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Violent crime in the US dropped 4.5% last year, FBI data shows

Aug 05, 2025 3:36 pm - Violent crime in the United States fell 4.5% last year, according to a new FBI report, which also shows an 8% drop in property crime from the year before.
NATO to coordinate regular and large-scale arms deliveries to Ukraine. Most will be bought in the US

By LORNE COOK
Aug 05, 2025 3:25 pm - NATO has started coordinating regular deliveries of large weapons packages to Ukraine after the Netherlands said it would provide air defense equipment, ammunition and other military aid worth $578 million.
Trump says he doesn't trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Aug 05, 2025 2:10 pm - The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after President Donald Trump on Friday fired the official who oversees it.
Trump narrows Fed chair candidates to four, excluding Treasury Secretary Bessent

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Aug 05, 2025 2:06 pm - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's whittled down his list of potential Federal Reserve chair candidates to four as he considers a successor to Jerome Powell — a choice that could reset the path of the U.S. economy.
Tennessee executes inmate by lethal injection without deactivating his implanted defibrillator

By JONATHAN MATTISE
Aug 05, 2025 11:46 am - Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals took effect.
House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files, depositions with Clintons and other officials

By STEPHEN GROVES
Aug 05, 2025 9:54 am - The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department on Tuesday for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, part of a congressional probe that lawmakers believe may show links to President Donald Trump and other former top officials.
Titan submersible disaster that killed 5 on way to Titanic ruins was preventable, Coast Guard says

Aug 05, 2025 8:18 am - The Coast Guard’s report on the Titan submersible disaster that killed five on the way to the Titanic said Tuesday the implosion was “preventable.”
Modi and Trump once called each other good friends. Now the US-India relationship is getting bumpy

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and RAJESH ROY
Aug 05, 2025 8:04 am - The men shared bear hugs, showered praise on each other and made appearances side by side at stadium rallies — a big optics boost for two populist leaders with ideological similarities. Each called the other a good friend.
The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback

By MARIA CHENG and RIAZAT BUTT
Aug 05, 2025 8:00 am - The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is entrenched in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. As workers focus the vaccination campaign there, WHO and partners have been derailed by mismanagement and what insiders describe as blind allegiance to an outdated strategy and a problematic oral vaccine.
Nations gather in Geneva to again confront the world's spiraling plastic pollution crisis

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Aug 05, 2025 7:15 am - Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet.

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