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FBI director Kash Patel speaks before President Donald Trump at the David Mack Center for Training and Intelligence, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Garden City, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Homicides dropped 18.1% in 2025 to the lowest rate since 1956, FBI says

5:09 PM on Friday, August 14

The homicide rate in the United States dropped to the lowest it’s been in 75 years

California lawmakers kill grizzly bear reintroduction bill

2:59 PM on Friday, August 14

Lawmakers have killed a plan that could have allowed grizzly bears to one day return to California

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

House Democrats PAC adds $6 million to Cleveland spending after Ohio's Miller opts to stay in race

2:45 PM on Friday, August 14

A super PAC affiliated with U.S. House Democrats plans to increase its campaign advertising reservations in Cleveland, Ohio, by roughly $6 million on Friday, in response to Republican Rep. Max Miller’s decision to proceed with his reelection campaign despite allegations of abuse by his ex-wife Emily Moreno

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives with Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger, to the Treaty Room at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)

With US-Iran talks stalled, diplomatic efforts expand to unlikely European players

2:37 PM on Friday, August 14

While talks to end the Iran war have stalled, the Trump administration appears to be reaching out to a broader swath of countries that might be able to help pressure Tehran or ease its hardline position where traditional mediators haven't succeeded so far

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump says USS Lincoln's record time at sea during Iran operations 'not nearly long enough'

2:34 PM on Friday, August 14

President Donald Trump is downplaying concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment in the Middle East

FILE - Sheryl Williams Stapleton, a former state House majority leader and APS employee, right, walks with her attorney Ahmad Assed, left, to make her first appearance in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Former high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico convicted in federal fraud case

2:12 PM on Friday, August 14

A New Mexico jury has found a former high-ranking Democratic legislator guilty of numerous federal charges stemming from a corruption investigation

Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters after advancing to a special GOP Senate primary runoff to replace Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

US Rep. Russell Fry endorses Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina Republican Senate runoff

1:46 PM on Friday, August 14

Congressman Russell Fry says he's supporting Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina's Republican Senate primary runoff

FILE - Andres Lopez Beltran, center, walks past a banner featuring an image of his father, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in Mexico City, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Son of former Mexican President López Obrador says US revoked his visa and appeals directly to Trump

12:56 PM on Friday, August 14

Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, son of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, says the United States has revoked his visa

A text book, shown Tuesday, Aug 11, 2026 in Washington, to be used by the Pentagon this fall when they will begin implementing a curriculum that centers on Western civilization and Christianity in the schools it operates for military families, part of an effort by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect the education system toward patriotic values and classical learning. (AP Photo)

AP Exclusive: US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity

12:24 PM on Friday, August 14

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families

Rescuers carry the body of a victim from the rubble four days after an earthquake hit Pereira, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Brandon Pinto)

Hope reborn in Colombia as signs of life emerge under earthquake debris

12:15 PM on Friday, August 14

Colombia is grappling with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed at least 287 people and affected more than 100,000

A text book, shown Tuesday, Aug 11, 2026 in Washington, to be used by the Pentagon this fall when they will begin implementing a curriculum that centers on Western civilization and Christianity in the schools it operates for military families, part of an effort by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect the education system toward patriotic values and classical learning. (AP Photo)

AP Exclusive: US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity

11:48 AM on Friday, August 14

The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the press after a visit to the departmental fire and rescue operational center (CODIS) in Bordeaux, France, following wildfires in the area, Monday July 27, 2026. (Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool Photo via AP)

France’s top court blocks under-15 social media ban, citing constitutional freedoms

11:31 AM on Friday, August 14

France's top court has struck down a law banning children under 15 from using social media, saying it infringes on fundamental freedoms

White House Ballroom construction continues Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)

Trump asks Supreme Court to let White House ballroom construction continue during appeal

9:54 AM on Friday, August 14

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work

Army Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo shows photos of his wife, Maisa Lopes Eliaser, a Brazilian national who is detained by ICE, near the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center where she is currently held, in Basile, La., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Joseph Vidrine)

Wife of US soldier is removed from deportation flight and released from federal immigration custody

9:33 AM on Friday, August 14

The wife of a U.S. soldier has been released from federal immigration custody after spending more than a month detained, according to her family

A police vehicle is parked on a sidewalk, on the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)

Vote counting suspended then restarted in Zambia election after attacks at polling stations

7:56 AM on Friday, August 14

Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended and then restarted under heightened security over reports of violence against election officials and the theft of ballot boxes

Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage arrives at a polling station in Walton on the Naze, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 to cast his vote for the Clacton on Sea by-election.(AP Photo/Richard Pelham)

Reform UK's Nigel Farage beats a slate of fringe candidates in election boycotted by major parties

1:14 AM on Friday, August 14

Nigel Farage has regained his seat in Parliament, beating a field of fringe candidates led by trash-can-wearing comic Count Binface in a special election boycotted by mainstream parties

FILE - Sailors and Marines line the deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as it deploys from San Diego, Jan. 3, 2021. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, File)

New aircraft carrier heads toward Mideast after reports of issues on long-deployed USS Lincoln

2:17 PM on Thursday, August 13

The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln

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