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11:42 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran on Feb. 28, the Trump administration claims to have all but “obliterated” the Islamic Republic’s military capabilities

11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 31

John Green is writing his first novel for adults

10:18 AM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. consumer confidence inched higher in March despite soaring energy prices brought on by the war in Iran

10:09 AM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. job openings fell slightly last month to 6.9 million, another sign of sluggishness in the American labor market

10:06 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The world’s tallest college basketball player is on the move

9:54 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Senegal’s president has signed into law a new provision increasing the punishment for homosexuality in the largely Muslim West African nation

9:29 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A veteran South African politician is campaigning for mayor of Johannesburg by snorkeling in a giant, water-filled trench

9:14 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Vice President JD Vance has a new book about his religious faith and adult conversion to Catholicism

6:21 AM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump has prioritized efforts to calm the financial markets during the Iran war, but his go-to moves are starting to fall flat

6:06 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Lin Yu-ting, a boxing gold medalist at the center of a gender controversy at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has won her first international bout since then at the Asian championships in Mongolia

5:54 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Europe’s inflation rate rose to 2.5% in March, according to official figures released Tuesday, as the Iran war sent energy prices sharply higher

4:51 AM on Tuesday, March 31

NBA awards voting is ramping up, and Coach of the Year looks wide open

3:50 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The Eurovision music spectacle is expanding to Asia

3:49 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast in recent days has got stuck again, less than a day after swimming free

12:04 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters — an exercise to help them understand what writing, thinking and classrooms were like before everything turned digital

12:01 AM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island

8:10 PM on Monday, March 30

The Chicago Bulls waived guard Jaden Ivey on Monday in the wake of anti-LGBTQ+ comments and remarks about religion he made in a series of videos on his Instagram account

8:01 PM on Monday, March 30

A large donation to mental health research is getting even bigger

6:45 PM on Monday, March 30

This year’s Webby Award nominations highlight the internet’s wildest hits, from celebrity campaigns to strange viral products

1:58 PM on Monday, March 30

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it's important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war as the average price for for gasoline nears $4 a gallon in the U.S. But he also said Monday, addressing students at Harvard University, that there isn't a lot Fed policymakers could do