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Wednesday, August 20

Rastafarians in Kenya have celebrated the opening of a new place of worship near Nairobi

11:54 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Giancarlo Stanton and Cody Bellinger both hit two home runs, Aaron Judge launched his 40th of the season and the New York Yankees matched a franchise record with nine longballs in a 13-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays

9:01 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a federal judge to dismiss a human smuggling case against him

7:44 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Marco Rocco, a 12-year-old Little League player from New Jersey, is auctioning the bat he used during a controversial bat flip

7:21 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the entire southern border wall with Mexico is being painted black to deter illegal immigration

6:53 PM on Tuesday, August 19

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said her country will never see South Korea as a partner for diplomacy

6:52 PM on Tuesday, August 19

A Colombian appeals court has ruled that former President Alvaro Uribe must be released from house arrest

5:01 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Lawyers for the media giant Meta says a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, should be thrown out

4:24 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Texas Democrats are joining a colleague who can't leave the state Capitol because she won't agree to having law enforcement officers shadow her

3:06 PM on Tuesday, August 19

The Trump administration says it's revoking the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials

11:34 AM on Tuesday, August 19

Giancarlo Stanton will return to the New York Yankees’ lineup in right field after missing three games with what the team described as general soreness

11:30 AM on Tuesday, August 19

Hot mics have a knack for revealing unguarded moments in politics

11:10 AM on Tuesday, August 19

President Donald Trump is offering his assurances that U.S. troops won't be sent to help defend Ukraine against Russia

7:40 AM on Tuesday, August 19

A key mediator on Gaza is stressing the urgency of brokering a ceasefire after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a proposal

1:52 AM on Tuesday, August 19

A New Zealand soldier has admitted to attempted espionage in a military court

12:23 AM on Tuesday, August 19

Hurricane Erin is churning slowly toward the eastern U.S. coast and stirring up waves that already have forced dozens of beach rescues

12:18 AM on Tuesday, August 19

Italy’s Ventina glacier in northern Lombardy has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years

11:12 PM on Monday, August 18

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met China's top diplomat and hailed the “steady progress” made in improving the countries' relationship after a yearslong standoff between the nuclear-armed powers

11:07 PM on Monday, August 18

A ship loaded with 1,200 tons of food supplies for Gaza is approaching the Israeli port of Ashdod

10:35 PM on Monday, August 18

A Florida man has been executed for the kidnap and killing of a woman abducted from an insurance office in 1982