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8:17 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Asian shares are surging as oil prices plunged after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz

5:52 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A U.S. judge says a customs officer improperly canceled the visa of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos in the U.S. In a ruling Tuesday, the judge said Customs and Border Protection officers have limited authority to cancel visas and can't do so for suspected smuggling of biological samples

5:12 PM on Tuesday, April 7

South Korea’s military says it detected North Korea firing several ballistic missiles toward its eastern seas in its second launch event in two days

5:07 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ray Stevens has broken his neck and is recovering at home

5:00 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Michigan U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin is in Iowa to support Democratic congressional candidates and gather insights on how Democrats could win over President Donald Trump's supporters

4:25 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of another contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms

3:00 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A judge has ordered a wounded North Carolina Marine veteran charged with murder to undergo psychiatric treatment

2:34 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A high school principal in Oklahoma is in stable condition after being shot in the leg inside the school's lobby

1:32 PM on Tuesday, April 7

The wife of a U.S. Army staff sergeant has been released from a federal immigration detention facility where she spent nearly a week after being taken into custody inside a Louisiana military base

12:10 PM on Tuesday, April 7

The Justice Department’s new leader says “nobody” except President Donald Trump knows why Pam Bondi was replaced as attorney general last week

10:44 AM on Tuesday, April 7

A former FedEx driver accused of killing a 7-year-old girl after authorities say he abducted her while making a delivery to her Texas home pleaded guilty to capital murder just as his trial began

9:36 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is teaming up with online streamer Hasan Piker for campus events that are already sparking backlash

7:02 AM on Tuesday, April 7

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that American journalist Shelley Kittleson, who was kidnapped last week in Iraq, has been released

6:46 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz

9:55 PM on Monday, April 6

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war

9:20 PM on Monday, April 6

U.S. President Donald Trump pulls back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate

9:08 PM on Monday, April 6

Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court

9:07 PM on Monday, April 6

Republican Clay Fuller has won Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia

9:05 PM on Monday, April 6

Jury deliberations are underway in a case against a Hawaii anesthesiologist accused of trying to kill his wife during a cliffside hike last year

8:25 PM on Monday, April 6

Oil prices plunged below $100 a barrel and Asia markets and U.S. stock futures jumped after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz