National News

5:32 PM on Thursday, August 27

Congo has started vaccinating people against Ebola to combat the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history

4:50 PM on Thursday, August 27

Both sides have rested in the murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis

4:43 PM on Thursday, August 27

Three staff members from the Stars and Stripes military news outlet are suing to challenge their recent firings by the Pentagon, accusing the Trump administration of violating their First Amendment free speech rights to speak out against government interference in their work

4:29 PM on Thursday, August 27

U.S. officials have confirmed cases of a parasitic illness tied to lettuce in three more states

4:28 PM on Thursday, August 27

4:28 PM on Thursday, August 27

A Florida grand jury found that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration “misappropriated” $10 million in taxpayer money it diverted to a charity run by his wife and was later used for political purposes

3:24 PM on Thursday, August 27

Technology stocks led Wall Street after Nvidia, Salesforce and others reported fatter profits for the spring than expected

2:35 PM on Thursday, August 27

Some Republican candidates are quietly distancing themselves from President Donald Trump ahead of the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress

1:01 PM on Thursday, August 27

A new study suggests El Nino events have intensified over the past 40 years due to human-caused climate change

12:53 PM on Thursday, August 27

Federal investigators say the ongoing White House construction contributed to radio problems that kept air traffic controllers from hearing the calls warning that President Donald Trump’s helicopter was getting ready to take off, so they cleared an airline jet to take off just as Marine One took to the air earlier this month

12:47 PM on Thursday, August 27

12:34 PM on Thursday, August 27

President Donald Trump says he's renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada

11:45 AM on Thursday, August 27

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist

9:23 AM on Thursday, August 27

Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell have formed in the Pacific Ocean far from land

8:37 AM on Thursday, August 27

President Donald Trump says he is renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America" in the U.S. This move comes as he intensifies a trade war with Canada

7:48 AM on Thursday, August 27

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, have started to deliberate whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023

7:34 AM on Thursday, August 27

Legal experts say an immigration officer’s release from a Texas jail despite a request to return him to Minnesota for prosecution could create a dangerous precedent

12:10 AM on Thursday, August 27

Technology stocks led Wall Street after Nvidia, Salesforce and others reported fatter profits for the spring than expected

11:01 PM on Wednesday, August 26

A jury has begun deliberating in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy

9:55 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Pioneering Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has died