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9:00 AM on Wednesday, April 1

As droughts worsen and freshwater grows scarce, desalination is expanding rapidly

7:09 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Democrats in North Carolina are scrambling to turn out rural Black voters and say the party cannot win the state without them

5:58 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Global leaders have been scrambling to contain the rising cost of oil and gasoline since the start of the Iran war

5:22 AM on Wednesday, April 1

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Chile’s new president is a devout Catholic in a country that has grown increasingly secular but retains conservative traits in various areas

3:36 AM on Wednesday, April 1

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Amsterdam is marking 25 years since the world's first gay marriages were celebrated in the Netherlands

12:03 AM on Wednesday, April 1

11:28 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Federal prosecutors say a tugboat captain has been charged with seaman’s manslaughter in a boat crash that killed three girls from a sailing camp in Miami

4:31 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer who became prank-playing friends vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon Valley startup on April Fools’ Day 50 years ago and then — no joke — pulled it off

1:51 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Iraqi officials say an American journalist was kidnapped in Baghdad and security forces are pursuing her captors

10:21 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Tiger Woods says he’ll step away and seek treatment after his SUV crash in Florida

8:03 AM on Tuesday, March 31

It's humanity's first flight to the moon since 1972

5:04 AM on Tuesday, March 31

One of soccer’s historic powers has reached a once-unfathomable low

1:44 AM on Tuesday, March 31

President Donald Trump lashed out at allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U.S. war effort against Iran

1:17 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Australia is considering bringing court action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube after alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16 off their platforms

12:33 AM on Tuesday, March 31

U_S_ President Donald Trump says the responsibility for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open should belong with countries that rely on it, rather than the U_S_ Trump expressed frustration earlier Tuesday with allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U_S_ war effort, telling them to “go get your own oil.”

12:05 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Bruce Springsteen was in a defiant but upbeat mood in Minneapolis as he launched his latest U.S. tour

12:07 PM on Monday, March 16