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6:38 PM on Monday, August 3

Customs and Border Protection has ordered construction crews building Trump’s second border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping the groundwater needed to mix cement could threaten their livestock

6:26 PM on Monday, August 3

Brian Cashman said the Yankees had conversations with the Detroit Tigers about Tarik Skubal and the Baltimore Orioles about Adley Rutschman but could not find a match

5:00 PM on Monday, August 3

The Chicago Cubs have acquired pitcher Clay Holmes and outfielder Tyrone Taylor from the last-place New York Mets for touted infield prospect Jefferson Rojas

4:37 PM on Monday, August 3

Larry Berg, co-owner of Los Angeles FC, will be the next commissioner of the MLS, the league said

3:44 PM on Monday, August 3

President Donald Trump says U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

2:57 PM on Monday, August 3

The Boston Red Sox have acquired All-Star catcher Adley Rutschman from the Baltimore Orioles for a package that includes three of their top prospects

2:57 PM on Monday, August 3

The man serving two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to federal charges related to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband has made his initial appearance in state court

2:40 PM on Monday, August 3

The Pittsburgh Pirates have made a significant move to boost their struggling bullpen by acquiring veteran pitcher Luke Weaver from the New York Mets

2:27 PM on Monday, August 3

The House Ethics Committee has recommended that Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina be censured after finding that he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides

12:30 PM on Monday, August 3

The girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory

11:59 AM on Monday, August 3

Investigators are trying to determine what led a 24-year-old man to open fire at an Idaho fast-food restaurant , in an attack that left three people dead and seven others wounded before authorities say he killed himself

11:19 AM on Monday, August 3

Some Cubans are sleeping on Havana's famous seaside boulevard, the Malecón, in the face of crippling blackouts stretching up to 20 hours during suffocating summer heat

10:12 AM on Monday, August 3

The Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies took big swings Monday ahead of baseball’s trade deadline, with the Red Sox adding three-time All-Star catcher Adley Rutschman a few hours after the Phillies picked up three-time batting champion Luis Arraez

10:04 AM on Monday, August 3

Bryce Harper is now the Philadelphia Phillies right fielder after team president Dave Dombrowski swung a deal for three-time batting champion Luis Arraez from the San Francisco Giants

7:18 AM on Monday, August 3

Some residents have returned to devastated neighborhoods in eastern Washington state to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend

6:55 AM on Monday, August 3

Washington state will hold a primary Tuesday for the U.S. House and other offices as firefighters battle wildfires that have devastated the Spokane area and forced local election officials to operate under a state of emergency

5:39 AM on Monday, August 3

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to overhaul the Head Start program

12:50 AM on Monday, August 3

Europe is grappling with a record-breaking hot and dry summer

11:27 PM on Sunday, August 2

Maryland lawmakers have opened a special session to consider a first step in a partisan redistricting initiative that could help Democrats pick up an additional U.S. House seat by 2028

11:06 PM on Sunday, August 2

The second week of testimony in the trial of Lindsay Clancy has resumed with a focus on her mental state when she killed her three children in 2023