U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has directed a Texas-based oil and gas company to restore operations in waters off southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spill, invoking the Defense Production Act
March 15, 2026
Punch the monkey is finally making friends and fitting in
March 15, 2026
Arsenal has strengthened its grip on the Premier League title race on the day its 16-year-old wonderkid, Max Dowman, scored a brilliant solo goal to become the competition’s youngest ever scorer
March 14, 2026
Turkey’s foreign minister says diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran is stalled, but he thinks quiet back-channel talks remain possible
March 15, 2026
Tyler Tanner scored 20 points as No. 22 Vanderbilt beat fourth-ranked Florida 91-74 to end the defending national champion’s bid to win a second straight Southeastern Conference Tournament title and possibly hurt the Gators’ bid for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament
March 15, 2026
A federal judge has quashed subpoenas the Justice Department had issued against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, according to court documents unsealed Friday. CNN's Paula Reid reports.
March 14, 2026
Iran has warned people to evacuate three major ports in the United Arab Emirates, including the busiest in the Middle East, as its war with the U.S. and Israel enters its third week
March 14, 2026
Airline ticket prices are starting to climb as carriers respond to rising jet fuel costs tied to the war in Iran
March 14, 2026
The massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River has returned to operation after the completion of emergency repairs
March 14, 2026
Trinidad and Tobago’s government has received House of Representatives approval to extend the country’s state of emergency for three months
March 14, 2026
A truck rammed a Michigan synagogue with more than a hundred children inside. Here’s what we know
March 14, 2026
A federal judge says a Democratic lawmaker is entitled to participate in a Kennedy Center board meeting to discuss President Donald Trump’s plan to close the performing arts center for two years of renovations
March 14, 2026
Rabbi Arianna Gordon, director of education at Temple Israel, says the synagogue had a security training just last month. "We are fully aware of what the world looks like today for the Jewish community."
March 14, 2026
German philosopher Jürgen Habermas has died at age 96
March 14, 2026
A Russian missile and drone strike has hit the Kyiv region in Ukraine and killed at least four people
March 14, 2026
What we know on day 15 of the US-Israel war with Iran
March 14, 2026
The Justice Department has moved to dismiss charges against an Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House last year to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order on flag burning
March 14, 2026
Explosion rocks Amsterdam Jewish school in what mayor says is ‘targeted attack’ against Jewish community
March 14, 2026
After their synagogue is attacked, a tight-knit Jewish community vows to keep coming together
March 14, 2026
The world’s best cities for 2026, according to Time Out
March 14, 2026
Pakistan’s president says Afghanistan’s Taliban government has crossed a red line by launching drones into Pakistan, and Pakistan has reportedly answered with airstrikes
March 14, 2026
Authorities have captured a man who they say killed two people Friday night about a mile from the TPC Sawgrass
March 14, 2026
About 30 Indigenous women from seven Amazon nationalities have traveled to Ecuador’s northern oil region to witness the environmental impacts of decades of oil and gas extraction
March 14, 2026
The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a range of the president’s import taxes
March 14, 2026
Congressional Republicans are pushing voting legislation that's backed by President Donald Trump and would require voters to produce documentary proof of citizenship in order to register for federal elections
March 14, 2026
Kat Abughazaleh knows how to create viral moments. Can she translate that into votes?
