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Wave-riding canines compete in the World Dog Surfing ChampionshipsAbout 15 to 20 canine wave riders are set to vie for top dog in the World Dog Surfing Championships outside San Francisco this weekend
FILE – Charlie Surfs Up barks as he is pushed through the breakers by Jeff Nieboer in the second heat of very large dogs during the World Dog Surfing Championships, on Aug. 3, 2024, in Pacifica, Calif. (AP Photo/Eakin Howard, File)

Canada wildfire smoke brings unhealthy air to large swaths of the MidwestAir quality alerts were in effect in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.

After a reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from a history museum, complex questions echoThe Smithsonian’s removal of a reference to the 2019 and 2021 impeachments of President Donald Trump from a panel in an exhibition about the American presidency comes in the wake of Trump administration actions like removing the name of a gay rights ac…
FILE – People visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Appeals court keeps order blocking Trump administration from indiscriminate immigration sweepsA federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s temporary order blocking the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Southern California
FILE – People wait outside of Glass House Farms, a day after an immigration raid on the facility, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Trump says ‘nobody has asked’ him to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell – but he has ‘right to do it’

Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend have pressed the US president to pardon her, with pressure mounting on his administration to be more transparent about the case.
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Trump and Epstein at a party together in 1992. Pic: NBC News

Hurricane Gil has formed in the eastern PacificHurricane Gil has formed in the eastern Pacific

It’s Trump’s economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signsPresident Donald Trump’s economic policies are facing scrutiny as weak indicators emerge
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before walking across the South Lawn of the White House to board Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

How an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting Republicans left investors and politicians reelingThe fallout from a failed Georgia lender doesn’t just include small investors but goes right to the top of Republican politics in Georgia and Alabama
Michael Tinney, an investor in First Liberty Building & Loan, discusses his likely investment losses at his real estate office in Cedartown, Ga., on Tuesday, July 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Rural US high schools are offering more college-level classes, but college can still be a tough sellAmerica’s rural high school students are less likely to go to college than their urban and suburban peers
Devon Wells, a junior at Perry Central High School, walks across Halo Farms, where he works, on March 12, 2025, in Perry, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lauren Petracca)

A Tunisian musician was detained in LA after living in US for a decade. His doctor wife speaks outFederal immigration agents detained a Tunisian man in Southern California who had a pending green card application
Fellow musicians of Rami Othmane, a Tunisian man detained at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, perform during a rally outside the facility in Los Angeles Friday, July 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)