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Manu Yaw Fofie, a cocoa farmer, walks through a section of his farm that has been given over to sand mining in Kona, Ghana, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Tsraha Yaw)

Cocoa beans rot and West African farmers seek other options after commodity crash

12:22 AM on Sunday, March 8

West African cocoa farmers are facing a squeeze after the price of the global commodity crashed on the international market in recent months

John Zola stands in an apple tree grove on his property on a spot where he says the local electric utility wants to build a 500-kilovolt line across his land, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

AI is spurring a big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners and locals are fighting back

12:14 AM on Sunday, March 8

Bigger and bigger data centers are leading to proposals for massive electric power transmission lines, sometimes across hundreds of miles

FILE - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, center left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, arrive at a ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 17, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia sits back as the Iran war escalates, expecting long-term gains

12:04 AM on Sunday, March 8

As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words of indignation — but no action to support its ally

Olympic gold medalist and Grand Marhsal Eileen Gu, middle left, gestures during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Olympian Eileen Gu heads up annual Chinese New Year parade in her native San Francisco

10:52 PM on Saturday, March 7

San Francisco has rung in the Year of the Fire Horse with its annual Chinese New Year parade with thousands cheering on hometown hero and Olympic champion Eileen Gu as its grand marshal

FILE - A Federal Aviation Administration sign hangs in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Pentagon and FAA agree to conduct anti-drone laser tests in New Mexico

10:24 PM on Saturday, March 7

The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration have agreed to conduct anti-drone laser tests in New Mexico after the military’s deployment of the lasers led the FAA to suddenly close airspace in Texas twice in the last month

FILE - Kari Lake speaks to supporters at a campaign event, Sept. 4, 2024, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Federal judge rules Trump administration's actions to dismantle Voice of America are illegal

10:13 PM on Saturday, March 7

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's actions to dismantle the Voice of America over the past year are illegal

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, center, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen while traveling aboard Air Force One en route from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to Miami, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump downplays importance of Russia reportedly sharing intel with Iran to help it hit US targets

7:37 PM on Saturday, March 7

President Donald Trump says it's inconsequential if Russia has provided Iran with information to help Tehran target U.S. military personnel and assets in the Middle East

FILE - Jake Lang, center, walks away from counter protesters after an altercation near Minneapolis City Hall, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura,File)

Police investigating after device thrown at anti-Islam protest in New York City

7:14 PM on Saturday, March 7

Authorities say a counterprotester demonstrating against a “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” event Saturday lit and threw a device at the protesting crowd after someone from that group used pepper spray on the counterprotest

An Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of U.S. Army Reserve soldier Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, of White Bear Lake, Minn., who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, past President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump during a casualty return, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump grieves with families during return of soldiers killed in war in the Middle East

7:50 AM on Saturday, March 7

President Donald Trump joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of six U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in Kuwait

Firefighters put out the fire in the ruins of an apartment building following Russia's missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

At least 10 killed in Ukraine's Kharkiv as Russian missile hits apartment building

2:49 AM on Saturday, March 7

At least 10 people, including two children, have been killed and 16 others wounded in a Russian missile strike on a five-story residential building in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, officials said

Flames rise from an oil storage facility south of the capital Tehran as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israel military campaign, Iran, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israel renews assault on Lebanon after Netanyahu promises 'many surprises' in next phase of war

1:09 AM on Saturday, March 7

Israel is renewing its assault on southern Lebanon, including targeting commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force in Beirut

Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Latest: Trump says he’ll hit Iran harder as Iranian president apologizes to neighbors

12:31 AM on Saturday, March 7

U.S. President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post that more Iranian officials will be targets, saying, “Today Iran will be hit very hard

President Donald Trump signs a proclamation committing to countering cartel criminal activity at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump encourages Latin American leaders to use military action to help US fight cartels

12:06 AM on Saturday, March 7

President Donald Trump says the U.S. and Latin American countries are banding together to combat violent cartels as his administration looks to demonstrate it remains committed to sharpening U.S. foreign policy focus on the Western Hemisphere

President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Neb., who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. At right is first lady Melania Trump and White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Iran war deaths could resurface Trump’s complicated history with military sacrifice

12:06 AM on Saturday, March 7

President Donald Trump visited Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to view the dignified transfer for six soldiers killed during his war with Iran

A visitor listens during the Homegoing Celebration of Life for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

After a president-filled celebration, Rev. Jesse Jackson's family gathers for intimate final goodbye

Saturday, March 7

The family of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is honoring him with a private memorial at Rainbow PUSH headquarters in Chicago

Regular gas is seen advertised in a sign at over five dollars a gallon at a gas station on Thursday, March 5, 2026, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Oil and gas prices rapidly rise as Iran war shows no signs of letting up

10:36 PM on Friday, March 6

The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East

Volunteers work to clear branches after a suspected tornado hit the area a day earlier in Union City, Mich., Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Authorities search debris after suspected tornadoes kill 6 in Michigan, Oklahoma

11:17 AM on Friday, March 6

Authorities in southern Michigan have searched through rubble and debris in the aftermath of suspected tornadoes that killed four people during powerful storms also blamed for two deaths in Oklahoma

This weekend’s US clock change is a problem, and there’s a deep divide on how to fix it

12:10 AM on Friday, March 6

This is the weekend when clocks move ahead, causing angst, lost sleep and health issues for many

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