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8:32 AM on Thursday, August 14

US producer prices surged last month, rising 0.9% from June and 3.3% from a year ago as Trump’s tariff push costs higher

8:13 AM on Thursday, August 14

The United States is discussing the possible deployment of more missile launchers to the Philippines to strengthen deterrence against aggression in the disputed South China Sea and other security hotspots, but no final decision has been reached by both sides

7:37 AM on Thursday, August 14

Death toll in flash floods rises to at least 32, says disaster management official in Indian-controlled Kashmir

5:29 AM on Thursday, August 14

(CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously carried a dateline of MAALE ADUMIM, Israel. The dateline should be MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank.)

1:19 AM on Thursday, August 14

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates

12:42 AM on Thursday, August 14

Florida has moved the education of students in juvenile detention online, despite evidence that many students struggled with online school during the pandemic

12:33 AM on Thursday, August 14

South Korea’s Supreme Court has rejected a 30 million won damage claim by an American composer who accused a South Korean kids content company of plagiarizing his version of “Baby Shark.”

12:21 AM on Thursday, August 14

The Olympics’ newest rowing competition is a beach run, a coastal row and a music party rolled into one

12:07 AM on Thursday, August 14

Rhode Island man accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges is found guilty of sexual assault in Utah

12:05 AM on Thursday, August 14

President Donald Trump’s meeting in Alaska with Vladimir Putin could be a decisive moment in the war in Ukraine and in the U.S. leader’s anomalous relationship with his Russian counterpart

10:35 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The FBI has returned a priceless manuscript page signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico

10:27 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A federal judge says he won't block an Alabama law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in public schools

9:13 PM on Wednesday, August 13

An official says three sheriff's deputies injured in gunfire while executing warrants in southern Virginia were shaken up but are “OK."

8:19 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Authorities say a Texas school bus carrying more than 40 students rolled over after veering off a rural road on the first day of class, injuring multiple students

8:08 PM on Wednesday, August 13

5:28 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The leader of the small Baha’i community in Qatar has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges alleging that posts on Baha’i social media accounts “cast doubt on the foundations of the Islamic religion."

2:05 PM on Wednesday, August 13

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12:01 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Taylor Swift’s latest era is almost upon us

12:25 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”

2:06 PM on Monday, August 11

The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening at a site where East meets West in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence gathering