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A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above desert pine trees on Aug. 13, 2015, in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area in Nevada.

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The highly anticipated Perseid meteor shower is about to peak. Here's how to watch

The meteor shower creates an opportunity to sit outside at night and watch shooting stars. It's also an opportunity for researchers to do some science.

August 08, 2024
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Since the new FAFSA launched on Dec. 30, 2023, the form has only been available for short periods of time. That changed this week. On Tuesday, the U.S. Education Department said applicants will now have 24-hour access.

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  • Education

The rollout for the updated FAFSA application has been delayed — again

The availability of last year's application, and subsequently students' aid packages, was delayed several times while the Department of Education worked to update the form.

August 08, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
This photo provided by NASA shows Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked to the Harmony module's forward port on July 3, seen from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to the adjacent port.

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  • Space

NASA delays next crew launch to buy time at the space station for troubled Starliner

Starliner's test pilots, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, should have returned by mid-June. NASA is weighing its options for returning the two, including a ride home in a rival SpaceX capsule.

August 08, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, right, talks to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in his Las Vegas office in this May 2022 photo.

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  • Law

Trial set for Monday for an ex-politician accused of killing a Las Vegas reporter

Jury selection is to begin Monday and the judge is expected to rule on a motion that would dismiss the case against a former county official accused of killing investigative journalist Jeff German.

August 08, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Ashleigh Johnson in the women's quarterfinal match between Hungary and the United States on day 11 of the Olympics.

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  • Sports

Ashleigh Johnson is a water polo champion. She might lead the U.S. to another gold

Ashleigh Johnson is one of the best water polo goalkeepers in the world. Can she guide the U.S. women's team to another Olympic gold?

August 08, 2024
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  • Christopher Intagliata,
  • Juana Summers,
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Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, a U.S. senator from Ohio, speaks during a press conference at the Shelby Township Police Department on Wednesday in Shelby, Mich.

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  • Elections

As Democrats barnstorm battleground states, so does JD Vance

While Vice President Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are rallying supporters in swing states, Republican presidential nominee JD Vance is following them to push back on their policies.

August 07, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John's, Newfoundland, on June 28, 2023.

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  • World

Family of explorer who died in Titan submersible sues Oceangate for more than $50M

French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage to the famed Titanic wreck site in the North Atlantic in June 2023.

August 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Quincy Hall celebrates winning the gold medal for the U.S. after competing in the Men's 400m final on Wednesday at Stade de France at the Paris Summer Olympics.

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  • Sports

Quincy Hall wins the Olympic 400-meter race, bringing gold back to the U.S.

For decades, the U.S. dominated the men's 400-meter race, one of the most difficult and prestigious events at any Olympic Games. But no American man had won gold since 2008 — until Wednesday.

August 07, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus heads back to Bangladesh from Paris after his country's revolution in August. He is now the country's interim leader.

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  • World

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is returning to Bangladesh to lead interim government

The Nobel Peace laureate known for fighting poverty returns to Bangladesh Thursday to begin leading an interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India earlier this week.

August 07, 2024
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  • Diaa Hadid
Taylor Swift performs onstage during the European leg of her Eras Tour on July 5 in Amsterdam.

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  • Music

Taylor Swift is back at No. 1, for her lucky 13th week

After a short vacation from the pinnacle of the albums chart, Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department reclaims the throne in a week filled with names and sounds that are awfully familiar.

August 07, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Darryl George of Mont Belvieu, Texas, faced multiple suspensions for not cutting his hair.

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  • National

Judge rules against majority of claims in Black student's hair discrimination case

Darryl George's fight to wear his natural hair first began last summer.

August 07, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
Then-Minnesota Democratic Rep. Tim Walz and his son Gus Walz celebrate while entering his election night party in August 2018 in St. Paul, Minn. Walz won the night's primary and went on to be elected governor.

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  • National

'Midwestern Nice' and 'Fun Dad' posts abound after Tim Walz is named VP pick

Walz's Midwestern-dad humor has endeared Harris supporters to the Minnesota governor and father of two, whose national visibility has been on the rise since Harris took over the Democratic ticket.

August 07, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, pictured at a campaign rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday, is getting attention for a law he signed last year requiring public schools to provide free period products.

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  • Politics

Why Republicans are calling Walz 'Tampon Tim' — and why Democrats embrace it

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a law last year requiring public schools to provide period products "to all menstruating students" in grades 4-12. Some Republicans are now criticizing him for it.

August 07, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
In 2023, after two decades in the rap game, Killer Mike turned a page in his career with the highly autobiographical album <em>Michael</em>, which won him multiple trophies at the Grammy awards, where he was arrested backstage. On his new follow-up, <em>Songs For Sinners and Saints</em> he reworks several songs from <em>Michael</em> by reaching even deeper back into the church music of his childhood.

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  • Music

The gospel according to Michael

On his latest album, the Atlanta rapper, who swept the hip-hop prizes at this year's Grammys, continues to turn personal turmoil into testimony.

August 07, 2024
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  • Rodney Carmichael
Acts range from family-friendly slapstick to edgy stand-up at the four-day comedy festival put on by The National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y. — that's the birthplace of <em>I Love Lucy </em>star Lucille Ball, who was born Aug. 6, 1911.

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  • Television

Lucille Ball’s hometown is a comedy destination. No joke

Acts range from family-friendly slapstick to edgy standup at the four-day comedy event held in Jamestown, N.Y., home of the I Love Lucy star.

August 07, 2024
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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