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Federal officials to take over inspections when troubled Boar's Head plant reopens

3:44 PM on Thursday, August 21

Federal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a Boar's Head deli meat plant when it reopens after an deadly listeria outbreak

Privacy and civil rights groups urge US colleges to end campus surveillance to protect protesters

3:05 PM on Thursday, August 21

A coalition of more than 30 privacy and civil rights groups is calling on U.S. universities to dismantle campus surveillance and data collection in order to protect student protesters from government retaliation

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2:30 PM on Thursday, August 21

Harjinder Singh is escorted onto an airplane by Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and law enforcement on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Stockton, Calif. (AP Photo/Benjamin Fanjoy)

Fatal Florida crash fuels immigration fight between DeSantis and Newsom

2:25 PM on Thursday, August 21

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis dispatched his top deputy to California to oversee the handover of a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida

FILE - Rita Hart, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, speaks before a vote for new calendar lineup for the early stages of the party's presidential nominating contests during the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting, Feb. 4, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Iowa Democrats consider bringing back lead off caucuses, even if it means going 'rogue' in 2028

1:39 PM on Thursday, August 21

Iowa’s state party officials say it was a mistake that the party’s 2024 nominating calendar forced them to ditch the five-decade, first-in-the-nation caucus where community members publicly signal their support for a candidate

Proposed data center prompts Tucson to regulate large water users, require conservation

12:38 PM on Thursday, August 21

A proposal to build a water-guzzling data center near Tucson, Arizona, led the city to put some regulations on water use

Playing politics gets dangerous for Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones in ‘Hostage’

12:11 PM on Thursday, August 21

Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones found filming scenes as politicians terrifying for new Netflix thriller show “Hostage.”

Salah Abu-Hussein meets Israeli hostage coordinator Gal Hirsch upon his return from detention in Lebanon to Israel on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 at the Rosh Hanikra border crossing. (Government Press Office via AP)

Lebanon releases Israeli citizen held in detention for a year

10:51 AM on Thursday, August 21

An Israeli citizen detained in Lebanon has been returned home after more than a year, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office

Former NYC Mayor Eric Adam's Chief of Staff Ingrid Lewis-Martin appears for arraignment on corruption charges in Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in New York. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)

Former top aide to NYC mayor among 7 facing new charges in City Hall corruption probe

10:09 AM on Thursday, August 21

A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is among seven people facing new charges in the corruption investigation that has swirled around City Hall for two years

In a Tuesday, March 11, 2008 photo, Christian evangelical leader and founder of "Focus on the Family", James Dobson, listens to President Bush, not pictured, address the National Religious Broadcasters 2008 Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)

James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder and key leader on the Christian right, dies at 89

9:49 AM on Thursday, August 21

James Dobson, a child psychologist who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, has died at age 89

FILE -People wade into the waters of Lake Victoria, the world's second-largest freshwater lake, Nov. 25, 2024, in Entebbe, Uganda. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Uganda agrees to take deported migrants from US if they don't have criminal records

3:20 AM on Thursday, August 21

Uganda's foreign ministry says the African country has agreed to a deal with the United States to take deported migrants as long as they don’t have criminal records and are not unaccompanied minors

U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro, right, speaks to protesters gather in the rotunda outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol as lawmakers debate a redrawn U.S. congressional map in Texas during a special session, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections

6:09 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Texas’ House of Representatives is approving a new map that creates up to five new, winnable congressional seats for the GOP

Alaska resident Mark Warren rides the a new Ural motorcycle he received as a gift from the Russian government in Anchorage, Alaska, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, after Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the state for a summit meeting with U.S. President Trump. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Alaska man gifted $22,000 motorcycle by Russian government after viral interview

5:34 PM on Tuesday, August 19

An Alaska man might have walked away as the biggest winner of last week’s high stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage

Sebastian Kettner fishes on Jennette's Pier as waves from Hurricane Erin crash ashore in Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

What to know about powerful Hurricane Erin as it moves away from the US East Coast

12:44 PM on Monday, August 18

Hurricane Erin has pounded the North Carolina coast with strong waves and gusty winds as it slowly moves out to sea

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