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1:42 PM on Wednesday, May 20

President Donald Trump's legal team has reached a deal with the Justice Department to drop tax claims against him, his family and associates

1:41 PM on Wednesday, May 20

A former arbitrator of NCAA infractions cases says Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby faces an uphill fight trying to force the NCAA to stand down on enforcing the policy that permanently bans athletes who are found to have wagered on their own team

12:56 PM on Wednesday, May 20

A federal judge has refused to postpone a trial next month for civil claims stemming from the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge

12:14 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Alex Palou senses a change among IndyCar fans these days

12:05 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Nashville has given a hint of what the NFL and football fans can expect in 2030 from Music City for Super Bowl 64

11:48 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed two decrees on Wednesday to add pressure on big tech companies by making them liable for illegal content shared by its users and opening way for investigations through a government body on their response to such cases

11:01 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Neptune's mysterious, far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet's original companions

10:51 AM on Wednesday, May 20

“The Boys” is airing its series finale after five seasons of death, depravity and digs at the capitalistic superhero-industrial complex

10:46 AM on Wednesday, May 20

A federal judge has ruled that attorneys for the man accused of sparking last year’s deadly Palisades Fire in and around Los Angeles can’t introduce evidence or arguments at his arson trial about alleged negligence by the fire department in responding to an earlier blaze

10:31 AM on Wednesday, May 20

A lawsuit filed on behalf of students and community organizations in Massachusetts argues the state is illegally maintaining schools that are racially segregated, concentrating Black and Latino students in high-poverty districts with fewer opportunities

10:23 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Nine migrants deported from the United States have landed in Sierra Leone, according to the West African country

10:14 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Canadian miner Sherritt International Corp. has signed a non-binding agreement with Gillon Capital LLC

9:56 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Dallas Mavericks president Masai Ujiri says it was a difficult decision, and his alone, to remove Jason Kidd as the team’s coach after five seasons

9:14 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Call it a comeback

8:01 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Congo’s soccer team has canceled a three-day World Cup preparation training camp and a planned farewell to fans in the capital Kinshasa because of an outbreak of Ebola in the east of the country

6:58 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Barney Frank has died

6:00 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Israel’s national security minister has drawn a sharp rebuke from his boss and triggered a backlash abroad after he released videos taunting detained activists from a flotilla that tried to reach Gaza

4:49 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Amid a punishing drought, tariffs and the high cost of fertilizers, farming wheat has become more uncertain as farmers in western Kansas are feeling the impact in their major wheat-producing region

4:44 AM on Wednesday, May 20

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has released its annual list of the most endangered historic places in the United States

4:20 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Stephen Colbert's run on “The Late Show” ends Thursday, marking the conclusion of his on-air feud with President Donald Trump