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FILE - Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley talks during a news conference at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in the West Carson area of Los Angeles, Feb. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Legal claim by ex-Los Angeles fire chief alleges mayor orchestrated smear campaign after her ouster

6:23 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has filed a legal claim against the city, alleging that her dismissal by Mayor Karen Bass was followed by a smear campaign

The parent of a child lost to the recent flooding in Kerr County wears a 'Heaven's 27' button during a Texas Senate hearing at the Texas Capitol, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Parents of kids swept away in Texas floods beg lawmakers to protect future campers

5:26 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Parents of the 27 campers and counselors killed when floodwaters rushed through a girl's summer camp in the Texas Hill Country pleaded with lawmakers to pass a bill that would boost camp safety

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee poses for a photo during an interview in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Huckabee blames Europe for stalled Gaza talks, highlighting a growing Western divide

3:24 PM on Wednesday, August 20

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says he blames a recent breakdown in Gaza ceasefire talks on the decision by some European leaders to recognize Palestinian statehood

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins speaks at a Senate campaign event on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Jackson, Ga. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Mike Collins argues he can unite Georgia GOP in challenge to Democratic US Sen. Jon Ossoff

3:13 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins is seeking to unite President Donald Trump’s base with traditional business conservatives in his bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026

FILE - Heavy machinery used to mine gold dot an open pit on the outskirts of Santa Rosa, Bolivia, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Bolivia will choose a new president but environmental activists see little hope of progress

2:55 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Bolivia heads into an Oct. 19 runoff between centrist Rodrigo Paz Pereira and right-wing ex-president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga after nearly 20 years of socialist rule

Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

1:37 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A federal judge in New York who presided over the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein has rejected the government’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts

US sanctions more ICC judges, prosecutors for probes into alleged American, Israeli war crimes

12:38 PM on Wednesday, August 20

The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on the International Criminal Court for pursuing investigations into U.S. and Israeli officials for alleged war crimes

FILE - Rhinosaurus breeder John Hume poses for photographs at the Gala Premiere of Trophy, a documentary about the complex industry of big-game hunting and conservation in Africa and the U.S, at a central London cinema, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

South African breeder is accused of $14 million rhino horn smuggling ring

11:39 AM on Wednesday, August 20

South African prosecutors have accused a well-known rhino breeder of operating a global rhino horn smuggling network alongside five other people

FILE - Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook, speaks during a conversations with leaders from organizations that include nonprofits, small businesses, manufacturing, supply chain management, the hospitality industry, and the housing and education sectors at the Federal Reserve building, Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Federal Reserve official says she won't be 'bullied' by Trump into resigning

11:09 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook late Wednesday said she wouldn’t leave her post after Trump on social media called on her to resign over an accusation from one his officials that she committed mortgage fraud

Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski launched her bid for lieutenant governor on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski launches bid for lieutenant governor

11:02 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Wisconsin Democratic Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski has announced her candidacy for lieutenant governor in 2026

Police secure the area of a cornfield where an unidentified flying object has crashed and exploded in the country's east in Osiny, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo)

Poland calls a drone crash in the country's east a Russian provocation amid peace talks

8:16 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Poland’s Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz says that a flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland has been identified as a Russian drone

In this photo, released by the Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar, right, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, center, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi jointly shake hands prior to their trilateral summit, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Pakistan, China and Afghanistan hold high-level meeting in Kabul to boost cooperation

7:12 AM on Wednesday, August 20

Top diplomats from Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan have met in Kabul to boost political and economic cooperation

In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, a Russian T-80BVM tank fires towards Ukrainian positions in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

NATO defense chiefs hold 'candid discussion' on security guarantees for Ukraine

5:19 AM on Wednesday, August 20

NATO defense chiefs have discussed potential security guarantees for Ukraine to help end Russia's three-year war

FILE - A group of climbers unfurl a trans pride flag on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on May 20, 2025. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Ranger fired for hanging transgender flag in Yosemite and park visitors may face prosecution

9:23 PM on Tuesday, August 19

A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan, and some visitors to the California park face potential prosecution for participating in a demonstration

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