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3:34 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. is imposing visa restrictions on “several senior Rwandan officials for fueling instability” in eastern Congo, the State Department said on Friday, intensifying pressure on the East African country after sanctions announced earlier this week

3:18 PM on Friday, March 6

Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the U.S. job market knocked stocks lower to cap Wall Street’s worst week since October

2:54 PM on Friday, March 6

National Symphony Orchestra director Jean Davidson has left the Kennedy Center to lead the Wallis Annenberg Center in Los Angeles, as turmoil grows under President Donald Trump’s control

2:47 PM on Friday, March 6

Georgia’s races for governor and U.S. Senate are taking shape as candidates qualify and begin their sprint to the May 19 party primaries

2:34 PM on Friday, March 6

Cuba says a fifth detainee has died after a shootout with people on a Florida-flagged speedboat off its north coast

1:50 PM on Friday, March 6

Legal experts say a U.S. submarine’s deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law

1:17 PM on Friday, March 6

The New York Times is urging a federal judge to block a Pentagon policy that has limited access to the building for journalists from many mainstream news outlets

1:01 PM on Friday, March 6

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun

12:41 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. has issued a license that allows business to be done with Venezuela’s state gold mining company, Minerven

12:18 PM on Friday, March 6

Satellite images and videos of an Iranian girls school damaged by large explosions at the start of a U.S.-Israeli airstrike campaign targeting the Islamic Republic indicate a targeted attack from the air hit the building

11:34 AM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to allow India to buy Russian oil for 30 days underscores a boost for Moscow's fortunes against the backdrop of the Iran war as Russia's oil export earnings help pay for its own war against Ukraine

10:48 AM on Friday, March 6

Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks has been arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence in Scottsdale, Arizona

10:47 AM on Friday, March 6

UFO discussions have long been part of the milieu at the Conscious Life Expo, which convenes thousands of New Age spiritual seekers in Los Angeles each year

10:19 AM on Friday, March 6

Officials with one of the armed Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq say they are not planning an imminent cross-border attack on Iran but would join a ground invasion if the U.S. were to launch one

9:51 AM on Friday, March 6

Losing an hour of sleep as daylight saving time kicks in can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day — it also could harm your health

6:12 AM on Friday, March 6

Muslims across the United States are observing Ramadan under rising fears tied to immigration raids, anti-Muslim rhetoric, and war in the Middle East

4:51 AM on Friday, March 6

Shohei Ohtani put on a giant show in batting practice hours before he hit a grand slam in the second inning as Japan hammered Taiwan 13-0 in Pool C at the World Baseball Classic

12:39 AM on Friday, March 6

Sri Lanka has taken custody of an Iranian ship after it asked for help near its coast

11:07 PM on Thursday, March 5

The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas

4:24 PM on Thursday, March 5

American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain