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8:22 AM on Friday, August 21

Fundraising platforms are organizing this month to raise more money for underfunded Black-led nonprofits

6:53 AM on Friday, August 21

Indonesian authorities warn they will take legal action against anyone starting open fires, as huge blazes on Borneo and elsewhere created a choking haze that blankets cities

6:35 AM on Friday, August 21

The United States has demanded that Cuba open up to private investment, and Cuba has passed sweeping reforms to encourage just that

6:15 AM on Friday, August 21

Search teams have found the remains of American climber Mallory Geis, the last missing member of a 10-member international team killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak

6:11 AM on Friday, August 21

Notable new books for the fall season range from Emma Cline's novel about a dying man's final journey to former President Joe Biden's White House memoir

6:09 AM on Friday, August 21

Election news will likely fill the headlines this fall, but among book buyers fiction will likely have top billing

6:01 AM on Friday, August 21

Swedish pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis is singing about his favorite color in a promotion for the first Ultimate Championship

5:06 AM on Friday, August 21

Tehran’s grocery stores are well-stocked, but many Iranian families can barely afford the basics

3:46 AM on Friday, August 21

Typhoon Maysak killed at least 159 people in China, with 10 still missing, according to state media

2:22 AM on Friday, August 21

British social media celebrity and rapper Yung Filly will be retried on three charges that allege he raped a fan in Australia following a music performance two years ago

1:06 AM on Friday, August 21

Record-low water levels at Lake Velence have made boating difficult and closed swimming beaches, offering a stark view of Hungary’s worsening water crisis

12:44 AM on Friday, August 21

Angel Reese had a stunning perfect shooting night after struggling recently to make even the shortest of shots, and the Atlanta Dream set a franchise record for points in a game in a 124-88 victory over the Los Angels Sparks on Thursday night

12:05 AM on Friday, August 21

The royal family’s long-running American soap opera is returning to Britain

12:05 AM on Friday, August 21

AI chatbots have become the bane of teachers everywhere

11:36 PM on Thursday, August 20

The U.S. has deported more than 160 people to Haiti for the first time since the Trump administration won a legal battle to end Temporary Protected Status for some 350,000 Haitians

11:19 PM on Thursday, August 20

Top draft pick Fernando Mendoza struggled in his second preseason game, throwing an interception that Houston returned for a touchdown before the Las Vegas Raiders rallied late for a 22-20 victory over the Texans

10:28 PM on Thursday, August 20

The U.S. military says a charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska, killing all on board

10:18 PM on Thursday, August 20

Heavy rain and winds are pounding the Northeast U.S. Storms tore through a beach on Long Island and stranded dozens of people in their cars in New Jersey on Thursday

4:09 PM on Thursday, August 20

The United States has deported nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala this year and sent dozens more to Honduras

1:48 PM on Thursday, August 20

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been taken back to prison after a medical examination at a private hospital