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12:24 AM on Wednesday, May 20

James Harden's struggles to defend Jalen Brunson down the stretch stuck out as a big factor in the Cleveland Cavaliers blowing a 22-point fourth-quarter lead and losing Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals in overtime

10:21 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Torrential rain and floods have hit parts of China, killing at least 12 people and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate

7:37 PM on Tuesday, May 19

A judge has paused the prosecution of a woman charged with the attempted murder of Rihanna while it is determined whether she is mentally competent to stand trial

7:23 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Jason Kidd is out as coach of the Dallas Mavericks after five seasons, and two weeks after the club hired former Toronto Raptors executive Masai Ujiri as team president and governor

7:20 PM on Tuesday, May 19

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order requiring banks to scrutinize their customers’ citizenship

6:37 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti paints his conference’s 24-team College Football Playoff proposal as a way of making the regular season more meaningful, not less

6:25 PM on Tuesday, May 19

The earliest signals of a presidential race normally involve such subtle positioning from candidates that it’s become known as the “shadow primary.”

2:19 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Primary elections have been held in Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, Idaho and Pennsylvania

1:35 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Authorities say the three people killed by two teen shooters at a San Diego mosque died while saving roughly 140 children who were in the building at the time of the attack

1:25 PM on Tuesday, May 19

The South Carolina House has endorsed a plan to redraw its congressional districts to favor Republicans at the urging of President Donald Trump

12:40 PM on Tuesday, May 19

President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, supercharging his effort to oust incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Republican primary runoff

10:37 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Israel’s finance minister has ordered the eviction of a Palestinian village in the West Bank

10:20 AM on Tuesday, May 19

The body overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza plans to ask the United Nations Security Council to press Hamas to disarm

7:44 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Israeli forces have intercepted the remaining vessels from an activist flotilla challenging Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza

7:13 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Rep. Mike Collins and Derek Dooley will compete for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in a June 16 runoff, as neither received at least 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s primary to win outright

1:44 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Authorities say the two teenagers who shot and killed three people in an attack on a California mosque had been radicalized online where they first met

12:13 AM on Tuesday, May 19

President Donald Trump has scored another win against a Republican rival, purging Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s primary and knocking out one of his most outspoken critics on Capitol Hill

12:05 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Oregon voters have rejected a gas tax increase passed last year by Democratic lawmakers

12:01 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has lost his Republican House primary after a concerted effort by President Donald Trump to oust him through challenger and ultimate winner Ed Gallrein

Tuesday, May 19

Democrats in Pennsylvania backed by Gov. Josh Shapiro won their primaries to shape a congressional slate in which they hope to flip the state’s four swing districts and, ultimately, capture a U.S. House majority