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2:11 PM on Friday, May 15

Mike Brown was hired for this moment

1:42 PM on Friday, May 15

The NFL’s decision to put the Kansas City Chiefs in primetime windows the first two weeks of the season wasn’t meant to be a hint on how fast Patrick Mahomes will recover from knee surgery

1:31 PM on Friday, May 15

Beginning in the 1970s, just about every Filipino household in America was either hauling balikbayan boxes in person or mailing them to relatives back in the Philippines

1:24 PM on Friday, May 15

Military identification tags — popularly known as dog tags — became standard issue for U.S. troops at the request of an Army chaplain concerned about identifying fallen soldiers at the beginning of the 20th century

1:23 PM on Friday, May 15

They are ridiculous

1:04 PM on Friday, May 15

A great horned owl found stuck in a concrete mixer in Utah is now flying free after recovering at an animal sanctuary

1:01 PM on Friday, May 15

Global warming is causing rivers to slowly lose oxygen, threatening fish and other lives

12:56 PM on Friday, May 15

Israeli forces set up a temporary post in the Iraqi desert during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, according to officials

12:38 PM on Friday, May 15

John Travolta was surprised with an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his directorial debut

12:38 PM on Friday, May 15

The Pentagon is drawing down thousands of troops in Europe by stopping units from deploying to Poland and Germany as opposed to yanking those already stationed there

12:30 PM on Friday, May 15

Manon Rheaume is carrying over her trailblazing women’s hockey career into a front office role in being hired as the general manager of the PWHL’s expansion team in Detroit

12:02 PM on Friday, May 15

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed legislation banning certain semi-automatic firearms

11:22 AM on Friday, May 15

Investigators are looking into what caused a small plane to crash into a house in northeast Ohio on Thursday, explode into flames and kill two pilots aboard

10:33 AM on Friday, May 15

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee is ending his bid for reelection

9:56 AM on Friday, May 15

President Donald Trump plans to build an exhibit of statues featuring prominent Americans along the Potomac River

4:54 AM on Friday, May 15

Maldivian authorities have suspended a high-risk operation to recover the bodies of four Italian divers believed trapped inside a deep underwater cave, after one body was recovered the day before

4:00 AM on Friday, May 15

Democratic leaders are embracing independent candidates in red states where their party brand struggles

2:11 AM on Friday, May 15

Africa’s top public health body confirms a new Ebola outbreak in Congo's Ituri province

1:19 AM on Friday, May 15

The NFL schedule traditionally gets plenty of attention

7:00 PM on Thursday, May 14

President Donald Trump says he’s not yet made a decision on whether a major sale of U.S. arms to Taiwan can move forward following his three-day visit to China