In 1814, British forces invaded Washington, D.C., and set fire to the White House.

(AP) —A planned offshore wind farm moved a step closer to construction with the Department of the Interior announcing it has approved the project, to be located in federal waters near Rhode Island south of Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

(AP) —A giraffe without spots at a Tennessee zoo may be plain, but she's definitely not ordinary.

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of homes and businesses in the South Texas city of Corpus Christi are without power Tuesday after the state's first tropical storm of the hurricane season made landfall, bringing strong winds, welcome rain and cooler temperatures following months of hot, dry weather.

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