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9:57 PM on Thursday, March 12

The Panama Canal's administrator says the war in the Middle East and higher fuel prices make the canal more appealing for shippers

9:32 PM on Thursday, March 12

After sixth-ranked UConn opened the Big East Tournament by rolling over Xavier in the quarterfinals, Dan Hurley’s mind was still on the Huskies’ unexpected loss in their regular-season finale at Marquette

9:25 PM on Thursday, March 12

A 5.5 earthquake has hit central Turkey and sent frightened residents into the streets, but Turkey's disaster response agency says no damage has been reported

8:31 PM on Thursday, March 12

Isaiah Evans made seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 32 points, Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year Cameron Boozer added 23 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke survived a scare from Florida State to beat the Seminoles 80-79 on Thursday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals

8:13 PM on Thursday, March 12

San Antonio Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanayama will miss Thursday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets due to right ankle soreness

7:47 PM on Thursday, March 12

Cuba’s government says it will release 51 people from prisons in an unexpected move

7:43 PM on Thursday, March 12

Sepp Straka kept getting into trouble and saving pars

7:00 PM on Thursday, March 12

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wouldn’t rule out re-engaging in trade talks for edge rusher Maxx Crosby while saying he didn’t anticipate such a move since his club is “pretty far down the road” in free agency

6:41 PM on Thursday, March 12

Venezuela and Colombia cancel a high-profile presidential border meeting, even as both sides say they still want closer ties

6:35 PM on Thursday, March 12

The Trump administration is denouncing CNN for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader's first public statement since he got the job

6:25 PM on Thursday, March 12

Erik Spoelstra had a very clear message to those who didn’t like how the final minutes of Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game played out

5:18 PM on Thursday, March 12

One of the hottest tickets in Rome these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel

1:37 PM on Thursday, March 12

Oil and gas prices have spiked with the war in Iran

1:07 PM on Thursday, March 12

The state of Oregon may soon have some new public property: A spectacular waterfall, beloved by generations, that was recently put up for sale on Redfin

12:26 PM on Thursday, March 12

The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues has been identified as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials

11:01 AM on Thursday, March 12

The FBI says ROTC students subdued and killed a gunman who yelled “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire in a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University

10:45 AM on Thursday, March 12

The Minnesota Vikings have signed Kyler Murray

9:35 AM on Thursday, March 12

After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, a jury has heard closing arguments before heading to the deliberation room to decide whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children using their platforms

2:21 AM on Thursday, March 12

China is signaling it will stay focused on technology and economic growth, even as U.S. tensions with Iran rise

11:02 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Iran’s new supreme leader vowed to keep attacking the country's Gulf Arab neighbors and using its threat of closing the Strait of Hormuz as leverage