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Sherrod Brown, Ohio’s highest-profile Democrat, expected to seek a return to the US Senate in 2026

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio's best-known Democrat, is expected to make another run for the U.S. Senate next year, giving Democrats a likely boost as they wage an uphill ...

Aug 12, 2025

Suspect in Target store shooting fired randomly, police say

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A man who opened fire at a Target store parking lot in Texas shot randomly, killing a grandfather and his 4-year-old granddaughter, police said Tuesday. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UP...

Aug 12, 2025

Ice dam at Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater toward downstream homes

A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be...

Aug 12, 2025

Zelenskyy says Putin wants the rest of Ukraine's Donetsk region as part of a ceasefire

BRUSSELS (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to withdraw from the remaining 30% of the Donetsk region that Ukraine controls ...

Aug 12, 2025

South Korean court orders arrest of wife of jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol as investigators seek to charge her over various suspected crimes, inc...

Aug 12, 2025

CDC shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Georgia investigators say

ATLANTA (AP) - The man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into a locked safe to get his father's weapons and...

Aug 12, 2025

DeSantis picks state Sen. Jay Collins to be Florida’s lieutenant governor

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped Republican state Sen. Jay Collins to be his next lieutenant governor. It's a closely watched appointment by the two-term governor, who can...

Aug 12, 2025

Uvalde school district releases records for 2022 classroom shooting, after legal fight over access

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - School officials in Uvalde, Texas, on Monday released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 attack at Robb Elementary School, following a...

Aug 11, 2025

Police say 2 dead in a shooting at a Target in Austin, Texas, and a suspect has been detained

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Two people were killed Monday in a shooting at a Target store in Austin, Texas, and a suspect has been detained, police said. Austin police said in a post on the social platform X...

Aug 11, 2025

Trump suggests he'll know if Putin wants a peace deal with Ukraine soon into their meeting

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday that he expected to determine mere moments into his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week whether it would be possible to work out a...

Aug 11, 2025