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11:16 PM on Friday, June 12

In 1976, as the United States prepared to celebrate its 200th anniversary, the mood was ambivalent

10:09 PM on Friday, June 12

Folarin Balogun chose to play for the U.S. and made a splashy World Cup debut

9:42 PM on Friday, June 12

Roaring crowds wearing stars and stripes came out to support the U.S. men's soccer team in their World Cup opener against Paraguay

9:29 PM on Friday, June 12

AI giant Anthropic says it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals

9:00 PM on Friday, June 12

A coalition including Kalshi, Crypto

8:20 PM on Friday, June 12

President Donald Trump says a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang

8:19 PM on Friday, June 12

Yordan Alvarez became the first player to hit a grand slam and multi-run homer in the first inning of a Major League Baseball game, pulling off the feat for Houston against Kansas City on Friday night

6:55 PM on Friday, June 12

The U.S. has opened its first home World Cup in 32 years with a dynamic 4-1 victory over Paraguay

6:54 PM on Friday, June 12

Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith are certainly enjoying anchoring pregame, halftime and postgame NBA Finals coverage for the first time

6:25 PM on Friday, June 12

A beloved movie critic and arts reporter for the “Today” show, Gene Shalit has died

6:09 PM on Friday, June 12

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward

5:57 PM on Friday, June 12

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is day to day with left knee inflammation

5:52 PM on Friday, June 12

The U.S. Justice Department has determined that Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros

5:01 PM on Friday, June 12

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond publicly called on the Big 12 to suspend Brendan Sorsby after the Texas Tech quarterback won a court order restoring his eligibility

4:09 PM on Friday, June 12

Late substitute Cyle Larin scored in the 78th minute and co-host Canada earned its first-ever point in a World Cup by rallying for a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina

3:11 PM on Friday, June 12

A bystander wounded during an exchange of gunfire near the White House last month is an active-duty soldier and is still being treated for his wounds, according to the law firm he has retained

12:16 PM on Friday, June 12

The Kennedy Center is running out of options to keep President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of the iconic performing arts venue

11:11 AM on Friday, June 12

Authorities in Texas say a man who opened fire in a shooting that left one dead and 10 injured had shot at police just days earlier during a chase

10:35 AM on Friday, June 12

Pakistan's prime minister says the United State and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East

4:14 AM on Friday, June 12

Attorneys say an Iranian woman is among a group of people who have been deported to the Central African Republic from the United States