National News

4:10 AM on Monday, March 9

The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean

9:27 PM on Sunday, March 8

The U.S. military says it has killed six men in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged traffickers

9:04 PM on Sunday, March 8

Two major economic plans unveiled at the annual meeting of China’s legislature outline top priorities

8:32 PM on Sunday, March 8

Travelers complained of long waits Sunday that in some cases lasted hours at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans

7:12 PM on Sunday, March 8

Fox News has apologized for airing old video of a hatless President Donald Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony as part of its coverage

6:26 PM on Sunday, March 8

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was named as his successor, had long been considered a contender to the post even before an Israeli strike killed his father and despite the fact he had never been elected or appointed to a government position

6:19 PM on Sunday, March 8

Oil prices have jumped past $100 a barrel as the Iran war disrupts oil production and shipping in the Middle East

5:10 PM on Sunday, March 8

“Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of the Woodstock music festival, died Sunday at 84

4:18 PM on Sunday, March 8

A member of the National Transportation Safety Board says he has been fired without explanation by the Trump administration

3:31 PM on Sunday, March 8

A device thrown by a counterprotester during an anti-Islam demonstration in New York City was an improvised explosive

10:24 AM on Sunday, March 8

Women across the world called for equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice and decision-making jobs during demonstrations Sunday marking International Women’s Day

9:55 AM on Sunday, March 8

7:32 AM on Sunday, March 8

Iran’s national soccer team has finished the Women's Asian Cup group stage in Australia and now faces a return home to a country embroiled in war

7:30 AM on Sunday, March 8

President Donald Trump promised that 2026 would be a bumper year for economic growth

3:06 AM on Sunday, March 8

Defending champion Japan became the first nation to clinch a quarterfinal berth in the World Baseball Classic, then rallied on Masataka Yoshida's two-run homer in the seventh inning to beat Australia 4-3 at Tokyo Dome and assure first place in its first-round group

1:56 AM on Sunday, March 8

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor

1:12 AM on Sunday, March 8

Iranian state TV says Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor

12:37 AM on Sunday, March 8

Nepal’s new Rastriya Swatantra party is heading for a landslide win in the country’s first parliamentary election since youth protests toppled the old leadership last year

12:19 AM on Sunday, March 8

Alabama marked the 61st anniversary of a key event in the Civil Rights Movement, when state troopers attacked voting rights marchers in Selma

12:07 AM on Sunday, March 8

Colombians are electing a new Congress and narrowing the presidential field in a major test of political power