Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cracked jokes and invoked a touchstone of American culture as he quoted from ''Star Trek'' at Wednesday's state dinner, telling guests at the White House that he hoped the ''unshakable relationship'' between his country and the U.S. would "boldly go where no one had gone before.''
With the dust settled from a big 2023, winning best picture and topping the box office, Universal Pictures is looking to the future. The studio's upcoming releases include the big screen adaptation of ''Wicked,'' ''Twisters'' and the newly announced sequel to ''Five Nights at Freddy's.''
The Twins stopped a four-game losing streak by beating the Dodgers on Wednesday.
The Naylor brothers turned National Siblings Day into quite a family affair.
Mississippi's Republican-controlled House voted Wednesday in favor of a measure that would restrict transgender people's use of bathrooms and locker rooms in public buildings, including university dormitories.
After his rapid rise to the majors, Jackson Holliday was given a particularly meaningful number with the Baltimore Orioles.
Caitlin Clark got a final chance to say goodbye to Iowa fans on Wednesday, and of course there was a big crowd waiting.
Shattuck coach Tom Ward said 17-year-old Macklin Celebrini reminds him of two other alumni: Jonathan Toews and Zach Parise.
Margot Robbie has her sights on another toy. The ''Barbie'' producer and star is making a Monopoly movie, with Hasbro and Lionsgate behind it, the companies announced Wednesday at the CinemaCon conference in Las Vegas.
Ten players from Australia's Tokyo 2020 bronze medal-winning side have been named in an extended 22-man squad for the Paris Olympics, including Patty Mills, Joe Ingles, Josh Green, Dante Exuma and Jock Landale.
Erik van Rooyen had a dramatic victory on the PGA Tour in November.
Four components to one play that had zero margin for error. The Twins beat the Dodgers thanks to a crucial throw home from their star shortstop.
Montez Brown, 32, was caught with 9,700 fentanyl pills, thousands of dollars in cash, and two firearms during an April 2023 arrest amid the ongoing federal crackdown on Twin Cities gangs.
The Dallas Mavericks had a message on Wednesday night: ''Pravi MVP.''
The Arizona Legislature devolved into shouts of ''Shame! Shame!'' on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers quickly shut down discussion on a proposed repeal of the state's newly revived 1864 law that criminalizes abortion throughout pregnancy unless a woman's life is at risk.
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's election interference case rejected the notion Wednesday that jailed defendants charged with some of the most violent crimes of the U.S. Capitol riot are ''hostages'' — a label Trump and his allies have frequently used to describe the prisoners.
Scottie Scheffler will take on the best field to assemble in the United States since June 2023 at a momentous time in professional golf's history.
A magistrate judge on Wednesday ordered the professor to undergo a mental health evaluation while in jail as his fraud case proceeds.
A joyful celebration of the end of Ramadan devolved into panic Wednesday in Philadelphia after rival groups exchanged gunfire, leaving at least three people injured and hundreds of parents and children to flee in search of safety.
Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss the Milwaukee Bucks' final three regular-season games after an MRI confirmed the initial diagnosis that the two-time MVP has a strained left calf.
Eugenio Suárez hit a two-out, two-run double in the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks came back to beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Wednesday to win the series.
There's widespread consensus on the country's core values.
If they really care about such Minnesotans, they must show it in ways they aren't now.
We haven't figured this out, all right.