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7:40 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Analysts say China is unlikely to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and it is probably welcoming a delay in President Donald Trump’s Beijing trip

6:26 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Bryce Harris had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and he sank a turnaround jumper with 13 seconds remaining that sent Howard to its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history, 86-83 over UMBC in the First Four

5:09 PM on Tuesday, March 17

The Oscars draw fewer TV viewers this year, even as the show stays a major live event

5:06 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Authorities found 2.1 pounds of marijuana in Alabama basketball star Aden Holloway’s apartment when they arrested him Monday on a felony drug charge

4:54 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Rising jet fuel costs tied to the war in the Middle East are adding hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses for some major U.S. airlines

4:08 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to make his first pitching appearance in spring training on Wednesday for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the San Francisco Giants

3:40 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Iranian authorities have confirmed the death of Ali Larijani, a top Iranian security official who was thought to be running the country since the beginning of the war

3:17 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Paraguay has ratified the Mercosur and European Union free trade deal to complete South America’s approval of a huge new trade zone

3:05 PM on Tuesday, March 17

A rare March heat wave is pushing San Francisco close to 90 degrees and setting records across the West

1:12 PM on Tuesday, March 17

President Donald Trump says he plans to endorse a candidate in the Texas Republican Senate runoff to end the painful primary

12:33 PM on Tuesday, March 17

President Donald Trump says NATO and other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz

12:22 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is warning that personal criticism of federal judges is dangerous and “it’s got to stop.”

12:00 PM on Tuesday, March 17

A military investigation has found that a “one in a million” malfunction during a live fire demonstration over Camp Pendleton last October led to a misfire that rained shrapnel on Interstate 5

11:48 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Police in Georgia say they have responded to a shooting at a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic, where a suspect was shot and killed by police

5:56 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Scotland’s Parliament rejected legislation that would have made Scotland the first in the U.K. to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives

4:32 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called Russia and Iran “brothers in hatred.”

9:28 PM on Monday, March 16

The widening U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is choking the Strait of Hormuz and sending energy and security shocks around the world

9:11 PM on Monday, March 16

Thousands of flights are canceled or delayed one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and disrupted thousands of others

9:01 PM on Monday, March 16

A Florida man has been executed for the murder of a young mother who called 911 seeking help while tied up in her attacker's car

6:12 PM on Monday, March 16

Closing arguments concluded Tuesday in a trial filed against Elon Musk by former Twitter shareholders