National News

1:09 AM on Wednesday, March 18

A Thai zoo said police has arrested a man after he entered the enclosure of Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippo

12:08 AM on Wednesday, March 18

About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war with Iran

11:04 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Becky O’Brien always wanted to work with ocean life, but she didn’t realize she’d be able to do the job in the middle of the Las Vegas desert

11:01 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Wisconsin lawmakers are taking a shot at expanding sports betting in the state

9:40 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Analysts say China is unlikely to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and it is probably welcoming a delay in President Donald Trump’s Beijing trip

8:44 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Military officials say a shooting at a U.S. Air Force base in New Mexico has left one person dead and another wounded

7:20 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Venezuelan and American fans packed Miami for the U.S.-Venezuela World Baseball Classic final

6:54 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Rising jet fuel costs tied to the war in the Middle East are adding hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses for some major U.S. airlines

5:56 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Arizona has become the first state to file criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing the prediction market platform of operating an illegal gambling business within its borders

5:39 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Court documents show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration wants to stop representing Eric Adams in a lawsuit that alleges the former mayor sexually assaulted a woman more than three decades ago

5:05 PM on Tuesday, March 17

A rare March heat wave is pushing San Francisco close to 90 degrees and setting records across the West

3:25 PM on Tuesday, March 17

2:00 PM on Tuesday, March 17

A military investigation has found that a “one in a million” malfunction during a live fire demonstration over Camp Pendleton last October led to a misfire that rained shrapnel on Interstate 5

1:48 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Police in Georgia say they have responded to a shooting at a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic, where a suspect was shot and killed by police

12:02 PM on Tuesday, March 17

The Trump counterterrorism official who resigned Tuesday had been a staunch supporter of the president through his 2020 election defeat, the Jan. 6 riots and years of conservative media advocacy and failed congressional bids

12:40 AM on Tuesday, March 17

Israel killed two senior Iranian security officials in a major blow to the country’s leadership

11:28 PM on Monday, March 16

The widening U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is choking the Strait of Hormuz and sending energy and security shocks around the world

11:11 PM on Monday, March 16

Thousands of flights are canceled or delayed one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and disrupted thousands of others

11:01 PM on Monday, March 16

A Florida man has been executed for the murder of a young mother who called 911 seeking help while tied up in her attacker's car

11:00 PM on Monday, March 16

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton of Illinois has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate