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8:47 AM on Thursday, March 5

The Oscar race has tightened after surprise wins at the Actor Awards, and Associated Press film writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle say the top prizes now look less settled

8:40 AM on Thursday, March 5

Rachael Ray knows she's harder to find these days, but she's not slowing down

8:13 AM on Thursday, March 5

Monique Billings and Rae Burrell have been added to the U.S. women’s basketball roster for the FIBA World Cup qualifier next week in Puerto Rico

7:52 AM on Thursday, March 5

The disappearance of the spring transfer portal window offers the opportunity for a reappearance of spring football games in campuses across the country

7:47 AM on Thursday, March 5

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is urging Latin American countries to take a more aggressive approach against drug cartels

7:02 AM on Thursday, March 5

The number of doubles and triples in the major leagues went down again last year

5:41 AM on Thursday, March 5

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week was unchanged from the week before, a sign that layoffs remain at historically low levels

4:00 AM on Thursday, March 5

On its own, the phrase “Christ is king” sums up a core tenet of the Christian faith, that Jesus is the divine ruler of the universe

3:02 AM on Thursday, March 5

For years, Iran’s theocratic government warned it would blanket the Middle East with missile and drone fire if it felt its existence was threatened

12:36 AM on Thursday, March 5

Denmark is debating whether top-level cooking counts as art, and the country’s most theatrical restaurants sit at the center of it

12:20 AM on Thursday, March 5

Aston Martin has predicted it is unlikely to finish Formula 1’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix without its drivers risking permanent nerve damage

9:47 PM on Wednesday, March 4

Australia has opened the World Baseball Classic in Tokyo by beating Taiwan 3-0 on Robbie Perkins' two-run homer in the fifth inning and Travis Bazzana’s homer in the seventh at the Tokyo Dome

5:23 PM on Wednesday, March 4

Nepal held its first nationwide election since a youth-led uprising forces the last government from power

3:40 PM on Wednesday, March 4

The U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran has stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers amid flight cancellations and airspace closures

2:47 PM on Wednesday, March 4

A new investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, shows that an estimated 75 priests abused more than 300 children since 1950

2:34 PM on Wednesday, March 4

A mine collapse at Congo’s key Rubaya coltan site has killed a number of miners

1:30 PM on Wednesday, March 4

Aaron Judge will captain a loaded U.S. roster at the World Baseball Classic

10:37 AM on Wednesday, March 4

A blackout has left millions of people without power in Havana and the rest of western Cuba in the latest outage on an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a crumbling electric grid

6:39 AM on Wednesday, March 4

The Winter Paralympics come to Milan Cortina to celebrate their 50th anniversary, with China looking to extend its dominance as a Paralympic powerhouse and Ukraine and other nations boycotting the opening ceremony over the return of the Russian flag and anthem

9:18 PM on Tuesday, March 3

A new report says Rhode Island Catholic clergy abused hundreds of children for decades, while church leaders minimized the scandal