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9:42 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

US announces massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, a move sure to infuriate China

9:14 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

India’s air-quality crisis is deepened by unreliable data

9:05 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The U.S. military says it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people

8:53 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent who covered wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died at 91

8:35 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Security footage released by the FBI shows a route taken by a person police are seeking in connection with the Brown University shooting

8:01 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The Chicago Bears say they’re mulling a move to Northwest Indiana with their efforts to secure public funding they say they need to build an enclosed stadium in Illinois stalled

8:00 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

A U.S. senator says she's pausing the nomination for the top Coast Guard job because leaders appeared to have “backtracked” on a commitment to ensure that swastikas and nooses are considered hate symbols and prohibited from being displayed

6:55 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

6:44 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

President Donald Trump is demanding Venezuela pay for assets that Trump says were stolen from U.S. companies when the South American country nationalized its oil industry years ago

6:13 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Jamaica has held a tribute to honor reggae giant Jimmy Cliff, with officials asking that people celebrate him and not turn the ceremony into a sad event

5:52 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Africa has been the hardest hit by the Trump administration's expanded travel ban that includes 20 more countries

5:44 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Bills quarterback Josh Allen didn't know what to envision when he first arrived in Buffalo as a raw but promising prospect in 2018

5:28 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he’ll resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative claims he made in his prior role as a popular podcast host

4:29 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Rayan Cherki has recreated teammate Erling Haaland’s goal celebrations after curling an exquisite shot into the top corner in Manchester City’s 2-0 win over Brentford in the English League Cup quarterfinals

4:28 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Some oil vessels are diverting away from Venezuela after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving the South American country

4:23 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The House has rejected a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela

4:11 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Kylian Mbappé has scored twice and Real Madrid defeated third-division club Talavera 3-2 in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey

3:01 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

A Republican push to make drilling cheaper on federal land is creating new fiscal pressure for states that depend on oil and gas revenue, most notably in New Mexico

2:33 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

President Donald Trump has added partisan and subjective plaques to a refashioned West Wing walkway he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame

2:02 PM on Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has started rehab after surgery to repair two torn knee ligaments