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The reduction in ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has had an outsize impact on global jet fuel supplies. Prices have doubled.

For the second time in a decade, the New England Commission of Higher Education announced Tuesday it will require Hampshire College to show cause why it should not be placed on probation "or" why its accreditation should not be withdrawn.

The U.S. is sending even more Navy ships and top-of-the-line warplanes into the Middle East. This comes as the U.S. and Iran are talking about that country's nuclear program.

An estate-approved biopic of Michael Jackson is out this week. The music-infused drama Michael stars the King of Pop's nephew, Jaafar Jackson, with Colman Domingo and Nia Long playing his parents.

Hours after a gunman attempted to breach the White House Correspondents' Dinner, details are slowly emerging about who he is.

Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka marked their New Year on Tuesday. As residents in the capital Colombo celebrated, a war thousands of miles away was making itself felt.

The Trump administration asserts a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of federal government records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed.

The NBA Playoffs begin Saturday, with the league's two best teams on the same side of the bracket. Meanwhile, for the league's worst teams, an all-time tanking season is finally over.

Financial markets were not reassured by President Trump's address to the nation. Stocks tumbled while energy prices climbed. The shooting war adds to the economic fallout from Trump's trade war.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant talk about the first round of the NBA playoffs and the bad start to the Major League Baseball season for the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox.