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Parents hold pictures of their deceased children during a protest against social media platforms outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

In Meta's trial, families of social media victims see a pivotal moment for online safety

7:20 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Advocates and parents of social media victims see the trial underway against Meta Platforms as a significant moment in their fight for online child safety

This combo made with photos provided by NASA on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows before, left, and after images of a fresh crater on the moon created by a collision with a SpaceX rocket. (NASA via AP)

Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon

5:38 PM on Tuesday, August 18

A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks alongside Paraguay's Vice President Pedro Alliana (not pictured), in the Treaty Room at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)

US hits ICC president and senior prosecutor with sanctions in another move against the court

5:24 PM on Tuesday, August 18

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on the president of the International Criminal Court and one of its top prosecutors

How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 8/18/2026

4:35 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Wall Street pulled further from its all-time high as AI stocks got back to sinking

FILE – Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio, in Nov., 2005. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Ohio death row inmate Tyrone Noling gets a rare chance to ask parole board for a pardon

4:32 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Tyrone Noling has spent 30 years on death row for the double murder of an elderly Ohio couple that he insists he didn’t commit

Gold mine collapses in Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners

4:24 PM on Tuesday, August 18

An artisanal gold mining site has collapsed in the western part of Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners

FILE - Hayden Panettiere arrives at the 21st annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar on Jan. 17, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend was at apartment where she died, police report says

4:11 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Hayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend

FILE - Greg Biffle looks on during driver introductions before the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Georgia man charged with burglarizing NASCAR driver Greg Biffle's home after plane crash

4:08 PM on Tuesday, August 18

A Georgia man has been charged with burglarizing former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle's home after he and his family died in a plane crash

FILE -Liberia's President Joseph Boakai addresses the 80th session of the UN General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the US

3:19 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, according to authorities in the West African country

Woman accused of plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sentenced to 6 years in prison

3:18 PM on Tuesday, August 18

A Massachusetts woman who told police that she brought homemade firebombs to the U.S. Capitol to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been sentenced to just over six years in prison

FILE - The Herbert Glacier is seen, April 23, 2017, near Juneau, Alaska, in the Tongass National Forest. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Trump administration moves ahead to end roadless rule on national forests

2:49 PM on Tuesday, August 18

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to rescind a quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging and other development on national forest lands, drawing the ire of environmentalists nationwide

FILE - Detailed view of a San Diego Padres logo on a pitching mound during batting practice prior to a baseball game between the Padres and Boston Red Sox, May 20, 2023, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Brandon Sloter, File)

Venezuelan former baseball player working for San Diego Padres is detained by ICE

2:21 PM on Tuesday, August 18

A player development instructor for the San Diego Padres has been detained by U.S. immigration officials

FILE - Comedian Eric André, right, speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Atlanta on Oct. 11, 2022, as his attorneys Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, left, and Richard Deane watch. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File)

Comedians Eric André and Clayton English settle lawsuit over drug search program at Atlanta airport

1:30 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Comedians Eric André and Clayton English have settled a lawsuit challenging a police program at Atlanta's airport

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Governors' races are being increasingly buffeted by the toxic politics of data centers

1:26 PM on Tuesday, August 18

More governors are shifting their stances or taking more steps to squeeze data centers, as the midterm elections near and public opinion sours on the energy-hungry behemoths

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

12:32 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, right, speaks during a news conference as Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty looks on, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor to compel extradition of ICE agent for trial

12:30 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Minnesota's attorney general is suing the governor of Texas, asking a federal judge to compel the extradition of a federal immigration agent charged with wounding a man and then lying about it during an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis

FILE - In this undated photo canoeists navigate the Pocket River in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness near Ely, Minn. (Nathaniel Minor/Minnesota Public Radio via AP, File)

Minnesota governor signs order to slow down any mining efforts near Boundary Waters wilderness

12:07 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has suspended state work on proposed mining projects near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he's unhappy with country's deal with Iran, officials say

10:30 AM on Tuesday, August 18

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy the country is close to a deal with Iran to manage ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz

Whistleblower alleges political pressure, lack of evidence in antisemitism probes targeting schools

9:00 AM on Tuesday, August 18

A whistleblower is alleging that a Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities

A general view shows the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Sinking AI stocks pull Wall Street further from its record

11:19 PM on Monday, August 17

Wall Street pulled further from its all-time high as AI stocks got back to sinking

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