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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference on the sideline of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the media center, in Beijing, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China aims to show global leadership with Iran war diplomacy. US appears uninterested

8:01 PM on Friday, April 3

China is stepping up its diplomacy as the Iran war drags on

Douglas Carter, who was sentenced to death in 1985 and had his conviction reversed in 2025, appears for a hearing in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, Friday, April 3, 2026. (Chris Samuels/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)

Former death row inmate asks Utah judge to dismiss murder case slated for retrial

7:51 PM on Friday, April 3

A man who spent decades on death row in Utah is asking a judge to throw out his aggravated murder case

A fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California triggers evacuations

5:48 PM on Friday, April 3

A smoky and fast-growing wildfire in Southern California has prompted multiple evacuation orders and warnings

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration to rejoin offshore drilling agencies separated after 2010 Gulf oil spill

5:42 PM on Friday, April 3

The Trump administration said Friday it is rejoining two agencies that were split up in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill

President Donald Trump pauses as he finishes speaking about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

President Trump signs order intended to stabilize college sports, threatens lost federal funding

5:15 PM on Friday, April 3

President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at fixing college sports that would give federal agencies authority to cut funding at schools that don’t comply with mandates covering transfers, eligibility and pay-for-play in the rapidly changing industry

This undated photo provided by the family's attorneys in April 2026 shows Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa, 12, who died on Feb. 25, 2026, from injuries she sustained on Feb. 17, in an alleged bullying incident at Reseda Charter High School in Los Angeles. (Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP via AP)

12-year-old was arrested in death of a classmate who was hit in the head by a metal water bottle

3:58 PM on Friday, April 3

Authorities have arrested a 12-year-old on suspicion of murder in the death of a Los Angeles middle school student

Good Friday across Latin America brings faith into the streets

3:32 PM on Friday, April 3

Catholic devotees across Latin America have marked Good Friday with processions and rituals re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus, from Guatemala’s historic streets to Ecuador, where hundreds of thousands took part in major processions

FILE - State Rep. Houston Gaines, R-Athens, speaks at before the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee meeting at the Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Georgia lawmakers pass bill that lets property owners file claims over homelessness and immigration

2:16 PM on Friday, April 3

Georgia lawmakers have passed a bill allowing property owners to file claims against local governments for not enforcing bans on outdoor sleeping and bans that require cooperation with federal immigration authorities

Pope Leo XIV carries a lightweight, 1.5-meter (5-foot) wooden cross during the Via Crucis, the torchlit Good Friday Stations of the Cross procession at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2026, which symbolically retraces Jesus Christ's steps to his crucifixion on Calvary in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades

12:42 PM on Friday, April 3

Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff

FILE - Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, listens as President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bondi struggled to prosecute Trump foes. But will a new attorney general make a difference?

11:54 AM on Friday, April 3

Pam Bondi is out of her job after failing to deliver criminal cases against President Donald Trump’s political enemies

This image provided by NASA shows a view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from of the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. (NASA via AP)

Artemis II's moonbound astronauts capture Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they leave it behind

10:42 AM on Friday, April 3

The Artemis II astronauts have captured Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon

A hooded penitent, wearing prickly cactus thorns on his head, prepares to walk in a Good Friday procession during Holy Week in Atlixco, Mexico, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Good Friday around the world, in photos

9:29 AM on Friday, April 3

FILE - Voting machines are seen at the Bartow County Election office, Jan. 25, 2024, in Cartersville, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Georgia lawmakers end annual session without settling conflict on voting machines

3:57 AM on Friday, April 3

The Georgia General Assembly has ended its annual session without a plan for new equipment to overhaul the state’s voting system by a July deadline

A bridge struck by U.S. airstrikes on Thursday is seen in the town of Karaj, west of Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

2 US aircraft shot down as war in Iran escalates. At least 1 crew member is missing

12:51 AM on Friday, April 3

Two U.S. military planes were shot down in separate incidents on Friday, escalating tensions in the ongoing conflict

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump budget seeks $1.5T in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic programs

12:01 AM on Friday, April 3

President Donald Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs

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