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9:10 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Bill Gates was set to appear before a congressional panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the latest powerful figure linked to the disgraced financier to testify

9:09 PM on Tuesday, June 9

The court officials overseeing the NFL’s $1 billion settlement fund for concussion-related injuries have barred five law firms from handling any more claims from former players, after finding that they fraudulently steered clients toward doctors willing to give them a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis whether they exhibited symptoms or not

9:06 PM on Tuesday, June 9

The Trump administration recently asked visitors to U_S_ national parks to report displays or exhibits saying “negative” things about Americans and to restore sites as “uplifting public monuments."

9:05 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power

9:02 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Catholic bishops from across the U.S. come together Thursday to consecrate the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

9:01 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Younger students have regained academic ground lost during the pandemic, but older students' test scores remain stagnant

8:30 PM on Tuesday, June 9

8:29 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Jordan said Wednesday it shot down five incoming missiles launched by Iran targeting an area that’s home to an air base that hosts U.S. forces

4:47 PM on Tuesday, June 9

The November race to determine California’s next governor will pit a Democrat promising to cement the state’s status as a stronghold of liberal policies against a Republican pledging to dramatically reverse course

4:14 PM on Tuesday, June 9

California’s most prominent congressional elections for this fall’s midterms are now set, with two districts in particular ready to test Democrats’ redrawn U.S. House map

1:21 PM on Tuesday, June 9

Consumer prices probably jumped in May for the third straight month, heightening concerns for the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve and underscoring the threat rising costs pose for the Trump administration as midterm elections near

5:42 AM on Tuesday, June 9

Voters across Maine, Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota have cast their ballots in another day of primary elections in America

3:12 AM on Tuesday, June 9

The World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States after arriving in Miami and subsequently dropped from the tournament by FIFA had been set to make history for his country

9:43 PM on Monday, June 8

The U.S. military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic

9:22 PM on Monday, June 8

Rescuers are searching ruined buildings in the southern Philippines to ensure no one was still trapped a day after the strongest earthquake to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 37 people and displaced more than 32,000

9:04 PM on Monday, June 8

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and state Attorney General Alan Wilson have advanced to a runoff for the Republican nomination for South Carolina governor while U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham won his own primary outright in his quest for a fifth term in November

9:04 PM on Monday, June 8

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, will face Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford in a battle to hold onto his seat in November, setting up what’s considered one of the most competitive governor’s races in the country

9:04 PM on Monday, June 8

Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota hosted primary elections, but much of the political world was focused on Maine’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest

9:03 PM on Monday, June 8

A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old athlete from a rival track team has been found guilty of murder

9:02 PM on Monday, June 8

Graham Platner has won the Maine Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, setting up a high-stakes race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins