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8:42 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran on Feb. 28, the Trump administration claims to have all but “obliterated” the Islamic Republic’s military capabilities

8:00 AM on Tuesday, March 31

John Green is writing his first novel for adults

7:18 AM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. consumer confidence inched higher in March despite soaring energy prices brought on by the war in Iran

7:09 AM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. job openings fell slightly last month to 6.9 million, another sign of sluggishness in the American labor market

7:06 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The world’s tallest college basketball player is on the move

6:54 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Senegal’s president has signed into law a new provision increasing the punishment for homosexuality in the largely Muslim West African nation

6:29 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A veteran South African politician is campaigning for mayor of Johannesburg by snorkeling in a giant, water-filled trench

6:14 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Vice President JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith and adult conversion to Catholicism

3:21 AM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump has prioritized efforts to calm the financial markets during the Iran war, but his go-to moves are starting to fall flat

3:06 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Lin Yu-ting, a boxing gold medalist at the center of a gender controversy at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has won her first international bout since then at the Asian championships in Mongolia

2:54 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Europe’s inflation rate rose to 2.5% in March, according to official figures released Tuesday, as the Iran war sent energy prices sharply higher

1:51 AM on Tuesday, March 31

NBA awards voting is ramping up, and Coach of the Year looks wide open

12:50 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The Eurovision music spectacle is expanding to Asia

12:49 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast in recent days has got stuck again, less than a day after swimming free

9:04 PM on Monday, March 30

Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters — an exercise to help them understand what writing, thinking and classrooms were like before everything turned digital

9:01 PM on Monday, March 30

President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island

5:10 PM on Monday, March 30

The Chicago Bulls waived guard Jaden Ivey on Monday in the wake of anti-LGBTQ+ comments and remarks about religion he made in a series of videos on his Instagram account

5:01 PM on Monday, March 30

A large donation to mental health research is getting even bigger

3:45 PM on Monday, March 30

This year’s Webby Award nominations highlight the internet’s wildest hits, from celebrity campaigns to strange viral products

10:58 AM on Monday, March 30

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it's important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war as the average price for for gasoline nears $4 a gallon in the U.S. But he also said Monday, addressing students at Harvard University, that there isn't a lot Fed policymakers could do