National News

5:37 AM on Thursday, April 9

A new report says security spending for congressional and presidential campaigns has jumped fivefold over the past decade as an increasingly hostile political environment has led to escalating threats against public officials

5:17 AM on Thursday, April 9

The U.K. says British and Norwegian militaries led an operation to deter Russian submarines suspected of “malign activity” in the North Atlantic

12:32 AM on Thursday, April 9

Anger and frustration is growing in Russia over government restrictions on the internet that have disrupted daily life, hurt businesses and brought condemnation from both Kremlin critics and supporters alike

12:18 AM on Thursday, April 9

Pro-Iran groups have used artificial intelligence to create slick internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the war against the U.S. and Israel, and foster opposition to it

12:04 AM on Thursday, April 9

The world-first facility for permanently disposing spent nuclear fuel is set to begin operations in Finland after decades of construction

11:58 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Iran’s semiofficial news agencies have published a chart suggesting the Revolutionary Guard placed sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz during the war

11:47 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Oil prices are rising again and world shares are mostly lower on skepticism over a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran

11:17 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A tentative ceasefire in the Iran war is staggering under the weight of Israel’s intense bombardment of Beirut, Tehran’s continued chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, and other differences

11:14 PM on Wednesday, April 8

The Democratic Party’s most ambitious politicians are courting African American activists in New York this week as the party’s unofficial 2028 presidential nomination contest begins to take shape

11:11 PM on Wednesday, April 8

11:11 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Officials say one person is dead and two others are missing after a parking garage under construction in Philadelphia collapsed

11:11 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is reviewing plans to convert warehouses into detention facilities for immigrants

11:10 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A former New York City police officer is set to be sentenced for tossing a picnic cooler full of drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died

11:10 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Protesters are rallying against a planned immigration detention facility in Maryland

11:09 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Long Island man who carried out a series of murders known as the Gilgo Beach killings has pleaded guilty to murder charges

11:02 PM on Wednesday, April 8

American woodcocks continue to attract onlookers in a New York City park

9:26 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Two people have died after their plane went off the runway and burst into flames at a small airport in Arizona

8:07 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Hawaii doctor who was accused of trying to kill his wife on a cliffside hike has been convicted of attempted manslaughter

1:42 PM on Wednesday, April 8

An attorney for a man shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in California says his client did not try to run officers over with his car and disputed claims that he has a warrant out for his arrest in El Salvador

7:27 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Lebanon’s health ministry says that Israeli strikes during the day killed 182 people, the highest single-day death toll in the Israel-Hezbollah war