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11:31 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Three games into his major league career, Nolan McLean has already accomplished something Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden, Jacob deGrom or anyone else wearing a New York Mets uniform could not

11:25 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The final arguments have concluded in the national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai

11:02 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Adolis García, Joc Pederson and Kyle Higashioka each hit a three-run homer, Corey Seager went deep a team-leading 21st time and the Texas Rangers blew out the Los Angeles Angels 20-3

11:01 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Authorities say at least three people killed and 12 injured in mass Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine

10:17 PM on Wednesday, August 27

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to attend military parade in Beijing next week, North Korean and Chinese state media say

9:53 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Nolan McLean became the first New York Mets pitcher to win his first three major league starts, tossing eight magnificent innings in a 6-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies that completed a three-game sweep

9:25 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Carlos Alcaraz’s accidental buzz cut is moving on at the U.S. Open thanks to an easy-as-can-be victory in the second round

7:26 PM on Wednesday, August 27

A jury has awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester who was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition by a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy during a demonstration against police brutality in 2020

5:55 PM on Wednesday, August 27

The director of the nation’s top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job

5:40 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Mexico says its postal service is suspending package shipments to the United States, following similar steps taken by countries from the European Union and elsewhere

5:21 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Novak Djokovic says he is trying to solve riddles in his game at the U.S. Open

4:57 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Jacksonville Jaguars general manager James Gladstone says two-way star and new father Travis Hunter is “rolling full speed” after missing the final two games of the preseason with an upper-body injury

12:43 PM on Wednesday, August 27

A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration fights a federal judge’s order to shutter the facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by a late October deadline

10:24 AM on Wednesday, August 27

Authorities say a shooter opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Minneapolis Catholic church and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school

9:21 AM on Wednesday, August 27

Fort Lauderdale city leaders have decided to fight the state of Florida’s order to remove rainbow-colored street art, potentially risking millions of dollars in funding

8:35 AM on Wednesday, August 27

As President Donald Trump asserts more unilateral authority, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that his department will take over managing Union Station from Amtrak

7:32 AM on Wednesday, August 27

Pope Leo XIV is demanding that Israel stop the “collective punishment” and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza

6:46 AM on Wednesday, August 27

Israeli and U.S. officials are meeting in Washington to discuss post-war Gaza

4:12 AM on Wednesday, August 27

Torrential rainfall has left at least 34 people dead in Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods and landslides in Indian-controlled Kashmir

4:05 AM on Wednesday, August 27

The top U.S. diplomat in Denmark has been summoned by the government after a report that people connected to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland