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9:29 AM on Saturday, August 8

Berkshire Hathaway’s new CEO Greg Abel has invested $10 billion in Google’s parent company and repurchased about $4.5 billion of its shares

9:01 AM on Saturday, August 8

Former U.S. President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues

8:47 AM on Saturday, August 8

Troy Jackson's path to politics started during his time as a logger in Maine's north woods

8:26 AM on Saturday, August 8

Many in the Howard University community are focused on an enrollment debacle rather than the start of the new academic year

8:26 AM on Saturday, August 8

Three ex-presidents have joined an all-star roster of historians in contributing to a series of essays about presidents back to George Washington

7:58 AM on Saturday, August 8

Traveling with a baby can be daunting, especially on long-distance flights and international trips

6:41 AM on Saturday, August 8

The UAE said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile and Yemen’s military has attacked Houthi rebels, as the United Nations warns that fighting could escalate

6:21 AM on Saturday, August 8

At least 163 Nigerian captives, mostly women and children, have spoken of the suffering and fear they lived in for six months They were handed over by security forces in Kwara on Friday and were anticipating their return home to reunite with their families

5:15 AM on Saturday, August 8

Senators have headed for the exits in the predawn hours without having met President Donald Trump’s push to pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill

4:32 AM on Saturday, August 8

The Senate has confirmed Todd Blanche as the next attorney general of the United States

4:12 AM on Saturday, August 8

Russian attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding region have killed four people, including a child

4:11 AM on Saturday, August 8

A schoolgirl has died from critical wounds after a student opened fire at a high school and his home outside Bangkok the day before, raising the death toll to at least eight

3:59 AM on Saturday, August 8

The Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign season

3:11 AM on Saturday, August 8

Paris is hosting its first high-diving competition in the Seine, with athletes diving from a 20-meter platform near the Eiffel Tower

2:05 AM on Saturday, August 8

The two-time defending World Series champions are in a rare funk

12:42 AM on Saturday, August 8

Ben Rice ripped a tying single off the right-field fence with two outs in the ninth inning and Ryan McMahon hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th as the New York Yankees rallied past the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in a rain-delayed game that ended after midnight

12:40 AM on Saturday, August 8

Rookie Ryan Waldschmidt hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off closer Edwin Diaz to give the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 victory over Los Angeles on Friday night, sending the Dodgers to their season-high seventh straight loss

11:31 PM on Friday, August 7

Authorities in eastern China are shutting schools and tourist sites as Typhoon Dolphin heads for the coast

11:38 AM on Friday, August 7

Reports on inflation and retail sales are the central updates for Wall Street this week

12:08 AM on Friday, August 7

A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok, killing at least five and wounding several others