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7:05 AM on Monday, March 9

They call themselves “sister-friends.”

6:21 AM on Monday, March 9

The Iran war is shaking the global energy system and with it Earth's climate future

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

4:03 AM on Monday, March 9

Doctors often advise exercising your brain to stay sharp but stretching your brain might be the better description

3:55 AM on Monday, March 9

An Indonesian court has sentenced three Australian men for the fatal shooting of another Australian

2:32 AM on Monday, March 9

Russia’s national anthem rings out at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade after Para alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won gold

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

1:02 AM on Monday, March 9

Iraq coach Graham Arnold has urged soccer’s international governing body to postpone his team’s intercontinental World Cup qualifier later this month because of disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East

10:22 PM on Sunday, March 8

Police in New Zealand say a knapsack left in a donation area at a charity shop contained marijuana and more than $2,000 in cash

9:02 PM on Sunday, March 8

Rising global oil prices triggered by the Iran war are increasing economic pressures across Africa, where most countries rely heavily on imported petroleum products

8:48 PM on Sunday, March 8

A person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press the Las Vegas Raiders will acquire cornerback Taron Johnson from the Buffalo Bills after the teams agreed to a trade

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

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

9:07 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

9:34 AM on Friday, March 6

Taylor Sheridan’s neo-Western family drama series “The Madison” debuting on Paramount+ and the animated movie smash “Zootopia 2” landing on Disney+ are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you