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A couple exchange vows during a mass wedding ceremony in an inflatable chapel in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, as part of Pride events celebrating 25 years since the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Mouneb Taim)

Amsterdam's Pride festival's mass wedding, in photos

8:32 PM on Thursday, August 6

President Donald Trump speaks during an event for Olympic winter athletes, coaches, staff, and representatives from Team USA in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump celebrates US Winter Olympians and Paralympians at the White House

8:21 PM on Thursday, August 6

President Donald Trump has hosted the U.S. Winter Olympians and Paralympians at the White House, honoring their accomplishments in the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games

This undated photo provided by Elizabeth Morrow on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, shows Sydney Towle smiling for a photo. (Elizabeth Morrow via AP)

Sydney Towle, content creator who documented life with cancer, dies at 26

7:55 PM on Thursday, August 6

Sydney Towle, known for her social media content about living with a rare cancer, has died at 26

Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online

7:36 PM on Thursday, August 6

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms

Justice Department says Duke Law School illegally considered race in admissions

7:06 PM on Thursday, August 6

The Justice Department has accused Duke University’s law school of unlawfully considering race in admissions in the latest Trump administration action against higher education institutions

FILE - This aerial photo shows the Hard Rock Hotel, which was under construction, after a fatal partial collapse in New Orleans on Oct. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Judge approves $106 million settlement over deadly 2019 Hard Rock Hotel collapse in New Orleans

6:33 PM on Thursday, August 6

A judge has approved a $106 million settlement that ends a yearslong legal battle over the deadly collapse in 2019 of a Hard Rock Hotel that was under construction in New Orleans

China rebukes US over Huawei dispute as Argentina's Milei balances ties with Washington and Beijing

6:23 PM on Thursday, August 6

China’s embassy in Argentina accused the United States of hypocrisy after an Argentine electricity cooperative alleged the U.S. Embassy threatened to revoke its executives’ visas over a partnership with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei

The drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is photographed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)

FACT FOCUS: A look at Trump's false and misleading claims about the Reflecting Pool

5:16 PM on Thursday, August 6

In April, President Donald Trump announced that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was being renovated to address long-standing cosmetic and structural issues

A burned section of trees is marked with pink tape Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in an area near the origin point of the Old Trails Fire, after a man was arrested, suspected of starting the wildfire in Spokane, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Man charged with arson in Spokane, Washington, told police he planned wildfire for weeks

5:15 PM on Thursday, August 6

Police say a man charged with starting one of the wildfires in Spokane, Washington, that have destroyed hundreds of buildings planned the crime for weeks and researched when the weather would be best for igniting it

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump again tries to restrict birthright citizenship after Supreme Court ruling

5:10 PM on Thursday, August 6

President Donald Trump says he is once again trying to limit birthright citizenship in the U.S. He signed two executive actions on immigration

FILE - Crates of avocados wait to be processed at a packing plant in Uruapan, Mexico, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Armando Solis, File)

Why Mexican avocado exports to the US have once again been stopped

4:42 PM on Thursday, August 6

Mexico has sent 1,500 more troops to Michoacan after the U.S. suspended avocado inspections due to a threat

More than 90 thousand rubber ducks are dropped into the Chicago River as part of the annual Chicago Duck Derby for Special Olympics Illinois in Chicago, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Cybele Mayes-Osterman)

Rubber ducks by the thousands splash into Chicago River for annual Special Olympics fundraiser

3:58 PM on Thursday, August 6

A deluge of 90,000 rubber ducks poured out of a truck and into the Chicago River

FILE - Amanda Knox poses for a portrait to promote "The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox" Aug. 19, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP, File)

Amanda Knox defends her comedy show at Edinburgh festival as honoring her murdered former roommate

1:37 PM on Thursday, August 6

Amanda Knox is defending a show she is performing at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in Scotland over the coming days

FILE - Children play during aftercare for the Head Start program at Easterseals South Florida, in Miami, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Trump administration moves forward with Head Start overhaul, proposing to eliminate regulations

9:31 AM on Thursday, August 6

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to overhaul Head Start, a key early education program for the nation's neediest children

President Donald Trump steps off from Marine One upon his arrival at the Ellipse just outside of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Latest: Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt over refusal to answer questions

8:15 AM on Thursday, August 6

A Senate committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

A woman pauses while she walks through a water mist machine installed by city administration to assist people in coping with the heat, as the National Weather forecaster issued an extreme heat code red warning for most parts of the country, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Europe heat wave puts all major Italian cities on red alert as Austria sets heat record

7:19 AM on Thursday, August 6

Italy has placed all major cities under the highest heat alert as Europe faces a severe heat wave

People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Possible Strait of Hormuz deal, a large attack in Yemen and other Mideast news

4:34 AM on Thursday, August 6

Iran says it is in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman

Israeli military vehicles, left, are seen stationed among homes in the village of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, occupied by Israeli forces, is seen from the southern village of Zawtar al-Gharbieh, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

2 soldiers killed in Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since June truce with Hezbollah

12:19 AM on Thursday, August 6

The Israeli military says two soldiers have died in an explosion in southern Lebanon

David Crowley, Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor, takes a selfie photo with supporter Abigail Tessmann during a campaign stop Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

After Michigan, Democrats' next battleground over the party's future shifts to Wisconsin

12:12 AM on Thursday, August 6

Wisconsin is the latest state where the battle over the direction of the Democratic Party will play out

Democratic congressional candidate State Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, speaks to supporters at a primary election night party Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Tennessee voters oust Trump-backed congressman, set fall matchup for redrawn Memphis-area House seat

12:02 AM on Thursday, August 6

Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher has defeated Congressman Andy Ogles in a Republican primary

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