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‘Survival mode’: Indiana residents endure a ninth day without power 0
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- August 21, 2026
GARY, Ind. — Tens of thousands of residents in northwest Indiana were in survival mode Thursday as they endured a ninth day without power, throwing out spoiled food, lining up for hot meals and searching for places to charge their phones. In Gary, Indiana, schools remained closed after the deadly Aug. 11 storm downed trees
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Investigators probe dramatic midair crash as landing plane hits hovering helicopter 0
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- August 21, 2026
CARLISLE, Pa. — Investigators are working to understand why a small plane veered to the side while landing at a rural airport and crashed into a hovering Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, a federal official said Thursday. Aaron McCarter, investigator-in-charge with the National Transportation Safety Board, said there is not an immediate explanation for Wednesday’s fatal
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California lawmaker Aisha Wahab wins special election to succeed Eric Swalwell 0
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- August 20, 2026
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmaker Aisha Wahab secured victory Thursday in a special election to serve the rest of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s House term, which ends in January. Swalwell, a Democrat who was running for California governor, ended his campaign and resigned from Congress in April after he was accused of sexual assault and
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Army will shut down a unit in Europe focused on learning drone warfare 0
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- August 20, 2026
WASHINGTON — An Army unit based in Europe that was specializing in drone warfare has been directed to end its efforts to learn and use the battlefield technology and return to being a traditional infantry battalion, officials said Thursday. For more nearly a year, soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been experimenting and building
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FBI arrests woman over alleged plot to bomb New York capitol building 0
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- August 20, 2026
It is unclear whether she plans to fight the charges. Bowie, from Albany in upstate New York, had allegedly discussed her plans with FBI informants and spent weeks with agents posing as IS members. She selected the New York statehouse in Albany because she thought it would be an easier target than the White House,
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Read our big scoop: Ice-cream cones, the ingenious invention of American immigrants 0
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- August 20, 2026
DETROIT — Read this quickly, before it melts. Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice. In the summer of 1790, President George Washington spent $200 on ice cream, the equivalent of $7,259 today, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. By the 1800s, inventions like
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