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9:29 PM on Thursday, August 14

Bondi names DEA head as DC's 'emergency police commissioner,' granting him powers of police chief amid takeover

9:19 PM on Thursday, August 14

The Toronto International Film Festival will screen a documentary on the 2023 Hamas attack, after all, following an uproar over the film’s disinvitation from the upcoming festival

9:09 PM on Thursday, August 14

Robert MacIntyre matched the low score of his PGA Tour career with what he calls the best stretch of putting he's ever had

7:43 PM on Thursday, August 14

A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City

7:38 PM on Thursday, August 14

Federal agents who typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals have fanned out across the nation’s capital

7:16 PM on Thursday, August 14

NBC announced Thursday that “The Traitors” will open its doors to everyday people

6:27 PM on Thursday, August 14

A woman who spit on the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital during a videotaped interview has pleaded guilty to assault charges

6:27 PM on Thursday, August 14

Allegheny County is increasing air quality monitoring after an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured more than 10 others

6:20 PM on Thursday, August 14

The U.N. says sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, with the highest number of cases in the Central African Republic, Congo, Haiti, Somalia and South Sudan

6:06 PM on Thursday, August 14

A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and wounding another is now facing new and upgraded state charges

5:09 PM on Thursday, August 14

A federal judge has struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities

4:56 PM on Thursday, August 14

A retired Michigan autoworker got a Facebook message this summer from a stranger: Did you lose your wallet

2:47 PM on Thursday, August 14

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a special election for Nov. 4 to approve redrawn districts

1:18 PM on Thursday, August 14

Air Canada has started canceling flights ahead of a possible work stoppage by flight attendants that could impact hundreds of thousands of travelers

12:05 PM on Thursday, August 14

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 10 months

10:52 AM on Thursday, August 14

Attorneys for the white supremacist gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket argue that federal charges should be dropped due to a lack of minority representation on the grand jury

8:19 AM on Thursday, August 14

Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution will draw to a close Friday

5:34 AM on Thursday, August 14

Israel’s far-right finance minister says a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is going ahead, a project that Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state by effectively cutting the West Bank into two separate parts

4:17 AM on Thursday, August 14

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine, more than three years after Moscow launched its invasion, as the two leaders prepared for a pivotal U.S.–Russia summit Friday in Alaska

12:24 AM on Thursday, August 14

Most stocks fell on Wall Street following a disappointing update on inflation