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FILE - UConn forward Sarah Strong (21) is guarded by Villanova forward Brynn McCurry (13) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

UConn teammates Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd headline AP All-America first team

11:54 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd helped UConn to an undefeated season heading into March Madness

Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Flag Raising ceremony at the State Department, Monday, March 9, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

US to demand bonds of up to $15,000 for visa applications from 12 more countries

11:24 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The State Department says it is adding 12 countries to an expanding list of nations whose citizens must post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for U.S. visas

FILE - Four dachshunds wait in a basket of a breeder at a dog show in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

French bulldog frenzy may be cooling in US, but dachshunds are riding high

9:41 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Americans still dig French bulldogs, retrievers and German shepherds

People and vehicles crowd at a popular market in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Many in Egypt struggle as the costs of a distant war drive up prices in local markets

9:26 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Rising energy costs caused by the Iran war have forced Egypt to hike fuel and cooking gas prices, hitting the country's already struggling poor and middle classes hard

FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, left, with President Donald Trump, reacts as she was speaking to members of the military aboard the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier docked at an American naval base, in Yokosuka, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Japan's leader heads to Washington for a visit complicated by the Iran war fallout

9:18 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has left for the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump

The dead trunks of cypress trees, cabbage palms and other wetland plants briefly emerge during a drawdown of the Rodman Reservoir on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Palatka, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Decades after a Florida canal project was abandoned, advocates are trying to reunite 3 rivers

9:04 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Environmentalists want to permanently open a dam built for a canal that was supposed to cut through the middle of Florida from the Atlantic to the Gulf

FILE - Fuel prices are displayed on a sign at a gas station as a fuel truck drives by, March 17, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

US wholesale prices rose by a surprisingly hot 3.4% last month, the most in a year

8:41 AM on Wednesday, March 18

U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected in February

See the world in vertical: Top photos by AP photojournalists

3:58 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Volunteers sew reusable sanitary pads inside the Fempad NGO workshop in the Kibera informal settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Atieno Muyuyi)

Making menstrual leave official: 2 paid days off a month for period pain

2:30 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Nairobi County has introduced Kenya’s first menstrual leave policy for female government staff, aiming to boost health and productivity

FILE - Hippo Moo Deng, which turned one year old, yawns at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, on July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Man arrested after climbing into pygmy hippo Moo Deng's enclosure at Thai zoo

2:09 AM on Wednesday, March 18

A Thai zoo said police has arrested a man after he entered the enclosure of Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippo

A family browses footwear at a local market for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr celebrations, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

A look at Eid al-Fitr and how Muslims celebrate the Islamic holiday

2:02 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is drawing to an end and Muslims around the world will soon start celebrating the holiday of Eid al-Fitr

Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

About 90 ships cross the Strait of Hormuz as Iran exports millions of barrels of oil despite the war

1:08 AM on Wednesday, March 18

About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war with Iran

Tom Waters, a seventh-generation farmer, stands next to his planting machinery Friday, March 13, 2026, in Orrick, Mo. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Iran war has US farmers worried about the cost and availability of fertilizer

12:05 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Farmers are bracing for effects of the Iran war on fertilizer prices and availability as the spring planting season nears

Lead aquarist Becky O'Brien feeds a shark in the Shark Reef Aquarium at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher)

There are sharks in Las Vegas feasting on hundreds of pounds of fish every week

12:04 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Becky O’Brien always wanted to work with ocean life, but she didn’t realize she’d be able to do the job in the middle of the Las Vegas desert

The Venezuela team celebrate with the trophy after defeating the United States in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Venezuela beats US 3-2 on Suárez’s 9th-inning double to win first World Baseball Classic title

2:46 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Venezuela has won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 on Eugenio Suárez’s tiebreaking double in the ninth

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, left, hugs her daughter Cassidy during a primary election night watch party after winning the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton wins Democratic primary for US Senate

Tuesday, March 17

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton of Illinois has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate

Photo highlights from the World Baseball Classic

11:31 PM on Monday, March 16

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