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Israel has approved a plan to take control of Gaza City, which it says is part of its strategy to end the war.

Shiro Suzuki calls for a halt to armed conflicts on the anniversary of the atom bomb attack.

The Canyon Fire, which began on Thursday afternoon, has blazed through nearly 5,000 acres in less than 24 hours.

The commander of Apollo 13 famously rescued his men from near certain death in space.

A Texas judge ruled Friday against Beto O’Rourke and his nonprofit in a case brought by state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who accused them of illegally raising funds to support Democratic lawmakers fleeing the state to block GOP redistricting legislation.

Tarrant County District Judge Megan Fahey handed down a temporary restraining order Friday evening against O'Rourke, a former congressman and Democratic presidential candidate, and his group, Powered by People, over alleged "unlawful fundraising practices" tied to efforts to support Texas...

Authorities have not given a motive in the attack but said he was a regular at the pub.

The announcement comes hours after the US leader signals Ukraine may have to cede territory to end the war.

"It's been a long time coming," Trump said of the agreement, which will reopen key transport routes.

Texas House Democrats who have left the state to block a vote on redistricting were hosted by California leaders on Friday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and other prominent California Democratic leaders spoke at a press event along with the Texas lawmakers.

"We are running from nothing," said Texas Rep. Ann Johnson at the start of the press conference.

The event was held at California's historic Governor's Mansion in Sacramento.

"What's happening in the United States of America is not normal. We cannot allow...

Nearly 1,000 people were sworn in as U.S. citizens in a naturalization ceremony at Chicago's Wrigley Field this week. Suzanne Le Mignot has the story.

President Trump announced Friday that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15. Charles Kupchan, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, takes a close look at whether the meeting could mark a step towards ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

President Trump is pledging to make the nation's capital safer by calling in extra federal forces to police the streets of Washington, D.C. But recent data, even from the FBI, shows violent crime in the city is going down. Nicole Sganga has the latest.

The Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration is facing renewed backlash after an immigration raid at a Home Depot parking lot in Los Angeles called operation "Trojan Horse." Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports on the escalating court battles over the raids.

Republican state lawmakers in Texas on Friday again failed to advance their controversial redistricting plan that would give them more seats in the U.S. House. Democrats fled the state in protest as the fight for control of Congress has spread to other states. Omar Villafranca has more from Dallas.

The federal government told Harvard University on Friday it could take control of the school's patents stemming from federally funded research — the latest in a months-long feud between the Trump administration and the Ivy League college.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is launching an "immediate comprehensive review" of whether Harvard has complied with federal laws around patents, he said in a letter to Harvard President Alan Garber.

The patents in question could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a senior administration official said...