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1:09 AM on Saturday, April 18

Schools have been closed across Iran since the United States and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28, with no word on when in-person instruction will resume

12:56 AM on Saturday, April 18

President Donald Trump says the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will remain and attacks will resume if no agreement is reached with Iran

10:45 PM on Friday, April 17

The U.S. Treasury Department has extended its pause on sanctions on Russian oil shipments to ease shortages from the Iran war, days after Secretary Scott Bessent ruled out such a move

9:01 PM on Friday, April 17

A federal judge has blocked the $6.2 billion merger between local television giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved

5:30 PM on Friday, April 17

Oil prices plunged and the stock market rallied after U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open

4:55 PM on Friday, April 17

4:24 PM on Friday, April 17

The pilot of a helicopter that crashed on a sightseeing flight off the Hawaiian island of Kauai last month, killing three passengers, has told investigators that the aircraft underwent a series of intense vibrations and entered a spin before plunging into the water

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

4:00 PM on Friday, April 17

3:20 PM on Friday, April 17

Union leaders representing thousands of New York City apartment house doorpersons, superintendents and other workers have reached a tentative contract agreement with building owners

2:39 PM on Friday, April 17

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to discuss the company's new AI model, Mythos

2:08 PM on Friday, April 17

The family of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler is nearing a sale of the team, a person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press

1:15 PM on Friday, April 17

Sky-high ticket prices won’t be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this spring

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

8:17 AM on Friday, April 17

Jon Rahm says he isn't worried about the future of LIV Golf despite uncertainty about its funding

1:45 AM on Friday, April 17

U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister say the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open to commercial vessels

1:19 AM on Friday, April 17

Iran says it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels

12:24 AM 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

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