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12:20 AM on Thursday, September 11

The number of aid workers kidnapped in South Sudan has more than doubled this year, according to two senior humanitarian officials working for international groups

12:03 AM on Thursday, September 11

In the tragic roll call of violence in American public life, Charlie Kirk’s name joins the long list

12:01 AM on Thursday, September 11

Income inequality in the United States dipped last year, with median household income rising slightly

11:05 PM on Wednesday, September 10

After surpassing 200 strikeouts for the first time in his career, Pirates ace Paul Skenes admitted it was good to get a breather

11:02 PM on Wednesday, September 10

A crowd gathered around a white canopy on a grassy college courtyard just weeks into the fall semester, eager to hear what the speaker beneath it had to say

10:45 PM on Wednesday, September 10

South Korean president says Korean companies will struggle to maintain investments in US without better visa systems

9:56 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Paul Skenes struck out eight in five two-hit innings to surpass 200 strikeouts before leaving after a season-low 64 pitches in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2-1, 10-inning loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night

9:12 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Mexico City mayor says gas tanker explosion has killed three people and injured 70

8:56 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Authorities seeking new person of interest in Charlie Kirk assassination, no one currently in custody, official says

8:43 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Shohei Ohtani is set to make his next pitching start for the Los Angeles Dodgers next week against the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies

8:04 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was given some respite on Wednesday after a Supreme Court justice voted to acquit him from all charges in his alleged coup trial

6:31 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Senate Republicans have barely defeated an effort by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein

5:33 PM on Wednesday, September 10

A gas tanker truck has exploded and burned multiple vehicles under a Mexico City highway overpass, killing three people and injuring 70 others

3:49 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster and ally of President Donald Trump, has been shot and killed

3:37 PM on Wednesday, September 10

A student shot two of his peers Wednesday at a suburban Denver high school before shooting himself and later dying, authorities said

3:21 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Authorities say conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valley University

3:01 PM on Wednesday, September 10

Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, has been shot and killed at a Utah college event in an act that the state’s governor called a “political assassination.”

11:33 AM on Wednesday, September 10

A total blackout has hit Cuba, marking the latest in a series of outages blamed on aging infrastructure and fuel shortages at power plants

7:41 AM on Wednesday, September 10

China has approved the establishment of a national nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal, a disputed territory also claimed by the Philippines in the South China Sea

10:11 PM on Tuesday, September 9

South Korea says a charter plane that is planned to carry South Korean workers who were detained in an immigration raid in Georgia will depart Thursday at noon to return home