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10:19 AM on Thursday, August 20

The Grand Slam tennis tournaments have created a player council, giving players greater input into matters involving the biggest events in the sport

10:18 AM on Thursday, August 20

Meta is defending itself in a California federal court against allegations that its social media business poses harms to children and teenagers

10:15 AM on Thursday, August 20

U.S. Customs and Border Protection faces criticism after a watchdog group warns that forced labor persists on sugarcane fields in the Dominican Republic

8:52 AM on Thursday, August 20

A Somali official says that pirates hijacked a Cameroonian-flagged cargo ship off Somalia's Puntland coast earlier this week and took its 10-member crew and cargo toward the region’s Nugaal coast

8:36 AM on Thursday, August 20

Fewer people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, another sign that layoffs remain low and that most Americans enjoy job security

7:25 AM on Thursday, August 20

West Ham has called on its fans to stop singing a chant “containing an anti-Palestine message” as the club prepares to host its first home game of the season in England’s second-tier Championship

7:21 AM on Thursday, August 20

The World Health Organization says Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine

7:01 AM on Thursday, August 20

Barbara Kingsolver, Percival Everett and Daniel Kraus are among the authors participating in a touring exhibition organized by the Pulitzers and the American Library Association."

6:01 AM on Thursday, August 20

A growing number of states are providing tax dollars to university athletics

6:00 AM on Thursday, August 20

Democrats have narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed Republican President Donald Trump

4:43 AM on Thursday, August 20

Severe storms have caused extensive damage across parts of Germany

4:32 AM on Thursday, August 20

South Korea’s military says North Korea has launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea

1:59 AM on Thursday, August 20

Nine scholars recently attended a seminar at the University of Michigan to learn about conserving papyrus manuscripts

12:21 AM on Thursday, August 20

A Chinese court has sentenced Hui Ka Yan, founder of property developer Evergrande, to life in prison

12:05 AM on Thursday, August 20

Champagne producers are racing to pick grapes as the region experiences its earliest harvest on record

11:48 PM on Wednesday, August 19

CK Hutchison is seeking over $1.5 billion from Panama for damages to its investments after the country seized two ports at the ends of the Panama Canal

11:23 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Prince Harry wants communities to better apply their service members' skills when they enter the workforce

11:13 PM on Wednesday, August 19

The Baltimore Orioles are calling for Major League Baseball to use technology to determine whether balls are fair or foul

6:57 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Pat Murphy doesn’t sound like the manager of a team with the best record in the major leagues as he discusses what the Milwaukee Brewers have accomplished thus far

3:35 PM on Wednesday, August 19

The U.N.'s humanitarian chief warns of the growing threat of drones against civilians and aid workers in Ukraine