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2:15 PM on Tuesday, March 24

The NCAA Tournament is down to a Sweet 16 void of mid-majors for the second straight season

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

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

12:34 PM on Tuesday, March 24

The WNBA Board of Governors has unanimously ratified the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement

12:31 PM on Tuesday, March 24

Rick Pitino is back on top of college basketball yet again after leading St. John's to its first Sweet 16 of the 21st century

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

12:25 PM on Tuesday, March 24

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry has declared Iran’s ambassador to Beirut persona non grata, ordering him to leave the country by the end of the week

12:20 PM on Tuesday, March 24

Tua Tagovailoa says his new one-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons provides an opportunity for a fresh start after a rocky finish to his six-year stay with the Miami Dolphins

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

11:59 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Detroit guard Cade Cunningham’s eligibility for individual honors such as a spot on the All-NBA team is in some doubt because of the 65-game rule for such awards

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

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

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

12:30 AM on Tuesday, March 24

The intense, all-night negotiations over the WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement were new to many on both sides

10:48 PM on Monday, March 23

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

8:51 PM on Monday, March 23

The Ottawa Senators held the New York Rangers to a record-low 10 shots on goal in a 2-1 win — even after losing two players left because of injury

8:17 PM on Monday, March 23

The mound visit Carter Baumler received from Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker wasn’t to take the rookie right-hander out of his last spring training game

6:10 PM on Monday, March 23

Asian countries are burning more coal to keep power going as the war in the Middle East disrupts other fossil fuel supplies