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4:21 PM on Friday, June 12

A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers have promised Puerto Ricans that they would try to speed up the island’s sluggish recovery from destructive hurricanes and earthquakes, a process that relies heavily on federal funds

4:06 PM on Friday, June 12

Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader says her party is committed to defense of the self-ruled island that China views as its own but that peace is possible by taking permanent secession off the table

3:49 PM on Friday, June 12

The final moments in each of the first four games between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs in these NBA Finals had much in common

3:47 PM on Friday, June 12

Democrats are rallying behind Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite a series of controversies that might have derailed a Democratic campaign during the height of the #MeToo movement

2:58 PM on Friday, June 12

New UFO files have been released by the Trump administration that include several vivid descriptions of mysterious sightings in the sky

2:53 PM on Friday, June 12

Denver Broncos pass rusher Jonathon Cooper is facing more legal trouble

2:50 PM on Friday, June 12

Stefon Diggs won’t face discipline from the NFL after a league review determined that there wasn’t enough evidence to punish him under its personal conduct policy

2:23 PM on Friday, June 12

Ronnie Schell, known for his role on the 1960s sitcom “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M

2:04 PM on Friday, June 12

Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will not play in his team's World Cup opener Wednesday after Canada denied his visa application while he awaits trial in London on multiple charges of rape

1:52 PM on Friday, June 12

A federal judge says Blake Lively can recover some legal costs from Justin Baldoni but not punitive damages and other relief she sought after settling her legal claims over their 2024 film “It Ends With Us.”

1:48 PM on Friday, June 12

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is close to signing a deal with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend

12:21 PM on Friday, June 12

A federal judge has ruled the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday

12:04 PM on Friday, June 12

FBI agents have searched the office of an Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts, seizing documents and computer files

9:26 AM on Friday, June 12

Catapulted by the market debut of his rocket company SpaceX, Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire

6:01 AM on Friday, June 12

Steven Spielberg's new film “Disclosure Day” explores extraterrestrial life and its impact on religion

12:19 AM on Friday, June 12

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to be more muted in his criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump at an upcoming summit in Europe

11:29 PM on Thursday, June 11

U.S. stocks rose after oil prices fell again, and SpaceX soared in its highly anticipated debut on Wall Street

11:02 PM on Thursday, June 11

Defense lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk are asking a judge to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as punishment for comments they made in the media about a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body

2:06 PM on Thursday, June 11

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday he is deploying $46 million in voter-approved funding to help clean up the Tijuana River and the New River at the California-Mexico border

6:14 PM on Tuesday, June 9

California’s most prominent congressional elections for this fall’s midterms are now set, with two districts in particular ready to test Democrats’ redrawn U.S. House map