March 14, 2026
Three acts of ideologically inspired violence in the past week in the United States have laid bare the heightened terrorism threat unfolding against the backdrop of the war with Iran
March 14, 2026
North Korea on Saturday has fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea’s military says, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joint military exercise with the United States
March 14, 2026
Kimi Antonelli stepped up when his Mercedes teammate George Russell hit trouble in qualifying to become the youngest-ever driver on pole position for a Formula 1 Grand Prix
March 14, 2026
The downfall of the world's top chef has raised questions about whether time is up for the storied bullying and abuse of fine dining kitchens
March 14, 2026
What to know about Kharg Island, the tiny coral outcrop at the heart of Iran’s oil industry
March 14, 2026
The United States is heading to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic after a “different level of focus” helped this All-Star-studded team rebound from a shocking loss
March 14, 2026
Italy ruling tells millions with Italian roots they have lost the right to citizenship
March 14, 2026
Anti-Muslim rhetoric is on the rise among some Republican lawmakers
March 14, 2026
Aaron Judge doubled and Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brice Turang each had two hits as the United States beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night to reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals
March 14, 2026
Austin Wells’ only swing of the bat put the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic record book and the semifinal round
March 14, 2026
U.S. Marines are being deployed to the Middle East as American and Israeli strikes pound Iran
March 13, 2026
Passengers face hours-long delays across DC-area airports after equipment malfunction at air traffic control center
March 14, 2026
The World Anti-Doping Agency is considering rewriting its rules to try barring President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials from attending the LA Olympics in 2028
March 14, 2026
President Donald Trump says the U.S. bombed military sites on an island vital to Iran’s oil network
March 13, 2026
The rapper who railed against corruption now set to be Nepal’s new leader
March 14, 2026
The man who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University completed a drug treatment program that allowed him early release from federal prison, even though he was convicted of a terrorism charge that should have disqualified him from that benefit
March 13, 2026
The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening before visitors access the grounds
March 14, 2026
A strong chemical smell has forced a temporary halt to flights at four major airports near Washington, D.C. The FAA says air traffic controllers cannot manage traffic safely during the incident
March 14, 2026
Terror attacks at Michigan synagogue and Virginia university rattle sense of safety in American communities
March 13, 2026
A Lebanese-born man who had learned a week earlier that four of his family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike in his native country, waited in his car outside a Detroit-area synagogue for two hours before ramming into the building
March 13, 2026
Ric Grenell took a ‘sledgehammer’ to the Kennedy Center. Trump still soured on him
March 14, 2026
The U.S. is temporarily easing part of its sanctions measures on Russian oil, a reflection of global worries about sharply higher oil prices due to the Iran war
March 13, 2026
Parma has scored two own goals in two minutes on its way to a 4-1 defeat at Torino in Serie A
March 14, 2026
What we know on the 14th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 13, 2026
Richard Grenell is stepping down as president of the Kennedy Center after leading changes that drive artists away
March 14, 2026
A man has been charged with selling a stolen gun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard who used it to kill one person and wound two others at Old Dominion University
March 13, 2026
The United States is one win away from an historic sweep of Olympic and Paralympic ice hockey golds
March 14, 2026
The U.S. military says a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran crashed in western Iraq, killing all six crew members
March 13, 2026
The Trump administration is scrambling to replace the revenue the federal government lost when the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs last month
March 13, 2026
Trump fundraising email uses photo from soldiers’ dignified transfer and promises ‘private national security briefings’
March 14, 2026
The United States is getting slammed by a stretch of weather extremes, from flooding rain to record heat and late-season snow
March 13, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government has held recent talks with the U.S. His comments on Friday mark the first time the Caribbean country has confirmed speculation about active communication with the Trump administration which has been openly hostile toward the communist government
March 13, 2026
Key Senate chairman hopes to soon have first public oversight hearings on war with Iran
March 13, 2026
Case against man prosecutors say sold gun to Old Dominion shooter provides new details on the attack
March 14, 2026
The inclusion of Russia in the line-up of the 2026 Venice Biennale art fair has sparked international outcry
March 14, 2026
Wall Street’s losses deepened as the ongoing fallout from the war in Iran keeps pushing oil prices higher, ratcheting up inflationary pressure on the global economy
March 13, 2026
The State Department has slashed by about 80% the fee for Americans to formally renounce their U.S. citizenship
March 14, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders that aim to make housing and mortgages more affordable
March 14, 2026
A Wisconsin legislator has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct in connection with a bitter feud with her caucus over resolutions honoring Hispanics
March 14, 2026
