National News

9:10 AM on Monday, March 9

A conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice first elected in 2007 will not seek a third 10-year term next year

9:02 AM on Monday, March 9

No. 2 UCLA has closed the gap on top-ranked UConn in the latest AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll

5:11 AM on Monday, March 9

Mississippi voters will choose nominees for Congress in a state primary Tuesday

4:40 AM on Monday, March 9

Voters in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District will elect a replacement for former Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene in a special election on Tuesday

4:13 AM on Monday, March 9

Many voters are frustrated by rising prices for essentials like housing

1:10 AM on Monday, March 9

The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean

10:55 PM on Sunday, March 8

The Lebanese parliament has extended its term by two years due to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, which has pushed the region into an escalating conflict, and Israel stepped up its attacks on Lebanon

8:59 PM on Sunday, March 8

The Iran war has begun its second week

6:27 PM on Sunday, March 8

The U.S. military says it has killed six men in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged traffickers

6:04 PM on Sunday, March 8

Two major economic plans unveiled at the annual meeting of China’s legislature outline top priorities

5:32 PM on Sunday, March 8

Travelers complained of long waits Sunday that in some cases lasted hours at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans

10:54 AM on Sunday, March 8

The Kansas City International Airport terminal reopened Sunday afternoon hours after it was evacuated for several hours while authorities looked into a potential threat

11:06 PM on Saturday, March 7

Defending champion Japan became the first nation to clinch a quarterfinal berth in the World Baseball Classic, then rallied on Masataka Yoshida's two-run homer in the seventh inning to beat Australia 4-3 at Tokyo Dome and assure first place in its first-round group

10:56 PM on Saturday, March 7

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor

10:12 PM on Saturday, March 7

Iranian state TV says Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor

9:37 PM on Saturday, March 7

Nepal’s new Rastriya Swatantra party is heading for a landslide win in the country’s first parliamentary election since youth protests toppled the old leadership last year

9:19 PM on Saturday, March 7

Alabama marked the 61st anniversary of a key event in the Civil Rights Movement, when state troopers attacked voting rights marchers in Selma

9:07 PM on Saturday, March 7

Colombians are electing a new Congress and narrowing the presidential field in a major test of political power

7:03 PM on Saturday, March 7

The WNBA sent a collective bargaining agreement proposal to the union a day after the league received one from the players, a person familiar with the negotiations has told The Associated Press

2:16 PM on Friday, March 6

A new survey by The Allstate Foundation and Gallup suggests that young people do give back, even if their charitable works happen less formally and more sporadically