National News

9:51 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells The Associated Press in his first interview since the ouster that he was “blindsided” by the move but has no hard feelings and is unlikely to sue

8:23 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work

8:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Tariff-driven uncertainty, rising costs and tax law changes have prompted many companies to reconsider their strategies

8:15 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil's Amazon rainforest are reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work

8:14 AM on Wednesday, April 8

The ceasefire reached Wednesday has raised hopes of halting hostilities between Iran, Israel and the United States, but many issues remain unresolved

8:03 AM on Wednesday, April 8

The Center for Small Town Jewish Life at Colby College is growing as Passover ends this year

7:27 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Israeli strikes have hit central Beirut without warning, causing panic after the announcement of the ceasefire in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran

6:23 AM on Wednesday, April 8

General Motors is recalling more than 270,000 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles in the U.S. because the rearview camera screen may display a distorted or blank image

6:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House to try to smooth over the president’s anger with the military alliance over the Iran war

4:08 AM on Wednesday, April 8

A woman who admitted to selling Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced

2:14 AM on Wednesday, April 8

11:33 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Iran, the United States and Israel have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th-hour deal that headed off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization

11:14 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Iran, the United States and Israel have agreed to a two-week ceasefire

11:04 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims’ relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years

11:03 PM on Tuesday, April 7

11:02 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Route 66 turns 100 this year, making the legendary road ripe for an American road trip

11:02 PM on Tuesday, April 7

In 1989, an up-and-coming rock band from Washington called Nirvana played in Chicago for the first time at a club called Dreamerz

10:17 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Oil prices are plunging back toward $95 per barrel, and stock markets are surging worldwide after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat to force a “whole civilization” to die in the war with Iran

7:12 PM on Tuesday, April 7

South Korea’s military says it detected North Korea firing several short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea

3:05 PM on Tuesday, April 7