National News

5:50 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The owner of the gun that was used by a gunman to kill eight children in Louisiana on Sunday says the firearm was stolen from his truck, according to court documents

5:34 PM on Tuesday, April 21

An appeals court has decided that an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” will remain open

5:26 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The Navy is reviewing the design and costs of its Ford-class aircraft carrier, one of its most high-tech and expensive warships

3:34 PM on Tuesday, April 21

New York is suing Coinbase and Gemini over unregulated and unlicensed prediction market platforms that the state contends are illegal gambling operations

3:16 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The man who recently pleaded guilty to New York’s Gilgo Beach serial murders has told his ex-wife he killed most of his female victims in the family’s suburban home

3:16 PM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump is nominating University of Minnesota economist Christopher Phelan as the next chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers

1:22 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The Southern Poverty Law Center has been charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants

1:06 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The Senate voted on Tuesday to launch a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history

11:24 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military will no longer mandate the flu vaccine for American troops

10:43 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The gunman who opened fire on tourists at Mexico’s iconic Teotihuacan pyramids carried materials that were apparently related to the deadly 1999 shooting at Columbine High School

10:34 AM on Tuesday, April 21

A college student from China has been charged with illegally taking photos of U.S. military planes in Nebraska during a multistate road trip

8:00 AM on Tuesday, April 21

A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year

6:08 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Apple has announced that John Ternus will become the next CEO, taking over from Tim Cook on September 1

5:54 AM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump and many of his conservative Christian supporters are participating in a marathon Bible reading event

3:17 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The former civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.K. ambassador to Washington says he felt pressure from the prime minister's office to rush through the appointment despite security concerns

3:11 AM on Tuesday, April 21

President Donald Trump says the United States is indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request as he waits for a unified proposal from the Islamic Republic

11:28 PM on Monday, April 20

A judge has rescheduled a hearing in which she is expected to sentence OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to forfeit $225 million to the U.S. government

11:07 PM on Monday, April 20

Jurors have heard opening statements in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial

11:01 PM on Monday, April 20

A Florida man who set his neighbor on fire when she came upon him burglarizing her home has been executed

12:37 PM on Monday, April 20

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was unaware of any collaboration between the U.S. and local authorities in Chihuahua after four officials died in an accident over the weekend