National News

6:05 PM on Tuesday, August 25

The Boston Symphony Orchestra and its musicians have ratified a three-year contract, avoiding what could have been the first strike in the ensemble’s 145-year history

5:41 PM on Tuesday, August 25

Target has pulled a children's Halloween costume after backlash over its resemblance to racist minstrel caricatures

5:37 PM on Tuesday, August 25

The Meta executive at the helm of Instagram is defending the platform’s safety record

4:32 PM on Tuesday, August 25

A federal judge has blocked enforcement of an Ohio law requiring eligible residents to produce documentary proof of citizenship when attempting to register to vote at a motor vehicle bureau

4:19 PM on Tuesday, August 25

The Department of Justice argues that if President Donald Trump's name isn't on the Kennedy Center, donor money for renovations will dry up, leading to its closure

3:26 PM on Tuesday, August 25

Oil prices fell again, which helped ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices

3:12 PM on Tuesday, August 25

2:50 PM on Tuesday, August 25

The father of a U.S. Navy sailor who has been deployed in the Middle East for nine months has been released from immigration detention

2:26 PM on Tuesday, August 25

Dolly Parton, the iconic songwriter, singer and actor, has died

11:49 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Families who lost loved ones when a suitcase bomb detonated aboard Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 had been preparing to attend the terrorism trial of the accused bombmaker

11:31 AM on Tuesday, August 25

A Chinese humanoid robot has set a new 100-meter sprint record of 8.86 seconds in Beijing

10:58 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July

10:09 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Pennsylvania health officials report that two unvaccinated residents have died after being infected with measles

8:09 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz are out of the mixed doubles tournament at the U.S. Open

6:20 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Canada struck back at the United States with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of American goods

5:22 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Julio has dissipated in the Pacific Ocean near the stronger Tropical Storm Iselle

2:02 AM on Tuesday, August 25

A year after Israeli strikes on a Gaza hospital killed 22 Palestinians, there are still major questions about the rationale for the attack

12:26 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Oil prices fell again, which helped ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices

11:05 PM on Monday, August 24

The FBI has established a minimum reward of $25,000 for help in solving some cold cases where people went missing or were killed in Indian Country

11:00 PM on Monday, August 24

The prosecution’s final witnesses in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial have attempted to cast doubt on claims that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and that a voice ordered her to kill her three young children