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5:50 PM on Tuesday, August 19

The Indiana Pacers rewarded coach Rick Carlisle with a multiyear contract extension Tuesday following the team’s surprising run to the NBA Finals

5:46 PM on Tuesday, August 19

A dozen newspapers in Wyoming and South Dakota are set to publish again after buyers stepped in to keep the communities from becoming news deserts where little or no local media remains

5:34 PM on Tuesday, August 19

President Donald Trump has been projecting himself as a global peacemaker since returning to the White house in January, claiming to have ended seven wars during the first months of his second term

5:23 PM on Tuesday, August 19

National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington

5:20 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Syrian state media say that Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani held a rare meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris

5:07 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Green Bay’s Keisean Nixon has heard the criticism about how the Packers’ pass defense could struggle without departed two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Jaire Alexander

5:02 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Nebraska’s governor announces plan for an immigration detention center in a farming area in the state’s southwest corner

4:51 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Rory McIlroy never gets tired of signing a Masters pin flag as the champion, and there's been a lot of that to do

4:12 PM on Tuesday, August 19

The newest popular influencer on TikTok’s “For You” page might be the scroller’s favorite tennis player

3:06 PM on Tuesday, August 19

A panel of federal appellate judges has ruled that New Mexico’s seven-day waiting period on gun purchases likely infringes on citizens’ Second Amendment rights

2:28 PM on Tuesday, August 19

A U.S. appeals court has put the brakes on the transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a company that plans to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America

1:59 PM on Tuesday, August 19

Three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons defended shoving the Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback Cam Ward at the end of practice Monday

1:38 PM on Tuesday, August 19

The New York Jets' passing game has been short on long passes this summer

11:33 AM on Tuesday, August 19

Icelandic Chinese artist Laufey has achieved her yearbook dreams of moving to the U.S., signing a record deal, and winning a Grammy

10:24 AM on Tuesday, August 19

Trump Doral in Florida is back on the PGA Tour schedule for the first time in 10 years

7:43 AM on Tuesday, August 19

A federal judge in Miami has dismissed part of a lawsuit that claimed detainees were denied access to the legal system at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

2:42 AM on Tuesday, August 19

Wall Street fell further from its records

1:15 AM on Tuesday, August 19

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday confirmed the U.S. government is vying for a 10% stake in Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in an unusual deal that would deepen the Trump administration’s financial ties with major computer chip manufacturers and punctuate a dramatic about-face from the president’s recent push to oust the company’s CEO

12:01 AM on Tuesday, August 19

A California hearing on Democrats' redistricting effort turned into a shouting match Tuesday

7:27 PM on Monday, August 18

Oklahoma will require applicants for teaching jobs from California and New York to pass an exam that the state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology.”