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12:55 PM on Wednesday, January 21

The production team of Bizet’s “Carmen” at the Metropolitan Opera demanded their names be removed from programs due to a restaging decision

12:48 PM on Wednesday, January 21

Iranian state TV issues the first official death toll from recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed

12:07 PM on Wednesday, January 21

A judge overseeing Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case says two members of Congress lack the legal right to intervene and press their demand for a court-appointed observer to ensure the government complies with a new law ordering release of its files on Jeffrey Epstein

12:04 PM on Wednesday, January 21

The Supreme Court seems inclined to keep Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook in her job, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s bid to wrest control of the nation’s central bank

12:04 PM on Wednesday, January 21

Nathan’s Famous, which opened as a 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island more than a century ago, has been sold to packaged meat giant Smithfield Foods in a $450 million all-cash deal

12:03 PM on Wednesday, January 21

Supreme Court seems inclined to keep Lisa Cook on Fed board despite Trump attempt to fire her

11:52 AM on Wednesday, January 21

The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colleges

11:08 AM on Wednesday, January 21

Handprints on the walls of Indonesian caves may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back at least 67,800 years

10:34 AM on Wednesday, January 21

Love letters spanning five centuries are on display at Britain’s National Archives in London

9:35 AM on Wednesday, January 21

Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya has launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate

8:41 AM on Wednesday, January 21

Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli forces have killed at least 11 Palestinians in the latest violence in the war-battered enclave, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman

6:11 AM on Wednesday, January 21

Ana García and her sister were traveling from Malaga in southern Spain to Madrid when their train car derailed and crashed in one of the country’s worst railway tragedies

5:53 AM on Wednesday, January 21

President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland and impose tariffs continue to raise concerns in Europe

5:27 AM on Wednesday, January 21

The U.S. military has started transferring Islamic State detainees from northeastern Syria to secure facilities in Iraq

2:07 AM on Wednesday, January 21

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a day after the elite event produced contentious statements and economic threats arising from tensions between the U.S. and Europe

12:17 AM on Wednesday, January 21

President Donald Trump is insisting that he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership.”

12:16 AM on Wednesday, January 21

Iranian state TV has issued the first official death toll from recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed in the demonstrations that began Dec. 28

12:01 AM on Wednesday, January 21

A Texas prosecutor is urging a jury to convict one of the first police officers on the scene of the deadly Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde

11:51 PM on Tuesday, January 20

The U.S. stock market is steadying following its worst day since October, though some signs of fear remain on Wall Street about President Donald Trump’s desire to take Greenland

11:49 PM on Tuesday, January 20

The New York Mets have acquired center fielder Luis Robert Jr. in a trade with the Chicago White Sox