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7:22 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A DHS official is promising top state election administrators that immigration agents will not be at polling places during November's midterm election

7:19 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A toucan seen flying around the Las Vegas desert has been captured by a bird rescue group

7:06 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Cuba says boat that opened fire was carrying Cubans living in US trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism

7:04 PM on Wednesday, February 25

CC Sabathia’s No. 52 will be retired on Sept. 26 by the New York Yankees, who will dedicate a plaque in honor of the Hall of Famer at Monument Park before that day’s game against the Baltimore Orioles

6:52 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Lawyers for student protesters detained in Pennsylvania after a scuffle with police say their clients did not know that a man in street clothes who put his arm around a 15-year-old girl’s neck was the local police chief

6:06 PM on Wednesday, February 25

The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro says the United States is blocking funding for the cost of defending himself against drug trafficking charges

6:06 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper is stepping away for two games after his father Robert died

5:59 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A “buoyant″ U.S. economy is poised to see accelerated growth and lower unemployment this year

5:38 PM on Wednesday, February 25

New York’s attorney general is suing video game developer Valve, claiming the “loot boxes” found in Counter-Strike and other popular video game franchises illegally promote gambling

5:38 PM on Wednesday, February 25

The no-parking zone around the home of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother where journalists and social media streamers have stationed themselves over the past three weeks since her disappearance is being widened

3:58 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Vice President JD Vance has announced that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds

3:37 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione’s and Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers to represent him at his third New York rape trial, recasting his legal team after declining to end the matter with a guilty plea

1:57 PM on Wednesday, February 25

James Harden sat out the Cleveland Cavaliers’ game against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night because of a broken right thumb

1:49 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that California’s attorney general can face a defamation lawsuit over comments attacking ExxonMobil’s plastics recycling claims

11:28 AM on Wednesday, February 25

The FBI has served at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the home of its superintendent

11:21 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Broadway dancer and actor Sondra Lee, who helped shape “Peter Pan” and “Hello, Dolly

10:04 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Cyprus will vaccinate thousands of goats, sheep, hogs and cows to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

10:02 AM on Wednesday, February 25

A new study uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court

3:48 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Iran has pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program

11:11 PM on Tuesday, February 24

Marco Rubio is visiting the Caribbean, where he's defending the Trump administration’s military operation to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro