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11:22 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Jalen Brunson scored 35 points, Josh Hart added 21 and the New York Knicks advanced to the NBA Cup semifinals for the first time in three tries by beating the struggling Toronto Raptors 117-101

10:36 PM on Tuesday, December 9

President Donald Trump admits he used the slur “shithole countries” during a private 2018 meeting with lawmakers to disparage Haiti and African nations

6:29 PM on Tuesday, December 9

A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione’s arrest and revealed in court this week shed new light on the steps he may have taken — or planned to take — to avoid capture after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing last year

6:21 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. for the last six years says she’s resigning next year as the two major trading partners review the free trade agreement

6:08 PM on Tuesday, December 9

The Senate is heading toward dueling partisan votes on health care this week

4:55 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Police in Frankfort, Kentucky, say a shooting at Kentucky State University has left one student dead and another in critical condition

4:45 PM on Tuesday, December 9

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina could be federally recognized through the National Defense Authorization Act the House plans to vote on this week

4:45 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua thinks there’s a simple solution to politicking for College Football Playoff spots: expansion

3:45 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Pope Leo XIV is insisting that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal

3:27 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Rejoice, New Year’s dieters: Oreos are getting a sugar-free option

2:55 PM on Tuesday, December 9

At least two of several agreements aimed at ending global conflicts that President Donald Trump has hailed as evidence of his negotiating prowess are in trouble and at risk of collapsing

1:09 PM on Tuesday, December 9

Kyle Schwarber is staying with the Philadelphia Phillies, agreeing to a $150 million, five-year contract

10:23 AM on Tuesday, December 9

A planned news conference by Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has been canceled after a several-hour delay, a day before Wednesday's award ceremony in Oslo

9:47 AM on Tuesday, December 9

The first of a series of powerful storms is dumping heavy rain and swelling rivers in the Pacific Northwest, closing roads and prompting high water rescues

9:41 AM on Tuesday, December 9

A selection of items returned by the Vatican is now at the Canadian Museum of History after First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders for years called for the repatriation of Indigenous artifacts

8:20 AM on Tuesday, December 9

President Donald Trump road-tested his claims that he’s tackling Americans’ affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania

3:19 AM on Tuesday, December 9

Lithuania's government has declared a national emergency over security risks from meteorological balloons sent from Russia-allied Belarus in recent weeks

2:26 AM on Tuesday, December 9

NASCAR Chairman Jim France has testified in Michael Jordan’s federal antitrust lawsuit against his family that he still has not changed his mind on granting teams permanent charters

12:01 AM on Tuesday, December 9

At a nighttime event in Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump tried to emphasize his focus on combating inflation, although the issue couldn't quite command his full attention

11:48 PM on Monday, December 8

U.S. stocks largely held in place as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say about interest rates