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12:19 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Houston Texans receiver Jayden Higgins is expected to miss the season with a torn ACL, a person with knowledge of his injury tells The Associated Press

11:46 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice

11:38 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Many Federal Reserve officials think the central bank will have to lift its key short-term interest rate in the coming months if inflation doesn’t subside, minutes of the Fed’s meeting last month showed

11:30 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Normally quiet, the bond market can occasionally send warning signals loud enough to hit stock markets worldwide and even grab the attention of U.S. presidents and other world leaders

11:26 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Body camera footage shows nine members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force falling to the ground as a second-story wooden deck they were standing on suddenly collapses

11:12 AM on Wednesday, August 19

A deputy with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office showed up at the University of Colorado campus last week to serve civil papers to Deion Sanders while the football coach was at an open practice and inaccessible

10:51 AM on Wednesday, August 19

With all the chatter about what value top LIV players like Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau might bring to the PGA Tour if they choose to return, Rory McIlroy was pointed in a question

10:49 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Recovering from the devastating earthquake that hit Colombia earlier this month will be particularly challenging for Choco, a remote region that has long struggled with high poverty rates, poor infrastructure and underfunded health and education services

10:47 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Eclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern lights from space

9:09 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Eight-time All-WNBA forward Nneka Ogwumike says she is retiring after this season, her 15th in the league

6:40 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The Kennedy Center has told a federal court it won't try to restore Donald Trump's name to the building facade before at least Sept. 8

6:24 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Florida Republicans have settled on Byron Donalds, a congressman, as their candidate for governor, and that now makes eight Black major party nominees for governors this year

6:01 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The first New World screwworm outbreak in Texas in 60 years is hindering efforts to move rescued dogs and cats out of crowded animal shelters to states where they would be adopted

4:59 AM on Wednesday, August 19

China has kicked off the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, showcasing its expanding robotics industry

3:56 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade with Iran after it said it had come under renewed fire from the country

3:00 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Millions more people may be able to get smaller, lightweight Amazon packages delivered by drones by the end of the year under a plan the company announced Wednesday to expand the airborne shipping to suburban areas in nearly 500 U.S. cities

10:57 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Jason Arday, who was once celebrated as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, was found dead last week after weeks of news stories presenting evidence that he was a plagiarist and fabulist

9:06 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks

9:08 AM on Tuesday, August 18

Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” as her mental health deteriorated in the months before she killed her three children, her former mother-in-law testified at her Massachusetts murder trial

9:57 AM on Sunday, August 16

Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help Colombia recover from a devastating earthquake