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11:52 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why a plane was allowed to take off as President Donald Trump’s helicopter was approaching Reagan National Airport in what appears to be a violation of safety procedures put in place after last year’s midair collision between an airliner and an Army helicopter near that busy Washington D.C. airport

11:40 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Scientists say they're certain that a SpaceX rocket has slammed into the moon as predicted

11:29 AM on Wednesday, August 5

LIV Golf says it has a lead investor that will allow the league to plan ahead for 2027 and beyond

11:03 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Scientists have captured images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet

11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The New York Film Festival has unveiled the main slate of films to its 64th edition, including films from James Gray, Ava DuVernay and Tony Gilroy

10:44 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Saquon Barkley saw a clip of Barry Sanders on NFL Films when he was a kid that left a lasting impression

10:29 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Israel's military for the first time in weeks has told residents in southern Lebanon to evacuate, citing a "blatant violation of the ceasefire" by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah

10:18 AM on Wednesday, August 5

A federal judge is decrying efforts to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as he reluctantly dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group at the administration’s request

10:03 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The association of European soccer leagues has called for governance reform of FIFA

9:44 AM on Wednesday, August 5

London police have arrested a woman after four people were stabbed in the busy Covent Garden area

9:43 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state

8:59 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Progressive U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has defeated moderate U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic primary, which became a proxy battle for the party's direction

8:12 AM on Wednesday, August 5

North Carolina Republican congressman Chuck Edwards has withdrawn from his reelection campaign days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides

7:11 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The director of a Russian drone factory was badly wounded, and his driver was killed when their car exploded

3:04 AM on Wednesday, August 5

When CBS ended “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” earlier this year, it also shuttered the program’s robust music offerings

1:49 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and its region have killed 17 people and wounded 44 others

1:35 AM on Wednesday, August 5

U.S. President Donald Trump says a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday

1:16 AM on Wednesday, August 5

A small organ in eastern Germany is the headliner of the world’s slowest concert

1:00 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Stocks are wavering in morning trading on Wall Street, while oil prices hold steady

12:01 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is the latest and perhaps biggest example yet that the party’s voters are looking to turn the page on establishment-backed candidates in must-win battlegrounds