National News

10:05 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Iranian American social media creators are helping lead the online conversation about the war in Iran

9:00 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Over the past decade, demand for mezcal has rapidly surged as international brands promoted its artisanal image

7:49 AM on Tuesday, March 17

France’s far right has made gains in the first round of municipal elections in the southeast, while big cities head to a runoff, including Paris, Marseille, and Lyon

7:20 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Books on homelessness, the U.S. Census and ancient India are among this year’s winners of prizes handed out by the J

6:40 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died

2:48 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Police in Nigeria say suspected suicide bombings have killed at least 23 people and wounded 108 others in Maiduguri

1:08 AM on Tuesday, March 17

The beginning of 2026 ranks as the deadliest start to any year for people trying to cross the Mediterranean

12:04 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Can you scream your way to happiness

9:40 PM on Monday, March 16

The United Nations' expert on human rights in Haiti said it has a chance now to tackle gang violence with a U.S.-initiated force starting to deploy and a prime minister committed to providing alternatives for young gang members

8:59 PM on Monday, March 16

President Donald Trump says a former president has told him that he now wishes he had attacked Iran when he occupied the Oval Office

7:00 PM on Monday, March 16

Has tax time become a frustrating paper chase

5:34 PM on Monday, March 16

Sen. Lindsey Graham is tying his reelection pitch to President Donald Trump and the war with Iran, a conflict for which he's long advocated

4:57 PM on Monday, March 16

The transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America is complete

2:13 PM on Monday, March 16

Officials in Cuba report an islandwide blackout in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen

1:36 PM on Monday, March 16

The Vatican has released details of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming four-nation Africa tour

12:04 PM on Monday, March 16

The NBA may move a step closer to adding teams in Seattle and Las Vegas next week when expansion will be again discussed by the league’s board of governors, two people with knowledge of the matter tell The Associated Press

9:46 AM on Monday, March 16

Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of targeting a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital with an airstrike

1:32 AM on Monday, March 16

Explosions are sounding in Dubai after the United Arab Emirates reopened its airspace following a brief closure amid incoming attacks from Iran

12:34 AM on Monday, March 16

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has pressured around seven countries to send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as fears of a global energy crisis persist and Iranian attacks and threats have choked off shipping in the vital waterway

12:24 AM on Monday, March 16

A Utah woman has been convicted of aggravated murder after poisoning her husband with fentanyl and then self-publishing a children’s book about coping with grief