National News

4:51 PM on Wednesday, August 26

A man who is serving time in a federal prison in New York has advanced from the primary for Alaska’s lone House seat

4:45 PM on Wednesday, August 26

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4:42 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Dolly Parton didn’t just sing about her Tennessee mountain home

4:34 PM on Wednesday, August 26

A settlement announced Wednesday between Meta and dozens of states resolves one of its biggest legal fights, but the social media giant is still facing litigation elsewhere over its products’ effects on young people’s mental health

3:31 PM on Wednesday, August 26

The U.S. stock market drifted through a quiet day of trading after a report said inflation last month was a touch worse than economists expected

3:01 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Social media users are claiming that Canada could shut off electricity in the U.S. and cause massive blackouts if the trade war between the two countries escalates further

3:00 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Sal Veder, who was known for his iconic image “Burst of Joy,” has died

2:36 PM on Wednesday, August 26

NFL owners on Wednesday unanimously approved the sale of the Seattle Seahawks to the Khosla family

2:17 PM on Wednesday, August 26

1:45 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Bobby Charles, the Republican nominee for governor in Maine, has told supporters that he plans to ask a top Homeland Security official to send ICE agents and U.S. Marshals to polling places in Maine before the midterm elections

12:24 PM on Wednesday, August 26

A federal judge says Blake Lively can have just over $400,000 of the $8 million in legal fees she sought for defending herself against a lawsuit that actor Justin Baldoni lodged against her in response to her lawsuit over the production of their 2024 film “It Ends With Us.”

11:13 AM on Wednesday, August 26

Tim Curry has died at 80

10:58 AM on Wednesday, August 26

U.S. health officials have approved a groundbreaking pancreatic cancer drug that offers a new approach to treating the deadly form of cancer

10:30 AM on Wednesday, August 26

The U.S. government has announced a drought disaster for more than two dozen cities and towns in Puerto Rico as water woes deepen across the U.S. Caribbean territory with no relief in sight

10:22 AM on Wednesday, August 26

A man accused of arranging the fatal shooting of a Microsoft design manager on a Florida road has been convicted of murder

8:58 AM on Wednesday, August 26

All testimony has concluded in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy

8:38 AM on Wednesday, August 26

Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement

5:01 AM on Wednesday, August 26

James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, wants to reveal depositions involving his Republican opponent, Ken Paxton

10:59 PM on Tuesday, August 25

The U.S. stock market drifted through a quiet day of trading after a report said inflation last month was a touch worse than economists expected

2:26 PM on Tuesday, August 25

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said a report on the lead-water crisis in the city of Flint is the final step her office can take toward accountability, years after a state Supreme Court ruling shut down criminal cases against a former governor and eight other people