Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Pretoria for a state visit before traveling to Johannesburg to attend the BRICS summit. (Aug. 23)
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Ex-New York police chief who led Gilgo Beach investigation arrested for soliciting sex
James Burke, the former suburban New York police chief who led the Gilgo Beach murders probe, was charged with soliciting sex at a park.
Officials urge missing people families’ DNA
Authorities in Hawaii on Tuesday pleaded with relatives of those missing after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century to come forward and give DNA samples, saying the low number provided so far threatens to hinder efforts to identify any re…
Feds fine ship company $2 million for dumping oil and garbage into ocean off U.S. coast
Zeaborn Ship Management pleaded guilty to keeping false records related to dumping oily bilge water into the ocean for months.
0823 Today in History
0823 Today in History
Netflix engineer reported missing after ride share trip to San Francisco
Yohanes Kidane, a New York native working at Netflix in California has been missing for about a week after he took a ride share to San Francisco.
Caribbean braces for Storm Franklin
Caribbean braces for Storm Franklin
Eight presidential candidates, but no Trump, on stage for first GOP debate
Eight candidates will be on stage at Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debate. Former President Donald Trump says he’ll skip the debate and indicated he will hold a competing event instead. (Aug. 22)
Man drowns trying to rescue wife, her son in fast-moving New Hampshire river
Vincent Parr of Massachusetts was visiting the Swift River in New Hampshire with his family when his wife and her child became stuck in the river.
NASA flew a spy plane into thunderstorms to help predict severe weather: How it works.
The ER-2 aircraft was able to fly into thunderstorms to make observations that could help scientists better predict when storms could turn severe.