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2:16 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Tommy Fleetwood's 8-year-old son Frankie nearly stole the show at Augusta National on Wednesday

1:56 PM on Wednesday, April 8

The Tennessee Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that would have let media witnesses view more parts of state-run executions

1:53 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Two Minnesota school districts and the state’s main teachers union have asked a federal judge to block a Trump administration change in policy that gave immigration authorities a freer hand to conduct enforcement actions in and near schools

1:08 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler and Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo López each received seven-game suspensions from Major League Baseball on Wednesday after they were ejected following their participation in a brawl

1:02 PM on Wednesday, April 8

The legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died at age 97

10:58 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Health Secretary Robert F_ Kennedy Jr_ is launching a new podcast called “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast.”

9:58 AM on Wednesday, April 8

March has been the hottest month on record for the continental United States in 132 years, according to federal weather data

7:51 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells The Associated Press in his first interview since the ouster that he was “blindsided” by the move but has no hard feelings and is unlikely to sue

7:09 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Alex Ovechkin says he is waiting until after the Washington Capitals' season is over to decide whether he's calling it a career or returning to play one more year

5:32 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Konnor Griffin has signed a nine-year, $140 million contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates

5:27 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Lebanon’s health ministry says that Israeli strikes during the day killed 182 people, the highest single-day death toll in the Israel-Hezbollah war

4:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

The White House says President Donald Trump was expected to discuss leaving NATO while meeting with the military alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte

3:43 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia adds another solo goal to his collection as defending champion Paris Saint-Germain beats Liverpool 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal

3:08 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Atletico Madrid scored twice after Barcelona was reduced to 10 men to earn a valuable 2-0 road win and take the advantage in their Champions League quarterfinal

2:08 AM on Wednesday, April 8

A federal judge has handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling “Friends” star Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in a 2023 overdose

9:33 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Iran, the United States and Israel have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th-hour deal that headed off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization

9:18 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Over the course of a single day, President Donald Trump went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that Iran's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire

9:14 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appears to be hanging by a thread after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon

9:04 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A Long Island architect has pleaded guilty to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings

8:17 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Oil prices plunged below $95 per barrel, and stock markets surged worldwide after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat of devastating attacks against Iran