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11:16 PM on Thursday, October 9

Taiwan's president pledges to accelerate the building of a 'T-Dome' air defense system in face of China threat

11:10 PM on Thursday, October 9

The Senate has voted to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress more than two decades later

11:10 PM on Thursday, October 9

New York Islanders rookie defenseman Matthew Schaefer didn't waste time making a first impression

10:31 PM on Thursday, October 9

New York Attorney General Letitia James and President Donald Trump have long found themselves as legal and political foes

10:29 PM on Thursday, October 9

Tsunami threat widens to parts of Indonesia and Palau after earthquake off southern Philippines

10:05 PM on Thursday, October 9

Philippine seismologists say an offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 has hit off a southern province

9:40 PM on Thursday, October 9

Los Angeles Dodgers advance to National League Championship Series with 2-1, 11-inning win over Philadelphia Phillies

9:11 PM on Thursday, October 9

President Donald Trump and his administration have described Portland, Oregon, as a city under siege by antifa, labeling it a war zone

8:38 PM on Thursday, October 9

Cindy McCain has suffered a mild stroke this week and is said to be recovering well

8:06 PM on Thursday, October 9

Even after blowing a three-run lead in Detroit with a chance to clinch the AL Division Series, the Seattle Mariners can redeem themselves at home in a winner-take-all Game 5 on Friday

6:01 PM on Thursday, October 9

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private-sector players

5:21 PM on Thursday, October 9

The sheriff’s office for metro Phoenix has spent millions of dollars budgeted for compliance costs in a racial profiling case over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns on things that had little or nothing to do with a court-ordered overhaul of the agency

4:35 PM on Thursday, October 9

A federal judge has tossed out a defamation lawsuit Drake brought against Universal Music Group over a Kendrick Lamar dis track

12:39 PM on Thursday, October 9

About 1,000 protesters have clashed with police in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo

11:58 AM on Thursday, October 9

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it attacked a Buddhist festival held on the grounds of a school earlier this week

9:59 AM on Thursday, October 9

Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s so-called full-self driving technology after dozens of incidents in which the electric vehicle maker’s cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and endangering drivers

8:44 AM on Thursday, October 9

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press

7:06 AM on Thursday, October 9

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger have faced off on the debate stage in Virginia’s high-stakes governor's race

1:44 AM on Thursday, October 9

A judge has blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois

7:13 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of Hamas' remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners