August 6, 2024, 10:09pm Nation & World
An outburst of flooding from a lake dammed by Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier damaged at least an estimated 100 homes in what has become a perennial hazard for nearby neighborhoods. Read story
August 6, 2024, 5:18pm Nation & World
Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader in a dramatic sign of the power of the Palestinian militant group’s hardline wing after his predecessor was killed in a presumed Israeli strike in Iran. Read story
August 6, 2024, 4:58pm Latest News
Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with her decision, after a breakneck selection process that began barely two weeks ago when she suddenly became the likely nominee. Read story
August 6, 2024, 4:00pm Nation & World
A Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, the Justice Department said Tuesday in disclosing what officials say is the latest murder-for-hire plot originating from abroad to target American public figures. Read story
August 6, 2024, 3:55pm Nation & World
NASA is delaying its next astronaut launch to buy more time at the International Space Station for Boeing’s troubled new crew capsule. Read story
August 6, 2024, 3:51pm Life
Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet tall — earning them the nickname “hobbits.” Read story
August 6, 2024, 1:10pm Nation & World
Noah Lyles wasted no time. After winning the 100 meters at the Paris Olympics, he promptly declared what he wanted the most as the newly anointed Fastest Man Alive. Read story
August 6, 2024, 10:17am Latest News
Like most self-respecting Parisians, Mathilde Joannard and Franck Tallieu had been training for the Olympic sport of Olympics-bashing. Read story
August 6, 2024, 9:14am Entertainment
It’s Taylor Swift’s world, and the MTV Video Music Award nominations are the latest proof. Read story
August 6, 2024, 8:59am Nation & World
Northern Florida, the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina and parts of North Carolina are bracing for severe rain and catastrophic flooding this week as the Debby storm system moves up and east. Read story
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