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2:17 PM on Friday, August 14

After answering six minutes worth of questions about the Seattle Seahawks and cornerback Terrion Arnold working on a contract, coach Mike Macdonald was asked about the team’s preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday

2:09 PM on Friday, August 14

The homicide rate in the United States dropped to the lowest it’s been in 75 years

1:41 PM on Friday, August 14

Venus Williams’ losing streak in singles play has reached 13 matches

1:30 PM on Friday, August 14

Potential disaster was averted when a Phoenix air traffic controller recognized two American Airlines jets mistakenly were flying the same flight number and acted quickly to avoid confusion and keep them a safe distance apart

1:27 PM on Friday, August 14

Federal prosecutors will pursue fewer charges in their second attempt to convict a man accused of starting the deadly 2025 wildfire that became the most destructive in Los Angeles’ history

1:23 PM on Friday, August 14

A federal judge says Idaho can't prosecute doctors who perform abortions to protect a pregnant person's health or prevent self-harm

12:39 PM on Friday, August 14

Four more belugas have arrived at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago as part of a plan to move the last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park in Canada to aquariums in the United States and Spain

11:34 AM on Friday, August 14

President Donald Trump is downplaying concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment in the Middle East

8:48 AM on Friday, August 14

Reddit will join the S&P 500 next week, giving the wide-ranging online forum a boost in prestige and investments

7:03 AM on Friday, August 14

Israeli settlers have been blockading homes in the West Bank town of Qusra, leading to a tense standoff

6:54 AM on Friday, August 14

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work

6:33 AM on Friday, August 14

The wife of a U.S. soldier has been released from federal immigration custody after spending more than a month detained, according to her family

6:16 AM on Friday, August 14

Stanley “Skip” Bertman, who turned LSU’s baseball program into a powerhouse that won its first five national championships between 1991 and 2000, has died at age 88

5:41 AM on Friday, August 14

Americans unexpectedly cut their spending in July by the biggest drop since May 2025, raising doubts about the resiliency of consumers who have kept spending and powering the economy despite the rising costs of daily expenses

4:56 AM on Friday, August 14

Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended and then restarted under heightened security over reports of violence against election officials and the theft of ballot boxes

2:07 AM on Friday, August 14

The United Arab Emirates has blamed Iran for firing drones at two tankers operated by a state-owned oil company in the Strait of Hormuz

2:00 AM on Friday, August 14

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are marking five years since regaining power

10:58 PM on Thursday, August 13

U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high following the latest economic report to come in surprisingly weak

9:04 PM on Thursday, August 13

Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

11:17 AM on Thursday, August 13

The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln