtesy of Jason Momoa
- The poet’s life of joy
- In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data
- Shaq shines in role as ‘Chief Fun Officer’ at Carnival Cruise Line’s new Bahamas resort
- Unmasking the Capital Cartel: Could this trial break Wall Street’s grip on America?
- US stocks slip following the latest discouraging signal on the economy
- Netanyahu hints at expanded war in Gaza but former Israeli military and spy chiefs object
- House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files and depositions with the Clintons
- The VA wants to end coverage of abortion for US military veterans
- Police arrest suspect in killings of 4 Tennessee family members
- Palantir books its first $1 billion in quarterly sales and dodges DOGE axe
- They’re here. They’re queer. They’re farming. New generation of LGBTQ farmers more visible and vocal
- A brain-dead pregnant woman was kept alive in Georgia. It’s unclear if state law required it
- Detroit voters will pick 2 candidates from a large field vying to become next mayor
- Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons
- Nations gather in Geneva to again confront the world’s spiraling plastic pollution crisis
- Trump EPA says it will defend tough lead pipe rule from Biden, but details to come
- GOP congressman faces heated town hall where hundreds boo him for supporting Trump’s big bill
- NATO to coordinate regular and large-scale arm deliveries to Ukraine. Most will be bought in the US
- 2 dead, 58 sick amid legionnaire’s disease outbreak in New York City
- Raw milk sickens 21 people in Florida including 6 children
- A look at the top buyers of Russian oil as Trump pressures China and India to stop buying it
- Trump administration dismisses majority of federal board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances
- 3 African nations have agreed to take deportees from the US. What we know about the secretive deals
- Violent crime in the US dropped 4.5% last year, FBI data shows
- Ozzy Osbourne died of a heart attack, report says, citing death certificate
- Denmark zoo asks people to donate their small pets as food for captive predators
- Trump narrows Fed chair candidates to four, excluding Treasury Secretary Bessent
- Epstein’s ex, Ghislaine Maxwell, doesn’t want grand jury transcripts released
- Massive central California wildfire threatens more than 800 structures and leaves 3 injured
- Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for George Santos’ 7-year sentence to be commuted
- ‘Ketamine Queen’ accused of selling Matthew Perry fatal dose gets September trial date
- Purdue University student freed from ICE detention after outcry from faith leaders
- What’s known and not yet known about the Justice Department’s scrutiny of Trump-Russia probe origins
- State suicide prevention efforts are lacking amid federal cuts
- Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation
- Florida prepares to build a 2nd immigration detention center to join ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
- Search for the bar shooter who killed 4 is Montana’s highest priority, governor says
- Justice Department releases new list of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions
- Crucial exemption allows majority of Canadian and Mexican goods to be shipped to US without tariffs
- US won’t seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero
- RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
- Michigan Gov. Whitmer makes another White House visit to meet with Trump
- Toppled Confederate statue in DC to be replaced in line with Trump’s executive order
- A bird dropped a fish on power lines and sparked a brush fire in Canada, firefighters say
- Krill fishery in Antarctica shut down after record catch triggers unprecedented early closure
- 4 people die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona
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