British man charged with cybercrimes in Dubai for allegedly filming missile strikes, UK authorities confirm
March 13, 2026
As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well
March 13, 2026
Temple Israel was prepared for an attack. Jewish institutions have to be
March 14, 2026
It was one of those days for Para snowboarding veteran Cécile Hernandez — one of those Friday the 13th kind of days
March 13, 2026
California farmers concerned over fertilizer shortage as Iran war disrupts shipments
March 14, 2026
Cuban president says talks held with the United States amid intense pressure from Trump
March 13, 2026
An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs
March 13, 2026
'A piece of me is just gone': Miracle Cromwell's mom demands answers as suspected killer roams free
March 13, 2026
Boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk remains as convinced as ever that Russian athletes should not be allowed to compete at major sports events, even as the International Olympic Committee and FIFA appear to be softening their stance
March 13, 2026
Trump administration underestimated Iran war’s impact on Strait of Hormuz
March 13, 2026
U.S. job openings rose to nearly 7 million in January, better than expected at a time when the American labor market has looked sluggish
March 13, 2026
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has accused Pakistan’s military of targeting homes in airstrikes in Kabul and Kandahar Province
March 13, 2026
Norwegian cross-country skiing star Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo says he sustained a concussion from a fall in a World Cup race but that he was “all good in the hood.”
March 13, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions amid the Iran war is “not the right decision” and won’t help bring a stop to Russia’s more than 4-year-old invasion of Ukraine
March 13, 2026
The US economy grew just 0.7% last quarter, ahead of a potentially destabilizing war with Iran
March 13, 2026
The war on terror is among the Middle East conflicts that sparked a rise of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab discriminatory incidents in the US.
March 13, 2026
US Air Force refueling plane crashes in Iraq, killing all six on board
March 13, 2026
Surveys have found that researchers studying UAPs can face pushback from mentors and colleagues, even from people who think it’s an important line of research.
March 13, 2026
Should I book travel now? What the Iran war means for your plans
March 13, 2026
Pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments, Iran’s national soccer team says “no one can exclude” it from playing in the men’s World Cup in the United States
March 13, 2026
Oil prices stay high despite US temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil stranded at sea
March 13, 2026
At this month’s Milan Cortina Paralympics, some athletes competed in shorts, T-shirts and even tank tops
March 13, 2026
One grew up in rural Haiti amid the poverty and violence
March 13, 2026
Alpine monitors are reporting that all but two of Austria’s 96 glaciers have retreated over the last two years and say such a “dramatic development” highlights the impact of climate change
March 13, 2026
Cambodia has drafted its first law to crack down on online scam centers that fuel fraud and forced labor
March 13, 2026
Managing your money when geopolitical risk and volatility are high
March 13, 2026
Iran is escalating the war by attacking ships along a key oil route. Here’s what we know.
March 11, 2026
Venezuela and Colombia cancel a high-profile presidential border meeting, even as both sides say they still want closer ties
March 13, 2026
Terror suspect in deadly Old Dominion shooting in Virginia was subdued by students, officials say
March 12, 2026
Iran’s secretive new leader has issued his first public statements, resolving to keep fighting
March 12, 2026
Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval
March 13, 2026
The FBI says ROTC students subdued and killed a gunman who yelled “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire in a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University
March 12, 2026
The Panama Canal's administrator says the war in the Middle East and higher fuel prices make the canal more appealing for shippers
March 13, 2026
China is signaling it will stay focused on technology and economic growth, even as U.S. tensions with Iran rise
March 12, 2026
An American military refueling plane taking part in the operation against Iran has crashed in Iraq and rescue efforts are underway
March 13, 2026
Iran’s new supreme leader vowed to keep attacking the country's Gulf Arab neighbors and using its threat of closing the Strait of Hormuz as leverage
March 12, 2026
A war waged by the world’s wealthiest nation is hitting the wallets of those who can least afford it
March 13, 2026
Cuba’s government says it will release 51 people from prisons in an unexpected move
March 13, 2026
The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues has been identified as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials
March 12, 2026
A record 280 political parties and counting have registered to participate in Haiti’s first general election in a decade
March 13, 2026
Suspect dead after ramming vehicle into Detroit-area synagogue, sheriff says
March 13, 2026
Chinese embassy mocks "Shield of the Americas" in AI video
March 13, 2026
One of the hottest tickets in Rome these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel
March 13, 2026
What we know on the 13th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 12, 2026
The Trump administration is denouncing CNN for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader's first public statement since he got the job
March 13, 2026
Assault charges against Israeli soldiers dropped in controversial end to a yearlong scandal
March 13, 2026
In addition to watching out for missile and drone attacks, mariners in conflict zones need to be on guard for GPS spoofing and other cyberattacks. The stakes are high and mariners are ill-prepared.
