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12:59 AM on Monday, August 3

FILE - The Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon, File)

Maryland lawmakers to consider steps toward partisan redistricting for 2028

12:27 AM on Monday, August 3

Maryland lawmakers are set to kick off a special session to consider a first step in a partisan redistricting initiative that could help Democrats pick up an additional U.S. House seat by 2028

Faith Maeba, a student at Virginia Commonwealth University, poses for a portrait with her tablet at her home Monday, July 20, 2026, in Stafford, Va. (AP Photo/Moriah Ratner)

At colleges, the AI boom means everyone wants to dabble in computer science

12:14 AM on Monday, August 3

Hiring for entry-level software developers has slowed, and college enrollment in computer science is declining

Lindsay Clancy attends her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

Trial of Massachusetts mom accused of killing her 3 children enters 2nd week of testimony

12:06 AM on Monday, August 3

Lindsay Clancy's murder trial is heading into a second week of testimony about the killings of her three children in a coastal Massachusetts town in 2023

President Donald Trump carries an umbrella as he exits Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, on return to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Iran déjà vu: Trump once again threatens massive escalation against Tehran only to walk back

12:05 AM on Monday, August 3

President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened military action against Iran, only to pull back at the last minute

FILE - Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after GOP senators threaten to block his attorney general bid

11:26 PM on Sunday, August 2

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has issued a formal order terminating President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies

FILE - House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger, R-Texas, and her panel begin work on fiscal 2024 spending bills, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Kay Granger, first Republican woman from Texas to serve in the House, has died at age 83

10:49 PM on Sunday, August 2

Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and who served for nearly three decades, has died

A person walks past an electronic board showing the U.S. dollar and Japanese yen exchange rate at a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

US dollar weakens sharply against the Japanese yen after market interventions

9:50 PM on Sunday, August 2

The U.S. dollar has weakened sharply against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets

The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season

5:01 PM on Sunday, August 2

Key senators have unveiled a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season

FILE - President Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson,File)

Trump frequently announces he's halting strikes in Iran. But they keep happening

4:09 PM on Sunday, August 2

President Donald Trump's announcements on Iran have followed a familiar course over the past five months

This image provided by KMVT shows the scene of a shooting that started at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026 in Twin Falls, Idaho. (KMVT via AP)

Suspect in shooting at Idaho fast-food restaurant died from self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say

1:52 PM on Sunday, August 2

The suspect in a fatal shooting at a fast-food restaurant in Idaho died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said

Kimberley Sather stands at the duplex she rents on W. Indian Trail Rd. after it burned in a wildfire in Spokane, Wash., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)

Fires near Spokane, Washington, have burned 600 structures and forced 60,000 evacuations

12:02 PM on Sunday, August 2

Authorities say wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area, including patients at its U.S. Veterans Affairs hospital, while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures

FILE - Rep.-elect Max Miller, R-Ohio, arrives for new member orientation check-in and program registration with Emily Moreno in Washington, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Sen. Bernie Moreno says former son-in-law Max Miller should not serve in the House

11:44 AM on Sunday, August 2

U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno says his former son-in-law, U

Mourners carry the bodies of Kamal Abu Muailiq, 68, and his wife, Huda Abu Muailiq, 59, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel says it has serious concerns with Hamas disarmament deal

9:51 AM on Sunday, August 2

Israel has shared serious security concerns with the White House about a proposed disarmament deal with Hamas

Migrants who crossed into Spain from Morocco gather around a bonfire on a beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Ceuta grapples with aftermath of border surge after most migrants leave the Spanish territory

8:19 AM on Sunday, August 2

Ceuta is grappling with the aftermath of a massive migrant surge

Survivors of a ferry fire arrive at Tanjung Perak Port in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

A blaze on an Indonesian passenger ferry leaves at least 5 dead and dozens missing

7:37 AM on Sunday, August 2

An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people has caught fire in waters off Madura island, killing at least five people and leaving 41 others unaccounted for, authorities said

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One while returning to the White House, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says Gulf leaders' input weighed heavily in decision to hold off on ordering new Iran strikes

12:09 AM on Sunday, August 2

President Donald Trump says he has decided to hold off on ordering new strikes against Iran after discussions with Gulf allies

Highlights from the Women’s British Open, in photos

10:09 AM on Saturday, August 1

FILE - This image provided by NASA and captured by the Artemis II crew from lunar orbit, April 6, 2026, shows the Moon eclipsing the Sun. (NASA via AP, File)

August’s total solar eclipse will sweep over Spain, Iceland and Greenland

7:25 AM on Saturday, August 1

For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer

Photo highlights from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland

11:20 PM on Saturday, July 25

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