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11:33 PM on Thursday, April 2

Myanmar’s parliament has elected Min Aung Hlaing as the country’s new president

10:05 PM on Thursday, April 2

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic injured his left hamstring in a loss to Oklahoma City and coach JJ Redick said the league’s scoring leader will have an MRI on Friday

9:51 PM on Thursday, April 2

Iran fired on targets across the Middle East, sparking multiple blazes at a Kuwaiti oil refinery, while American and Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic Republic as the war neared the end of its fifth week unabated

9:40 PM on Thursday, April 2

Iran fired missiles at Israel and some Gulf nations while explosions could be heard around Tehran and the central Iranian city of Isfahan

9:26 PM on Thursday, April 2

Oil prices are surging on worries of a prolonged Iran war while Asian financial markets are rising moderately during cautious trading

9:12 PM on Thursday, April 2

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Los Angeles Lakers 139-96 in a game in which NBA leading scorer Luka Doncic left due to injury

9:01 PM on Thursday, April 2

After Pam Bondi became U.S. attorney general last year, conservative influencers, online sleuths and others who wanted the government to disclose all it knew about Jeffrey Epstein thought they might have a champion in the Department of Justice

9:01 PM on Thursday, April 2

The White House is scheduled to release President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget Friday

7:40 PM on Thursday, April 2

Matt Boldy scored his 39th and 40th goals, Kirill Kaprizov added his 40th and the Minnesota Wild wrapped up a playoff spot with a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night

6:31 PM on Thursday, April 2

The Cuban government says it will release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island’s government with a suffocating oil blockade

5:02 PM on Thursday, April 2

Before picking Todd Blanche to help lead and now run the Justice Department, President Donald Trump was his client

4:11 PM on Thursday, April 2

Anthony Edwards is ineligible for NBA postseason awards because he can’t reach the 65-game minimum after the Minnesota Timberwolves ruled out him out against the Detroit Pistons

3:24 PM on Thursday, April 2

Big men and bigger lineups have been standout factors for the teams that have reached the Final Four

11:01 AM on Thursday, April 2

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could eventually lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities

10:59 AM on Thursday, April 2

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth

7:58 AM on Thursday, April 2

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have fired their engines and are blazing toward the moon

5:18 AM on Thursday, April 2

Dutch authorities have recovered a priceless ancient golden helmet from Romania stolen last year from a museum in the Netherlands

4:09 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom has gotten final approval from a key commission

12:44 AM on Thursday, April 2

There has been little sign Friday of the war in the Mideast winding down as Israel says it faced incoming fire from Iran, and Kuwait and Bahrain also reported being under attack

9:09 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The U.S. Army’s top uniformed officer has been asked to step down by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth