Senate Republicans are planning a different approach to try and end the government shutdown on Friday. Follow live updates here.

For their NBA Cup opener against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, the Warriors will be without their star point guard due to an illness.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told fellow Republicans Thursday to be prepared to vote Friday on the bill to open the government, but it will be amended with a new expiration date in January as well as a negotiated package of three full-year spending bills, Politico is reporting.

Three-time All-Star Bam Adebayo will be out for Miami's NBA Cup matchup against Charlotte, sidelined by a toe injury.

Just picture it: the Tree Hill Ravens and the Dillon Panthers facing off in challenges, Milo Ventimiglia scrounging around for an idol, and friendships being wrecked in Tribal Council's more melodramatic than the shows they all rose to fame on.

A coalition of nonprofits, government bodies, elected officials, businesses, and residents has decided it's time for a name change for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

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The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce flights at dozens of major airports as early as Friday if no shutdown deal is reached, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced at a news conference Wednesday.