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Carbon monoxide leak at Gaithersburg, Maryland, apartment complex sends at least 11 to the hospital

Carbon monoxide leaked at an apartment complex Saturday in Gaithersburg, Maryland, with 51 people from three buildings needing evaluation and at least 11 requiring hospitalization, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.

Trump's PAC Unleashes First Wave of General Election Spending with Ad Buy in Texas

President Trump's cash-rich political operation disclosed its first wave of general election spending Saturday with a huge ad buy in Texas' high-stakes Senate race.

Kissing cousins: Maine Dem Senate nominee rebukes GOP's Collins for 'attacking my personal life'

Maine's Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson on Saturday fired back at Republican Sen. Susan Collins for mentioning that the mother of his children is his second cousin, grumbling that it's an attack on his family.

Grosvenor-Strathmore, Medical Center, Bethesda Metrorail stations to reopen on Labor Day

The Grosvenor-Strathmore, Medical Center and Bethesda Metrorail stations along the Red Line will reopen Monday following months of work that ended on time and within the budget.

Ambassador Mike Huckabee calls violent Israeli settlers 'terrorists' after weeks of West Bank unrest

The United States ambassador to Israel condemned Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank again on Saturday, calling the behavior an "act of terror" as he visited with Palestinian American residents shaken by months of attacks.

Putin and Zelenskyy agree to pause strikes on Kyiv and Moscow during talks with U.S. envoys

The leaders of Russia and Ukraine on Saturday agreed to pause strikes on each other's capitals while U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner hold talks to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Australia to pull researchers from remote island before elephant seals die en masse from bird flu

Australian officials, citing "psychosocial risks," said they will evacuate the Macquarie Island research station this fall so people there don't witness bird flu ravaging the elephant seal population come springtime.

Florida bans illegal immigrants from state universities

Florida is banning illegal immigrants from enrolling at selective state universities.

Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after devastating floods

Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of missing people.

U.S. military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy warships were targeted with missiles

The U.S. military on Saturday said it struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with missiles, warning that it would "if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet."

Greek air force jet crashes at annual aerial show, starts fire

A Greek air force jet crashed at an aerial show north of Athens, starting a fire that sent large plumes of black smoke into the air in front of several thousand spectators on Saturday.

Appeals court maintains blockade on DHS using database to check state voter rolls

A federal appeals court has ruled to keep in place a lower court blockade on the Department of Homeland Security using its SAVE database to check voter rolls, undercutting the Trump administration's efforts to help states boot noncitizens from their registration lists.