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A group of Massachusetts National Guard members early Monday crossed the Boston Marathon start line, launching the 130th edition of the world's oldest and most prestigious annual marathon.

The U.S. Coast Guard says an overturned ship found near the U.S. territory of Saipan after a typhoon hit is the vessel that went missing with six people on board.

A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast, and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami alert in the region.

Officials and relatives say a man killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two women in two homes in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Oil prices have climbed more than 5% while Asian shares also advanced as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. prevented tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. military says it's launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea. The attack on Sunday killed three people.

Austin Hedges scored the first run of the game for the Guardians but had a bigger moment after the final out.

Oil prices are rising in early trading as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. prevented tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf waterway that is crucial to global energy supplies.

Federal prosecutors say a 44-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested Saturday night at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan, which is in its fourth year of a bloody civil war.

Authorities say eight children were killed in the "domestic disturbance," with the victims ranging in age from 1 to 14 years old.