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7:52 PM on Saturday, March 28

Freshman Keaton Wagler scored 25 points and Illinois ended Iowa’s underdog March Madness run by dominating in the frontcourt, beating the Hawkeyes 71-59 to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 2005

3:56 PM on Saturday, March 28

Actor James Tolkan, known for his roles as a cigar-chomping naval commander in “Top Gun” and a gruff high school administrator in “Back to the Future,” has died

2:36 PM on Saturday, March 28

Tiger Woods is out of jail and headed for more uncertainty

1:50 PM on Saturday, March 28

Hundreds of employees at one of the U.S. Navy’s biggest shipbuilding contractors have voted to approve a deal with Bath Iron Works, ending a weeklong strike

11:12 AM on Saturday, March 28

Nestlé says thieves have stolen a huge shipment of KitKat bars from a truck heading from Italy to Poland

10:50 AM on Saturday, March 28

The number of American service members wounded in the Iran war has grown beyond 300, with more than two dozen troops injured this week from attacks on a Saudi air base

10:17 AM on Saturday, March 28

A humpback whale has become stranded again in the Baltic Sea after rescuers in Germany help it escape earlier in the week

10:10 AM on Saturday, March 28

Mexico’s navy has located two sailboats that went missing while carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba

9:06 AM on Saturday, March 28

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has positioned himself as the grassroots favorite in the runoff election to determine the party's Senate nominee

7:54 AM on Saturday, March 28

Members of Congress have repeatedly introduced bills to ensure the federal employees who control air traffic and conduct airport security screenings get paid during government shutdowns

7:40 AM on Saturday, March 28

President Donald Trump is hosting a UFC fight on White House grounds to celebrate his 80th birthday and the nation’s 250th anniversary

7:29 AM on Saturday, March 28

There seemed to be a deal

6:37 AM on Saturday, March 28

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made unannounced visits to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as Kyiv seeks to use its drone expertise to help Gulf Arab states blunt Iran’s attacks while the war in the Middle East rages on

3:34 AM on Saturday, March 28

Pope Leo XIV has urged the people of Monaco to use their Catholic faith and wealth for good

2:50 AM on Saturday, March 28

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have entered the monthlong war in the Middle East and claimed they launched missiles toward Israel

12:44 AM on Saturday, March 28

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for two missile attacks on Israel as the war in the Middle East marks its one-month anniversary

12:05 AM on Saturday, March 28

Aryna Sabalenka beat Coco Gauff in the Miami Open women’s singles final 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

11:03 PM on Friday, March 27

President Donald Trump did not attend one of the biggest yearly meetings of conservatives for the first time in nearly a decade

9:43 PM on Friday, March 27

Police in Nepal have arrested former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli over the deaths of dozens of people during violent protests in September that toppled the government and resulted in new elections

10:30 AM on Friday, March 27

Authorities say a U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to protect former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport