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• 5 Moroccan State Broadcaster Reports 294 Migrants and 61 Alleged Facilitators Arrested Near Ceuta
• 3 Russia Says It Downed 822 Ukrainian Drones Overnight; Russian Missiles Hit Kyiv and a Kryvyi Rih Steel Plant
• 5 FBI Reports Violent Crime Fell 9.3% and Murder Fell 18.1% in 2025; White House and Criminologists Differ Over the Cause
• 4 Ex-SPLC Intelligence Director Heidi Beirich Charged With Three Conspiracy Counts in Expanded Federal Fraud Case
• 4 CNN Reports Trump Cleared First Round of MAGA Inc. Midterm Spending; Advisers Floated About $30 Million
• 4 Taiwan Confirms AI-Assisted Cyberattack on Government Systems; Israeli Firm Says Open-Source AI Agents Breached 85 Accounts in Four Days
• 4 UAE Says Iranian Drones Struck Two ADNOC-Linked Vessels in Strait of Hormuz on Aug. 14
• 2 Mangione Pleads Guilty to Two Federal Stalking Counts in Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO; Sentencing Set for Dec. 18
• 4 Indiana Governor Declares Disaster Emergency and Requests a Presidential Emergency Declaration After Derecho and Record Flooding
• 4 NC Reports 2,031 Opioid Overdoses in Emergency Rooms Through June 2026, Down 27% From Same Period in 2025; Fayetteville Police Report Local Increase
• 6 Trump Memo Orders Plan Within 60 Days to Replace EMALS With Steam Catapults on Carrier CVN-81
• 4 Trump Signs Aug. 12 Memorandum Creating a DOJ- and DHS-Run Program for Vetted Private Firms to Conduct Offensive Cyber Operations Abroad
• 4 Retail Sales Fell 0.6% in July; Consumer Sentiment Index Fell to 51.0 in Early August
• 3 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to Leave Post at End of August; No Successor Named
• 5 Moore County Deputies Charge Pinebluff Man With Three Counts of Murder and First-Degree Burglary