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11:22 AM on Saturday, August 30

Lee Roy Jordan, a linebacker on the first Super Bowl-winning team for the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s, has died

8:57 AM on Saturday, August 30

Germany captain Dennis Schröder faced racial abuse during his team’s 107-88 victory over Lithuania at EuroBasket, and one fan was banned from attending the rest of the tournament by FIBA officials

7:05 AM on Saturday, August 30

Oscar Piastri has beaten his teammate Lando Norris by just over one-hundredth of a second to take pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix in qualifying

7:04 AM on Saturday, August 30

Yemen's Houthis say an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Sanaa

7:00 AM on Saturday, August 30

African media have quizzed FIFA president Gianni Infantino if people from the continent will be safe and welcome in the United States at the 2026 World Cup

6:15 AM on Saturday, August 30

California voters will decide in November whether to OK a new congressional map that would benefit Democrats

5:45 AM on Saturday, August 30

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office is urging the U.S. to reverse its decision to revoke his visa

4:37 AM on Saturday, August 30

Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, and many of them will arrive at beaches where swimming is not advised because of unsafe levels of fecal contamination

9:42 PM on Friday, August 29

A grand jury has indicted two civilian workers on charges they caused the Navy to provide the Hawaii Department of Health with false information about jet fuel that spilled from a Pearl Harbor storage facility before it later seeped into drinking water and sickened 6,000 people in 2021

9:36 PM on Friday, August 29

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants detained in the interior of the United States

8:29 PM on Friday, August 29

Hank Beatty returned a punt 69 yards for a touchdown and broke Red Grange’s nearly 102-year-old Illinois record for yards on punt returns to help the No. 12 Illini rout Western Illinois 52-3 on Friday night to open the season

8:20 PM on Friday, August 29

Red Sox left-hander Payton Tolle made an impressive major league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates

7:42 PM on Friday, August 29

Jonah Tong allowed one earned run in five innings in his major league debut and the New York Mets hit six homers and set a franchise record for runs in a home game in a 19-9 victory over the Miami Marlins on Friday night

5:40 PM on Friday, August 29

The bat tossed in the air by a New Jersey Little Leaguer to celebrate a home run that earned him a suspension later lifted by a judge has sold for nearly $10,000 at auction

4:55 PM on Friday, August 29

President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products

4:24 PM on Friday, August 29

A Social Security whistleblower whose complaint alleged that Department of Government Efficiency officials mishandled Americans’ sensitive information says he’s resigning because of actions taken against him since making the claim

2:05 PM on Friday, August 29

Ben Shelton quit during his third-round match at the U.S. Open on Friday because of a left shoulder injury

11:38 AM on Friday, August 29

Carlos Alcaraz has dealt with a brief problem with his right knee and managed to easily advance to the fourth round at the U.S. Open

9:22 AM on Friday, August 29

A conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court says she will not seek reelection, creating an open race for a seat on the court that’s controlled 4-3 by liberals

9:40 PM on Thursday, August 28

Taylor Townsend does not have the star power or the name recognition of fellow Americans Coco Gauff or Jessica Pegula, and she's not even seeded in singles play the U.S. Open