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President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after a deal recently announced by the Trump administration ran into Israeli opposition

8:01 PM on Thursday, August 13

President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carriers and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers

7:51 PM on Thursday, August 13

A federal prosecutor says tests on a substance found in the van of a man shot by immigration officers in Texas last month showed it was not methamphetamine

6:42 PM on Thursday, August 13

Since its start, the festival has grown from a weekend workshop with a handful of participants to the largest festival of its kind in Europe, lasting more than a month, with daily workshops drawing hundreds of participants and near nightly concerts attended by over 10,000 people total, according to organizers

6:19 PM on Thursday, August 13

Police say a Minnesota man used a screwdriver to fatally stab his wife and their 7-year-old daughter at a daycare before killing himself

5:41 PM on Thursday, August 13

The trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy has turned to her search history about mental health concerns and medication side effects in the weeks before she strangled her three children in January 2023

4:56 PM on Thursday, August 13

Authorities are searching for a trio of modern tomb raiders that they say has stolen family heirlooms and other valuables from cemeteries in at least nine states

4:52 PM on Thursday, August 13

White House border czar Tom Homan is defending Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks

4:51 PM on Thursday, August 13

A jury has been selected in the trial against the man charged in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur

3:15 PM on Thursday, August 13

Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a stunning development in a case that rattled business leaders while galvanizing their critics, according to a person familiar with the matter

2:42 PM on Thursday, August 13

Former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is scheduled to be the featured speaker at a Labor Day rally in what may be one of his first public appearances since a sexual assault allegation ended his candidacy

2:28 PM on Thursday, August 13

A federal investigation accuses California's prison system of failing to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse by guards

2:27 PM on Thursday, August 13

Investigators say broken engine parts shattered a window on a Ryanair plane shortly after takeoff in Greece last month, causing a man’s head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before his fellow passengers pulled him to safety

10:45 AM on Thursday, August 13

A company that operates a vast nationwide network of automated cameras that record the license plate numbers and other characteristics of all passing vehicles every day is making changes to its platform

8:26 AM on Thursday, August 13

The Kennedy Center will move forward with a two-year closure of the performing arts venue to allow for substantial renovations

6:24 AM on Thursday, August 13

The biggest obstacles to President Donald Trump’s order on vaccines may be the logistical challenges it poses for parents, health providers and drugmakers in the United States

12:11 AM on Thursday, August 13

The battle over the Kennedy Center’s future is escalating

12:02 AM on Thursday, August 13

Democrats are gathering to finalize their 2028 presidential primary calendar this week, setting the stage for a wide-open contest to succeed President Donald Trump and chart a path ahead as the party’s voters oscillate between progressive and more moderate candidates

11:33 PM on Wednesday, August 12

The U.S. stock market rose to a record following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad