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10:39 AM on Monday, October 20

Israel's military says Palestinian militants have handed over the body of a deceased hostage to the Red Cross in Gaza.

10:17 AM on Monday, October 20

Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown

10:06 AM on Monday, October 20

Irish TV comedy writer Graham Linehan will not face charges after his arrest over social media posts critical of transgender people

9:39 AM on Monday, October 20

Purdue guard Braden Smith has been named a unanimous preseason All-American by The Associated Press

8:57 AM on Monday, October 20

A Vermont state senator who took part in a Young Republicans group chat on Telegram in which members made racist comments and joked about rape and gas chambers has resigned

7:29 AM on Monday, October 20

The union representing Broadway actors has reached a tentative labor agreement with commercial producers

6:33 AM on Monday, October 20

The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights

6:32 AM on Monday, October 20

Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns

6:29 AM on Monday, October 20

Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City return to the Champions League with Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland enjoying red-hot starts to their seasons

5:58 AM on Monday, October 20

The Millennium Seed Bank at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew marks its 25th anniversary

5:38 AM on Monday, October 20

Iraq’s prime minister says a small group of U.S. military advisers will stay in the country to coordinate with U.S. forces in neighboring Syria against the Islamic State group

5:37 AM on Monday, October 20

It was moments after Rafael Leão converted a game-winning penalty that AC Milan center back Matteo Gabbia made one of the most important tackles of a match with Fiorentina

5:15 AM on Monday, October 20

Pope Leo XIV has met with an organization of clergy abuse survivors and advocates for the first time

3:55 AM on Monday, October 20

Virginia is the last Southern state that has not passed new abortion restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a national constitutional right to the procedure

11:43 PM on Sunday, October 19

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has delivered a speech on the opening day of a major Communist Party meeting

8:21 PM on Sunday, October 19

Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan's first female prime minister after her party secured a crucial coalition partner

5:44 PM on Sunday, October 19

President Donald Trump says the United States could buy Argentine beef in an attempt to bring down prices for American consumers

4:49 PM on Sunday, October 19

A cargo plane has skidded off a Hong Kong runway and collided with a security vehicle, killing two people in the car

12:01 PM on Sunday, October 19

More women are defying traditional beauty standards and finding empowerment by going without hair on their heads

9:20 PM on Saturday, October 18

Preliminary results show that Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator who was never a nationally prominent figure until now, has won Bolivia’s presidential election, galvanizing voters outraged by the country’s economic crisis and frustrated with 20 years of rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party