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8:07 AM on Saturday, May 2

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will soon light the sky with debris from Halley’s comet

7:29 AM on Saturday, May 2

Britain's prime minister has warned tougher action is needed against certain chants at pro-Palestinian protests

2:34 AM on Saturday, May 2

When leading scorers Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves were both injured in an April 2 game, coach JJ Redick admitted things felt bleak for the Los Angeles Lakers

1:15 AM on Saturday, May 2

Rasmus Dahlin arrived in Buffalo as the No. 1 overall pick of the 2018 NHL draft wanting to be part of the revival for a city rabid about a Sabres team that hadn’t been to playoffs in the six years before his arrival

1:11 AM on Saturday, May 2

Mitch Marner had two goals and an assist, Carter Hart made 21 saves and Vegas Golden Knights beat the Utah Mammoth 5-1 on Friday night in Game 6 to wrap up the first-round series

1:06 AM on Saturday, May 2

Ukrainian drones are flying deep into Russia to strike oil facilities

1:03 AM on Saturday, May 2

Summer is a few months away, but the streets of Croatia’s old town of Dubrovnik are already teeming with tourists

12:04 AM on Saturday, May 2

Federal judges around the country have raised alarms in recent months about the Trump administration’s failure to follow their orders in individual immigration cases

12:04 AM on Saturday, May 2

Cellphone tower operators across Africa are increasingly turning to solar power to reduce reliance on costly diesel fuel and expand connectivity in off-grid areas

11:06 PM on Friday, May 1

The Detroit Pistons pulled off a stunning comeback against the Orlando Magic in Game 6 of their playoff series

10:49 PM on Friday, May 1

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun offering new appointments to disaster workers whose contracts were not renewed in January

10:24 PM on Friday, May 1

Alex Tuch and Mattias Samuelsson scored in the first period, Zach Benson added another early in the third and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Friday night in Game 6 to advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs for the first time since 2007

9:56 PM on Friday, May 1

Ben Rice and José Caballero homered, Will Warren won his third straight start and the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 for their 11th victory in 13 games, overcoming a home run by Pete Alonso in his return to New York

9:53 PM on Friday, May 1

Cade Cunningham scored 32 points and the top-seeded Detroit Pistons pulled off an incredible rally by erasing a 24-point deficit and beating the Orlando Magic 93-79 to force a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference first-round series

9:46 PM on Friday, May 1

Gage Goncalves scored off his own rebound at 9:03 of overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 on Friday night to force a Game 7 in the first-round series

9:25 PM on Friday, May 1

The longtime president of Bard College in New York has announced his retirement, months after it was revealed that he had a much deeper relationship than was previously known with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein

8:57 PM on Friday, May 1

Always a Runner has won the first Kentucky Oaks run under the lights in prime time at Churchill Downs

7:14 PM on Friday, May 1

Ghana has rejected a proposed health deal with the U.S. due to concerns over data privacy

6:30 PM on Friday, May 1

The Pentagon says the United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany in the next six to 12 months

5:56 PM on Friday, May 1

A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone