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12:29 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Pennsylvania regulators are seeking $2.6 million in penalties from UGI because of a gas leak and deadly explosion at a chocolate factory

12:27 PM on Wednesday, March 18

A man has been sentenced to at least four years in prison for an election petition scandal that spoiled the candidacies of five Republicans who were running for Michigan governor in 2022

12:10 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Illinois Democrats ushered in a new generation of lawmakers Tuesday night, picking five new nominees for Congress in open seats that are favored to remain in Democratic hands this fall

11:53 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Mexican authorities have arrested an Ecuadorian fugitive accused of helping organize the 2023 assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio

11:35 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Rory McIlroy has spared no detail — or no expense — for his menu at the Masters Club dinner

11:08 AM on Wednesday, March 18

A new study says the early U.S. COVID-19 death toll is much higher than official counts, and that there were disparities in which deaths were missing from those tallies

10:45 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Gerrit Cole has returned to a mound to pitch in a game after a 377-day absence and threw a scoreless first inning for the New York Yankees in an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox

9:49 AM on Wednesday, March 18

A year after the actor’s death, a generative AI version of Val Kilmer will co-star in an independent film

9:34 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The U.N.'s agency for children says it will investigate claims from Israel's military that one of its shipments into Gaza smuggled tobacco products into the strip

9:28 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Air traffic controllers will now use radar to ensure that helicopters maintain a safe distance from arriving and departing airplanes in the wake of last year’s fatal midair collision near Washington, D.C. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that recent near-misses show that previous guidelines for pilots to maintain visual separation between helicopters and airplanes have failed to provide adequate protection around busy airports

8:56 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency industries have suffered a setback as they try to reshape the midterm elections and establish themselves as power players in American politics

6:36 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Sofia Coppola has made a documentary about her friend Marc Jacobs that shows how Jacobs creates fashion, up close and unscripted

6:07 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Pakistan and Afghanistan have declared a temporary pause in escalating fighting

4:42 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Attacks on a town along Sudan’s border with Chad have killed at least 17 people and injured 123, Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, said

3:03 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Warsaw Zoo has created a new emergency drop-off system that gets injured birds treated fast

1:35 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Senegal isn’t giving up its Africa Cup of Nations title without a legal fight, with the country’s soccer federation saying it will appeal the “unfair, unprecedented, and unacceptable decision” to strip the team of its victory in a chaotic final against host Morocco

9:03 PM on Tuesday, March 17

There’s a growing body of data showing the tariffs President Donald Trump said would help American factories are, in fact, squashing many of them

2:16 PM on Tuesday, March 17

The Iran war has rattled the global flow of oil, with steeper fuel costs already straining households worldwide

9:05 PM on Sunday, March 15

Extreme weather conditions from coast to coast put more than half the U.S. in the path of rough conditions

1:03 PM on Friday, March 13

The State Department has slashed by about 80% the fee for Americans to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship