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7:02 AM on Thursday, August 14

Florida plans to open 2nd immigration detention center that officials are calling 'Deportation Depot'

6:12 AM on Thursday, August 14

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month

5:43 AM on Thursday, August 14

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell modestly last week, remaining in the historically low range since the U.S. economy emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic

5:33 AM on Thursday, August 14

U.S. applications for jobless benefits dip to 224,000 and stay within the historically low range of recent years.

5:32 AM on Thursday, August 14

US producer prices surged last month, rising 0.9% from June and 3.3% from a year ago as Trump’s tariff push costs higher

5:13 AM on Thursday, August 14

The United States is discussing the possible deployment of more missile launchers to the Philippines to strengthen deterrence against aggression in the disputed South China Sea and other security hotspots, but no final decision has been reached by both sides

4:37 AM on Thursday, August 14

Death toll in flash floods rises to at least 32, says disaster management official in Indian-controlled Kashmir

3:02 AM on Thursday, August 14

New York’s legal marijuana agency allowed dozens of cannabis dispensaries to open too close to schools after regulators misread state law and are now pushing for a legislative fix to prevent the pot shops from having to relocate

3:00 AM on Thursday, August 14

A U.N.-backed commission has found widespread and systematic violence against civilians in Syria's coastal region

2:29 AM on Thursday, August 14

(CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously carried a dateline of MAALE ADUMIM, Israel. The dateline should be MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank.)

10:19 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates

9:42 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Florida has moved the education of students in juvenile detention online, despite evidence that many students struggled with online school during the pandemic

9:33 PM on Wednesday, August 13

South Korea’s Supreme Court has rejected a 30 million won damage claim by an American composer who accused a South Korean kids content company of plagiarizing his version of “Baby Shark.”

9:21 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The Olympics’ newest rowing competition is a beach run, a coastal row and a music party rolled into one

9:15 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Florida shifted to virtual learning for youth in juvenile detention — and parents and students say it's been a disaster

6:27 PM on Wednesday, August 13

First lady Melania Trump is demanding that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein

6:13 PM on Wednesday, August 13

An official says three sheriff's deputies injured in gunfire while executing warrants in southern Virginia were shaken up but are “OK."

5:19 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Authorities say a Texas school bus carrying more than 40 students rolled over after veering off a rural road on the first day of class, injuring multiple students

5:08 PM on Wednesday, August 13

2:28 PM on Wednesday, August 13

The leader of the small Baha’i community in Qatar has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges alleging that posts on Baha’i social media accounts “cast doubt on the foundations of the Islamic religion."