An Air Seychelles plane carrying Israelis has returned to Tel Aviv after making an emergency stop in Saudi Arabia due to an electrical malfunction.
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Texas drought exposes resting place of five sunken World War I ships in Neches River
A man who grew up on the Neches River was searching the low water near Beaumont when he found five sunken ships.
‘Kind of used to it:’ Not everyone chooses to flee possible monster Hurricane Idalia
Residents are preparing for Hurricane Idalia’s landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday as authorities urge vulnerable communities to leave.
Wildfire in Tiger Island Louisiana burns on after leveling 30,000 acres of land
“Nobody alive in Louisiana has ever seen these conditions,” Edwards said over the weekend after the acreage destroyed by the fire doubled.
10 drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations as Biden pitches cost reductions
President Joe Biden celebrates a new phase of his administration’s efforts to lower medical costs, by saying “we’re going to keep standing up to Big Pharma.” Officials announced the first 10 drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations. (Aug. 29)
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Grad student charged with murder in shooting of University of North Carolina faculty member
A Ph.D. student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was arrested and charged with murder after an hourslong lockdown Monday.
Florida braces for ‘extremely dangerous’ storm as Hurricane Idalia closes in: Live updates
Hurricane Idalia was forecast to grow stronger as it drives a potentially deadly storm surge toward the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf coast.
Brother of Jacksonville victim A.J. Laguerre remembers his life after racist shooting
Brother mourns Jacksonville victim A.J. Laguerre after he was killed in a hate-driven shooting at a Dollar General where he worked.
More than 150 bats found inside Utah high school as students returned from summer break
Wildlife officials found more than 150 bats inside a Utah high school and about 600 outside as students returned to class from summer break.
Colombians take to streets in motorcycles, cars and buses to protest gas price increase
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Bogota to protest recent hikes in gas prices that have drastically increased the cost of fuel in Colombia. (August 29) (AP Video/Marko Alvarez)