National News

2:36 AM on Tuesday, April 14

The standoff between the United States and Iran is deepening as the U.S. has declared it has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has threatened to strike targets across the region, and Pakistan says it is racing to bring the sides together for more talks

1:39 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Pakistani officials on Tuesday said Islamabad has proposed a second round of talks to the U.S. and Iran

12:29 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Nestled in a high-altitude valley in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountain range, Kabul is rapidly running out of water

12:04 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Pope Leo XIV is following in the footsteps of his spiritual father, St. Augustine

Tuesday, April 14

Asian stocks are trading higher, tracking Wall Street gains, and oil prices fall as expectations rise again over a second round of talks on an end to the Iran war, which is now in its seventh week

11:39 PM on Monday, April 13

A proposal for a new Maryland congressional map has officially died with the conclusion of the state's legislative session

11:25 PM on Monday, April 13

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has announced that he’s leaving Congress and the crowded contest for California governor following sexual assault allegations that he denies

11:11 PM on Monday, April 13

11:07 PM on Monday, April 13

Harvey Weinstein is going on trial again on a rape charge in New York City, after years of #MeToo infamy, legal peril and prison

11:05 PM on Monday, April 13

A growing number of working-age people in the U.S. have attended college without earning a degree — a group that often has student loans to pay but without the credential to boost their earnings

11:02 PM on Monday, April 13

An aviation safety bill seeking to address lessons learned from last year’s midair collision of a jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., is up for a vote Tuesday

11:01 PM on Monday, April 13

Pope Leo XIV, a studious and soft-spoken cleric, and Donald Trump, an unapologetically bellicose and pugilistic politician, have long been on a rhetorical collision course

11:01 PM on Monday, April 13

After the dramatic downfall of Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, the race for California governor is moving on

10:00 PM on Monday, April 13

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has struck a rural part of Nevada east of the state’s capital of Carson City

8:46 PM on Monday, April 13

Police in the Bahamas have released a Michigan man who said his wife disappeared after falling overboard from a small boat in waters off the island nation

12:48 PM on Monday, April 13

A senior Hezbollah official says the Lebanese militant group will not abide by any agreements made in upcoming direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in the United States

8:03 AM on Monday, April 13

2:48 AM on Monday, April 13

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has begun a blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas, and Iran responded with threats on ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman

11:23 PM on Sunday, April 12

Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Algeria for a first-ever papal visit, calling for peace amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran

2:50 PM on Monday, March 30