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The Justice Department has sued the company behind SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, saying its ban on seated wheeled walkers breaks disability rights law

3:05 PM on Thursday, March 26

Airport security video shows another way federal agents are taking immigrants to detention centers

3:04 PM on Thursday, March 26

President Donald Trump turned an otherwise serious Cabinet meeting into a long Sharpie story, arguing that it shows how he saves government money

2:49 PM on Thursday, March 26

Slovenia’s government says its intelligence service has confirmed foreign influence around the country’s parliamentary election

2:45 PM on Thursday, March 26

The Trump administration is seeking an exemption from the Endangered Species Act for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, citing national security as it wages war on Iran

2:41 PM on Thursday, March 26

An appeals court has paused lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal officers' use of tear gas during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland

2:25 PM on Thursday, March 26

Italy's culture minister says he plans to increases purchases of major artworks, as the ministry unveiled a newly bought Antonello da Messina painting in the Senate

1:38 PM on Thursday, March 26

The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being welcomed across Africa

12:42 PM on Thursday, March 26

Sergei Loznitsa’s “Two Prosecutors” is a nightmare of government corruption so perfectly composed that, by the time it reaches its chilling conclusion, you feel nearly as entrapped as its young protagonist, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review

12:19 PM on Thursday, March 26

The Trump administration says it's eased restrictions on a group of Belarus-linked financial and potash companies

11:32 AM on Thursday, March 26

Authorities in western Kenya say they have uncovered a mass grave with at least 33 bodies

9:13 AM on Thursday, March 26

The chief executive of Air Canada is apologizing for not being able to express himself adequately in French in a video message of condolence he released after the deadly plane crash in New York on Sunday

8:29 AM on Thursday, March 26

The Kennedy Center says Bill Maher will win the prestigious Mark Twain humor prize

7:30 AM on Thursday, March 26

EU regulators are investigating Snapchat over fears it's not doing enough to protect children from online harm

6:19 AM on Thursday, March 26

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia on an unannounced visit

12:45 AM on Thursday, March 26

An appeals court has ruled that the U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond

12:03 AM on Thursday, March 26

Idaho lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime for transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity, even in private businesses

11:57 PM on Wednesday, March 25

Officials in Bangladesh say a bus carrying about 50 people plunged into a river, killing at least 26

4:22 PM on Tuesday, March 24

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with devastating attacks unless it accepts a 15-point peace plan, as indirect talks brokered by Pakistan continue