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1:42 PM on Tuesday, March 24

1:41 PM on Tuesday, March 24

A U.N. Security Council resolution calling for countries to use “all necessary means” to keep the Strait of Hormuz open is facing some opposition for raising the possibility of U.N.-backed military action against Iran

1:18 PM on Tuesday, March 24

U.S. stock indexes slipped and gave back some of their rallies from the day before, while oil prices got back to rising

12:56 PM on Tuesday, March 24

The Trump administration’s $1 billion payout to a French energy company to walk away from U.S. offshore wind development is a novel tactic against the industry that supporters see as creative, but opponents see as foolish and extreme

12:46 PM on Tuesday, March 24

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a new Justice Department division focused on prosecuting fraud over critics’ concerns of potential political pressure to target White House opponents

12:26 PM on Tuesday, March 24

Speculation is mounting about who, if anyone, might replace Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for change in Cuba’s leadership

12:04 PM on Tuesday, March 24

The group Everytown for Gun Safety used court records to trace more than 250 guns bought at nearly two dozen Academy Sports + Outdoors chain stores that had been trafficked over three years in a handful of federal straw purchasing prosecutions

11:16 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Jeff Webb, the founder of Varsity Spirit who helped turn cheerleading into a sport recognized by the International Olympic Committee, has died

11:15 AM on Tuesday, March 24

The jump in gas prices stemming from the war in Iran has had another impact that may also affect many Americans’ finances: Higher interest rates

10:44 AM on Tuesday, March 24

The Grammy-award winning South African composer of the iconic chant that opens “The Lion King” is suing a comedian, saying he's denigrated the “Circle of Life” song with an intentional mistranslation

10:40 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Fortnite publisher Epic Games said Tuesday it is laying off 1,000 employees to save money as it grapples with industry-wide and company-specific challenges

10:03 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Managers have less to argue about as Major League Baseball starts ball-and-strike challenges this season with so-called robot umpires

9:39 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police say they have arrested two suspects in connection with an attack on a U.S. Park Police officer who was shot while driving in an unmarked vehicle

9:30 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Melania Trump is calling on nations to work together to improve access to education and technology for children

9:05 AM on Tuesday, March 24

The nonprofit that controls the artificial intelligence maker OpenAI pledged Tuesday to grant out $1 billion over the next year and to build up its capacity as a philanthropic funder

8:01 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Cyprus has raised concerns that it was kept in the dark when a Shahed drone struck a hangar at a British air base on the island’s southern coastline minutes after midnight on March 2

6:53 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Oklahoma’s governor has appointed energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill a newly vacant U.S. Senate seat through the end of the year

6:31 AM on Tuesday, March 24

U.S. senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including Transportation Security Administration airport workers who are going without pay

10:48 PM on Monday, March 23

Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive

9:19 PM on Monday, March 23

Maryland authorities say a professional cornhole player who is also a quadruple amputee fatally shot a passenger in the front seat of a car he was driving during an argument