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Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead after a plane crash north of Moscow killed all 10 people on board. (Aug. 24)

A 2-year-old may have been found days after his father was charged with lying to police after saying his son had been kidnapped from his car at a stop sign.

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Temperatures are soaring in the central U.S. The deadly late summer heat wave is a problem for schools, which struggle to keep buildings and buses cool. Some schools are having to cut the day short to beat the heat. (Aug. 23) (AP video: Nick Ingram)
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Associated Press democracy, race and ethnicity reporter Gary Fields talks about the 1963 March on Washington and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech. (Aug. 23) (AP production by Serkan Gurbuz)

Rudy Giuliani, the former attorney for Donald Trump, says he’s honored to be involved in the Georgia elections case because it is “a fight for our way of life.” The former New York mayor surrendered Wednesday. He’s accused of conspiring with Trump and …

President Joe Biden says he doesn’t know what happened regarding a plane crash possibly involving Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, but he is “not surprised.” (Aug. 23)

Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off decades of push and pull toward progress. However, Martin Luther King III, King’s oldest son, didn’t see today’s America achieved the dream his…

Here are the top stories for Wednesday, August 23rd: Rudy Giuliani surrenders to authorities in Georgia; Trial starts for defendants accused in Whitmer kidnapping plot; Plane linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin crashes in Russia; India celebrates historic luna…

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his most iconic speech on Aug. 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C. How close are we to the dream 60 years later?