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In this photo provided by the National Police of Ukraine on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, a residential house is seen on fire after Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

Ukraine says F-16s shot down some missiles in latest Russian barrage that killed 5

In this photo provided by the National Police of Ukraine on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, a residential house is seen on fire after Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

August 27, 2024, 10:31am Nation & World

Russia fired a barrage of dozens of missiles and drones across Ukraine for a second day on Tuesday, including some that Ukraine’s president said were shot down by Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets before they reached their targets. Read story

Roberto Garcia and his wife Maria Garcia pause for a picture after dropping their two children off for their first day of school in East Los Angeles on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.

A judge pauses key Biden immigration program. Immigrant families struggle to figure out what to do.

Roberto Garcia and his wife Maria Garcia pause for a picture after dropping their two children off for their first day of school in East Los Angeles on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.

August 27, 2024, 10:28am Nation & World

Maria García began the week full of hope. Swinging by the office of her attorney in Los Angeles, she dropped off required paperwork for the Biden administration's new immigration policy that could finally give her husband, Roberto, legal residency as the spouse of an American citizen. Read story

Jury to resume deliberating in trial of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas reporter

August 27, 2024, 10:26am Nation & World

A jury resumes deliberations Tuesday in the trial of a former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician accused of killing an investigative journalist prosecutors say he blamed for writing stories that destroyed his career, ruined his reputation and threatened his marriage. Read story

Two-year-old cockapoo Annie eyes an an escaped water buffalo on the lam from police Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in the Des Moines suburb of Pleasant Hill, Iowa.

An injured and angry water buffalo is on the loose in Iowa

Two-year-old cockapoo Annie eyes an an escaped water buffalo on the lam from police Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in the Des Moines suburb of Pleasant Hill, Iowa.

August 27, 2024, 9:48am Nation & World

A water buffalo is on the loose in an Iowa town, and police are warning people that it is injured and aggressive. Read story

It’s official, the census says: Gay male couples like San Francisco. Lesbians like the Berkshires

August 27, 2024, 9:48am Nation & World

Gay male couples tend to gravitate toward big cities on the U.S. coasts, while lesbian couples tend to prefer smaller, more pastoral cities or towns, according to 2020 census figures that reinforce some preconceived notions about LGBTQ+ communities in the U.S. Read story

Joshua Zimmerman, who escaped from a Mississippi courthouse and is wanted on murder and armed robbery charges, is  taken into custody following a standoff with police at a restaurant in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024.

Ex-jailer in Mississippi is charged in escape of inmate who had standoff with Chicago police

Joshua Zimmerman, who escaped from a Mississippi courthouse and is wanted on murder and armed robbery charges, is  taken into custody following a standoff with police at a restaurant in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024.

August 27, 2024, 9:34am Nation & World

A former employee of a Mississippi jail has been arrested and charged in the June escape of Joshua Zimmerman, an inmate who fled to Chicago and was captured there last week after a 15-hour standoff with police at a restaurant just blocks from the Democratic National Convention. Read story

FILE - Visitors stand near a 1921 statue of the Wampanoag leader Massasoit, center, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, on Cole&rsquo;s Hill, in Plymouth, Mass. The town of Plymouth announced Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, that it&rsquo;s closing public outdoor recreation facilities from dusk until dawn each day after a horse in the town was infected with eastern equine encephalitis.

EEE, West Nile, malaria: Know the difference between these mosquito-borne diseases

FILE - Visitors stand near a 1921 statue of the Wampanoag leader Massasoit, center, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, on Cole&rsquo;s Hill, in Plymouth, Mass. The town of Plymouth announced Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, that it&rsquo;s closing public outdoor recreation facilities from dusk until dawn each day after a horse in the town was infected with eastern equine encephalitis.

August 27, 2024, 9:33am Health

The world’s deadliest animal can be squashed flat with a quick slap: It’s the mosquito. Read story

FILE - Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, speaks at a campaign rally, June 6, 2024, in Phoenix.

Hearing over whether to dismiss charges in Arizona fake electors case stretches into second day

FILE - Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, speaks at a campaign rally, June 6, 2024, in Phoenix.

August 27, 2024, 9:33am Nation & World

A hearing on whether to dismiss charges against Republicans accused of scheming to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential race in Arizona will stretch into a second day Tuesday. Read story

A Syrian journalist who reports for international agencies is arrested by Turkish-backed authorities

August 27, 2024, 9:05am Nation & World

A local journalist in rebel-held northwestern Syria who works with international news agencies was arrested by Turkish-backed authorities, his wife and rights groups said Tuesday. Read story

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the President Masoud Pezeshkian&rsquo;s administration, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024.

Iran’s supreme leader opens door to negotiations with United States over Tehran’s nuclear program

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the President Masoud Pezeshkian&rsquo;s administration, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024.

August 27, 2024, 9:01am Nation & World

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader opened the door Tuesday to renewed negotiations with the United States over his country’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, telling its civilian government there was “no harm” in engaging with its “enemy.” Read story