March 13, 2026
A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into a major synagogue in a Detroit suburb and was fatally shot by security
March 13, 2026
The Michigan synagogue that was attacked is one of the largest reform congregations in the U.S. Temple Israel was founded in 1941 in the city of Detroit and relocated to West Bloomfield in the 1980s
March 13, 2026
Senate Republicans plan to launch a full debate next week on legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements
March 13, 2026
Manager Mark DeRosa says his premature comment about the United States having already punched its ticket to the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals before facing Italy was just an “overly confident statement” and reiterated Thursday he knew nothing was guaranteed at that point
March 13, 2026
NASA has cleared its moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs
March 13, 2026
Worries about the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel and stocks sinking worldwide
March 12, 2026
When stock markets are falling, it’s natural to want to do something quickly to protect your retirement savings
March 12, 2026
President Donald Trump says he doesn't think it'd be “appropriate” for the Iranian soccer team to attend this year's World Cup
March 12, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says there's no imminent threat to the state from Iran
March 12, 2026
Kidney donor drives through blizzard for woman's transplant
March 13, 2026
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March 01, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Paris for trade talks that set the stage for President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing
March 13, 2026
Man charged after shooting family dog in head from window, police say
March 13, 2026
The Israeli military said it is dropping charges against five soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an encounter partially caught on camera
March 12, 2026
Oil and gas prices have spiked with the war in Iran
March 13, 2026
An official says at least 50 people have died and 125 others are missing after landslides hit three districts in southern Ethiopia following a week of heavy rains
March 12, 2026
Husband, 74, accused of murdering and dismembering wife, 33, after remains found in 2 locations
March 13, 2026
Mom who gave birth after kidney failure reunites with hospital staff ahead of transplant
March 13, 2026
With the Strait of Hormuz choked by war, the Panama Canal reaps the benefits
March 13, 2026
Pro-Iranian hackers are targeting sites in the Middle East and starting to stretch into the United States during the war
March 12, 2026
No. 20 Miami (Ohio) suffered its first defeat with a shocking 87-83 loss to UMass in its first game of the Mid-American Conference Tournament, spoiling the last perfect record in Division I men’s basketball
March 12, 2026
A group of four migrants deported from the United States have arrived in the African nation of Eswatini, under a third-country program that rights groups protest
March 12, 2026
A new permanent exhibition has opened in Pompeii that shows plaster casts of people killed in the Mount Vesuvius eruption, frozen in their final moments
March 12, 2026
Foxboro gives greenlight to World Cup games after agreement reached on security costs at Gillette Stadium
March 12, 2026
US Central Command says it destroyed multiple Iranian naval ships -- including 16 minelayers -- near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
March 11, 2026
FC Barcelona loves to say it is “more than a club."
