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4:35 PM on Wednesday, August 12

Republicans in Minnesota see a chance to regain influence after a fraud scandal rocked state government

4:14 PM on Wednesday, August 12

Wall Street edged near its record after several AI stocks reported better growth for the spring than analysts expected, while a report showed inflation across the United States was slightly less bad last month

3:53 PM on Wednesday, August 12

The Department of Justice has charged nearly a dozen people with participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to help hundreds of Chinese nationals fraudulently obtain green cards through sham marriages to U.S. citizens

3:48 PM on Wednesday, August 12

3:19 PM on Wednesday, August 12

A small Kansas town has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper’s offices in 2023 that ignited a national furor over press freedom

2:17 PM on Wednesday, August 12

A Pentagon review has found that U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last year killed more than 150 civilians

2:13 PM on Wednesday, August 12

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1:58 PM on Wednesday, August 12

An array of creative promotions has played at least a small role in an MLB-wide average attendance of 29,618 through Tuesday’s games, the highest such number for a full season since 2017

1:48 PM on Wednesday, August 12

Across the country, calls to “tax the rich” have become potent political slogans that helped propel progressives like Mayor Zohran Mamdani to positions of power

1:16 PM on Wednesday, August 12

The U.S. military is on track to pull all its forces out of Iraq by the end of September, marking the end of a presence that started in 2003

1:15 PM on Wednesday, August 12

Assma Ali's appointment as a municipal judge in a small Mississippi Delta town has sparked social media backlash due to her Muslim faith

12:51 PM on Wednesday, August 12

12:50 PM on Wednesday, August 12

Jury selection began Wednesday in Meta’s federal trial over claims its platforms have harmed youth mental health and track children in violation of federal law

11:32 AM on Wednesday, August 12

Results in Democratic primaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Connecticut have reiterated that Democratic voters are hungry for change, even as they remain divided over the party’s ideological future

11:10 AM on Wednesday, August 12

David Crowley’s razor-thin primary win over a democratic socialist in swing state Wisconsin sets up a match against a congressman who has voted with President Donald Trump 100% of the time

11:08 AM on Wednesday, August 12

The World Health Organization is warning that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history

11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 12

The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold for the second time in a year, going to businessmen Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for a record-breaking price

10:43 AM on Wednesday, August 12

Survival after an earthquake depends on factors like weather and access to water and air

5:52 AM on Wednesday, August 12

Israel's military says it struck a Hamas commander in northern Gaza targeted drone strike

5:09 PM on Tuesday, August 11

A high school football player in Arkansas had every right to be rattled after finding a venomous snake inside his helmet during practice