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Residents paddle through a flooded neighborhood in a kayak in Indianapolis, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026.
Obed Lamy
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Multiple people dead as flooding continues in Indiana
Chandelis Duster
Some parts of Indiana received more than 11 inches of rainfall over three days, beginning Aug. 11, causing record floods. Several suburbs of Indianapolis also underwater.
U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner, pictured in June, held a rare meeting with Hamas in Egypt, in a push to make progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefire plan.
Alex Brandon
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Kushner meets with Hamas on the Gaza road map ahead of talks with Netanyahu
The Associated Press
Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tommy John praises his late friend, Dr. Frank Jobe, during a 2014 memorial service at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Damian Dovarganes
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Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dies at 83
The Associated Press
A journalist browses the Messina museum website showing a picture of the Early Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina's artwork, multiple pieces of which were stolen from the Sicilian museum on Aug. 15, 2026.
Gregorio Borgia
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A good – and bad – week for Italy's art police and museum security
Willem Marx
Texas Standard
Texas schools see modest improvement in 2026 A-F ratings. Here’s how they fared
About 85% of Texas public schools earned a passing grade in the state’s latest A-F accountability ratings, while roughly one-quarter of districts and campuses scored higher than they did last...
Texas has started handing out school voucher funding. Over 20,000 students have returned the money.
Mike D’Antoni, who coached the Houston Rockets to new heights, to join Naismith Hall of Fame
Shrouded in the desert, the public can now visit artist James Magee’s masterwork ‘The Hill’
Hundreds of Monkey’s Brain sea beans wash ashore in Texas
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