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Tate brothers appear in court, asking to be released from jail during extradition fight

Lawyers for the Tates are asking a judge to allow them to be freed from custody at least until an extradition hearing can be held on their U.K. rape and trafficking charges. They have remained in aΒ federal detention centerΒ in Miami since they wereΒ arrested July 18.

WATCH: More than 80 people charged in federal takedown of Puerto Rico gang

The U.S. Justice Department has charged more than 80 people in the takedown of a violent Puerto Rican gang, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Thursday during a visit to the island as part of the Trump administration's efforts to highlight its push to tackle violent crime.

Data center controversies have transformed midterms. Here's where different groups stand

27 August 2026 at 22:54
Snowballing opposition toΒ data centersΒ in communities across the U.S. has transformed theΒ midterm election landscape, thrown a wrench into the plans of the world's richest companies and brought President Donald Trump to its defense.

With time limits and stronger age checks, Meta's new rules for kids go further. Critics say it's not enough

Meta has agreed to strengthen its age estimates to keep kids under 13 off its platforms and teens in age-appropriate accounts, enact a hard limit of two hours a day for users under 18, block kids from the apps from midnight to 6 a.m., and hide "like" counts, among other changes.

WATCH: Trump signs order changing Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'

The president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake's name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention, however.

As U.S. goals shift after 6 months of Iran war, Strait of Hormuz is now a top concern

There still is no off-ramp in sight despite President Donald Trump's repeated assertions that the war has been won or a deal to resolve it was nearly complete.

Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies in prison at 84

27 August 2026 at 19:59
The bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces rained shells and snipers' bullets on Sarajevo and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II has died while serving a life sentence for his crimes, U.N. officials said.

Catastrophic floods kill hundreds in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing

Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.

AP report: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that

27 August 2026 at 16:47
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then a prominent anti-vaccine activist, preempted the 2019 visit with a letter to the Samoan prime minister requesting to study the Pacific island nation's measles, mumps and rubella vaccines after the deaths of two children who had received them. In the letter, he used the words vaccine or vaccination eight times.

WATCH: Jury deliberates in Lindsay Clancy trial after hearing closing arguments

27 August 2026 at 16:23
While both sides agree she killed her children, Clancy's defense team argued she suffered from postpartum psychosis, with defense attorney Kevin Reddington stating that "lousy medical care" exacerbated her condition. Prosecutors argued she intentionally planned the killings and that the nation's healthcare system is "not on trial here."

Army to build microreactors at 5 bases as U.S. seeks to ramp up nuclear power

Five companies selected by the Army will be awarded up to $2.2 billion in total over five years to own, construct and operate the microreactors, if they hit set milestones along the way for their performance.

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