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4:17 PM on Friday, April 17

Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record

4:02 PM on Friday, April 17

About 1 million bees temporarily took over an interstate exit ramp in East Tennessee after a beekeepers’ truck crashed and set them loose

3:15 PM on Friday, April 17

A federal judge in Rhode Island has dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit demanding the state's unredacted voter rolls

3:04 PM on Friday, April 17

The murder case surrounding the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz is on track for a third trial

3:01 PM on Friday, April 17

The Trump administration says it’s in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax information

2:54 PM on Friday, April 17

A judge has ruled that a former New York City police sergeant can stay out of jail while he appeals his manslaughter conviction for tossing a picnic cooler at a fleeing suspect who then crashed his motorized scooter and died

2:52 PM on Friday, April 17

The top election official in Arizona’s most populous county will get more authority in running elections after a judge sided with his office in a prolonged legal fight with the county board that shares responsibility for overseeing voting

2:50 PM on Friday, April 17

A Massachusetts judge has temporarily blocked a turbine manufacturer from withdrawing from a major offshore wind farm project

2:38 PM on Friday, April 17

The U.S. government plans another oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

2:02 PM on Friday, April 17

A former defensive tackle at the University of Alabama is accused of wearing makeup and wigs to impersonate NFL players in a fraud scheme that bilked investors of $20 million

1:01 PM on Friday, April 17

A UPS cargo plane had to abort its landing in Louisville earlier this week when a small plane crossed the runway just as it approached

12:54 PM on Friday, April 17

Patients and colleagues in the Virginia dental community are remembering Dr. Cerina Fairfax as a devoted mother, a caring dentist and the rock at the center of her family, after she was killed by her estranged husband, former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax

11:46 AM on Friday, April 17

The Supreme Court is handing a win to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana

9:06 AM on Friday, April 17

The Associated Press and Grist have collaborated on a project to analyze how federal policy changes on energy are affecting farmers

9:03 AM on Friday, April 17

Farmers in the U.S. operate on the thinnest of margins, and some have looked to renewable energy as a way to cut costs on electricity

3:04 AM on Friday, April 17

Some new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers started working before passing background checks and had problems in their past

2:27 AM on Friday, April 17

12:19 AM on Friday, April 17

Congress has approved a short-term renewal of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies just days before it was set to expire

3:52 PM on Thursday, April 16

A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia could compound the Iran war's impact on world travel if a fragile agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz collapses and Persian Gulf oil shipments stay blocked

5:15 PM on Wednesday, April 15