Workers put up barricades and secured the area outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night. Former President Donald Trump is due in court on Thursday. (Aug. 3)
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Brooke, an American alligator, gets exam at University of Florida’s veterinary school
Brooke, a 376-pound resident of the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, got a CT scan and other tests at the University of Florida’s vet school
Iraqis cool off in river as heatwave hits
Residents in Baghdad took a dip in the Tigris River as they tried to cool off in the soaring temperatures amid regular power cuts. (August 3) (AP video/Ali Jabar)
American fugitive who faked his death can be extradited to face rape charges, judge rules
After months of listening to Nicholas Alahverdian’s courtroom explanations, a judge recommended his extradition to the United States from Scotland.
Truck full of nacho cheese leaves sticky mess on Arkansas highway
A truck carrying multiple packs of nacho cheese spilled over Interstate 30 in the northwest city of Prescott, according to authorities.
Video shows New Yorkers detaining man accused of hitting 10 pedestrians with SUV
Ten people were injured Tuesday on a busy street near the Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan when a stolen SUV suspect ran from the police.
‘Potentially hazardous’, 600-foot asteroid seen by scanner poses no immediate risk to Earth, scientists say
A nearly 600-foot-long asteroid, dubbed 2022 SF289, was discovered during a test drive with the Atlas Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey.
AP Top Stories August 2 P
Here are the top stories for Wednesday, Aug. 2nd: Tree of Life Synagogue shooter sentenced to death; Firefighters make progress against massive California-Nevada wildfire; Record rainfall triggers deadly flooring in Beijing; Canada’s Trudeaus separatin…
Tree of Life shooter to be sentenced to death for Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
The man convicted of carrying out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history at the Tree of Life synagogue will be sentenced to death.
Why the Parkland school shooting will happen again in a planned reenactment
Someone carrying an assault-style rifle Friday will reenact the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.