National News

10:38 AM on Thursday, April 23

Wildfires tearing through the South this week have forced hundreds of residents in Georgia to flee in minutes

10:15 AM on Thursday, April 23

More than two years after an Ohio judge declared a mistrial, attorneys are set to begin opening statements in a retrial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged in the December 2020 killing of a Black man

9:01 AM on Thursday, April 23

Paving roads in the Amazon rainforest often causes deforestation that threatens the people who live there

8:32 AM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump loves to keep people guessing about his next policy moves, a reality TV, cliffhanger governing style that is helping “events” wagering companies, including some backed by one of his sons

8:16 AM on Thursday, April 23

A cannabis industry group calls President Donald Trump’s reclassification of state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug “the most significant federal advancement in cannabis policy" in decades

7:54 AM on Thursday, April 23

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats that deploy mines to choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz

7:25 AM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump has turned to naval blockades to pressure the governments of Venezuela, Cuba and now Iran to meet his demands

7:04 AM on Thursday, April 23

Cricket is set to return to the Olympics in 2028

6:53 AM on Thursday, April 23

Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi was splattered with red liquid as he left a building after a news conference in Berlin

6:07 AM on Thursday, April 23

Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his African odyssey with a final Mass in Equatorial Guinea

5:02 AM on Thursday, April 23

Judges at the International Criminal Court have confirmed crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte for deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he allegedly oversaw while in office

2:39 AM on Thursday, April 23

The European Union has approved a massive loan package to help Ukraine meet its economic and military needs for the next two years

2:31 AM on Thursday, April 23

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz

1:29 AM on Thursday, April 23

New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will not be with the team for Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday, following the publication of photos of the coach and longtime NFL reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort

1:06 AM on Thursday, April 23

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions

12:55 AM on Thursday, April 23

The U.S. stock market is edging back from its all-time high following mixed profit reports from Tesla and other big companies

7:08 PM on Wednesday, April 22

An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders’ stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape closer to the finish line

5:45 PM on Wednesday, April 22

The Pentagon has abruptly announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job

1:45 PM on Wednesday, April 22

The Gates Foundation confirmed Wednesday that it is reviewing its ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

1:08 AM on Friday, April 10

Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa was so dizzying in its complexity that it recalls some of the early globe-trotting odysseys of St. John Paul II