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7:01 AM on Thursday, December 18

Bank of England cuts key interest rate to 3.75%, the first reduction in 4 months

6:05 AM on Thursday, December 18

Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as archbishop of New York in most important US appointment to date

1:25 AM on Thursday, December 18

Todd Bowles delivered a message to his team with an uncharacteristic profanity-laced reaction during a postgame news conference after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead last week

9:42 PM on Wednesday, December 17

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

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

9:05 PM on Wednesday, December 17

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

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

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

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

7:42 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Ecuadorian police said Mario Pineida, a 33-year-old Barcelona de Guayaquil defender, was shot dead in an apparent attack as violence escalates in the Andean nation

7:34 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Nathan Lyon took two wickets to move past Glenn McGrath for second place on Australia’s all-time bowling list, and returning skipper Pat Cummins took his first wickets of the series as a relentless bowling attack had England in trouble on the third test

6:44 PM on Wednesday, December 17

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

5:28 PM on Wednesday, December 17

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

4:23 PM on Wednesday, December 17

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

2:02 PM on Wednesday, December 17

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

12:55 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Hiring a financial planner can deliver a return that can’t be quantified: peace of mind

8:23 AM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump has delivered a speech where he discussed his achievements and touched on some of his agenda for next year and beyond

8:07 AM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump says he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas

5:02 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has told lawmakers in a closed-door interview his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” President Donald Trump criminally conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss

Wednesday, December 17

Authorities searching for a shooter who attacked students at Brown University are asking for tips from people who might have video of the shooter potentially casing the area the week before the attack