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8:50 AM on Thursday, March 12

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched down modestly last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels despite a weakening job market

8:06 AM on Thursday, March 12

Google Maps will depend more heavily on artificial intelligence to help people figure out where they want to go and the best way to get there as part of a major redesign unveiled Thursday

7:31 AM on Thursday, March 12

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

7:02 AM on Thursday, March 12

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.”

6:16 AM on Thursday, March 12

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

5:44 AM on Thursday, March 12

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

3:30 AM on Thursday, March 12

Max Verstappen says Formula 1 is like “a jungle” as he criticizes the sport’s new 2026 rules

3:19 AM on Thursday, March 12

Oil and gasoline prices are rising as the war in Iran intensifies and other global conflicts affect supply

2:53 AM on Thursday, March 12

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

1:44 AM on Thursday, March 12

The Professional Women’s Hockey League is coming to a TV set near you in the United States

12:30 AM on Thursday, March 12

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

12:16 AM on Thursday, March 12

Defending champion Jack Draper rallied from a set down and beat five-time champ Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) Wednesday night in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open

12:07 AM on Thursday, March 12

U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least four cultural and historical sites across Iran

12:05 AM on Thursday, March 12

Utah is at the forefront of a states' rights battle between itself and prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket

12:03 AM on Thursday, March 12

Rural school districts say the Trump administration’s visa changes are jeopardizing a key source of teachers

8:12 PM on Wednesday, March 11

China has adopted a sweeping ethnic unity law that critics say tightens assimilation and weakens minority rights

7:44 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Nneka Ogwumike and the other members of the WNBA players’ union executive committee feel that movement is being made toward a new collective bargaining agreement

7:06 PM on Wednesday, March 11

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

3:57 PM on Wednesday, March 11

House lawmakers are digging into Jeffrey Epstein’s sprawling financial portfolio

12:00 PM on Wednesday, March 11

Cambodia says it is close to shutting down all online scam centers operating in the Southeast Asian country