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FILE- Rohingya refugee children carry banners during a visit by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres at the Ukhiya camp in Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu, File)

Myanmar says over 300,000 Rohingya refugees verified for repatriation as exodus enters ninth year

10:47 PM on Friday, August 14

Myanmar’s military-backed government says it has verified that more than 300,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of western Rakhine state

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin speaks during a Labor Council meeting as part of the DNC Summer Meeting, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Joel Angel Juarez)

Democrats' early 2028 primary calendar set to prioritize Black and Latino voters, organized labor

9:01 PM on Friday, August 14

Democrats’ process for picking a 2028 presidential nominee will likely kick off in states where candidates will need to appeal to key supporters such as Black and Latino voters and union members

Israeli settlers put up an Israeli flag on a hilltop after it was taken down by Israeli and foreign peace activists during a protest in support of local landowners whose property is threatened with seizure by settlers, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Beit Sahour, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

There’s a reason why Israel has done little to rein in settler violence. It’s not just Netanyahu

9:00 PM on Friday, August 14

A dayslong standoff in the occupied West Bank points to Israel's reluctance to rein in settler violence against Palestinians

Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Dr. Anthony Fauci declines request to appear before a second Senate panel after GOP contempt vote

5:55 PM on Friday, August 14

Dr. Anthony Fauci has declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi lays flowers during her visit to the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery as the country marks the 81st anniversary of its surrender in the World War II, in Tokyo, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. (Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan's Takaichi skips controversial Yasukuni Shrine visit on anniversary of World War II surrender

3:54 PM on Friday, August 14

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has stayed away from Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine as the country marks the 81st anniversary of its World War II surrender

FILE - The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is displayed on a podium in Denver on Feb. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

US civil rights agency denies issuing order halting all federal class discrimination complaints

3:34 PM on Friday, August 14

A civil rights agency accused of halting a sexual harassment case filed on behalf of female prison guards is now blaming an administrative judge for doing so in error

FILE - The sun sets over a section of the border wall, June 18, 2025, in Mission, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Judge refuses to block Trump administration from building border wall along tribe's reservation

2:35 PM on Friday, August 14

A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation without its consent

FBI director Kash Patel speaks before President Donald Trump at the David Mack Center for Training and Intelligence, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Garden City, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Homicides dropped 18.1% in 2025 to the lowest rate since 1956, FBI says

2:09 PM on Friday, August 14

The homicide rate in the United States dropped to the lowest it’s been in 75 years

FILE - A portrait of President Donald Trump is displayed at the Justice Department building in Washington, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Appeals court sides with Trump in fight over subpoena of gender-affirming care provider

1:25 PM on Friday, August 14

A federal appeals court says President Donald Trump’s goal of ending gender-affirming care is not improper and cannot be the basis for quashing a subpoena

California lawmakers kill grizzly bear reintroduction bill

11:59 AM on Friday, August 14

Lawmakers have killed a plan that could have allowed grizzly bears to one day return to California

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump says USS Lincoln's record time at sea during Iran operations 'not nearly long enough'

11:34 AM on Friday, August 14

President Donald Trump is downplaying concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment in the Middle East

FILE - Sheryl Williams Stapleton, a former state House majority leader and APS employee, right, walks with her attorney Ahmad Assed, left, to make her first appearance in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Former high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico convicted in federal fraud case

11:12 AM on Friday, August 14

A New Mexico jury has found a former high-ranking Democratic legislator guilty of numerous federal charges stemming from a corruption investigation

Rescuers carry the body of a victim from the rubble four days after after an earthquake hit Pereira, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Brandon Pinto)

Hope reborn in Colombia as signs of life emerge under earthquake debris

9:15 AM on Friday, August 14

Colombia is grappling with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed at least 287 people and affected more than 100,000

White House Ballroom construction continues Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)

Trump asks Supreme Court to let White House ballroom construction continue during appeal

6:54 AM on Friday, August 14

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work

Army Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo shows photos of his wife, Maisa Lopes Eliaser, a Brazilian national who is detained by ICE, near the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center where she is currently held, in Basile, La., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Joseph Vidrine)

Wife of US soldier is removed from deportation flight and released from federal immigration custody

6:33 AM on Friday, August 14

The wife of a U.S. soldier has been released from federal immigration custody after spending more than a month detained, according to her family

Congress just passed a housing law that rewards states for reform — here’s why Colorado has a head start

5:38 AM on Friday, August 14

A police vehicle is parked on a sidewalk, on the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)

Vote counting suspended then restarted in Zambia election after attacks at polling stations

4:56 AM on Friday, August 14

Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended and then restarted under heightened security over reports of violence against election officials and the theft of ballot boxes

A man offers Taliban flags for sale ahead of celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the start of Taliban rule, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

Afghanistan marks 5 years under the Taliban with safer streets but pleas for jobs and education

2:00 AM on Friday, August 14

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are marking five years since regaining power

President Donald Trump attends the Patriot Games at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Trump focuses on violent crime reduction as he boosts GOP candidates at New York police academy

9:06 PM on Thursday, August 13

President Donald Trump has highlighted his record on crime and safety during a visit to New York, pivoting to one of his strongest issues as he looks to boost Republicans in battleground races ahead of the November midterms

FILE - Sailors and Marines line the deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as it deploys from San Diego, Jan. 3, 2021. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, File)

New aircraft carrier heads toward Mideast after reports of issues on long-deployed USS Lincoln

11:17 AM on Thursday, August 13

The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln

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