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9:53 AM on Saturday, December 20

Brazil's President Lula da Silva hopes the Mercosur-EU free-trade deal will be signed in January, after it was delayed on Friday

9:03 AM on Saturday, December 20

The Australian state of New South Wales is proposing a ban on public displays of Islamic State group flags and extremist symbols

8:18 AM on Saturday, December 20

A paraplegic engineer has become the first wheelchair user in space, blasting off with Blue Origin

8:08 AM on Saturday, December 20

Jordan confirms its air force joined U.S. strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria

7:05 AM on Saturday, December 20

It's not that unusual for a 20-something to text Mom from the doctor's office for help answering a health question

7:03 AM on Saturday, December 20

Idalia Bisbal moved from New York City to Allentown, Pennsylvania, hoping for a cheaper life

6:41 AM on Saturday, December 20

Originally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas has evolved into a global cultural event

6:25 AM on Saturday, December 20

Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for meetings to help him govern the church, marking the unofficial start of his pontificate

6:03 AM on Saturday, December 20

British children's author and comedian David Walliams has denied allegations of inappropriate behavior after HarperCollins decided not to publish his future books

4:02 AM on Saturday, December 20

A Pakistani court has convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, sentencing them to 17 years in prison

4:00 AM on Saturday, December 20

The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Congo and extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year

3:59 AM on Saturday, December 20

Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 17 years in prison in a graft case

1:19 AM on Saturday, December 20

Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer addressed doubts about his team after their College Football Playoff game against Oklahoma

12:46 AM on Saturday, December 20

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s parent company

12:32 AM on Saturday, December 20

The Trump administration has restricted visas for two leftist Honduran election officials, citing interference in the Central American country’s special vote count

12:31 AM on Saturday, December 20

Police say three police officers are hospitalized with gunshot wounds, the gunman is dead and another man was wounded after a domestic dispute turned into a volatile confrontation across multiple blocks in Rochester, New York

11:47 PM on Friday, December 19

Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round of their heavyweight fight

11:18 PM on Friday, December 19

Taiwanese authorities says the suspect who killed three people and injured 11 others in knife and smoke-grenade attacks in the island’s capital had planned the assaults and set fires at other locations earlier in the day

11:06 PM on Friday, December 19

More than a decade ago, a frenzied 5-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers left some lessons in its aftermath

8:20 PM on Friday, December 19

Anthony Edwards returned from a three-game injury absence with 26 points and 12 rebounds for the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 112-107 victory over the NBA-leading Oklahoma City Thunder