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5:09 PM on Monday, October 13

The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family who was convicted in the hired killing of her former son-in-law has been sentenced to life in prison

4:43 PM on Monday, October 13

The NFL has suspended Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch for one game without pay for unsportsmanlike conduct following a loss at Kansas City

3:55 PM on Monday, October 13

France has missed a chance to secure a spot at the 2026 World Cup after being held to 2-2 at Iceland

3:54 PM on Monday, October 13

Authorities have identified the 16 people killed in a devastating blast at a rural Tennessee explosives plant last week

3:42 PM on Monday, October 13

Sandy Alomar Sr., a former All-Star infielder and coach who managed in his native Puerto Rico, has died at 81

3:40 PM on Monday, October 13

Sandy Alomar Sr., a former All-Star infielder and coach who managed in Puerto Rico, dies at 81

2:40 PM on Monday, October 13

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say they will vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map, with the aim of securing another GOP seat within already right-leaning boundaries

2:17 PM on Monday, October 13

Jonathan Toews has reached another milestone in his NHL comeback, recording his first point in nearly two and a half years

1:42 PM on Monday, October 13

Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer has left Cuba for the U.S. at the request of the U.S. government, according to Cuban authorities

12:00 PM on Monday, October 13

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will travel to the United States this week for talks on the potential U.S. provision of long-range weapons

11:56 AM on Monday, October 13

Milwaukee right-hander Nick Mears was left off the Brewers’ roster for their NL Championship Series matchup with the Los Angeles Dodgers after making 63 relief appearances during the regular season

11:42 AM on Monday, October 13

Mike Shildt is retiring after two seasons as the San Diego Padres’ manager

11:25 AM on Monday, October 13

From Seattle to Baltimore, people in the United States are recognizing Monday as Indigenous Peoples Day

11:07 AM on Monday, October 13

A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was already hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools

9:37 AM on Monday, October 13

OpenAI has announced a collaboration with chipmaker Broadcom to design its own AI computer chips

8:47 AM on Monday, October 13

A small airplane has crashed onto a major Massachusetts highway, killing both people on board and scattering flaming debris across the interstate

6:04 AM on Monday, October 13

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina says he has fled the country in fear for his life following a military rebellion

12:03 AM on Monday, October 13

Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation have won the Nobel memorial prize in economics for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth and human welfare, even as they leave older companies in the dust

11:37 PM on Sunday, October 12

U.S. stocks rallied and recovered more than half of their sell-off from Friday

7:22 PM on Sunday, October 12

Protesters are pedaling through Portland's streets wearing nothing or close to it to rally against the Trump administration