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11:03 PM on Thursday, May 21

California is one of the most heavily Democratic states in the country

10:36 PM on Thursday, May 21

Questions persist about whether Cleveland Cavaliers leading scorer Donovan Mitchell playing through injury after he and his teammates lost Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals to the New York Knicks

9:59 PM on Thursday, May 21

The Montreal Canadiens pounced for four first-period goals on slow-starting Carolina — coming off the longest postseason break in more than a century — and handed the Hurricanes their first loss of the playoffs with a 6-2 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final

9:47 PM on Thursday, May 21

Josh Hart scored a playoff career-high 26 points, Jalen Brunson had 19 points and 14 assists, and the New York Knicks moved halfway to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-93

9:29 PM on Thursday, May 21

The Cannes Film Festival's amfAR Gala has dazzled attendees with performances by Robbie Williams, Zara Larsson, and Lizzo

8:40 PM on Thursday, May 21

The government in the oil-rich province of Alberta plans a referendum on leaving Canada but says it won't actually be a vote on whether to separate

8:36 PM on Thursday, May 21

Elim Chan has been hired as the first female music director of the San Francisco Symphony

7:30 PM on Thursday, May 21

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González is pledging to boost the amount of electric energy available to power the U.S. territory as chronic outages persist

5:57 PM on Thursday, May 21

The House has rejected a proposal for a new Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall

4:28 PM on Thursday, May 21

Cristiano Ronaldo has finally won a major trophy with Al-Nassr

3:56 PM on Thursday, May 21

Prosecutors say the former girlfriend of a member of the boy band Why Don’t We has been charged with trying to hire a hitman on the dark web to kill him as part of a custody dispute over their now 7-year-old daughter

1:47 PM on Thursday, May 21

President Donald Trump has again raised the specter of U.S. military intervention in Cuba

11:13 AM on Thursday, May 21

Federal officials have given final approval for a controversial segment of the Dakota Access oil pipeline that crosses the Missouri River

10:24 AM on Thursday, May 21

Meteorologists predict a developing El Nino could dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it won't eliminate storms

9:06 AM on Thursday, May 21

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said an Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded “in error” amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak

6:04 AM on Thursday, May 21

Republicans are struggling to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran

5:47 AM on Thursday, May 21

People have set fire to an Ebola treatment center in one of the towns at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grows over a health crisis authorities and aid agencies are struggling to contain

5:18 AM on Thursday, May 21

Documents reveal Queen Elizabeth II was eager for her second son, Andrew, to become Britain's trade envoy in 2001

4:32 AM on Thursday, May 21

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's recent summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin highlighted different dynamics with each country

11:14 PM on Wednesday, May 20

An attack at a California Islamic center is the latest violence where the perpetrators said they were inspired by past atrocities, such as the 2019 massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand