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4:45 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Residents and local officials in northern Mali say a ferry boat trying to land at a Niger River town in the Timbuktu region hit stones and sank in an accident that left dozens of people dead

4:34 PM on Tuesday, January 13

4:20 PM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump has once again drawn his go-to diplomatic weapon — tariffs — to coerce the Iranian government to end its bloody crackdown on nationwide protests

4:12 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft

3:45 PM on Tuesday, January 13

A judge says a suspect in the vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s home in Ohio must remain behind bars while awaiting trial

3:17 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The Smithsonian museums are facing a White House deadline to turn over documents on their plans for the country’s 250th birthday and other exhibits

3:12 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Costa Rican security officials have reported an alleged plot to assassinate President Rodrigo Chaves

3:08 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Avery’s Law aims to strengthen Ohio's response to dangerous dogs

2:23 PM on Tuesday, January 13

A jury has convicted a former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs of transporting fireworks across state lines with plans to shoot explosives at police during last year’s “No Kings” protest in San Diego

2:10 PM on Tuesday, January 13

2:02 PM on Tuesday, January 13

U.S. President Donald Trump has made an American takeover of Greenland a focus of his second term in the White House

1:07 PM on Tuesday, January 13

One of three court challenges to an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades has ended

12:50 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The Trump administration has announced it will end Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants

12:05 PM on Tuesday, January 13

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating the economic savings of health benefits from air pollution rules

11:06 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are refusing to testify to Congress about Jeffrey Epstein

10:48 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Edilson Torres has been buried in his hometown after dying in a Venezuelan prison

8:30 AM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them

6:02 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Strong winds have caused at least four deaths in Gaza as walls collapsed onto tents in the coastal territory

7:10 PM on Monday, January 12

The Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics are sparking debate over federal agents' authority to enter private property

2:27 PM on Thursday, January 8

The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act