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8:38 PM on Thursday, October 9

Cindy McCain has suffered a mild stroke this week and is said to be recovering well

7:25 PM on Thursday, October 9

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official

7:23 PM on Thursday, October 9

NBA general managers overwhelmingly expect the Oklahoma City Thunder to be the league's first repeat champion in nearly a decade

7:19 PM on Thursday, October 9

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for two weeks

7:04 PM on Thursday, October 9

Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter is not playing in the reigning Super Bowl champions' game at the New York Giants because of a heel injury

6:34 PM on Thursday, October 9

Israeli Cabinet approves 'outline' of deal to release hostages held by Hamas, Netanyahu's office says

6:18 PM on Thursday, October 9

More than half the states contributing National Guard troops to President Trump's federal law enforcement initiative in Washington, D.C., have set target dates for withdrawal later this fall

6:11 PM on Thursday, October 9

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5:52 PM on Thursday, October 9

A private energy company is abandoning a proposal to store nuclear waste at a site in southeastern New Mexico

5:45 PM on Thursday, October 9

Senate Republicans have voted to roll back restrictions on mining and drilling in federal land in three Western states

5:14 PM on Thursday, October 9

Bill Belichick's first season at North Carolina has run into problems both on and off the field

4:33 PM on Thursday, October 9

President Donald Trump is celebrating a breakthrough in the two-year conflict in the Middle East, calling it something people said could never be done

2:09 PM on Thursday, October 9

Pope Leo XIV has urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks

1:41 PM on Thursday, October 9

A New Orleans jail escapee who spent nearly five months on the run before his capture this week in Atlanta has agreed to be returned to Louisiana

1:04 PM on Thursday, October 9

The Florida city of St. Petersburg, long a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and mindful of its racially segregated past, is considering approval of two flags recognizing those issues after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered similar street murals erased because of supposedly political messages

11:58 AM on Thursday, October 9

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it attacked a Buddhist festival held on the grounds of a school earlier this week

10:16 AM on Thursday, October 9

Texas’ top criminal court has again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he had been set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death in a shaken baby case

9:59 AM on Thursday, October 9

Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s so-called full-self driving technology after dozens of incidents in which the electric vehicle maker’s cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and endangering drivers

8:44 AM on Thursday, October 9

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press

7:13 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of Hamas' remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners