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5:25 PM on Tuesday, December 16

A former leading scientist at the National Institutes of Health has sued the Trump administration, saying she was illegally fired for warning that research cuts were endangering patients and public health

5:17 PM on Tuesday, December 16

A judge says he’s optimistic that a pretrial hearing in Luigi Mangione’s New York murder case will end this week

5:12 PM on Tuesday, December 16

The Atlantic Coast Conference’s transition to a nine-game football schedule will feature 12 of 17 football-playing members playing nine games next fall

4:48 PM on Tuesday, December 16

House Republican leaders are determined to push ahead with a health care bill that excludes efforts to address the soaring monthly premiums for Affordable Care Act recipients

4:37 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Maryland will create a commission to study potential slavery reparations in the state, after lawmakers overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Wes Moore

4:13 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Prosecutors say they will charge Rob Reiner’s son Nick with 2 counts of murder in killing of his parents

3:29 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for what they say is unlawfully withholding billions of dollars in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs

3:16 PM on Tuesday, December 16

The Trump administration has designated another Latin American drug cartel as a foreign terrorist group, increasing financial pressure on its members and opening the door to potential military action against them

3:06 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Brown University is mourning the loss of two students killed in a classroom shooting

3:01 PM on Tuesday, December 16

A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 8 months of home confinement

2:19 PM on Tuesday, December 16

President Donald Trump will go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert

2:05 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his plea to troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military

1:50 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Palestinians in Gaza are struggling to recover from torrential rains that have battered the enclave for days, flooding camps for the displaced, collapsing buildings already badly damaged in the two-year war and leaving at least 12 dead, including a two-week-old baby

1:39 PM on Tuesday, December 16

A colleague of the Milwaukee judge accused of helping an immigrant evade arrest is testifying at her criminal trial that she was shocked by her fellow judge’s behavior

12:27 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Mikaela Shiffrin claimed a record-extending 105th World Cup victory after several of her top challengers went out during the opening run of a slalom night race

11:58 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Curt Cignetti has been named The Associated Press coach of the year in college football for the second consecutive season

11:03 AM on Tuesday, December 16

Allen Lazard came to the New York Jets with a big contract and high expectations

10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 16

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is criticizing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defending Donald Trump's second presidency in a series of interviews published Tuesday

8:13 AM on Tuesday, December 16

A driver who injured more than 130 people when he plowed his car into a crowd of soccer fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League championship has been sentenced to over 21 years in prison

12:31 AM on Tuesday, December 16

The U.S. stock market drifted through a mixed day of trading after reports on the economy did little to clear uncertainty about where interest rates may be heading