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9:47 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Oil prices are rising again and Asian stocks are trading lower on skepticism over a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran

9:37 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Connor McDavid scored his 15th career hat trick and finished with five points, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks that moved them into sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division

9:17 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Iran's semiofficial news agencies have published a chart suggesting the Revolutionary Guard placed sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz during the war

9:14 PM on Wednesday, April 8

The Democratic Party’s most ambitious politicians are courting African American activists in New York this week as the party’s unofficial 2028 presidential nomination contest begins to take shape

9:10 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Protesters are rallying against a planned immigration detention facility in Maryland

9:08 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Nevada's largest utility company says it may not meet its 2030 clean energy goals due to the demands from data centers

9:08 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Republicans are facing setbacks in recent elections, with Democrats winning races in Wisconsin and Georgia

9:06 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Iranian Americans are experiencing uncertainty as the Trump administration imposes deadlines and intermediaries seek paths to avoid escalation of the war in Iran

9:04 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers are poised to try to persuade federal appeals court judges that the hip-hop mogul was treated unfairly at a trial last year that sent him to prison on prostitution-related charges

9:02 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is the rare European leader seeking President Donald Trump's approval

8:00 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Australia has agreed to underwrite two companies buying fuel at inflated prices, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warning of extended supply disruptions even if the Iran ceasefire holds

6:07 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Hawaii doctor who was accused of trying to kill his wife on a cliffside hike has been convicted of attempted manslaughter

5:27 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge’s ruling on the same issues

12:23 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Davey Lopes, a longtime Los Angeles Dodgers infielder and premier base stealer, has died

12:12 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Lunar love knows no bounds

11:42 AM on Wednesday, April 8

An attorney for a man shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in California says his client did not try to run officers over with his car and disputed claims that he has a warrant out for his arrest in El Salvador

9:58 AM on Wednesday, April 8

March has been the hottest month on record for the continental United States in 132 years, according to federal weather data

8:50 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Police in the Bahamas say they have arrested the husband of a U.S. woman who was aboard a boat near the archipelago and vanished

9:33 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Iran, the United States and Israel have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th-hour deal that headed off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization

9:14 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appears to be hanging by a thread after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon