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5:31 PM on Monday, December 8

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month

4:43 PM on Monday, December 8

The Archdiocese of New York says it will set up a $300 million fund to compensate victims of sexual abuse who have sued the church

4:10 PM on Monday, December 8

A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law

4:06 PM on Monday, December 8

Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy

3:36 PM on Monday, December 8

PepsiCo plans to cut prices and eliminate some of its products under a deal with an activist investor announced Monday

3:13 PM on Monday, December 8

A federal magistrate judge has rejected a bid by a former Colorado county clerk to be released from prison while she appeals her state conviction for orchestrating a data breach scheme driven by false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race

2:28 PM on Monday, December 8

President Donald Trump says he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to “approved customers” in China

1:22 PM on Monday, December 8

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is the latest Republican candidate for Georgia governor to attack campaign finance rules that allow Lt. Gov. Burt Jones to raise unlimited contributions

10:38 AM on Monday, December 8

A federal judge has approved a federal settlement that will clear the way for the New Orleans Archdiocese to pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse

10:31 AM on Monday, December 8

A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from immigrant detention while she fights potential deportation

10:27 AM on Monday, December 8

Moments after Luigi Mangione was put in handcuffs at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear

9:30 AM on Monday, December 8

6:36 AM on Monday, December 8

A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake has struck off northern Japan, injuring 23 people and triggering a tsunami

6:12 AM on Monday, December 8

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett has launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate in Texas

5:31 AM on Monday, December 8

A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school and released over the weekend have been hosted at a government-organized ceremony

5:19 AM on Monday, December 8

The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members

4:15 AM on Monday, December 8

Thailand and Cambodia have resumed fighting over disputed territory, just months after agreeing to a ceasefire

2:13 AM on Monday, December 8

British, French and German leaders met in London with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of European support for Kyiv at what they called a “critical moment” in the U.S.-led effort to end Russia’s war in Ukraine

10:19 PM on Sunday, December 7

The U.N.’s humanitarian aid coordinator is downsizing its appeal for annual funding in 2026 after support this year — mostly from Western governments — plunged to the lowest level in a decade

9:04 PM on Sunday, December 7

Mohammad Marwan has been struggling to rebuild his life after being released from Syria’s Saydnaya prison a year ago