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7:21 PM on Thursday, August 21

The top U.N. envoy for Syria is warning that its transition remains “on a knife-edge” and violence could resume at any moment in the southern city of Sweida, which saw deadly clashes last month

6:32 PM on Thursday, August 21

Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting two police officers in northern Utah last weekend

6:14 PM on Thursday, August 21

Russell Henley couldn't miss with the putter in soft conditions at East Lake

6:11 PM on Thursday, August 21

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation setting November election on US House map designed to boost Democrats

6:00 PM on Thursday, August 21

Christian McCaffrey has been a standout at the San Francisco 49ers' training camp, remaining healthy after missing most of last season because of injuries

5:54 PM on Thursday, August 21

A $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for its coverage after the 2020 presidential election focuses on the roles of hosts Jeanine Pirro, Maria Bartiromo and Lou Dobbs in spreading false stories about fraud in Democrat Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump

5:28 PM on Thursday, August 21

A lawyer for one of five former world junior hockey players acquitted of sexual assault charges last month says the Canadian government will not appeal the judge's ruling

5:15 PM on Thursday, August 21

California Legislature votes to set November special election on new US House map favoring Democrats

5:14 PM on Thursday, August 21

Villanova University president says report of a campus shooter that sent students scrambling was a "cruel hoax"

5:11 PM on Thursday, August 21

New York City officials have discovered a sixth death linked to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the ailment

4:34 PM on Thursday, August 21

The Southeastern Conference is moving to a nine-game conference schedule beginning in 2026

3:48 PM on Thursday, August 21

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts

2:47 PM on Thursday, August 21

A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as the the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey

2:02 PM on Thursday, August 21

The Trump administration says it’s reviewing more than 55 million foreigners who have valid U.S. visas for any violations that could lead to deportation

1:45 PM on Thursday, August 21

Brazilian federal police accuse former president Jair Bolsonaro of receiving large sums of money without apparent justification between March of 2023 and February of 2024, potentially adding to the embattled former leader’s legal woes

12:00 PM on Thursday, August 21

Federal investigators looking at gender-affirming care providers demanded that at least one hospital hand over information about individual patients

11:57 AM on Thursday, August 21

Federal authorities have set up checkpoints around the nation's capital, asking people for their immigration status and detaining them

11:11 AM on Thursday, August 21

Flight attendants at both regional and legacy airlines say they're frustrated by what they call low wages and long-standing airline practices of not paying them during the boarding process

9:43 AM on Thursday, August 21

President Donald Trump is declaring victory after an appeals court threw out the massive civil fraud penalty against him

12:11 AM on Thursday, August 21

Hurricane Erin is starting to churn up big waves along the northeast coast after pelting North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and swells that flooded a few places on the barrier islands