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7:12 AM on Friday, June 5

At least 49 people have died of thirst after a truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger

6:42 AM on Friday, June 5

Washington, D.C., is gearing up for pivotal primaries this month to elect a new delegate to Congress and a new mayor

6:38 AM on Friday, June 5

A Sherpa guide who survived a week on Mount Everest's slopes is recovering in a Nepal hospital

6:20 AM on Friday, June 5

Rights lawyers have filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body

6:01 AM on Friday, June 5

Southern Baptists will gather for their annual meeting on Tuesday

5:06 AM on Friday, June 5

Shakira and Burna Boy will perform in Mexico City for the first of three opening ceremonies for the World Cup

4:51 AM on Friday, June 5

The Senate has blocked a procedural vote on extending a key surveillance program used by U.S. intelligence agencies

4:43 AM on Friday, June 5

A report by Britain's public spending watchdog shows that the former Prince Andrew made money by subletting cottages on the estate where he lived rent-free for two decades

1:32 AM on Friday, June 5

The Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes combined for five goals in the frantic final 15 minutes of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final and had another one waved off

12:56 AM on Friday, June 5

Television and movie actors have voted to ratify a four-year contract with studios and streaming services

12:23 AM on Friday, June 5

Victor Wembanyama stepped off the court for a moment before Game 1 of the NBA Finals, accepted greetings from a handful of well-wishers in San Antonio Spurs jerseys, then bowed his head to join them in a quick prayer

11:48 PM on Thursday, June 4

Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in May in the country's largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates

11:36 PM on Thursday, June 4

Popping a cold beer — or two or three — while watching sports at home, at a bar or during a live game is an age-old tradition

11:05 PM on Thursday, June 4

Pope Leo XIV will visit two flashpoints of migration from Africa to Europe over less than a month starting on June 11

11:04 PM on Thursday, June 4

Scott Pelley may have lost his job after publicly blasting CBS management

11:02 PM on Thursday, June 4

A rare Edith Wharton short story has just been published

10:43 PM on Thursday, June 4

Seth Jarvis blasted a one-timer past Carter Hart at 3:56 of overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes past the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final

9:43 PM on Thursday, June 4

Jennifer Kupcho made seven birdies on an unforgiving Riviera for a 5-under 66 and a one-shot lead over Sei Young Kim in the opening round of the 81st U.S. Women’s Open

3:11 PM on Thursday, June 4

Seth Jarvis scored on a power play in overtime after Carolina erased a deficit in regulation only to gave up a late tying goal, and the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night to tie the series

11:02 PM on Wednesday, June 3

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks