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4:40 PM on Friday, August 22

An independent monitor said significant understaffing is a serious problem at jails in Georgia's Fulton County, creating safety risks

4:24 PM on Friday, August 22

Wall Street rallied after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted cuts to interest rates may be coming

4:02 PM on Friday, August 22

Ron Turcotte, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, has died at 84

4:00 PM on Friday, August 22

Dow rallies 800 points to a record after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted cuts to interest rates may be coming

3:43 PM on Friday, August 22

A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama lawmakers to draw a new legislative map that includes a new majority-Black Senate district near Montgomery or something close to it

3:22 PM on Friday, August 22

3:22 PM on Friday, August 22

Trump says Intel agreed to give US a stake in its company

3:22 PM on Friday, August 22

New York City is allowing the robotaxi company Waymo to test a few of its autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn

3:10 PM on Friday, August 22

AP sources: Hegseth fires general whose agency's initial intel assessment of damage to Iran nuclear sites angered Trump

3:07 PM on Friday, August 22

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been freed from a Tennessee jail so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial

2:53 PM on Friday, August 22

Justice Department releases transcripts of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend

2:42 PM on Friday, August 22

In Cedar Rapids, Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic portrait of a man and a woman standing in front of a white frame house

2:38 PM on Friday, August 22

The oldest surviving place of worship for Muslims in the United States was erected in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, almost a century ago by immigrants from present-day Lebanon

2:21 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump says that the draw for the 2026 World Cup will happen on Dec. 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington

1:03 PM on Friday, August 22

A Milwaukee judge charged with obstructing a federal agency and concealing a wanted person who was in the country illegally told police days after the incident in her courtroom that “I didn’t do anything that they’re saying.”

11:56 AM on Friday, August 22

Canada is dropping retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact

11:19 AM on Friday, August 22

John Bolton, the former Trump national security adviser, whose home and office are being searched by federal agents, has been a vocal critic of the Republican president

10:03 AM on Friday, August 22

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing of a move and suggested the central bank will proceed cautiously as it continues to evaluate the impact of tariffs and other policies on the economy

5:55 AM on Friday, August 22

Sri Lankan police have arrested former President Ranil Wickremesinghe over allegations of misusing public funds

3:15 AM on Monday, August 18