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5:15 PM on Saturday, April 18

Hundreds of animal rights protesters who tried to gain entry to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin have been turned back by police who fired tear gas and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader

4:17 PM on Saturday, April 18

Former President Barack Obama has met privately with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani before joining together to read to preschoolers at a child care center in the Bronx

3:55 PM on Saturday, April 18

Donovan Mitchell scored 32 points, Max Strus had 24 off the bench and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors 126-113 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series

3:49 PM on Saturday, April 18

Marie-Louise Eta was in little mood for celebrating after making her debut as the first female coach in the Bundesliga on Saturday

2:53 PM on Saturday, April 18

As the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran squeezes global oil supplies, travelers have valid reasons to worry about the cost and availability of flights as they plan their late spring and summer trips

2:35 PM on Saturday, April 18

Venezuela's exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado has drawn several thousand supporters to a rally in Madrid

2:12 PM on Saturday, April 18

Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro was ejected before Royals starter Noah Cameron threw a pitch in the first inning against the New York Yankees

1:56 PM on Saturday, April 18

A life jacket worn by a passenger on the RMS Titanic has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, which is more than $900,000

1:44 PM on Saturday, April 18

President Donald Trump has signed a bill extending a controversial surveillance program until April 30

12:14 PM on Saturday, April 18

Bayern Munich can clinch another Bundesliga title this weekend thanks to Hoffenheim’s 2-1 win over second-place Borussia Dortmund

11:20 AM on Saturday, April 18

A gunman armed with an automatic weapon has killed six people and injured at least 14 in a mass shooting in Ukraine's capital before he was shot and killed by police

11:10 AM on Saturday, April 18

Three people in California have been sentenced for insurance fraud involving a person in a bear costume damaging high-end cars

10:25 AM on Saturday, April 18

Tottenham remains rooted inside the relegation zone and Chelsea is stuck outside the Champions League spots

8:44 AM on Saturday, April 18

French President Emmanuel Macron says a French soldier was killed and three others wounded in an attack on U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon

5:59 AM on Saturday, April 18

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hosted two events in Barcelona to rally progressive leaders from around the world who fear for a rules-based world order

4:28 AM on Saturday, April 18

Iran now says the Strait of Hormuz is fully closed until the end of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports

1:36 AM on Saturday, April 18

Golden State coach Steve Kerr isn’t sure about his future, saying after the Warriors saw their season end Friday night that he’ll take some time to decompress before gathering with the team’s leadership and figuring out what’s next

12:56 AM on Saturday, April 18

Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway

12:26 AM on Saturday, April 18

The lawyer for a Canadian man facing murder charges for allegedly selling lethal substances online to people at risk of self-harm says that he has agreed to plead guilty to counseling or aiding suicide

11:32 PM on Friday, April 17

A series of reported tornadoes has torn through the midwestern United States, ripping roofs off homes and leaving roads impassable