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A man climbed to the top of Philadelphia's City Hall, about 500 feet up. City officials only found out after he posted a video on YouTube.

Hidilyn Diaz set a record Monday, winning the Philippines' first gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The country had been trying to reach the podium's top spot for nearly 100 years.

When the Intelligence Identities Protection Act was written, its authors were hardly picturing its use to prosecute top officials in the White House. But the current grand jury has been considering that possibility in the case of CIA operative Valerie Plame. To understand how this came about, a look back to the events of 2002, when the administration was building its case for invading Iraq.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki calls for an Iraqi committee to meet with the U.S. military to establish ground rules for raids on Iraqi homes. He said Iraq "totally rejects" conduct such as the reported killing of 24 Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines last fall in Haditha.

While filming in South Africa, Tom Cruise thanked his fans for making Top Gun: Maverick a box office hit as he jumped out of an aircraft. He is shooting the new Mission Impossible movie.

President-elect Barack Obama's choice for secretary of Housing and Urban Development got a friendly welcome at his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. Shaun Donovan said his top priority at HUD will be to address the foreclosure crisis, which he said has led to some 2 million families losing their homes last year.

The U.S. job market slowed sharply this spring, as President Trump's tariffs took effect. Trump is calling for even higher import taxes in the coming week.

Observers in the Hawkeye State say anything less than a victory next February in the first-in-the-nation caucuses could derail the Wisconsin governor's White House hopes.

Sales of expensive electric cars are getting a jolt from the impending expiration of a sales tax incentive in Washington state. It goes away June 30.

This story has been updated. A batch of late-arriving ballots is going out to nearly 7,000 Washington voters in advance of next Tuesday’s special...