March 12, 2026
Mortgage rates climb to 6.11% as Iran war roils markets
March 12, 2026
A federal judge has ordered a competency evaluation for the leader of the cultlike Zizians group that has been linked to six deaths
March 12, 2026
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are dropping an investigation into whether U.S. sanctions against Venezuela qualified as crimes against humanity
March 12, 2026
Stocks fall and global oil reclaims $100 as Iran’s new supreme leader vows to keep Strait of Hormuz closed
March 12, 2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom says no ‘imminent threat’ to California after FBI memo on possible Iran drone attacks
March 12, 2026
Gracie Mansion hero officers speak out after stopping men accused of trying to set off bombs
March 12, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year
March 12, 2026
Oil soars above $100 after Iran says Strait of Hormuz will remain shut
March 12, 2026
Iranian filmmakers head to the Oscars as war engulfs their country
March 12, 2026
How one US basketball player evacuated Israel after war broke out — and why he’ll go back when it’s safe
March 12, 2026
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is removing a rare slave ship timber from its “Slavery and Freedom” exhibit and returning it to South Africa
March 12, 2026
Senegal’s parliament has approved a bill that toughens punishment for homosexuality in the largely conservative West African nation
March 12, 2026
Pritzker Prize 2026: Chile’s Smiljan Radić wins ‘Nobel’ of architecture
March 12, 2026
El Niño could be here soon, bringing wild weather and a hotter climate
March 10, 2026
Oil and gasoline prices are rising as the war in Iran intensifies and other global conflicts affect supply
March 12, 2026
Outdated intelligence has likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and a second person briefed on findings of a preliminary U
March 12, 2026
Tornado kills 2 in Indiana as dangerous storms make their final push
March 11, 2026
Some commercial ships near or in the Strait of Hormuz and in the Persian Gulf have declared themselves as China-linked since the Iran war began, marine traffic data show, as their operators try to reduce risks of being targeted in attacks
March 12, 2026
Local organizers at the Milan Cortina Paralympics have defended their actions after Ukraine’s Paralympic committee accused them and the International Paralympic Committee of subjecting Ukraine athletes and coaches to “systematic pressure.”
March 12, 2026
Gas is just the start: What else the Iran war could soon cost you
March 12, 2026
How African designers are making their mark on global fashion
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China has adopted a sweeping ethnic unity law that critics say tightens assimilation and weakens minority rights
March 12, 2026
A Moscow court has convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shootings that killed 149 and injured more than 600 at a concert hall in Moscow
March 12, 2026
The Pentagon has not permitted photographers to cover Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's last two briefings on the war in Iran, and hasn't explained the change in longstanding policy
March 11, 2026
Say goodbye to spring — a major weather pattern shift is coming
March 12, 2026
China doesn’t want to catch up with the US in tech. It aims to lead
March 12, 2026
For nearly two weeks, Chinese fighter jets stopped buzzing Taiwan. No one seems to know why.
March 12, 2026
South Korean lawmakers have passed a law to implement a pledge of $350 billion in U.S. investments Seoul made last year to avoid the Trump administration’s highest tariffs
March 12, 2026
Caitlin Clark made a triumphant return from an injury in her U.S. senior national team debut, finishing with 17 points and 12 assists as the Americans beat Senegal 110-46 on Wednesday in the FIBA Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament
March 12, 2026
Cuba is grappling with a fast-growing wave of synthetic drug use that is hitting young people hard
March 12, 2026
U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least four cultural and historical sites across Iran
March 12, 2026
A day later than expected, the United States has punched its ticket to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic
March 12, 2026
South Africa has deployed troops to the streets of the country's biggest city to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining
March 11, 2026
The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has become a test of who endures longer
March 11, 2026
Iran targeted the world’s busiest international airport Wednesday and attacked commercial ships as U.S. and Israeli strikes rocked Tehran, while the United Nations’ most powerful body demanded a halt to the Islamic Republic’s strikes on its Gulf neighbors that threaten global oil supplies
March 11, 2026
Far-right leader José Antonio Kast has been sworn in as Chile’s president in the nation’s most pronounced rightward shift since the return of democracy in 1990
March 11, 2026
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