The Seattle Seahawks used a fiery comeback to push them into overtime as they shocked the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night, 38-37. Seattle clinched a playoff spot

Facing a deadline to appeal, the Justice Department told the courts late Thursday that it would try to overturn a judge’s ruling in favor of Harvard.

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As military officials sound the alarm over Russian hybrid attacks, the chair of Parliament’s defense committee said the government’s progress on ramping up home defense was “glacial.”

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A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.

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Marijuana’s classification as one of the most dangerous and habit-forming substances has long drawn criticism.

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The annual news conference sets the Kremlin’s tone for the next year and highlights President Vladimir V. Putin’s grip over Russia.

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Gabe Perreault’s first NHL goal tied the game before J.T. Miller scored 2:21 into OT to secure a 2-1 win for the Rangers over the Blues on Thursday.

Cristina Biffle, the wife of NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, sent a haunting text to her mother before the fatal plane crash that took the lives of the couple and their two children.

Man discovered dead in storage facility also believed to have killed an MIT professor at his Boston-area home

A man suspected in the shooting at Brown University this weekend that killed two people and injured nine committed suicide Thursday night, authorities said.

The man was discovered dead at a storage facility on Thursday evening. He is also believed to have killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at his Boston-area home, the AP said, citing a law enforcement official.

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Ryan's surviving family described his "ultimate sacrifice" in the line of duty as "a fitting tribute to a man who always put the lives of others before his own," according to his obituary.

Sabrina Carpenter and Travis Kelce are set to appear in the new episodes, dropping tomorrow.

Despite all the drama surrounding him, Giannis Antetokounmpo insists he's “locked in.”

US pressure, broken promises by China and corruption scandals have halted Taiwan’s slide to diplomatic irrelevance in the region

After weeks of technology failures, accusations of fraud and complaints about US President Donald Trump’s interference, the outcome of Honduras’ 30 November election is yet to be called. But there is a clear winner beyond the Central American nation’s borders: Taiwan.

Both leading candidates say they will cut diplomatic ties with Beijing and re-establish relations with Taipei, reversing the March 2023 decision by the then president, Xiomara Castro, to sensationally end Honduras’ 82-year relationship with Taiwan.

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Officials have found the dead body of the suspected shooter in a Brown University rampage and the murder of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor in his Boston-area home. Read More

Los Angeles City Hall is bleeding taxpayer cash on private law firms — despite already paying for one of the biggest legal armies in the country.

It seems almost unthinkable, but the mayor who “botched” the Palisades Fire could win another four years.

Nolan McLean, Brandon Sproat and Jonah Tong spent part of Wednesday dressed as elves, but the Mets are hopeful all will soon resemble lead reindeer.

Australia will start a gun buyback of surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms after terrorists killed 15 people in a Hanukkah attack at Bondi Beach. Read More

Frank Athen Walls, 58, was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m. after being injected with a three-drug cocktail while strapped to a gurney inside the death chamber at Florida State Prison in Raiford.

She's cooking something up off the football field.

The Ethics Commission’s unanimous 4-0 vote found that Lee — who at the time of the trip was a City Hall staffer — broke city gift laws and failed to properly disclose the freebies

Nick Reiner was arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder for the deaths of his mom and dad.

The Red Bulls are continuing to overhaul their roster this offseason as another club mainstay is on the move. 

Youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi was shot by masked assailants on 12 December as he left a mosque

Violence broke out in Bangladesh’s capital early on Friday after a youth leader of the country’s 2024 pro-democracy uprising who was injured in an assassination attempt died in a hospital in Singapore.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dhaka after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, was announced, to demand that his killers be arrested.

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