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FILE - President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the South Court Auditorium in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Drug prices have declined sharply, and Trump is taking credit. The reason behind the drop is complex

5:50 AM on Tuesday, August 18

President Donald Trump has been promoting new data showing U.S. prescription drug prices fell 0.8% in July and are down 3.1% from a year ago

Ohio firefighters responding to explosions and a fire at Toledo industrial recycling business

5:50 AM on Tuesday, August 18

Explosions have rocked an Ohio industrial recycling business, sparking a large fire that drew emergency responders

FILE - A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

CDC's new director is pressed to do something about its zombie programs

5:34 AM on Tuesday, August 18

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has several programs funded by Congress that lack staff to operate them

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, second from right, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (Yonhap via AP)

South Korea president stresses US alliance as many baffled by Trump order to cut exercises

1:30 AM on Tuesday, August 18

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says a solid alliance with the United States underpins national security

Earthquake survivors stand outside their tent erected near a damaged church in Satar Punda, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Fear grips children after deadly earthquake in eastern Indonesia leaves thousands displaced

12:23 AM on Tuesday, August 18

Thousands of people are still displaced on Indonesia’s Flores island, three days after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed at least 70 people, injured nearly 1,200 and damaged about 12,000 homes

Migrants try to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Sempere)

A physics graduate, a soccer player, a teen who couldn't swim: They died in the Ceuta migrant surge

11:07 PM on Monday, August 17

In a tragic attempt to reach Europe, dozens of Moroccans died trying to cross into Spain

Florida Republican congressman and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds addresses members of the Hispanic Police Officers Association in Doral, Fla., after receiving the group's endorsement, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida holds primaries for governor and Congress, testing Trump's grip on adopted state

11:04 PM on Monday, August 17

Florida voters cast ballots Tuesday for Republican and Democratic nominees for governor, U.S. Senate and several congressional races

Florida Republican congressman and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds talks with a member of the Hispanic Police Officers Association in Doral, Fla., after receiving the group's endorsement, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

What to watch Tuesday: Redistricting scrambles Florida as Alaska pits Dan Sullivan v. Dan Sullivan

11:03 PM on Monday, August 17

As the primary season nears its end, attention turns to key states like Florida, Wyoming, California and Alaska

Kimie Smothermon feeds some of her several hundred guinea pigs while operating a guinea pig rescue in Salisbury, Mass., Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi)

Hundreds of guinea pigs fill Massachusetts sanctuary with squeals, purrs and lots of love

11:03 PM on Monday, August 17

Kimie Smothermon runs the Guinea Pig Sanctuary in Salisbury, Massachusetts, caring for nearly 400 guinea pigs

FILE - People talk near a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Opening arguments set to begin in Meta's federal trial over child safety

11:02 PM on Monday, August 17

A pivotal trial for Meta Platforms is set to kick off in a California federal court

FILE - Law enforcement vehicles sit parked outside the Florida state prison in Starke, Fla., on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/David Fischer, file)

Florida set to carry out 13th execution this year in nation's busiest death chamber

11:00 PM on Monday, August 17

A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law is set to be executed

FILE - Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola, a Democrat, speaks during a campaign rally on May 14, 2026, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, file)

2 Dan Sullivans face off in Alaska's US Senate primary, which also features a former congresswoman

11:00 PM on Monday, August 17

A U.S. Senate contest featuring a former congresswoman and a challenger with the same name as the incumbent headlines Alaska's primary

People look at an electronic stock chart board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Global shares slip as worries about rising oil prices offset boost from strong earnings

10:19 PM on Monday, August 17

Global shares are mostly lower, as rising oil prices and worries about inflation weigh on investor sentiment

FILE - Dave Sunday gestures while speaking to the audience in the Forum Auditorium across the street from the Capitol after taking the oath of office to become Pennsylvania's next attorney general, Jan. 21, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File)

Penn State cocaine trafficking ring involved 2 fraternities, authorities say

7:52 PM on Monday, August 17

Authorities say 13 former or current Penn State University students participated in a cocaine-trafficking ring that involved two fraternities

FBI Director Kash Patel attends a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, August 5, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Judge blocks the Trump administration from moving FBI headquarters to DC office building

6:40 PM on Monday, August 17

A U.S. judge has blocked plans to move the FBI's headquarters to a federal office building in Washington

United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, center, leaves the U.S. Department of Commerce following a meeting with Canadian officials, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press via AP)

US and Canada hold last-minute talks to stop Trump’s 50% tariffs

5:20 PM on Monday, August 17

Tension between Washington and Ottawa is already high, stoked by trade disputes and President Donald Trump's inflammatory comments about making Canada the 51st U.S. state

Loui Ridi, an Ohio-based Palestinian-American landlord of one of the homes besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week, arrives at his parent's home upon return from the U.S., in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian American returns to West Bank to defend his home under siege by Israeli settlers

11:52 AM on Monday, August 17

A Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week has arrived there to help family members defend the property

Debris is seen along Hawaiʻi Belt Road near Pahala, Hawaii, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, after a severe weather system went through the area. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

1 death linked to Tropical Storm Lala as more than 100,000 remain without power in Hawaii

11:23 AM on Monday, August 17

Thousands remain without power after Tropical Storm Lala hit Hawaii, uprooting trees and causing flash floods from Honolulu to the Big Island

Duane Davis appears in court during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)

A dispute about fact vs. fiction at the trial over Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing in Las Vegas

11:04 PM on Sunday, August 16

The trial has begun in Las Vegas for a man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur

Today in History: August 18, 19th Amendment gives women the vote

10:33 AM on Monday, August 3

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