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11:50 AM on Friday, April 17

A Massachusetts judge has temporarily blocked a turbine manufacturer from withdrawing from a major offshore wind farm project

11:38 AM on Friday, April 17

The U.S. government plans another oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

11:07 AM on Friday, April 17

A truce took hold Friday between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, providing relief on both sides of the border and an opening for Iran and the United States to reach a deal to end the wider war

11:02 AM on Friday, April 17

A former defensive tackle at the University of Alabama is accused of wearing makeup and wigs to impersonate NFL players in a fraud scheme that bilked investors of $20 million

11:01 AM on Friday, April 17

Wildfires used to die down and even stop at night with cooler temperatures and increased humidity

10:53 AM on Friday, April 17

10:52 AM on Friday, April 17

A West Virginia transgender girl who competes on her high school girls' track team says she's focused on having fun with her friends

10:41 AM on Friday, April 17

10:37 AM on Friday, April 17

Boxing legend George Foreman, who passed away in March 2025, chose to be buried in Sioux City, Iowa

10:01 AM on Friday, April 17

A UPS cargo plane had to abort its landing in Louisville earlier this week when a small plane crossed the runway just as it approached

9:34 AM on Friday, April 17

The owner of home shopping network pioneer QVC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

8:53 AM on Friday, April 17

A suspected purse snatcher was rounded up after being chased through the streets of Manhattan by a mounted New York police office and his horse

8:46 AM on Friday, April 17

The Supreme Court is handing a win to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana

6:34 AM on Friday, April 17

Two male runners in South Africa who were discovered fraudulently competing on behalf of female colleagues in a top marathon have been disqualified

3:24 AM on Friday, April 17

Fifteen people deported from the U.S. have landed in Congo's capital, Kinshasa

1:24 AM on Friday, April 17

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has no plans to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington, despite Mandelson failing security checks

12:14 AM on Friday, April 17

Some new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers started working before passing background checks and had problems in their past

10:53 PM on Thursday, April 16

Pope Leo XIV is encouraging young people in Cameroon to resist the temptation to migrate and to stay at home and fight corruption

11:07 AM on Thursday, April 16

Ex-NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones is expected to become the first person to plead guilty in a gambling sweep that led to the arrests of more than 30 people, including reputed mobsters and other basketball figures

10:08 PM on Thursday, April 9

Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the early globe-trotting odysseys of St. John Paul II