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DC takeover expands, Air Canada strike looms, tropical birds in danger & more

6 mins; August 13, 2025

Ukraine meets with world leaders, Zelle gets sued, UK’s Labubu warning & more

6 mins; August 13, 2025

Virtual war summit, new grocery delivery service, WH cage fight & more

6 mins; August 13, 2025

DC mayor's approach, Smithsonian review, 'maternal' AI & more

6 mins; August 13, 2025

Troops on DC streets, CDC shooting contradiction, Alaska flooding threat & more

6 mins; August 13, 2025

UPDATED: Trump-Putin summit, DC’s 30-day test, Covid-19 vaccine hurdles & more

6 mins; August 12, 2025

DC takeover meeting, BLS nominee on jobs report, Musk vs Apple & more

6 mins; August 12, 2025

Ukrainians panic, ‘dark money’ donations, Kodak could shutter & more

6 mins; August 12, 2025

Trump’s crime warning, inflation numbers, RFK Jr. resignation call & more

6 mins; August 12, 2025

DC takeover confusion, food stamp cuts, new Swift album & more

6 mins; August 12, 2025

DC mayor speaks, PA plant explosion, China tariff deadline extended & more

6 mins; August 11, 2025

Gazans mourn journalists, Tropical Storm Erin, almost-toxic-free coffee & more

6 mins; August 11, 2025

DC under federal control, Trump-Putin summit, marijuana classification & more

6 mins; August 11, 2025

Trump’s DC takeover, China chip negotiations, NASCAR celebration backfires & more

6 mins; August 11, 2025

Journalists killed in Gaza, Midwest flooding, Newsom v. Trump & more

6 mins; August 11, 2025

One Thing: How Vaccine Opt-Outs Could Put Classrooms at Risk

19 mins; August 10, 2025

5 Good Things: History at Home Plate: the MLB’s First Female Umpire

12 mins; August 09, 2025

Trump-Putin meeting, big 401(k) changes, Apollo 13 astronaut death & more

6 mins; August 08, 2025

DOJ probes NY AG, no TX quorum, university's funding fight & more

6 mins; August 08, 2025

Gaza plan pushback, grocery price stress, Superman joins ICE & more

6 mins; August 08, 2025

Global outcry over Gaza plan, TX redistricting stand-off, poisoned pasta & more.

6 mins; August 08, 2025

Gaza war expansion, Russia sanctions deadline, PA shooting & more

6 mins; August 08, 2025

Higher tariff rates, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction, ChatGPT upgrade & more

6 mins; August 07, 2025

Gaza takeover talks, markets weigh tariffs, FBI joins TX GOP & more

6 mins; August 07, 2025

Ft. Stewart soldiers honored, Trump’s new census, Alzheimer’s remedy & more

6 mins; August 07, 2025

Price rises, Colorado wildfires, Indiana redistricting & more

6 mins; August 07, 2025

Global tariffs begin, Trump-Putin meeting, JD Vance’s Epstein dinner & more

6 mins; August 07, 2025

Fort Stewart shooter identified, Apple’s investment, France’s biggest wildfire & more

6 mins; August 06, 2025

Fort Stewart shooting, India tariffs, ‘The Walking Dead’ actress dies & more

5 mins; August 06, 2025

US-Russia meeting, record tariff revenue, sex toy disruption & more

6 mins; August 06, 2025

Epstein strategy dinner, Diddy’s pardon request, 2028 Olympics testing & more

6 mins; August 06, 2025

Ghislaine Maxwell transcripts, Great Barrier Reef devastation, dark day remembered & more

6 mins; August 06, 2025

Maxwell’s opposition, heated town hall, NJ-NY earthquake & more

6 mins; August 05, 2025

CA redistricting, TN quadruple murder arrest, hefty hiker fine & more

5 mins; August 05, 2025

Maxwell-DOJ interview, US trade deficit, Titan submersible report & more

6 mins; August 05, 2025

Texas arrest warrants, Trump's big decisions, Olympics task force & more

6 mins; August 05, 2025

Gaza ‘full conquest’, $15,000 visa bonds, zoo’s unexpected request & more

6 mins; August 05, 2025

Abbott orders arrests, Witkoff’s Russia trip, manhunts underway & more

6 mins; August 04, 2025

TX redistricting drama, Gaza ceasefire impasse, hurricane season forecast & more

6 mins; August 04, 2025

Trump teases new hire, Musk's pay package, SC governor hopeful & more

6 mins; August 04, 2025

Democrats leave Texas, Social Security checks, '80s actor dies & more

6 mins; August 04, 2025

TX Dems leave state, Boeing workers strike, bar shooting manhunt & more

6 mins; August 04, 2025

One Thing: Why Trump’s EPA Wants to Ditch Its Most Powerful Pollution Tool

20 mins; August 03, 2025

5 Good Things: The Groundbreaking Surgery That Spanned Continents

14 mins; August 02, 2025

Trump fires commissioner, Montana’s deadly shooting, Carrie Bradshaw’s goodbye & more

6 mins; August 01, 2025

Stocks tumble, Ghislaine Maxwell moved, allergy medication dangers & more

6 mins; August 01, 2025

US Gaza visit, Trump PAC funding, cortisol cocktails & more

6 mins; August 01, 2025

Tariff reaction, Witkoff in Gaza, Boeing lawsuit & more

6 mins; August 01, 2025

Trump’s new tariffs, Kyiv death toll rises, storms impact millions & more

6 mins; August 01, 2025

Trump’s trade deadline, Witkoff’s second Gaza trip, Kamala Harris’ book & more

6 mins; July 31, 2025

Mexico tariffs pause, Trump urges Hamas surrender, amusement park ride snaps & more

6 mins; July 31, 2025

Consumer spending boost, student loan interest hike, radioactive wasp nest & more

6 mins; July 31, 2025

Tariffs' legal test, hiking deaths arrest, Trump boosts ratings & more

6 mins; July 31, 2025

Ukraine crisis deepens, turbulence injuries, drink mix-up & more

6 mins; July 31, 2025

Kamala Harris’ future, Colorado dentist verdict, Shannon Sharpe axed & more

6 mins; July 30, 2025

Interest rates held again, tsunami warnings ease, Ozzy Osbourne funeral & more

6 mins; July 30, 2025

Natural disaster satellite, Trump’s tariff deadline, sweet snack mashup & more

6 mins; July 30, 2025

Tsunami alerts, Biden aides testify, ‘Ozempic face’ & more

6 mins; July 30, 2025

Tsunami waves hit, Epstein poached Mar-a-Lago staff, Australia fights YouTube & more

6 mins; July 30, 2025

Trump on recognizing Palestine, China-US trade talks, NYC gunman details & more

6 mins; July 29, 2025

Search for NYC shooting motive, UK to recognize Palestine, consumer confidence boost & more

6 mins; July 29, 2025

NYC gunman, US snubs climate summit, first transcontinental railway & more

6 mins; July 29, 2025

Gaza famine warning, NYPD ‘hero' killed, Chicago legend dies & more

6 mins; July 29, 2025

New York shooting, storms and heat, Spirit Airlines downsizing & more

6 mins; July 29, 2025

Airdropped aid woes, NV casino shooting, Deion Sanders’ health & more

6 mins; July 28, 2025

‘Genocide’ in Gaza, Maxwell’s SCOTUS plea, broken heart study & more

6 mins; July 28, 2025

Trump on Gaza starvation, Maxwell pardon, 'Tesla Takedown' protest & more

6 mins; July 28, 2025

Gaza aid fears, Arkansas hikers killed, historic NASCAR win & more

6 mins; July 28, 2025

EU trade deal, Gaza aid trickles in, Trump wants Beyoncé prosecuted & more

6 mins; July 28, 2025

One Thing: Psychedelics in the Trump Era: From Counterculture...to Conservative?

21 mins; July 27, 2025

5 Good Things: Meet the Superhero Spreading Joy in All 50 States

15 mins; July 26, 2025

Gaza aid theft findings, Vallow Daybell sentenced, Super Bowl ticket fines & more

6 mins; July 25, 2025

Trump on Maxwell pardon, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ deportation flights, water park death & more

6 mins; July 25, 2025

Israel allows aid, Powell stays put, heat-induced aging & more

6 mins; July 25, 2025

Gaza’s ‘walking corpses’, Kansas City flooding, $1B FEMA cuts & more

6 mins; July 25, 2025

France will recognize Palestinian state, Ghislaine Maxwell meeting, South Park’s Trump episode & more

6 mins; July 25, 2025

DOJ-Maxwell meeting, Trump tours Fed renovation, Food Network star’s death & more

5 mins; July 24, 2025

Starvation in Gaza, Hulk Hogan dies, Uber's new feature & more

6 mins; July 24, 2025

DOJ meets Epstein associate, Gaza malnutrition rising, birthright citizenship ruling & more

6 mins; July 24, 2025

GOP's Epstein subpoena, NJ US attorney uncertainty, crash victims mixup & more

5 mins; July 24, 2025

Trump named in Epstein files, Thai airstrikes, Macrons sue Candace Owens & more

6 mins; July 24, 2025

Epstein files latest, thimerosal-free flu vaccines, Matthew Perry’s doctor & more

7 mins; July 23, 2025

Kohberger sentenced, climate reparations, Trump’s AI plan & more

6 mins; July 23, 2025

Gaza’s ‘horror show’, new Trump-Epstein photos, CNN Hero & more

6 mins; July 23, 2025

Gaza help drying up, student loan forgiveness paused, passport rankings & more

6 mins; July 23, 2025

Aid workers ‘wasting away’, Trump’s Epstein ties, Japan trade deal & more

6 mins; July 23, 2025

House’s Epstein measure, National Guard to help ICE, Target perk ending & more

6 mins; July 22, 2025

DOJ-Ghislaine Maxwell meeting, UNESCO withdrawal, Ozzy Osbourne dies & more

6 mins; July 22, 2025

Epstein associate meeting, FEMA resignation, Coca-Cola's new soda & more

6 mins; July 22, 2025

Gaza starvation deaths, American citizen executed, MLK Jr. files & more

6 mins; July 22, 2025

Breonna Taylor sentencing, organ donation concerns, pool drowning recall & more

6 mins; July 22, 2025

Trump v Harvard hearing, Epstein files House vote, Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies & more

6 mins; July 21, 2025

Polling on Trump’s 6 months, Gaza aid crisis, Skywest flight close call & more

6 mins; July 21, 2025

Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks, midterm maps, lucky lottery mistake & more

6 mins; July 21, 2025

Trump’s six months, Harvard’s legal battle, Airforce school crash & more

6 mins; July 21, 2025

Gaza aid killings, Trump threatens NFL team, Coldplay concert warning & more

6 mins; July 21, 2025

One Thing: Psychedelics in the Trump Era: A Veteran’s Road to Recovery

21 mins; July 20, 2025

5 Good Things: Chimps Loves Trends as Much as We Do

15 mins; July 19, 2025

Birthright citizenship, Trump signs crypto bill, TSA changes & more

6 mins; July 18, 2025

Dangerous flash flood risks, Bannon on WSJ story, paranormal investigator dies & more

6 mins; July 18, 2025

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