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Although many families in rural Afghanistan struggle to secure food and water, the UN’s aid coordination office spokesperson Olga Cherevko said on Thursday that the chief concern is the continuing…

HOLDREGE, Neb. (KOLN) – New businesses, expanding manufacturers, and a suite of grant programs are fueling growth in Holdrege, according to the Phelps County Development Corporation. Jeff Hofaker, Executive Director…

Aug. 13, 2026, 3:52 p.m. ET Lake Mead is currently below it’s all-time monthly low of 1,040 feet in July 2022, according to the Bureau of Reclamation. However, August’s monthly…

The 49-year-old man convicted of killing 67-year-old Raymond Maurice “Mory” Grigg on his Evergreen property when he ran him down with his vehicle in August 2025 was sentenced Wednesday to…

Paris —  Boris Nadezhdin struck a tired, yet still upbeat figure when we met on a blisteringly hot day in Paris. He’d been in France just over a week, still reeling…

Thursday, August 13, 2026 6:40PM An urban search and rescue team from the Los Angeles County Fire Department has deployed to Colombia to assist with recovery efforts from this week’s…

As sky watchers gathered around the world to see the August 2026 solar eclipse this week, at least one observer captured a surprise cameo appearance by something in Earth’s orbit….

Brainstorm involves Massachusetts’ inaugural Heat Resilience Officer   Under the midday sun on the plaza outside Clark University’s Shaich Center, Massachusetts Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer announced the appointment of the state’s first-ever Heat…

There were moments when it seemed that old, U.S.-led order could be strengthened and developed. The Abraham Accords, the 2020 normalization agreements between Israel and Bahrain, Morocco, and the UAE,…

The baby at the center of a dispute between a surrogate and the parents is now in his parents’ custody and receiving care, their lawyer said Thursday.  The baby, born…

I used to have a soft spot for Jaguar. The XF especially was a proper West End theater – you pressed the start button, and after a brief pause, the…

OpenAI’s executive shake-up continues. The company announced Thursday that it is replacing its chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, after only eight months in the role. Dali Rajic, formerly the chief…

Ukraine struck deep inside Russian territory this week and its strategic shift toward direct attacks on Russia’s beleaguered energy sector may be tipping the scales in the four-year-old war, experts…

Topline MyPillow founder Mike Lindell has refused to concede his loss in Tuesday’s Minnesota GOP gubernatorial primary—as President Donald Trump, who endorsed Lindell, has stayed silent about the results, despite…

Jeff Johnson has a knack for finding spam on the App Store. Yesterday it was review spam, and today it’s app submission spam. In a post where he called out…

Fleetwood Mac is proving once again that some albums never really go out of style. The band’s 1988 compilation album, Greatest Hits, just reached a new peak on the Billboard…

Aug. 13, 2026, 1:18 p.m. ET Nate Ament has worn No. 10 for much of his career, but the former Tennessee forward was forced to choose a new number upon…

Google is touting better scratch resistance on its new Pixel 11 Pro phones but, apparently, smaller one doesn’t handle drops and falls quite as well, EU testing claims. The European…

TL;DR: The KeySmart SmartCard Gen 3 is a rechargeable, ultra-thin wallet tracker that works with both Apple Find My and Google Find—and it’s on sale for $31.99. If you already…

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He’ll take us through Groesbeck Road and Davey Ave to get us to McEvoy Park, home of the Hilltop Hawks, where Jimmy Waller taught his 10-year-old safety high school coverages….

After 25 years of dedicated leadership, the College of Business celebrates the retirement of Jim Jones, who has served as the driving force behind the Katie School of Insurance and…

As agents take on more of the actual coding, a team’s culture becomes the thing that decides whether agents deliver impactful work or just burn tokens. The standards people hold,…

Training camp is where the phrase “iron sharpens iron” comes into play more than anywhere else. As Jackson, Horn, McMillan, and even Young (who has been happy to take part…

Authorities in Greenland are forcing a US oil company linked to President Donald Trump to postpone drilling plans in the Arctic territory. Greenland Energy Company (GEC), a Nasdaq-listed oil and…

News CONAB raises Brazil corn outlook, cuts soybeans slightly Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA made modest month-to-month changes to its corn and soybean production estimates. CONAB now has total corn…

August 13, 2026 Wake Forest University’s Office of Civic and Community Engagement, in partnership with North Carolina Campus Engagement, announced the launch of Catalyst: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Service-Learning and Community…

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Parent-teacher conferences can conjure a familiar scene: adults crammed into child-size chairs, listening to teachers run through a list of students’ achievements and struggles. For many…

With the revelation that ICE will spend up to $20 million by March on gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to subdue an individual, according to a notice published…