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6:19 PM on Wednesday, July 29

At the end of the Civil War, a Union soldier and Baptist minister founded a school in Raleigh, North Carolina, to provide formerly enslaved people with religious literacy

5:07 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Starbucks has reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit

4:31 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Meta Platforms says its second-quarter profit declined even as revenue beat Wall Street’s expectations, as legal expenses and severance costs for recent layoffs weighed on its results

4:24 PM on Wednesday, July 29

The Denver Broncos have welcomed back linebacker Jonathon Cooper and assistant coach Michael Wilhoite, both of whom have had legal issues

4:05 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Italy’s highest court has ruled that children born with both Italian and another citizenship do not automatically lose their Italian citizenship if a parent naturalizes abroad

4:00 PM on Wednesday, July 29

A federal judge is concerned that the Trump administration has violated a court order by transferring several incarcerated transgender women to a segregated prison unit

3:33 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Trade deadline target Tarik Skubal and Detroit fans gave each other a warm farewell Wednesday, just in case this was the two-time Cy Young Award winner’s final appearance in a Tigers jersey

3:31 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Longtime obstetrician Dr. Susan Sheridan faces overwhelming demands due to a shortage of OB-GYNs in Casper, Wyoming

3:30 PM on Wednesday, July 29

A judge in Wisconsin has ruled that voters who have already returned their absentee ballots for the state’s primary election are not allowed to void those and request a new one

3:03 PM on Wednesday, July 29

A new U.S. study suggests invasive mold infections may be an underappreciated threat

2:24 PM on Wednesday, July 29

The Kansas City Chiefs have started their full-squad training camp without offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy

2:19 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Elon Musk’s company xAI is suing Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law that bans “nudification” technology on websites and apps

11:57 AM on Wednesday, July 29

The head of the U.N. food agency is warning that the fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more people hungry in eastern Congo

11:12 AM on Wednesday, July 29

Sen. Lindsey Graham is being buried in South Carolina, where a funeral in the state capital drew people who remembered him for never forgetting his roots as the son of pool hall owners

10:49 AM on Wednesday, July 29

President Donald Trump and his administration are asking the Supreme Court to dismiss an $83 million defamation verdict won by writer E

9:18 AM on Wednesday, July 29

Atlanta Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski says quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has a minor injury and should return soon

8:28 AM on Wednesday, July 29

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

6:59 AM on Wednesday, July 29

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has set a Sept. 19 deadline for the 211 member federations to accept a $20 million offer to each in his controversial plan to sell stakes in a subsidiary running the World Cup

11:43 PM on Tuesday, July 28

Oil prices got back to jumping, while sinking technology stocks dragged Wall Street lower amid uncertainty about what the Federal Reserve will do to get high inflation under control

2:29 PM on Tuesday, July 28

The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday despite persistently high inflation and a spike in energy prices caused by the Iran war