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7:18 PM on Tuesday, July 14

A federal appeals court has ended more than 60 years of federal oversight of a Louisiana school system that had been ordered to eradicate segregation

6:43 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Heavy downpours in South Texas washed out highways and stranded motorists Tuesday as forecasters warned that a threat of more severe weather could bring dangerous flooding to already drenched counties near the border with Mexico

6:33 PM on Tuesday, July 14

A Louisiana man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a deputy U.S. marshal who joined other officers in trying to arrest him at his home after he failed to show up for a trial on rape and sexual battery charges

6:25 PM on Tuesday, July 14

The U.S. military will leave Iraq by the end of September following a 23-year presence that started with the 2003 invasion against Saddam Hussein and ended with much smaller operations against the Islamic State group

5:59 PM on Tuesday, July 14

President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections

5:50 PM on Tuesday, July 14

The Writers Guild of America has become the latest group to challenge Paramount’s $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros

5:30 PM on Tuesday, July 14

A grand jury has issued 50 indictments involving five murdered inmates, assaults against staff and other violence at a Tennessee prison

5:21 PM on Tuesday, July 14

A large coalition led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will mark the anniversary of the historic March on Washington next month with a march for democracy

5:13 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Pat Oliphant, one of the most influential political cartoonists, has died at 90

4:50 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Fresh off a first-class flight from Glasgow, an orange traffic cone received a hero’s welcome at Boston Logan International Airport, complete with a bagpiper, diplomats and state leaders

3:38 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Authorities say a man running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida was struck and killed by a tractor trailer

3:03 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Maine Democrats are fighting to link Republican Sen. Susan Collins to a new fatal shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in their state

2:42 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s pursuit of a Russia sanctions bill has taken on a renewed sense of urgency following his death

2:19 PM on Tuesday, July 14

12:49 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Mikel Oyarzabal scored from the penalty spot after a heady play by teenager Lamine Yamal, Pedro Porro added another goal and Spain advanced to its first World Cup final since winning in 2010 with a 2-0 victory over France

7:44 AM on Tuesday, July 14

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are making a rare appearance before Congress

6:42 AM on Tuesday, July 14

A U.S.-Russian space crew has arrived at the International Space Station for an eight-month mission

11:13 PM on Monday, July 13

In rare congressional testimony, Supreme Court justices have shared chilling stories about the threats they increasingly face in public life

11:07 PM on Monday, July 13

President Donald Trump has warmly welcomed new Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the White House

11:03 PM on Monday, July 13

Florida has administered a lethal injection to a 74-year-old man, its oldest inmate in over a century, just weeks after executing another man who was briefly the oldest person executed by the state