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12:50 PM on Wednesday, December 24

A dozen U.S. senators are calling on the Justice Department’s watchdog to examine the department’s failure to release all records pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by last Friday’s congressionally mandated deadline, saying victims “deserve full disclosure” and the “peace of mind” of an independent audit

11:47 AM on Wednesday, December 24

The president of Turkish sports club Fenerbahce has been taken into custody in Istanbul as part of a drug investigation involving entertainment and media figures

11:23 AM on Wednesday, December 24

France great Zinedine Zidane watches his goalkeeper son’s safe hands as Algeria starts its Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a 3-0 win over 10-man Sudan

11:03 AM on Wednesday, December 24

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage ticked down modestly this week, remaining in the same narrow range of the past two months

11:00 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Average US long-term mortgage rate ticks down to 6.18% this week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says

10:44 AM on Wednesday, December 24

A 16-year-old boy being investigated in the death of his stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship last month has no recollection of the incident

10:35 AM on Wednesday, December 24

A federal judge is halting the enforcement of a March presidential memorandum that revoked the security clearance of a prominent Washington attorney

9:50 AM on Wednesday, December 24

A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House is charged in a complaint with federal firearms charges over the ambush on November 26 that fatally wounded one of the West Virginia National Guard members and seriously injured the second

9:13 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Crews are using construction equipment to clear the rubble of a Pennsylvania nursing home after an explosion killed two people and hospitalized 20 others

8:07 AM on Wednesday, December 24

United States defender Chris Richards says it “won’t be long” until he’s back for Crystal Palace

8:06 AM on Wednesday, December 24

An explosive device has detonated in Gaza and wounded one Israeli soldier, prompting Israel to accuse Hamas of violating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire

7:30 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Families in north-central Nigeria have joyfully reunited with schoolchildren held for a month after a mass abduction

6:44 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Thousands of people have flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve, after two years of subdued Christmas celebrations because of the war in Gaza

5:54 AM on Wednesday, December 24

France, Germany, the European Union and the United Kingdom are hitting out at a U.S. decision to impose travel bans on five Europeans the Trump administration accuses of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American views

3:13 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he would be willing to withdraw troops from the country’s eastern industrial heartland as part of a plan to end Russia’s war, if Moscow also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarized zone monitored by international forces

2:05 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Russian investigators say that an explosion in Moscow has killed three people, including two police officers

1:01 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Search teams in Turkey have recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from a jet crash that killed eight people, including Libya’s military chief

11:20 PM on Tuesday, December 23

Forecasters have issued a flash flood warning for parts of Southern California that are being lashed by heavy rain from a storm system that could cause mudslides and debris flows in areas scorched by January’s wildfires

11:06 PM on Tuesday, December 23

US stocks drifted higher to more records on a holiday-shortened day of trading

3:45 PM on Tuesday, December 23

The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints