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1:45 PM on Monday, May 18

Aleshea Harris wrote “Is God Is” as a story of rage and revenge, blending Greek tragedy with Spaghetti Westerns

1:29 PM on Monday, May 18

A person familiar with the legal outcome says former Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer lost his multimillion-dollar arbitration case against the NFL team that fired him with cause in 2021

1:08 PM on Monday, May 18

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. will give a 30-day extension for countries to import Russian oil already in tankers at sea

12:57 PM on Monday, May 18

The Chicago Sky got off to a hot start to the season, but the health of young star Rickea Jackson is foremost on their minds after she had a non-contact injury on her left knee in Sunday’s win over Minnesota

12:27 PM on Monday, May 18

One of only two American films competing for the Palme d'Or, James Gray’s “Paper Tiger” has been one of the standouts of this year’s Cannes

12:02 PM on Monday, May 18

Denny Hamlin is the oldest driver on the circuit and he will be among the favorites to win the longest race in NASCAR

10:29 AM on Monday, May 18

The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Jamahl Mosley as their next coach, ending interim coach James Borrego’s candidacy to retain his job on a permanent basis

10:28 AM on Monday, May 18

The death toll in the latest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has surpassed 3,000

9:59 AM on Monday, May 18

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen says a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy to the Arctic, Jeff Landry, was positive but emphasized Greenland's commitment to self-determination

9:10 AM on Monday, May 18

Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins is positioning himself as a strong supporter of Donald Trump in his bid to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff

9:04 AM on Monday, May 18

A new Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is highlighting Africa's struggle with reduced international aid

9:01 AM on Monday, May 18

A gun and notebook that prosecutors say link Luigi Mangione to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson can be used as evidence at his murder trial

8:43 AM on Monday, May 18

Officials say gunmen in two separate attacks have shot and killed two police officers assigned to protect polio vaccination teams in northwest Pakistan

8:43 AM on Monday, May 18

The Supreme Court has rejected appeals from pharmaceutical companies that object to negotiating Medicare drug prices with the federal government

8:22 AM on Monday, May 18

NextEra Energy is seeking to acquire Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal valued at about $67 billion, creating a massive power company as the energy needs of artificial intelligence drive demand higher in the U.S. It is one of the biggest proposed mergers so far this year and would create the world’s biggest regulated electric utility business by market capitalization, the companies said on Monday

8:06 AM on Monday, May 18

FIFA has added another gambling industry sponsor to the 2026 World Cup by signing Greece-based betting brand Betano to a regional deal covering Europe and South America

5:44 AM on Monday, May 18

Italy’s Foreign Ministry says rescuers have found the bodies of four Italian divers inside an underwater cave in the Maldives

5:29 AM on Monday, May 18

Officials in Austin, Texas, say three young people are in custody in at least 10 random shootings that left four people hurt in the city over the weekend

6:10 PM on Sunday, May 17

The collapse of Spirit Airlines isn't the only curveball confronting people planning summer trips

2:33 PM on Sunday, May 17

Officials say all four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed during an air show at a military base in Idaho