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3:12 PM on Thursday, February 12

A judge has ordered the release of jailed Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora

3:10 PM on Thursday, February 12

The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass

3:06 PM on Thursday, February 12

U_S_ ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates aren't hiding their disappointment at the Olympic silver medal for what Bates says was their “absolute best performance.”

3:02 PM on Thursday, February 12

Garrett Mitchell is better known as “Cleetus McFarland” to his millions of followers gained over the years as a racing influencer

2:42 PM on Thursday, February 12

The Environmental Protection Agency says it is ending credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles

2:38 PM on Thursday, February 12

The top antitrust official in the Trump administration is leaving her post amid tension about greenlighting big mergers in recent months

2:36 PM on Thursday, February 12

North Carolina has lost freshman star Caleb Wilson to a fracture in his left hand

2:27 PM on Thursday, February 12

The Philadelphia Phillies released outfielder Nick Castellanos on Thursday after the team was unable to make a deal to trade him

1:25 PM on Thursday, February 12

A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security appears certain

12:44 PM on Thursday, February 12

The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked a key scientific finding that supported U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions

11:25 AM on Thursday, February 12

Venezuela’s ruling party lawmakers have debated an amnesty bill that could free hundreds of people held for political reasons

11:20 AM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has used part of a court hearing to read email and social media death threats she received following her ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary immigration protections for Haitians in the U.S. Judge Ana Reyes in Washington recently blocked the termination of temporary protected status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging the Republican administration’s effort to end it proceeds

10:31 AM on Thursday, February 12

A lawyer appointed by judges to be the U.S. attorney for northern New York has been fired by the Justice Department in the latest clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the process for selecting top federal prosecutors

9:13 AM on Thursday, February 12

The remote Canadian community of Tumbler Ridge is mourning after a mass shooting in killed eight people, mostly children, plus the shooter

8:40 AM on Thursday, February 12

Chloe Kim has fallen short in her bid to become the first Olympic snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals

7:19 AM on Thursday, February 12

The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the president to roll back climate regulations

11:01 PM on Wednesday, February 11

Key senators and the families of the 67 people who died when an airliner and Army helicopter collided near Washington, D.C., are convinced advanced aircraft locator systems that experts have been recommending for decades would have prevented the crash

10:55 PM on Wednesday, February 11

U.S. stocks fell sharply as the market punished companies seen as potential losers from artificial-intelligence technology

7:36 PM on Wednesday, February 11

Bangladesh has held its first election since the 2024 mass protests toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government

6:30 PM on Wednesday, February 11

Activists say the death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests has reached at least 7,002 with many more people still feared dead