National News

3:23 PM on Friday, April 24

An appeals court reversed an $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to Roy Moore against a group that ran ads during the 2017 U.S. Senate race

3:16 PM on Friday, April 24

A surge for Intel following a blowout profit report helped lead technology stocks higher, while oil prices keep swinging in the wait for what’s next with the Iran war

3:05 PM on Friday, April 24

The Trump administration’s historic move to reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug was cheered by some advocates but for others, it fell far short for the thousands incarcerated for federal cannabis-related convictions

2:53 PM on Friday, April 24

A U.S. Army major employed as a nurse on a military base near Washington, D.C., has been charged with conspiring to provide financial and tactical support to separatist fighters in his native Cameroon

2:30 PM on Friday, April 24

TMZ is making a splash in Washington, D.C., bringing its Hollywood-style paparazzi tactics to politics

2:25 PM on Friday, April 24

Speculation about links among a handful U.S. scientists who have died or disappeared in recent years was largely confined to niche online communities less than two months ago

1:12 PM on Friday, April 24

The Trump administration is sanctioning a major China-based oil refinery and about 40 shipping companies

1:12 PM on Friday, April 24

The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases

12:19 PM on Friday, April 24

Two buses have crashed head-on near a Pentagon bus stop, injuring 23 people, including Defense Department personnel

12:05 PM on Friday, April 24

The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good

9:27 AM on Friday, April 24

It might not take long to become a millionaire in the NFL

9:04 AM on Friday, April 24

The Food and Drug Administration says it will offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being studied for hard-to-treat mental health conditions, including major depression

8:01 AM on Friday, April 24

How you store produce can make a major difference in how long it lasts

5:30 AM on Friday, April 24

A proposed bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their lives has failed

4:40 AM on Friday, April 24

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is declining to engage in a dispute with the U.S. over reports that the Pentagon is considering punishing NATO members who don't support U.S. operations in the Iran war

12:05 AM on Friday, April 24

Businesses have doled out up to $4 million to send ships through the Panama Canal while trying to avoid the Iran war's risks and effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz

11:05 PM on Thursday, April 23

Wildfires are often thought to be a problem for Western North America, but climate change and other factors are making fires nastier in the East, especially this year

8:31 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information

11:08 PM on Monday, April 20

Things looked bleak for media in Pittsburgh until a stunning turnaround

3:42 PM on Thursday, April 9

Prediction markets let people wager on just about anything — from basketball games to elections