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San Francisco has launched an autonomous shuttle service a week after regulators approved the expansion of robotaxis despite safety concerns.San Francisco is one of a growing number of cities worldwide testing out driverless buses. (Aug. 18)(AP Video/T…

A state of emergency has been declared in Kelowna, British Columbia, a city with a population of about 150,000, because of the threat from a wildfire burning just a few miles from the city. More than 2,400 properties are under evacuation order. (August…

Most of the loans were later fully forgiven by the U.S. government, the Department of Justice said.

Zion National Park in Utah is almost guaranteed to experience flash flooding, and park rangers have also closed portions of Joshua Tree in California

Miami real estate agent Daniela Rendon received $380,000 in fraudulent loans through pandemic relief programs. She used the money to rent a luxury apartment and car.

A Georgia school board voted along party lines to fire a Georgia teacher who taught her fifth grade class about gender fluidity.

The FBI is investigating after a special agent with the Internal Revenue Service was killed at a gun range at a correctional facility in Phoenix.

President Joe Biden opens a Camp David summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. They are looking to strengthen security and economic ties amid increasing concerns about North Korea and China. (Aug. 18)…

The global cat café trend, where people pay to have coffee and hang out with cats, has come to the besieged Gaza Strip. (Aug. 18)

A sister’s decision to donate her brother’s body to science is helping doctors in the quest to one day ease the nation’s transplant shortage with organs from animals. (Aug. 18) (AP video/Shelby Lum)