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3:15 PM on Tuesday, August 12

An independent watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs says VA hospitals have reported an increase in severe staffing shortages

2:58 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Reports of a large great white shark near popular beaches in Maine have prompted a warning to beachgoers

2:21 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The Little League World Series features players from Venezuela who got visa exemptions to make the trip to central Pennsylvania, an American team that knocked off the defending champ and once-dominant Taiwan trying for a title run

2:15 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Wrexham striker Ollie Palmer has scored two goals in the space of a minute in stoppage time then converted one of the team’s penalties in its dramatic shootout win over Hull in the English League Cup

2:11 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A misdemeanor battery case against boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis has been dropped in South Florida

1:59 PM on Tuesday, August 12

South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to two fraud charges arising from a $40 billion cryptocurrency collapse

1:51 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Mexico is expelling 26 cartel figures wanted by US authorities in deal with the Trump administration

1:25 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Wide receiver and return specialist Rondale Moore will miss another season because of a knee injury

12:54 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A Guatemalan judge has convicted six former officials in connection with the deaths of 41 girls in a 2017 fire at a youth facility with a history of abuse

12:26 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Known for her role as Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What's Happening

12:25 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce has surged into the Champions League qualifying playoffs by rallying strongly against Robin van Persie-coached Feyenoord

12:04 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The U.S. government has sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in eastern Congo

12:04 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”

12:00 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The Trump administration's new human rights reports for countries worldwide eliminate mentions of discrimination faced by LGBTQ people and reduce a previous focus on reproductive rights

9:45 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive activist Beto O'Rourke in contempt

8:01 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Police body camera footage shows desperate parents begging law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire

7:27 AM on Tuesday, August 12

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines

4:09 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Epic Games has won a partial victory in an Australian court against Google and Apple

4:01 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Just hours after being left out of Paris Saint-Germain’s squad for Wednesday’s UEFA Super Cup final against Tottenham, star goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma posted a message saying he is leaving the club

9:21 PM on Monday, August 11

The U.S. stock market rallied to records after data suggested inflation across the country was a touch better last month than economists expected