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11:04 PM on Monday, June 15

Iran has opened its politically charged World Cup by playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand

10:56 PM on Monday, June 15

Dustin May took a perfect game into the seventh inning before finishing a one-hitter as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 3-0

9:07 PM on Monday, June 15

South Africa marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, a pivotal moment in the fight against apartheid

8:51 PM on Monday, June 15

Republicans on Capitol Hill say they need more information about the agreement between the United States and Iran announced Sunday by President Donald Trump

8:17 PM on Monday, June 15

Abdulelah Al-Amri scored on a rebound in the 41st minute for Saudi Arabia, and Uruguay’s Maxi Araújo responded with an equalizer in the 80th as the teams played to a 1-1 draw in their World Cup opener

8:02 PM on Monday, June 15

Norway is leaning into the country’s Viking heritage as its star-studded men’s team containing Erling Haaland and Martin Odegaard heads into a first World Cup in 28 years

7:22 PM on Monday, June 15

A teenager charged with sexually assaulting and killing his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship has surrendered after a federal judge reversed his decision on pretrial release now that the teen is charged as an adult

5:20 PM on Monday, June 15

Romelu Lukaku’s mere presence sparked an attack that led to Belgium’s lone goal only seconds after he entered as a second-half substitute, helping his team earn a 1-1 draw with Egypt at the World Cup

5:03 PM on Monday, June 15

A key platform that Cubans in the U.S. use to send money and goods to relatives in Cuba has stopped operations

3:28 PM on Monday, June 15

A top Alaska elections official has ruled that a U.S. Senate candidate with the same name and party affiliation as incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is ineligible to appear on the state’s August primary ballot

3:20 PM on Monday, June 15

The U.S. Air Force says eight people aboard a B-52 bomber that crashed shortly after takeoff at a military base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert are dead

3:07 PM on Monday, June 15

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife, accusing the Trump administration of targeting him for political purposes as he weighs a presidential bid

2:03 PM on Monday, June 15

Transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby will not play for Texas Tech this fall

1:36 PM on Monday, June 15

The New York Liberty have made the Commissioner’s Cup championship twice before and each time the team also made the WNBA Finals

1:03 PM on Monday, June 15

Authorities say two people are dead after a BASE jumping accident in a Utah canyon

12:25 PM on Monday, June 15

Several of the skydivers who were killed when their plane crashed moments after taking off from a Missouri airfield were experienced jumpers

4:39 AM on Monday, June 15

A World Cup video review official says his hand gesture resembling a white supremacist sign was caused by an involuntary twitch

3:08 AM on Monday, June 15

Hong Kong has launched a public consultation for its first five-year plan in a politically symbolic step that brings it closer to mainland China’s development approach

12:38 AM on Monday, June 15

Iranian American demonstrators amassed outside Iran’s first World Cup match, waving the pre-revolutionary lion-and-sun flags banned inside the stadium and calling for change in Tehran

9:56 PM on Sunday, June 14

A Russian bombardment of Ukraine's biggest cities has set ablaze part of an Eastern Orthodox landmark and killed 11 people