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Ahead of big sports weekend, dispute with Disney leaves millions of cable subscribers in...

A company representing nearly 15 million cable subscribers and The Walt Disney Co. blamed each other Friday for a dispute that has cut off Disney-owned stations to viewers on the eve of a big sports weekend for U.S. Open tennis and college football fans.

Think you saw a UFO? The Pentagon wants to hear from you

The world’s largest military says it’s serious about investigating unexplained objects in America’s skies and will ask service members — and eventually ordinary people — to submit what they think might be alien sightings.

Bob Barker, dapper ‘Price Is Right’ host, dies at 99

A publicist says popular game show host Bob Barker, a household name for a half-century as host of "Truth or Consequences" and "The Price Is Right," has died at his home in Los Angeles. Barker was 99.

US sues SpaceX, alleging discrimination against hiring asylees and refugees

Elon Musk's SpaceX discriminated against asylees and refugees by discouraging them from applying for jobs and by refusing to consider or hire them because of their citizenship status, the Justice Department alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday.

Mug shot of Donald Trump during speedy booking at Atlanta jail shows scowling former...

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump surrendered Thursday on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, a brisk 20-minute booking that yielded a historic first: a mug shot of a U.S. ex-president.

Deadly heat wave in the central US strains infrastructure, transportation and the Texas power...

Deadly heat that has gripped Texas for much of the summer has spread into other parts of the central U.S. this week where it is forecast to stay for days, with triple-digit temperatures buckling roads, straining water systems and threatening the power grid of the nation's energy capitol.

Fox barely mentions Trump in first half of debate until 10-minute indictment discussion

Fox News Channel's two-hour Republican presidential debate was halfway through when moderator Bret Baier said he wanted to take a brief moment to talk about "the elephant not in the room" — Donald Trump and his four criminal indictments.

Tropical Depression Six forms; hurricane center tracking 4 other systems

The National Hurricane Center got even busier Saturday when it announced that Tropical Depression Six had formed from among five systems it has been monitoring across the Atlantic and Caribbean.

Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge on Monday sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development without considering its effect on the climate.

Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court Thursday allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to temporarily stay in place. The decision is a major win for the Biden administration, which had argued that the rule was integral to its efforts to maintain order along the U.S.-Mexico border.