National News

1:38 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Confusion is deepening in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran attacked three ships near the crucial waterway that has plunged the world into an energy crisis

1:03 PM on Wednesday, April 22

One of the most comprehensive studies ever of flood risk has determined that more than 17 million people in eight cities along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected by flooding

12:44 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Six people have been charged with plotting to steal at least 20 cars from the Washington, D.C., area and sell them to buyers in the United States and Ghana in West Africa

11:51 AM on Wednesday, April 22

A man who stole a purse from then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she dined at a restaurant under the protection of Secret Service agents has been sentenced to three years in prison for a string of thefts in the nation’s capital

11:01 AM on Wednesday, April 22

People who have fled abuses in Equatorial Guinea and are taking refuge elsewhere fear that the pope's visit to the Central African country could launder the image of Africa's longest-serving ruler

10:31 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Rhode Island has moved its primary elections to Wednesday, Sept. 9, to avoid conflict with Labor Day

10:30 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Large chunks of ice have rammed into homes along Michigan's Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula as constant spring rainfall and winter melt have flooded homes and threatened to overflow stressed dam systems

10:04 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Dave Mason, co-founder of the psychedelic British band Traffic and songwriter behind “Feelin’ Alright” and “Hole in My Shoe,” died Sunday at his home in Gardnerville, Nevada

10:00 AM on Wednesday, April 22

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study in the journal Nature that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are making robots more agile

7:20 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Xaneri Merino, a transgender woman and artisan from southern Mexico, was once punished for weaving in her Indigenous community, where men are largely barred from weaving

6:26 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Officials say a work vehicle hit a commuter train in downtown Washington, leaving 11 people with minor injuries

5:02 AM on Wednesday, April 22

Authorities have found the body of one of the six missing crew members from a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon

4:51 AM on Wednesday, April 22

The European Union is close to approving a 90 billion euro ($106 billion) loan package to support Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years

11:05 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The president of Cyprus says fellow European Union leaders meeting on the island nation need to start preparing a playbook on what should happen if an EU country under attack puts out the call to bloc partners for help

11:04 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Museums and other cultural institutions across the globe have added barrier-free tours and guides to their repertoire

10:56 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Authorities say a man charged in a string of shootings near Atlanta that left three people dead has died in jail

7:13 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse in the past year

11:57 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Mike Vrabel said Tuesday that he’s had “difficult conversations with people I care about,” including his family, his coaching staff and players, following the publication of photos of the Patriots coach and longtime NFL reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort

11:44 AM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump has read a notable Bible passage in a livestreamed marathon

6:03 PM on Monday, April 20

President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve says that he never promised the White House he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so