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The Masters got underway Thursday after a 2 1/2-hour weather delay on Thursday when Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tom Watson hit the ceremonial first shots

Ryan Fox, Bryson DeChambeau and Byeong Hun An each birdied the first three holes to start the Masters, part of a morning wave that took advantage of better scoring conditions for the opening round

Powerful storms are rumbling over parts of the southeastern U.S. as more severe weather takes aim at parts of the Ohio Valley

Instagram says it’s deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion

China has sanctioned two U.S. companies over what it says is their support for arms sales to Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy Beijing claims as its own territory to be recovered by force if necessary

China has announced rare sanctions against two U.S. defense companies over what it calls their support for arms sales to Taiwan

Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip

The Biden administration is handing out almost $830 million in grants for 80 projects around the country aimed at toughening infrastructure against the extreme weather of climate change

The start of the Masters has been delayed by at least one hour because of bad weather

The start of the Masters was pushed back to 10:30 a.m. local time Thursday because of the weather, though the heaviest of the rains that were expected overnight missed Augusta National