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7:50 AM on Friday, August 15

Hurricane Erin forms in the Atlantic on track to bring heavy rains and swells to parts of the Caribbean, forecasters say

7:40 AM on Friday, August 15

A spokesperson for emergency services says the death toll from flash floods in northwest Pakistan has jumped to 157

5:52 AM on Friday, August 15

Washington files lawsuit challenging Trump's federal police takeover after his administration moves to intensify control

5:34 AM on Friday, August 15

Retail sales rose 0.5% in July from June particularly in autos as spending remains solid even in a tariff environment

5:13 AM on Friday, August 15

President Donald Trump is attempting to reshape college admissions according to his definition of merit, with an emphasis on test scores and a blind eye toward diversity

4:46 AM on Friday, August 15

Shares of UnitedHealth Group are surging before the market open Friday as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it recently purchased shares of the beleaguered insurer

4:06 AM on Friday, August 15

The human ancestor fossil known as Lucy has left Ethiopia for display in a European museum

4:00 AM on Friday, August 15

Official says at least 56 killed in flash floods in Pakistan’s northwestern Buner district

3:07 AM on Friday, August 15

Hezbollah's leader has vowed not to disarm, saying the Lebanese government's decision to remove its weapons by the end of the year serves Israel's interests

12:08 AM on Friday, August 15

Officials in Pakistan say flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 49 people in the northwest and elsewhere in the country over the past 24 hours

12:02 AM on Friday, August 15

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains kill at least 49 people in northwestern Pakistan, officials say

11:44 PM on Thursday, August 14

A senior lawyer in Australia has apologized to a judge for using AI-generated fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments in a murder case

10:53 PM on Thursday, August 14

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Pakistan that India will punish its archrival neighbor if there are future attacks on India

10:24 PM on Thursday, August 14

Plastic pollution treaty talks are ending in Geneva with no agreement

10:02 PM on Thursday, August 14

Days before the leaders of Russia and the U.S. hold a summit meeting in Alaska, Moscow’s forces breached Ukrainian lines in a series of infiltrations this week in the country’s industrial heartland of Donetsk

9:05 PM on Thursday, August 14

Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip 20 years ago, dismantling 21 Jewish settlements and pulling out its forces

8:48 PM on Thursday, August 14

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach

4:01 PM on Thursday, August 14

Former Delaware governor and congressman Mike Castle has died at 86

5:57 AM on Thursday, August 14

Thousands of anti-government protesters are back on the streets of Serbia after two days of clashes with loyalists of populist President Aleksandar Vucic and riot police that left dozens injured or detained

2:51 AM on Thursday, August 14

Flash floods caused by torrential rains in Indian-controlled Kashmir have left at least 56 people