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4:50 PM on Wednesday, December 24

A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled

4:16 PM on Wednesday, December 24

Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras' presidential vote

4:09 PM on Wednesday, December 24

Neil Frank, a former head of the National Hurricane Center credited with working to increase the country’s readiness for major storms, has died

4:03 PM on Wednesday, December 24

The American Academy of Pediatrics sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, seeking to block nearly $12 million in cuts to the group

3:55 PM on Wednesday, December 24

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3:37 PM on Wednesday, December 24

The San Antonio Spurs are the hottest team in the NBA just a year removed from two of the worst seasons in franchise history

2:06 PM on Wednesday, December 24

DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish release of Epstein files despite Dec. 19 deadline set by Congress

1:20 PM on Wednesday, December 24

With Jayden Daniels shut down for the regular season because of an elbow injury and backup Marcus Mariota sidelined, the Washington Commanders will start Josh Johnson against the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas

12:47 PM on Wednesday, December 24

The president of Turkish sports club Fenerbahce has been taken into custody in Istanbul as part of a drug investigation involving entertainment and media figures

12:23 PM on Wednesday, December 24

Ivory Coast has got its Africa Cup of Nations title defense off to a winning start and France great Zinedine Zidane has watched his goalkeeper son’s safe hands as Algeria also started its campaign with a win

12:03 PM on Wednesday, December 24

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage ticked down modestly this week, remaining in the same narrow range of the past two months

10:13 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Rescuers braved shooting flames, falling debris and the threat of more explosions to save nursing home residents after a blast at a Pennsylvania facility killed a resident and employee, and set off a dramatic and chaotic evacuation

9:07 AM on Wednesday, December 24

United States defender Chris Richards says it “won’t be long” until he’s back for Crystal Palace

9:06 AM on Wednesday, December 24

An explosive device has detonated in Gaza and wounded one Israeli soldier, prompting Israel to accuse Hamas of violating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire

9:00 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Doctors say just 1 in 30,000 pregnancies occur in the abdomen instead of the uterus

7:44 AM on Wednesday, December 24

On Christmas Eve, thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square and other Holy Land sites, after two years of subdued Christmas celebrations because of the war in Gaza

6:54 AM on Wednesday, December 24

France, Germany, the European Union and the United Kingdom are hitting out at a U.S. decision to impose travel bans on five Europeans the Trump administration accuses of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American views

4:13 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he would be willing to withdraw troops from the country’s eastern industrial heartland as part of a plan to end Russia’s war, if Moscow also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarized zone monitored by international forces

3:05 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Russian investigators say that an explosion in Moscow has killed three people, including two police officers

12:06 AM on Wednesday, December 24

US stocks drifted higher to more records on a holiday-shortened day of trading