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7:08 AM on Thursday, August 6

The Cleveland region is home to the oldest temple in the Mormon movement — and its newest in the U.S. The oldest was built in Kirtland, Ohio, in the 1830s and no longer functions as an active temple

7:00 AM on Thursday, August 6

Scientists are creating a new kind of vaccine that teaches the immune system to intercept a type of brewing colon cancer before it turns into a full-fledged tumor

5:08 AM on Thursday, August 6

A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans are increasingly noticing the impact of extreme heat on their lives, and they say much of that shift is happening in the West and Midwest

5:02 AM on Thursday, August 6

The U.S. military confirms there was no white phosphorus leak at its air base in South Korea

4:30 AM on Thursday, August 6

4:24 AM on Thursday, August 6

The United States has asked the Philippine government to extradite a Filipino church leader to face trial on charges including child sex trafficking and fraud

4:19 AM on Thursday, August 6

North Korea has launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea, according to its neighbors

12:51 AM on Thursday, August 6

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12:01 AM on Thursday, August 6

A new study calculates that human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires

12:01 AM on Thursday, August 6

President Donald Trump is hosting an IndyCar street race in Washington, D.C., as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations

10:52 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Utah can enforce its strict anti-gambling laws on prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket under a federal court ruling

4:28 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Crews have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state’s second-largest city, but hotter, drier and windier days lie ahead

12:47 PM on Wednesday, August 5

A wildfire that swept across mountains and coastal areas west of Athens has left hundreds of animals displaced

11:03 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Scientists have captured images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet

10:03 AM on Wednesday, August 5

FIFA says it has apologized for errors made over Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and that senior staff in attendance at a summit held in Morocco “reaffirmed their full support” for his presidency

5:07 AM on Wednesday, August 5

The world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in Congo is still spreading faster than efforts to track it, according to the head of the World Health Organization

3:50 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Authorities say a drone with explosives was found at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport and the device was defused

1:16 AM on Wednesday, August 5

A small organ in eastern Germany is the headliner of the world’s slowest concert

11:15 AM on Thursday, July 16

Today in History: August 6, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima