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5:58 AM on Saturday, April 18

The contiguous United States is experiencing record drought levels for this time of year, according to weather data

1:28 AM on Saturday, April 18

The United States and Iran are locked in a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz

10:58 PM on Friday, April 17

Australia and Japan have signed contracts for the first three of a $6.5 billion fleet of Japanese-designed warships

10:21 PM on Friday, April 17

Across Afghanistan's capital, buildings are being razed to make way for major construction to modernize Kabul's heavily congested streets

10:09 PM on Friday, April 17

Schools have been closed across Iran since the United States and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28, with no word on when in-person instruction will resume

9:56 PM on Friday, April 17

Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway

7:45 PM on Friday, April 17

The U.S. Treasury Department has extended its pause on sanctions on Russian oil shipments to ease shortages from the Iran war, days after Secretary Scott Bessent ruled out such a move

6:01 PM on Friday, April 17

A federal judge has blocked the $6.2 billion merger between local television giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved

2:30 PM on Friday, April 17

Oil prices plunged and the stock market rallied after U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open

1:55 PM on Friday, April 17

1:24 PM on Friday, April 17

The pilot of a helicopter that crashed on a sightseeing flight off the Hawaiian island of Kauai last month, killing three passengers, has told investigators that the aircraft underwent a series of intense vibrations and entered a spin before plunging into the water

12:20 PM on Friday, April 17

Union leaders representing thousands of New York City apartment house doorpersons, superintendents and other workers have reached a tentative contract agreement with building owners

11:39 AM on Friday, April 17

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to discuss the company's new AI model, Mythos

11:08 AM on Friday, April 17

The family of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler is nearing a sale of the team, a person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press

10:42 AM on Friday, April 17

In a brief look back to what happened in business and finance this past week, sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in March to their slowest pace in nine months, as easing mortgage rates failed to motivate home shoppers during what’s traditionally been the busiest time of the year for the housing market

10:15 AM on Friday, April 17

Sky-high ticket prices won’t be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this spring

5:17 AM on Friday, April 17

Jon Rahm says he isn't worried about the future of LIV Golf despite uncertainty about its funding

10:45 PM on Thursday, April 16

U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister say the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open to commercial vessels

10:19 PM on Thursday, April 16

Iran says it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels

9:24 PM on Thursday, April 16

Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record