National News

2:01 AM on Friday, April 10

Simon Kimbangu, founder of one of Africa’s largest independent churches, spent 30 years in jail and died a prisoner, banished far from his home by Belgian colonial authorities who judged his activities to be dangerous

1:10 AM on Friday, April 10

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, describing the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia in Ukraine

12:45 AM on Friday, April 10

Taiwan's opposition leader has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, marking the first such encounter in over a decade

12:03 AM on Friday, April 10

Pope Leo XIV is making a long and ambitious odyssey across four African countries -- Algeria, Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea

11:15 PM on Thursday, April 9

Babies too young to be vaccinated are among the most vulnerable in measles outbreaks like the one in South Carolina, which is the largest the U.S. has seen in decades

11:06 PM on Thursday, April 9

11:04 PM on Thursday, April 9

President Donald Trump's efforts to exit the war in Iran are causing tension within the Republican Party

10:09 PM on Thursday, April 9

8:16 PM on Thursday, April 9

The Board of Immigration Appeals has denied Mahmoud Khalil's latest attempt to dismiss his deportation case

7:01 PM on Thursday, April 9

Chick-fil-A has become a symbol of luck for Chinese students in the U.S., despite having no restaurants in China

6:58 PM on Thursday, April 9

Afrika Bambaataa, a hip-hop pioneer, has died of prostate cancer in Pennsylvania at age 68, according to his lawyer

6:04 PM on Thursday, April 9

Authorities say a man shot and killed a central California sheriff’s deputy while authorities were serving an eviction notice

4:11 PM on Thursday, April 9

Venezuelan lawmakers have approved a bill to regulate mining as the country seeks to attract leery foreign investors to a once-private industry that has long been exploited by criminal groups with ties to the government

3:42 PM on Thursday, April 9

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, even the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran

12:16 AM on Thursday, April 9

Rory McIlroy has been savoring his Masters win all week at Augusta National

11:58 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon aimed at disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants and establishing relations between the neighbors

11:17 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon aimed at disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants and establishing relations between the neighbors

11:11 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Authorities say a stairwell roof at a parking garage being built in Philadelphia collapsed suddenly, killing one person and leaving two missing and presumed dead

2:27 AM on Friday, March 27

Pakistan has emerged as a key mediator between Iran and the United States, hosting talks in Islamabad this week

11:13 AM on Monday, March 23