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5:23 PM on Thursday, October 2

Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to be sentenced for violating the federal Mann Act, an anti-prostitution law with a century-old history

5:03 PM on Thursday, October 2

Federal authorities have charged Ian Roberts, the former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, with possessing firearms while in the U.S. illegally

4:59 PM on Thursday, October 2

Former Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris pleads guilty to charges of sexually abusing a girl in the 1980s

4:47 PM on Thursday, October 2

Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner are suing Ray J for defamation

4:18 PM on Thursday, October 2

Police say man believed responsible for Manchester synagogue attack is a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent

4:02 PM on Thursday, October 2

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya is ending her seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in track and field

3:55 PM on Thursday, October 2

OpenAI could now be the world’s most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and TikTok parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker

2:47 PM on Thursday, October 2

Knicks forward Josh Hart was ejected from the opening game of the preseason after slipping to the court and then throwing the ball when a Philadelphia player tried to take it from him while he was on his back

2:33 PM on Thursday, October 2

The Justice Department fired a top national security prosecutor amid criticism from a right-wing commentator over his work during the Biden administration, further roiling the prominent U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after the ousting of other senior attorneys in recent weeks

12:29 PM on Thursday, October 2

Caitlin Clark says WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert hasn’t reached out to her in the aftermath of Napheesa Collier’s statement about an alleged private conversation in which the league’s leader made comments about Clark

12:01 PM on Thursday, October 2

Shutdowns of the federal government usually don’t leave much economic damage

11:16 AM on Thursday, October 2

Beijing's top diplomat in Hong Kong has set out four red lines for the city's new U.S. Consul General Julie Eadeh

11:00 AM on Thursday, October 2

The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money

10:34 AM on Thursday, October 2

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league plans to launch women’s and men’s professional flag football leagues “in the next couple of years."

9:33 AM on Thursday, October 2

Tesla reported a surprise increase in sales in the third quarter as the electric car maker likely benefited from a rush by consumers to take advantage of a $7,500 credit before it expired on Sept. 30

7:22 AM on Thursday, October 2

Berkshire Hathaway is buying Occidental Petroleum’s chemical division for $9.7 billion in what may be one of the last big deals of Warren Buffett

5:32 AM on Thursday, October 2

French authorities have announced the captain of an oil tanker linked to Russia's shadow fleet will face trial in February

1:08 AM on Thursday, October 2

Shohei Ohtani is set to make his postseason pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers

12:31 AM on Thursday, October 2

U.S. stocks edged up to more records

2:55 PM on Tuesday, September 30

The beloved children’s series “Reading Rainbow” returns after nearly 20 years, now on the KidZuko YouTube channel