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9:45 PM on Friday, August 15

Death toll from flash floods in northwest Pakistan rises to 220 as rescuers retrieve 63 more bodies

9:08 PM on Friday, August 15

Thomas Edison and Henry Ford are famous for their innovations in electricity generation and automobiles respectively, but they were also at the forefront of a massively popular trend in Florida: Rich people from up north spending the cold winter months in the Sunshine State

9:03 PM on Friday, August 15

Months before New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was set to leave office, she has been indicted in what prosecutors allege was a yearslong scheme to conceal a romantic relationship with her bodyguard

9:01 PM on Friday, August 15

The left sees President Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of law enforcement in Washington as part of multifront march to autocracy

8:07 PM on Friday, August 15

Hurricane Erin strengthens to a Category 2 and is expected to continue rapidly intensifying, forecasters say

7:17 PM on Friday, August 15

The much-anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began with a warm welcome a military flyover but ended with a thud after the two leaders conceded they had failed to reach any agreements on how to end the Russia-Ukraine war

7:00 PM on Friday, August 15

A federal judge has denied the Trump administration's request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in federal custody

4:36 PM on Friday, August 15

A U.S. district judge has denied a request by a Native American tribe and environmentalists to stop the federal government from transferring land in Arizona for a massive copper mining project

3:10 PM on Friday, August 15

President Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the start of their summit in Alaska

1:52 PM on Friday, August 15

The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare if Congress does not act, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office

11:26 AM on Friday, August 15

Air Canada has canceled hundreds of flights — many of them international flights — as a potential strike by flight attendants looms

11:08 AM on Friday, August 15

A federal grand jury has indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell after a long corruption investigation

9:44 AM on Friday, August 15

Federal troops are patrolling the National Mall and neighborhoods across Washington while President Donald Trump’s administration exerts extraordinary power over law enforcement in the nation’s capital

5:53 AM on Friday, August 15

The Trump administration has reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D

5:31 AM on Friday, August 15

U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have not reached a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine

2:45 AM on Friday, August 15

Hurricane Erin has strengthened into a Category 2 storm as it approaches Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides

9:10 PM on Thursday, August 14

President Donald Trump has failed to secure an agreement from Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, falling short in his most significant move yet to stop the bloodshed, even after rolling out the red carpet for the man who started it

9:09 PM on Thursday, August 14

Democrats have unveiled a proposal that could give California’s dominant political party an additional five U.S. House seats in a bid to win the fight to control Congress next year

8:31 PM on Thursday, August 14

Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World War II

5:10 PM on Wednesday, August 13