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4:45 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Residents and local officials in northern Mali say a ferry boat trying to land at a Niger River town in the Timbuktu region hit stones and sank in an accident that left dozens of people dead

4:20 PM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump has once again drawn his go-to diplomatic weapon — tariffs — to coerce the Iranian government to end its bloody crackdown on nationwide protests

4:16 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division have announced their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis

4:12 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft

4:11 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Georgia lawmakers are moving to void a Savannah ordinance that fines or jails people for leaving guns in unlocked cars

3:45 PM on Tuesday, January 13

A judge says a suspect in the vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s home in Ohio must remain behind bars while awaiting trial

3:17 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The Smithsonian museums are facing a White House deadline to turn over documents on their plans for the country’s 250th birthday and other exhibits

3:12 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Costa Rican security officials have reported an alleged plot to assassinate President Rodrigo Chaves

3:08 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Avery’s Law aims to strengthen Ohio's response to dangerous dogs

12:50 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The Trump administration has announced it will end Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants

12:05 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating the economic savings of health benefits from air pollution rules

10:48 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Edilson Torres has been buried in his hometown after dying in a Venezuelan prison

8:34 AM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump promoted his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans’ pocketbooks

8:30 AM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them

8:14 AM on Tuesday, January 13

The leaders of Denmark and the country’s territory of Greenland on Tuesday offered a united front against President Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to take over the strategic Arctic island

6:02 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Strong winds have caused at least four deaths in Gaza as walls collapsed onto tents in the coastal territory

1:01 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Days of demonstrations against immigration agents and a new lawsuit have left Minnesota tense

12:36 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Activists say the death toll from nationwide protests in Iran has surpassed 2,000 people

12:02 AM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump has defended his tariffs, using a major economic speech in Michigan to argue that they boost domestic manufacturing despite many Americans fears about rising prices

7:10 PM on Monday, January 12

The Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics are sparking debate over federal agents' authority to enter private property