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4:33 AM on Thursday, March 19

European Union leaders are meeting to tackle soaring oil and gas prices driven by the war in the Middle East

4:07 AM on Thursday, March 19

Venezuelans pour into the streets in a rare, loud release of joy after their team wins the World Baseball Classic

1:54 AM on Thursday, March 19

Authorities in Karachi say heavy rains and strong winds overnight have killed at least 15 people and injured several others

1:01 AM on Thursday, March 19

Pophouse Entertainment Group has acquired Tina Turner's name, image and likeness rights as well as the majority of her music catalog rights from music company BMG

12:54 AM on Thursday, March 19

Jake Oettinger made 33 saves through overtime, Wyatt Johnston scored the shootout winner and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 to tighten the race for first place in the division, Western Conference and league standings

12:25 AM on Thursday, March 19

Luka Doncic had 40 points and LeBron James added 30 as the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to seven games with a 124-116 win over the Houston Rockets

12:03 AM on Thursday, March 19

BTS will stage its long-awaited comeback concert on Saturday night at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square

11:51 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Eian Elmer scored 23 points and Miami of Ohio beat SMU 89-79 in the First Four for its first NCAA Tournament victory in 27 years

11:31 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Dolores Huerta and the late César Chavez are both credited with leading a movement that got growers to negotiate for better wages and working conditions for farm workers

11:17 PM on Wednesday, March 18

A tiny desert community in Southern California has tied the highest March temperature ever recorded in the U.S. The 108 degree day in North Shore, California, came amid a record-breaking winter heat wave in the Southwest that will stretch into the weekend and could produce even higher temperatures

10:43 PM on Wednesday, March 18

The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information

9:38 PM on Wednesday, March 18

A U.S. Appeals court temporarily paused efforts by investors to identify Argentina’s assets in the United States in order to collect on a $16 billion judgment in a case about the 2012 nationalization of the South American country’s largest energy company

9:05 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Dontae Horne scored 25 points and Cory Wells had 19 points and 11 rebounds as Prairie View A&M earned its first NCAA Tournament victory, 67-55 over Lehigh in the First Four

8:59 PM on Wednesday, March 18

On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out because its brown eyes were moving

7:37 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Lionel Messi has reached another milestone, getting his 900th career goal in the opening minutes of Inter Miami’s CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 match against Nashville on Wednesday night

6:50 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Allegations that César Chavez sexually abused women and girls are reshaping how many communities honor him

2:28 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta revealed she was among women and girls who say they were sexually abused by César Chavez, the long-admired Latino icon, while he led the United Farm Workers union

1:23 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Iran has broadened its strikes on major energy facilities in the Middle East, eliciting strong warnings from Gulf Arab states that called it a dangerous escalation that threatened to draw them into direct combat with Tehran

12:53 AM on Wednesday, March 18

U.S. President Donald Trump pledged Israel would make no more attacks on Iran’s major South Pars gas field, but if Iran attacked Qatar again the U.S. would retaliate and “massively blow up the entirety” of the field

12:06 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The U_S_ government’s top intelligence official has told lawmakers that Iran’s government “appears to be intact but largely degraded.”