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5:37 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Thousands of additional U.S. troops are heading to the Middle East as the Trump administration has insisted that progress has been made in talks with Iran and has threatened to escalate the war if a deal is not reached soon

3:59 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Authorities in western Michigan say a woman who shimmied out the rear window of a police cruiser while handcuffed and then fled has been arrested

3:46 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination

3:20 PM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. stocks surged to their best day since last spring, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 1,100 points as doubt swings back to hope on Wall Street for a possible end to the war with Iran

3:18 PM on Tuesday, March 31

2:24 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Almost three years ago, New York City joined governments across the country to ban TikTok from its devices over security concerns about the Chinese social media site

2:21 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Everything seems to be going NASA's way as the countdown proceeds toward a Wednesday launch of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century

2:15 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A local Tennessee library board has fired the county’s top librarian for refusing to comply with its vote to move more than 100 LGBTQ books from the children’s to the adult section over claims

1:28 PM on Tuesday, March 31

In a new lawsuit, one of the first three women to officiate an NFL game describes her three years at the pinnacle of her profession as a descent into the grip of a sexist institution unable to treat a woman as an equal

1:11 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service

12:24 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Reality TV star Joseph Duggar posted a $600,000 bond and is flying home to Arkansas after making a first appearance in Florida on molestation charges involving a child under the age of 12

9:44 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Federal prosecutors probing public corruption in New York have charged the leaders of a homeless shelter nonprofit with stealing $1.3 million from the taxpayer-backed organization

8:39 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Three fired FBI agents have sued to try to get their jobs back, saying in a class action lawsuit they were illegally punished for their participation in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat

7:52 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A Russian oil tanker has reached Cuba with a huge shipment, easing a dire fuel shortage after months without deliveries

4:04 AM on Tuesday, March 31

One of soccer’s historic powers has reached a once-unfathomable low

2:38 AM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. gas prices have jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as fuel prices continue to soar worldwide amid the Iran war

11:50 PM on Monday, March 30

U.S. stocks surged to their best day since last spring as doubt swung back to hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the war with Iran

11:08 PM on Monday, March 30

Sexual abuse allegations against the revered labor leader César Chavez have led to a swift fallout, leaving many to reconcile the legacy of a man who fought tirelessly for the rights of farmworkers

11:02 PM on Monday, March 30

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says the systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel are convenient but don’t improve safety because people who use them often pay less attention to the road

11:01 PM on Monday, March 30

Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act