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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks during the first Republican presidential debate Thursday in Cleveland. Bush touted his jobs record in Florida.

Fact Check: Candidates Don't Tell The Whole Stories In First Debate

2:19pm August 07, 2015

by Scott Horsley

In the prime-time Republican presidential debate Thursday, the candidates bragged about their records as governors and in the private sector, but the facts didn't always add up.

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Jon Stewart leaves the studio Thursday after taping his final episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in New York.

Politics & Government

It's A Wrap: Jon Stewart's Last 'Daily Show'

2:01pm August 07, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The host of the political satire program for 16 years ended his run with many of the personalities who had either helped him make the jokes or been on the receiving end of them over the years.

In this July 19 photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a crew removes some of the 12,000 pounds of cocaine seized from a semi-submersible vessel in Pacific waters south of Mexico.

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U.S. Coast Guard Seizes $181 Million In Cocaine In Massive Bust

1:37pm August 07, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

A self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel was spotted some 200 miles south of Mexico. It turned out to be carrying more than 16,000 pounds of cocaine.

The Clinton campaign's debate watch war room was actually just a conference room with a big-screen TV at the front. Fifteen or so staffers huddled over their laptops ready to pounce.

Inside Hillary Clinton's Debate Watch War Room

1:13pm August 07, 2015

by Tamara Keith

At her Brooklyn HQ, staffers huddled over their laptops making graphics and GIFs to respond to the Republican debates. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders ate pizza and live tweeted the GOP debate.

Brian Bwembya Kasoka (also known as B Flow) sings and raps about women's issues.

Why The Zambian Hip-Hopper 'B Flow' Changed His Tune

1:09pm August 07, 2015

by Ina Yang

In his first two albums, the singer/rapper made music for lovers. Then came album No. 3: Voiceless Women.

Kurdish rebels in northern Syria walk near the devastated town of Kobani last November. The U.S. bombing campaign helped the Kurds push back the Islamic State from the area. But overall, the U.S. operation against ISIS in Iraq and Syria has shown only lim

After A Year Of Bombing ISIS, U.S. Campaign Shows Just Limited Gains

12:46pm August 07, 2015

by David Welna

Airstrikes have helped push back the Islamic State in some places, but the group has gained in other areas. Pentagon officials say the U.S. operation may need another two years or more to succeed.

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Protesters arrive at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse on the first day of the trial of former Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Randall Kerrick in Charlotte. Kerrick is charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Jonathan Ferrell.

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Charlotte's Trial: How Jonathan Ferrell's Death Put A City's Self-Image At Risk

12:36pm August 07, 2015

by Mary C. Curtis

As a police officer is tried for manslaughter in the death of an unarmed black man, is Charlotte's reputation for progress on race on trial, too?

Visitors look at a miniature map of the Korean Peninsula at the Odusan observatory in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, on Friday. North Korea is set to push back its clocks by half an hour to mark the end of Japanese occupation after World War II.

World News

North Korea's Receding Time Zone

10:46am August 07, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The reclusive authoritarian regime has announced that it will turn back its clocks half an hour beginning next week to mark 70 years since liberation from Japan.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, who has been undecided on the nuclear deal with Iran, now says he can't support it. He's seen as a leading candidate for Senate Democratic leader next year.

Influential Democratic Senator Will Vote Against Iran Nuclear Deal

10:30am August 07, 2015

by Barbara Campbell

Sen. Chuck Schumer, one of a small group of undecided Democrats being courted by the Obama administration, has decided he can't support the nuclear-control agreement.

Sasha Vitalis (left) talks to job seeker Omar Delgado about employment opportunities during a job fair last month in Miami Lakes, Fla.

Unemployment Rate Steady As Economy Adds 215,000 Jobs

10:29am August 07, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The July numbers were roughly in line with economists' expectations, and likely were strong enough to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates.