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12:26 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the U.S. from a NATO meeting and all aboard are safe

12:24 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Red Cross has received remains of 2 more Hamas hostages to be returned to Israel from Gaza, Israeli military says

11:48 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young settled into the role of doing the “dirty work” right away when he began working for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement — answering mail, working behind the scenes to set up marches

11:42 AM on Wednesday, October 15

A federal judge in Montana has dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels

11:40 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Oklahoma's new public schools superintendent is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students

11:34 AM on Wednesday, October 15

A firefighter has rescued a stranded pup from rising floodwaters in Southern California

11:13 AM on Wednesday, October 15

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”

10:53 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Cook County’s top judge signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court

10:48 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Prosecutors say DNA obtained from a discarded straw has led to the indictment of a man accused of sexually assaulting and killing a New York teenager more than 40 years ago

10:40 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Former MVP Russell Westbrook is joining the Sacramento Kings, a person familiar with the agreement tells The Associated Press

8:21 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke have collaborated for over 30 years, but their latest film, "Blue Moon," pushed their partnership to new limits

6:17 AM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown

4:12 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Federal workers furloughed or working without pay are feeling the financial squeeze and fear being swept up in the Trump administration's layoffs

3:43 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The Israeli military says one of four bodies handed over by Hamas on Tuesday is not that of any hostages held in Gaza

1:10 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The United Nations' food aid agency has warned that severe funding cuts are impacting its operations in six countries

11:51 PM on Tuesday, October 14

The Israeli military says the International Committee of the Red Cross has received the remains of two more hostages to be transferred from the Gaza Strip to Israeli custody

9:04 PM on Tuesday, October 14

Angel Reese is taking her game from the court to the catwalk and making history along the way

9:02 PM on Tuesday, October 14

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student is set to be executed Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman

9:01 PM on Tuesday, October 14

The Supreme Court appears ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that's helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century

8:58 PM on Tuesday, October 14

U.S. stocks are rising amid another topsy-turvy day on Wall Street