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Flowers and toys are placed on the junction of Tithebarn Road and Hart Street in Southport, England, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, after three girls killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club on Monday.

UK leader accuses far right of hijacking a town’s grief after killing of 3 children sparks violence

Flowers and toys are placed on the junction of Tithebarn Road and Hart Street in Southport, England, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, after three girls killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club on Monday.

July 31, 2024, 8:48am Nation & World

Residents swept up broken bricks, shattered glass and burnt plastic on Wednesday after far-right protesters clashed with police outside a mosque in a northwest England town where three girls were fatally stabbed. Read story

FILE - Law enforcement officers respond to Santa Fe High School after an active shooter was reported on campus in Santa Fe, Texas, May 18, 2018. A lawsuit accusing the parents of a former Texas high school student of negligence for not securing weapons he allegedly used in a 2018 shooting at his campus that killed 10 people was set to go before a jury on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Trial to begin in lawsuit filed against accused attacker’s parents over Texas school shooting

FILE - Law enforcement officers respond to Santa Fe High School after an active shooter was reported on campus in Santa Fe, Texas, May 18, 2018. A lawsuit accusing the parents of a former Texas high school student of negligence for not securing weapons he allegedly used in a 2018 shooting at his campus that killed 10 people was set to go before a jury on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

July 31, 2024, 8:45am Nation & World

A lawsuit accusing the parents of a former Texas high school student of negligence for not securing weapons he allegedly used in a 2018 shooting at his campus that killed 10 people was set to go before a jury on Wednesday. Read story

The CDC’s test for bird flu works, but it has issues

July 31, 2024, 8:45am Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a glitch in its bird flu test hasn’t harmed the agency’s outbreak response. But it has ignited scrutiny of its go-it-alone approach in testing for emerging pathogens. Read story

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally at Radford University, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Radford, Va.

VP nominee Vance a likely no-show for kid tax break vote

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally at Radford University, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Radford, Va.

July 31, 2024, 8:40am Nation & World

Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, may not be fond of “childless cat ladies,” but he’s almost certain to skip a vote this week on legislation to expand the child tax credit. Read story

FILE - Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.  U.S. authorities say border arrests during July have plummeted to a new low for Joe Biden&rsquo;s presidency, raising prospects that a temporary ban on asylum may be lifted soon. The Border Patrol is expected to arrest migrants about 57,000 times during the month, down about 30% from June and the lowest tally since September 2020, when COVID-19 slowed movement across many borders.

US-Mexico border arrests are expected to drop 30% in July to a new low for Biden’s presidency

FILE - Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.  U.S. authorities say border arrests during July have plummeted to a new low for Joe Biden&rsquo;s presidency, raising prospects that a temporary ban on asylum may be lifted soon. The Border Patrol is expected to arrest migrants about 57,000 times during the month, down about 30% from June and the lowest tally since September 2020, when COVID-19 slowed movement across many borders.

July 31, 2024, 8:39am Nation & World

United States-Mexico border arrests have plummeted about 30% in July to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency, U.S. authorities said, raising prospects that a temporary ban on asylum may be lifted soon. Read story

UN report says Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7 faced torture, mistreatment

July 31, 2024, 8:36am Nation & World

The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, dogs set on them, and other forms of torture and mistreatment. Read story

Zac Drown, of Lyndon Electric Company, clears debris amid flood damage in Lyndon, Vt., Tuesday, July 30, 2024.

Governor calls on flood-weary Vermonters to ‘stick together’ with more thunderstorms on the horizon

Zac Drown, of Lyndon Electric Company, clears debris amid flood damage in Lyndon, Vt., Tuesday, July 30, 2024.

July 31, 2024, 8:35am Nation & World

Weeks after Jason Pilbin witnessed a driver get swept away by floodwaters, his northeastern Vermont community was ravaged again by flooding from heavy rains. Read story

Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake holds up a binder of Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego&rsquo;s voting record, Lake&rsquo;s opponent in the upcoming general election, while speaking after being declared the primary winner Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D.

Kari Lake wins GOP primary for closely watched Arizona Senate race, will face Gallego in November

Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake holds up a binder of Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego&rsquo;s voting record, Lake&rsquo;s opponent in the upcoming general election, while speaking after being declared the primary winner Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D.

July 31, 2024, 8:34am Nation & World

Kari Lake won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona on Tuesday, setting up a fierce battle against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego for a seat that could be crucial to deciding Senate control. Read story

FILE - Khalil al-Hayya, a high-ranking Hamas official who has represented the Palestinian militant group in negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 24, 2024.

The war in Gaza might complicate Haniyeh’s replacement. Here are the possible contenders

FILE - Khalil al-Hayya, a high-ranking Hamas official who has represented the Palestinian militant group in negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 24, 2024.

July 31, 2024, 8:33am Nation & World

The militant Palestinian group Hamas has a history of swift and smooth replacement of fallen leaders killed in Israeli airstrikes. Read story

FILE - A person holds up a sign as abortion-rights activists and Women&rsquo;s March leaders protest as part of a national day of strike actions outside the Supreme Court, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Washington. A growing number of women said they&rsquo;ve tried to end their pregnancies on their own by doing things like taking herbs, drinking alcohol or even hitting themselves in the belly, a new study suggests. Researchers surveyed reproductive-age women in the U.S. before and after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

More women are ending pregnancies on their own, a new study suggests. Some resort to unsafe methods

FILE - A person holds up a sign as abortion-rights activists and Women&rsquo;s March leaders protest as part of a national day of strike actions outside the Supreme Court, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Washington. A growing number of women said they&rsquo;ve tried to end their pregnancies on their own by doing things like taking herbs, drinking alcohol or even hitting themselves in the belly, a new study suggests. Researchers surveyed reproductive-age women in the U.S. before and after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

July 31, 2024, 8:27am Health

A growing number of women said they’ve tried to end their pregnancies on their own by doing things like taking herbs, drinking alcohol or even hitting themselves in the belly, a new study suggests. Read story