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4:41 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Supreme Court has indicated a willingness to limit race-based districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

4:27 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Mississippi executes man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old college student

3:44 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A former Los Angeles Angels official has testified that an employee convicted of providing drugs leading to the death of one of the team’s star pitchers had been taking prescription medication to deal with depression and bipolar disorder

3:19 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers

2:44 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers has prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions

2:28 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa apologized for comments he made following Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in which he revealed some teammates were showing up late to player-led meetings

2:28 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Hamas assures they'll honor deal to return dead hostages from Gaza amid Israeli anger about pace of returns: US advisers

2:13 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Ah, rats

1:33 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The National Transportation Safety Board says faulty engineering led to the implosion of an experimental submersible that killed five people en route to the wreck of the Titanic

1:27 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power

1:03 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The Big 12 fined Kansas $25,000 for coach Lance Leipold’s statement that a pocketknife was thrown at his staff during the Jayhawks’ game at Texas Tech last weekend

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

11:21 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The NBA has reminded teams to focus on addressing inappropriate fan behavior at games this season

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.”

10:48 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

10:22 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Jet lag researchers might want to keep an eye on Sunday’s game in London between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Rams at Wembley Stadium

9:07 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Construction on the main hockey arena for the Milan-Cortina Games is going down to the wire with NHL players preparing to return to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade

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

9:02 PM on Tuesday, October 14

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student was put to death Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman

9:22 AM on Monday, October 13

Vernon Jones, a former Democratic state representative who switched parties to support President Donald Trump, has announced his candidacy for Georgia's secretary of state