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9:31 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups

9:13 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Scientists are using controlled fires to study how to protect homes from wildfires

9:00 AM on Tuesday, April 21

A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year

8:24 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The Defense Department says U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia

8:22 AM on Tuesday, April 21

7:36 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Democratic congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida is facing a critical moment in her political career

7:03 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The abrupt swing from hot weather to cold across the Northeast didn't just have people scrambling for discarded jackets, it also is affecting some farmers

6:54 AM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump and many of his conservative Christian supporters are participating in a marathon Bible reading event

6:18 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The Human Rights Campaign is launching a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts ahead of the fall's midterm elections

4:17 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The British ex-civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.K. ambassador to Washington says he felt political pressure to rush through the appointment despite security concerns

4:11 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Regional officials say the United States and Iran have signaled they will hold new ceasefire talks in Islamabad

1:13 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “colonization” of minerals and the “lust for power” in Equatorial Guinea

12:41 AM on Tuesday, April 21

There appears to be movement toward another round of U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks, with two regional officials telling The Associated Press Tuesday that both countries have signaled a return to Pakistan for discussions

12:28 AM on Tuesday, April 21

A judge is expected to sentence OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to forfeit $225 million to the U.S. government

12:03 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Virginia voters are deciding on a mid-decade redistricting plan that could help Democrats gain four more U.S. House seats

11:10 PM on Monday, April 20

U.S. stocks are ticking higher after UnitedHealth Group and other big companies showed they’re making even bigger profits than analysts expected

9:31 PM on Monday, April 20

Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners

7:03 PM on Monday, April 20

President Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve is pledging to fight inflation at a hearing Tuesday while the president said he expects interest rate cuts once he is confirmed

6:25 PM on Monday, April 20

There had never been a unanimous NBA Defensive Player of the Year

6:24 PM on Monday, April 20

The satirical news outlet The Onion has a new plan to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars platforms and turn them into parodies