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Puerto Rico's schools are unequipped to cope with ever hotter heat waves 08/21/2025 07:15am • CULEBRA, Puerto Rico (AP) — When temperatures soar at a public school on the small Puerto Rican island of Culebra, students scatter in search of relief. During a summer program last month, as outdoor temperatures climbed into the upper 80s, Zedrik, a rising third grader, sat in the schoolyard besi Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 denies role in Congo massacres 08/21/2025 05:39am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 has denied involvement in a series of massacres in eastern Congo which were detailed in a report published by a rights group Wednesday. Lawrence Kanyuka, spokesperson for the M23 military, called the Human Rights Watch report “fake and a f Grand ceremony and parade mark 60 years of Chinese Communist Party rule in Tibet 08/21/2025 04:08am • BEIJING (AP) — With leader Xi Jinping looking on, China marked 60 years of Communist Party rule in Tibet on Thursday with speeches and a parade in front of the 17th-century Potala Palace, the home of the Dalai Lama until he fled to India in 1959. Speakers hailed economic development in the remote How many giraffe species are in Africa? New scientific analysis quadruples the count 08/21/2025 04:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Giraffes are a majestic sight in Africa with their long necks and distinctive spots. Now it turns out there are four different giraffe species on the continent, according to a new scientific analysis released Thursday. Researchers previously considered all giraffes across Africa Israel to mobilize 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded Gaza City operation 08/21/2025 12:03am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Wednesday it will call up 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded military operation in Gaza City. Many residents have chosen to stay despite the danger, fearing nowhere is safe in a territory facing shortages of food, water and other necessities. Calling u Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East Coast 08/20/2025 10:59pm • RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday as it crept closer to the mid-Atlantic coast, its outer bands brushing North Carolina’s Outer Banks as beaches closed across much of the U.S. East Coast. Forecasters expect the storm to peak going into Thursday and say it c The Latest: Texas House approves new congressional maps that favor GOP in 2026 midterms 08/20/2025 09:37pm • The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives passed Wednesday a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress, further deepening a national redistricting battle between states. Republicans want to make it easier for the GOP to hold on to its slim U. A look at those Trump has targeted in tactic of revoking security clearances 08/20/2025 09:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's announcement this week that it would rescind the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials was hardly an isolated act. In ordering the revocation of the clearances, President Donald Trump was turning to a favored retributi Top White House officials turn to public appearances with troops as a tense Washington watches 08/20/2025 09:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement crackdown on Washington expanded Wednesday and top administration officials visited National Guard troops to support a deployment that has left parts of the U.S. capital looking like occupied territory. Anger and frustration dotted the c Appeals court allows Trump to end temporary protections for migrants from Central America and Nepal 08/20/2025 08:47pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now a lower court’s order that had kept in place temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal. This means that the Republican administration can move toward r Islamic State extremists exploit instability in Africa and Syria, UN experts say 08/20/2025 07:24pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe, U.N. counterterrorism experts said Wednesday. The militant group is now using advanced technologies, including artificial intellige Gabbard slashing intelligence office workforce and cutting budget by over $700 million 08/20/2025 06:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, the Trump administration announced Wednesday. The move amounts to a major downsizing of the office responsible for coordinating the wo Dangerous heat descends on California and the Southwest, raising wildfire risk 08/20/2025 06:37pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dangerous, multiday heat wave descended on much of California and the U.S. Southwest, with near-record temperatures expected along with a higher risk of wildfires. Officials opened cooling centers this week in Los Angeles, where residents are warned to avoid strenuous outdoor Parents of kids swept away in Texas floods beg lawmakers to protect future campers 08/20/2025 06:14pm • When floodwaters rushed through a girl's summer camp nestled in the Texas Hill Country, Michael McCown's 8-year-old daughter was among 27 campers and counselors swept to their deaths. On Wednesday, McCown joined other Camp Mystic parents, some wearing buttons memorializing “Heaven's 27,” in dem National Guard vehicle collides with car, trapping driver on Capitol Hill 08/20/2025 05:02pm • A National Guard armored vehicle collided with a car on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in the midst of the widening presence of military personnel as part of President Donald Trump's federal anti-crime plan for D.C. A person who was in the car was briefly trapped inside and extricated by emergency res