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12:02 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Anguished pleas from parents

12:01 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Venus Williams has a new Barbie, this one part of the dollmaker’s Inspiring Women collection

11:24 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The Seattle Mariners have extended their winning streak to eight games with a 1-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles

10:33 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Sal Frelick and Brice Turang homered off Paul Skenes, and the Milwaukee Brewers pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-0 for their 11th consecutive victory

9:39 PM on Tuesday, August 12

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call to discuss their deepening ties and war efforts against Ukraine, the countries’ state media said Wednesday, ahead of Putin’s planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska

8:43 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Beyoncé has added an Emmy to her collection of 35 Grammys

8:35 PM on Tuesday, August 12

New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso has connected for his 253rd career homer, breaking the franchise record held by Darryl Strawberry for 37 years

6:53 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The White House is ordering a review of the Smithsonian museums to align content with President Donald Trump's interpretation of American history

6:28 PM on Tuesday, August 12

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs

6:18 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A general has testified that National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against people protesting immigration raids

5:43 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately improve conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility

4:57 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Mexico is sending 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the Trump administration

4:43 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A federal grand jury has indicted one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders and a U.S. citizen for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions and fund gang activities

4:28 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics called President Donald Trump's firing of its commissioner “depressing” and “CRAZY

3:11 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The U.S. has seen a record increase in tariff income, with a 273% rise in customs revenue from last year

2:37 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Residents in some parts of Juneau evacuated ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started to escape

1:15 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hinting that ceasefire efforts are now focused on a comprehensive deal that would release the remaining hostages in Gaza all at once

11:12 AM on Tuesday, August 12

The wife of South Korea’s jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested as investigators seek to charge her over various suspected crimes, including bribery, stock manipulation and meddling in the selection of a candidate

9:12 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Mexico is expelling 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the President Donald Trump‘s administration

7:35 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Officials in Salt Lake City say a fire that started in a restaurant kitchen has injured three firefighters and scorched century-old buildings in a nightlife hub