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WATCH: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds briefing at U.S.-Mexico border

By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press

While some migrants are flown directly to their Central American nations, the U.S. government has started flying some to southern Mexico, where where Mexican authorities carry them the rest of the way to Guatemala's border, even if they're not Guatemalan.

States that had a grip on COVID now seeing cases surge

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Sara Cline, Associated Press

The COVID-19 surge that is sending hospitalizations to all-time highs in parts of the South is also clobbering states that were once seen as pandemic success stories.

Census shows U.S. is diversifying, white population shrinking

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

The agency on Thursday released a trove of demographic data that will used to redraw political maps across an increasingly diverse country.

Northwest sizzles as heat wave hits many parts of U.S.

By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press

People have headed to cooling centers as the Pacific Northwest began sweltering under another major, multiday heat wave.

Cuomo exit isn't stopping push for answers on nursing homes

By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press

Sexual harassment allegations cost New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo his job. Now, many want to see him answer for a scandal that cut to the heart of his reputation as a pandemic hero and may have had life-and-death consequences —…

Texas voting bill passes after 15-hour filibuster

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press, Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America

The Republican-controlled Texas Senate on Thursday morning passed the measure just minutes after Democratic State Sen. Carol Alvarado wearily left the floor.

WATCH: Census Bureau releases new population data

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

The Census Bureau on Thursday issued its most detailed portrait yet of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade, releasing a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw political maps across an increasingly diverse country.

Back-to-back price hikes, wholesale costs up 1 percent in July

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

Over the past 12 months, prices at the wholesale level are up a record 7.8 percent, surpassing the old record of a 7.3 percent gain set for the 12 months ending in June.

Judge set to begin key hearing in Boy Scouts bankruptcy case

By Randall Chase, Associated Press

The Boy Scouts of America is asking a Delaware bankruptcy judge to approve an $850 million agreement that is key to the group's proposed reorganization plan.