National News

11:02 PM on Sunday, March 29

In a tribal battle fought over a century ago, according to oral history, a prophet in South Sudan raised his stick and summoned a thunderbolt that killed a crowd of fighters from a rival tribe

10:08 PM on Sunday, March 29

Two weeks before pivotal elections, Hungary’s young voters are rallying behind Péter Magyar’s Tisza party and posing the strongest challenge to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in years

9:52 PM on Sunday, March 29

China’s flag carrier has resumed direct flights between Beijing and North Korea’s capital of Pyongyang not long after the restoration of passenger train services between the capitals

5:49 PM on Sunday, March 29

4:37 PM on Sunday, March 29

Braylon Mullins sank a desperation 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left to give UConn an astonishing 73-72 victory over top-seeded Duke, earning the Huskies a spot in the Final Four after they rallied from a 19-point first-half deficit

2:55 PM on Sunday, March 29

A young man who moved from Connecticut to Israel last year to join the military was killed Saturday during a combat operation in southern Lebanon

1:46 PM on Sunday, March 29

Yaxel Lendeborg scored 27 points, Elliot Cadeau had 10 assists and Michigan rolled into the Final Four by overwhelming Tennessee for a 95-62 victory in the NCAA Tournament

1:35 PM on Sunday, March 29

Chesney the kangaroo jumped an eight-foot fence to escape his petting zoo in Wisconsin, spending three days on the lam

12:59 PM on Sunday, March 29

Authorities in Los Angeles deployed tear gas near a federal detention center and made dozens of arrests following a “No Kings” rally this weekend

11:10 AM on Sunday, March 29

Long security lines at airports are driving people crazy as Congress and President Donald Trump try to work out a budget stalemate

9:12 AM on Sunday, March 29

“Project Hail Mary” stayed aloft in its second weekend, holding strongly with $54.5 million, adding to the long-term prospects of the year’s biggest hit thus far

8:42 AM on Sunday, March 29

8:04 AM on Sunday, March 29

Igor Tudor has left his role as Tottenham interim coach after seven matches and 44 days in charge

7:55 AM on Sunday, March 29

Israeli police have blocked top Catholic leaders from entering Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a private Palm Sunday Mass

12:33 AM on Sunday, March 29

Disneyland Paris has opened a huge new “Frozen” land as the centerpiece of a major park makeover

9:08 PM on Saturday, March 28

Regional powers met in Pakistan to discuss how to end the fighting in the Middle East after about 2,500 U.S. Marines arrived in the region and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the monthlong war

9:08 PM on Saturday, March 28

Pakistan’s foreign minister says Islamabad will soon host talks between the U.S. and Iran

7:05 PM on Saturday, March 28

North Korea reports that Kim Jong Un watched a test of an upgraded solid-fuel engine for missiles that can reach the U.S. mainland

8:41 AM on Saturday, March 28

Heading into the weekend, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay the tens of thousands of TSA officers who have been working without pay for over a month during a partial government shutdown

5:03 AM on Saturday, March 28

The USS Massachusetts has joined the Navy fleet