National News

5:14 AM on Thursday, July 2

Iranian state television claimed this week that a foreign ship got stuck in the Strait of Hormuz after ignoring instructions to use a route laid out by the Islamic Republic’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard

4:36 AM on Thursday, July 2

3:32 AM on Thursday, July 2

Russia likely used shadow ships to launch drones over Europe that repeatedly disrupted civilian aviation, as it monitored military sites and tested the air defenses of NATO nations

12:15 AM on Thursday, July 2

An Associated Press journalist spent a month in the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak documenting the toll and the challenges for health workers in a conflict zone

11:01 PM on Wednesday, July 1

President Donald Trump has increasingly adopted a contradictory communication style even as it roils financial markets and causes consternation among top Republicans trying to retain control of Congress in November's midterm elections

9:36 PM on Wednesday, July 1

The head of the Chicago Police Department has announced that he will retire after a short tenure leading the nation’s second-largest police force

7:46 PM on Wednesday, July 1

The FBI has discounted some of the ransom notes that surfaced after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as extortion attempts

7:05 PM on Wednesday, July 1

UPS never required the detailed inspections needed to spot the problem that allowed an engine to fly off one of its planes before it crashed and killed 15 people last fall even after Boeing recommended it years earlier

5:51 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Tropical Storm Douglas has formed in the Pacific Ocean

5:01 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Belgium stages a dramatic comeback to beat Senegal 3-2 in the World Cup

1:29 PM on Wednesday, July 1

11:50 AM on Wednesday, July 1

With wildfires raging across the western U.S., cities and states are restricting fireworks as the nation gears up for a big Fourth of July

10:47 AM on Wednesday, July 1

Two-time Stanley Cup-winning goalie Sergei Bobrovsky signed a three-year, $21 million contract with the Maple Leafs

10:02 AM on Wednesday, July 1

Add Norman Powell to the list of this past season’s All-Stars who are changing addresses this summer in NBA free agency

8:25 AM on Wednesday, July 1

President Donald Trump has taken his maiden voyage on a new Air Force One

11:06 PM on Tuesday, June 30

The Vatican has responded aggressively to the ultratraditionalist Society of St. Pius X after it defied Pope Leo XIV and consecrated four bishops without his consent

11:02 PM on Tuesday, June 30

The Feb. 28 attack on a primary school in southeastern Iran was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran

11:02 PM on Tuesday, June 30

A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics has directly defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent

11:01 PM on Tuesday, June 30

The Feb. 28 attack on a primary school in southeastern Iran was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran

10:21 AM on Monday, June 15