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8:23 PM on Friday, May 8

A note that a former cellmate says he discovered after Jeffrey Epstein’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was liked penned by the same person as a note that authorities found in the millionaire sex offender’s cell after he killed himself three weeks later

7:44 PM on Friday, May 8

The U.S. military’s latest strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean has killed two men while leaving one survivor

6:18 PM on Friday, May 8

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups

6:08 PM on Friday, May 8

Officials say there were no injuries reported after an explosion and a fire at a refinery in the New Orleans area

5:52 PM on Friday, May 8

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News

4:47 PM on Friday, May 8

A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has sparked fear among Spanish passengers, not from illness, but from potential stigma upon returning home

4:46 PM on Friday, May 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended the Trump administration's decision to impose new sanctions on Cuba

3:46 PM on Friday, May 8

U.S. immigration authorities have canceled the visas of more than two dozen people, including some who worked on a Disney Cruise Line ship, amid allegations they possessed or had viewed child sexual abuse images

3:11 PM on Friday, May 8

ABC is accusing the Trump administration of trying to chill free speech and hinder open political discussion

1:26 PM on Friday, May 8

President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners

11:29 AM on Friday, May 8

A town council in a small north Georgia mountain community passed an ordinance reinstating their police department and restoring the jobs of their police officers two days after the mayor violated the town charter by firing them all

10:53 AM on Friday, May 8

Schools and universities across the country are recovering from an outage tied to a cyberattack that knocked down Canvas

9:15 AM on Friday, May 8

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a Democratic congressional redistricting plan that had won voter approval

7:28 AM on Friday, May 8

The Pentagon has begun releasing files on UFOs, tapping into public curiosity about unidentified phenomena

7:18 AM on Friday, May 8

President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners

2:41 AM on Friday, May 8

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands

12:36 AM on Friday, May 8

12:06 AM on Friday, May 8

Partial results from local elections in England show significant losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and gains for Reform UK

11:02 PM on Thursday, May 7

Alabama lawmakers have approved a plan for new U.S. House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections

11:02 PM on Thursday, May 7

A Utah judge has rejected a request from the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk to ban cameras from his high-profile murder case