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6:51 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Michael Busch sparked a fast start for the Chicago Cubs — again

6:41 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Tyrique Stevenson says he’s ready to return to the scene of one of the most embarrassing moments in NFL history Monday night when the Chicago Bears visit Washington

6:37 PM on Wednesday, October 8

The United Nations will begin slashing its peacekeeping force and operations, forcing thousands of soldiers in the next several months to evacuate far-flung global hotspots as a result of the latest U.S. funding cuts to the world body

6:31 PM on Wednesday, October 8

A new study says more than 54,600 children younger than 5 in Gaza may be acutely malnourished, with more than 12,800 severely affected

6:13 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Riley Greene and Javier Báez homered in a four-run sixth inning and the Detroit Tigers kept their season alive with a 9-3 win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 4 of the American League Division Series

6:13 PM on Wednesday, October 8

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city's criminal justice system

5:59 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed President Donald Trump a note during a White House event hinting that a Mideast peace deal was close

5:57 PM on Wednesday, October 8

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law phasing out certain ultraprocessed foods from school meals

5:10 PM on Wednesday, October 8

The Trump administration hasn't provided evidence to lawmakers that recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats were justified

4:16 PM on Wednesday, October 8

The Senate is voting on legislation to put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels

2:36 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff says he raised more than $12 million from July through September

2:07 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Most members of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate setting committee supported further reductions to its key interest rate this year, minutes from last month’s meeting showed

1:50 PM on Wednesday, October 8

The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as part of a new contingency plan

10:52 AM on Wednesday, October 8

Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man with igniting the January fire that destroyed Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood

8:29 AM on Wednesday, October 8

President Donald Trump said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, both Democrats, should be jailed as they oppose his deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago

6:06 AM on Wednesday, October 8

Senior officials from the United States, Qatar and Israel have joined the third day of talks between Israel and Hamas in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh

4:23 AM on Wednesday, October 8

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to name a new prime minister within 48 hours

1:33 AM on Wednesday, October 8

The governor of Illinois says he’s still in the dark about where the Trump administration will send National Guard troops who have reported to an Army training site southwest of Chicago

12:11 AM on Wednesday, October 8

Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli will go head-to-head in their final debate for New Jersey governor

12:02 AM on Wednesday, October 8

As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight