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NASA’s newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe

By MARCIA DUNN
Aug 30, 2026 8:58 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never be...
Tropical Storm Karina strengthens into a hurricane in the Pacific, could be a major storm this week

Aug 30, 2026 8:56 am - MIAMI — Tropical Storm Karina strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and could become a major storm this week, forecasters said. The cyclone's cente...
Southwest Michigan wine country is ready for its close-up

By Anna Lee Iijima
Aug 28, 2026 9:40 am - Although less than two hours from Chicago, the small towns scattered along Lake Michigan’s southeastern shore can feel a world away. From New Buffalo and St. Joseph to Sa...
In AP interview, Attorney General Todd Blanche defends his record as political pressure mounts

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Aug 28, 2026 8:14 am - Trump’s former personal attorney has stepped into the commanding role facing a challenge that other leaders of the Republican president’s Department of Justice could not overcome: threading the needle between Trump's boundary-busting demands and a prosecutor’s duty to uphold the rule of law.
Death toll rises in Nepal-China border disaster as a lake poses new flood threat

By NIRANJAN SHRESTHA and SHRISTI KAFLE
Aug 28, 2026 7:23 am - Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday, as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed more than 500 people and left more than 1,500 missing.
Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he's in no hurry

By AAMER MADHANI
Aug 28, 2026 7:00 am - President Donald Trump arrives at an awkward moment for his presidency on Friday as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran reaches the six-month mark, a notable milestone for a conflict that the Republican leader repeatedly assured Americans would be a “little excursion” lasting a matter of weeks.
Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the United States

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Aug 27, 2026 12:47 pm - President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he exacerbates his trade war with Canada.
RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that

By ALI SWENSON
Aug 27, 2026 7:39 am - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation last year that a 2019 visit to Samoa before a deadly measles outbreak had “ nothing to do with vaccines.” New documents obtained by The Associated Press and The Guardian refute that testimony.
After six months of Iran war, US goals have shifted. The Strait of Hormuz is now a top concern

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Aug 27, 2026 7:18 am - When President Donald Trump launched the war with Iran in late February, he initially forecast it would last four to five weeks. Six months later, there's still no off-ramp in sight despite Trump's repeated assertions that the war has been won or a deal to resolve it was nearly complete.
Catastrophic floods kill over 360 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missing

By NIRANJAN SHRESTHA and SHRISTI KAFLE
Aug 27, 2026 7:10 am - Rescue teams searched on Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a catastrophic and deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.

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