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Today in History: August 25, National Park Service created 08/25/2025 04:10am • Today is Monday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2025. There are 128 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 25, 1916, Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act, establishing the National Park Service as an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior to maintain the countr Some National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms in escalation of Trump deployment 08/25/2025 02:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Some National Guard units patrolling the nation���s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, an escalation of his military deployment that makes good on a directive issued late last week by his defense secretary. A Defense Department o University of South Carolina issues all clear after unconfirmed reports of active shooter on campus 08/24/2025 10:10pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� The University of South Carolina gave the all-clear Sunday after issuing an alert about a possible active shooter, just days after false reports at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga led to panic and temporary lockdowns as the schools kicked o UK migrant protests spark angry confrontations as government scrambles to respond 08/24/2025 09:00pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Opponents and supporters of migrants faced off in angry confrontations at demonstrations held around Britain over the holiday weekend as the government scrambled to deal with fallout from a court order that will force a hotel in a London suburb to evict asylum-seekers. The ruling has Maryland Gov. Moore slams Trump's threats to deploy National Guard to Baltimore, pull Key Bridge funding 08/24/2025 04:11pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore slammed weekend comments made by President Donald Trump that threatened a National Guard deployment to Baltimore, as well as funding for the Key Bridge. ���President Trump represents what people hate most about politicians ��� someone who only seeks power to benefit themselv Tens of thousands march across Australia in support of Palestinians 08/24/2025 03:57pm • SYDNEY (AP) ��� Tens of thousands of people marched through Australia's cities and towns on Sunday demanding action to save dying and starving Palestinians. Peaceful rallies were held in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and dozens of other cities across the country, with protesters urging sanctions on I Fire at Louisiana auto plant is 90% contained while evacuation order remains 08/24/2025 03:35pm • ROSELAND, La. (AP) ��� A fire at an automotive supply plant in Louisiana was 90% contained Sunday, but a mandatory evacuation order remained in place as crews tried to address remaining flames, law enforcement officials said. The fire at Smitty���s Supply just north of the town of Roseland ignited F What to know: Four ways ICE is training new agents and scaling up 08/24/2025 01:21pm • BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) ��� Immigration and Customs Enforcement is an agency inside the Department of Homeland Security that is integral to President Donald Trump���s vision of carrying out the mass deportations he promised during the campaign. Deportation officers within a unit called Enforcement and R Boxer Julio C��sar Ch��vez Jr. to stand trial in Mexico over alleged cartel ties 08/24/2025 06:57am • HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) ��� A judge in Mexico said boxer Julio C��sar Ch��vez Jr. will stand trial over alleged cartel ties and arms trafficking but could await that trial outside of detention, the boxer's lawyer said. Ch��vez's lawyer, Rub��n Fernando Ben��tez Alvarez, confirmed that the court impo Today in History: August 24, Hurricane Andrew strikes Florida 08/24/2025 04:10am • Today is Sunday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 2025. There are 129 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida; the storm resulted in 65 deaths and caused more than $26 billion in damage across Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas. Also on this date: Bus carrying junior high football team crashes near Pittsburgh. 21 people are taken to hospitals 08/23/2025 07:57pm • ECONOMY BOROUGH, Pa. (AP) ��� A bus carrying a junior high football team to a game crashed Saturday north of Pittsburgh, sending 21 of the 28 people on board to the hospital, officials said. Twenty-five Aliquippa Junior High students and three adults were headed to a game in nearby Gibsonia. The cra Kilmar Abrego Garcia, free for now from jail, could be deported to Uganda. Here's what to know 08/23/2025 05:26pm • The Trump administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he declined a plea deal involving deportation to Costa Rica, his defense attorneys told a court Saturday. He was released from a Tennessee jail on Friday after his case attracted significant attention amid President Donald Colombian ex-leader known for contentious war on rebels pays tribute to slain presidential hopeful 08/23/2025 03:49pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� Former Colombian President ��lvaro Uribe on Saturday paid tribute to slain presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay at a Bogot�� park where he was gunned down, calling for a stronger security crackdown as violence surges nationwide. The 39-year-old politician was shot in th The Menendez brothers were denied parole. They have to wait at least 18 months for their next chance 08/23/2025 02:06pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Erik and Lyle Menendez were denied parole by a California board this week after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. During two days of hearings, the brothers were each questioned by panels of two commissioners and asked to speak wi Weekly breakdown: How much control does President Trump have over DC police? 08/23/2025 12:24pm • It's the second full week of a federal law enforcement surge ordered in D.C. by the administration of President Donald Trump and it's still only just the beginning. This week has seen everything from a Humvee crushing a commercial vehicle, to "Biggest Loser" trainer Jillian Michaels igniting a fires