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Washington state fires destroy hundreds of buildings and force Spokane-area residents to evacuate

By LINDSEY WASSON, ED WHITE and GENE JOHNSON
Aug 03, 2026 6:03 pm - Some residents returned to devastated neighborhoods in eastern Washington state to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris. In some cases, only chimneys were left standing.
Man who killed top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband makes first state court appearance

By SCOTT BAUER
Aug 03, 2026 5:53 pm - The man serving two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to federal charges related to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband made his initial appear...
Authorities seek a motive in the mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and DAVE COLLINS
Aug 03, 2026 5:26 pm - A driver charging his electric taxi and a former law enforcement officer who tried to intervene were among the seven people wounded in a mass shooting at an Idaho fast food restaurant that also left three people dead, according to friends and relatives of the two men.
US stocks rally near a record as falling oil prices ease Wall Street's worries about inflation

By STAN CHOE
Aug 03, 2026 3:57 pm - NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rallied to the edge of its all-time high on Monday after easing oil prices helped calm Wall Street’s worries that inflation could get eve...
WestJet reaches tentative deal with flight attendants after strike snarled weekend traffic

Aug 03, 2026 3:53 pm - Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has agreed to a tentative agreement with flight attendants to end a strike that led to hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of stranded passengers over the weekend.
Tropical shark caught off Massachusetts could be sign of warming waters

By PATRICK WHITTLE
Aug 03, 2026 3:28 pm - Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in -- a tropical species of shark with a reputation for eating everything it can swallow.
Days after killing her 3 children, Lindsay Clancy told a psychologist she was ‘horrified’

Aug 03, 2026 3:09 pm - After an opening week of wrenching testimony and a jury trip to the home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, her murder trial resumed Monday with more details about the killings in a coastal Massachusetts town in 2023.
Michigan reports the first 2 US deaths related to cyclospora

Aug 03, 2026 12:30 pm - Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan in the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite, state health officials announced Monday.
New talks are ‘last chance’ for Iran to forge a deal and avoid escalation of US strikes, Trump says

By AAMER MADHANI
Aug 03, 2026 10:01 am - Newly planned talks between Washington and Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of U.S. strikes on the country, President Donald Trump said Monday.
Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after GOP senators threaten to block his attorney general bid

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Aug 03, 2026 8:27 am - Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies, a move that follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general.

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