National News

10:00 AM on Wednesday, August 19

A telescope has spotted the fastest known star in the Milky Way

9:16 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Florida Democratic voters have delivered a shock upset by nominating democratic socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon over moderate Alex Vindman, a former national security professional

9:07 AM on Wednesday, August 19

8:55 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The United Nations human rights chief has expressed concern over the arrest of opposition officials in Zambia following last week's election

8:40 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The Kennedy Center has told a federal court it won't try to restore Donald Trump's name to the building facade before at least Sept. 8

8:24 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Florida Republicans have settled on Byron Donalds, a congressman, as their candidate for governor, and that now makes eight Black major party nominees for governors this year

6:58 AM on Wednesday, August 19

President Donald Trump says he’s delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports

6:51 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The Justice Department is defending its prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey and says there's "no serious dispute” that a social media post of seashells he made could be understood as a threat against President Donald Trump

6:32 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Police in Worcester, Massachusetts, are investigating the death of an off-duty officer in what they call a domestic matter

6:04 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Israel’s military has announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in the Gaza war

5:39 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Target is reporting its second straight quarter of comparable sales gains, saying a merchandising overhaul under the discount retailer’s new CEO was attracting more customers

5:00 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Millions more people may be able to get smaller, lightweight Amazon packages delivered by drones by the end of the year under a plan the company announced Wednesday to expand the airborne shipping to suburban areas in nearly 500 U.S. cities

4:42 AM on Wednesday, August 19

A Ukrainian man wanted in connection with the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions has been arrested in Croatia

2:29 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired a senior official amid a corruption investigation involving a deputy head of the presidential office

12:57 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Jason Arday, who was once celebrated as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, was found dead last week after weeks of news stories presenting evidence that he was a plagiarist and fabulist

12:29 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Sen. Darline Graham, running in South Carolina's runoff election, stumbled over a foreign policy question during a debate

11:06 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks

10:05 PM on Tuesday, August 18

U.S. stocks are ticking higher after the U.S. Treasury Department said it may buy more U.S. government bonds, which eased pressure on financial markets worldwide

7:53 PM on Tuesday, August 18

North Korea says the U.S. decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea doesn't change what it views as their provocative nature

5:07 PM on Tuesday, August 18

A mysterious political firm admitted to fabricating multiple election polls this month