National News

3:48 PM on Wednesday, April 8

More than 1,000 humanitarian workers have been killed across the globe in the last three years, nearly triple the death count in the previous three years, the U.N. says

3:08 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Pakistani man has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge, saying it was a “morally reprehensible idea” to support the Islamic State group by plotting to kill Jewish people in Brooklyn

3:07 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Three former employees of a privately operated psychiatric hospital in the nation’s capital have been charged with criminal negligence in the death of a patient

1:56 PM on Wednesday, April 8

The Tennessee Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that would have let media witnesses view more parts of state-run executions

1:53 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Two Minnesota school districts and the state’s main teachers union have asked a federal judge to block a Trump administration change in policy that gave immigration authorities a freer hand to conduct enforcement actions in and near schools

1:33 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Prosecutors are seeking Tiger Woods' prescription drug records from a Florida pharmacy

1:26 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Oil prices plunged below $95 per barrel, and stock markets surged worldwide after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat of devastating attacks against Iran

1:21 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Wisconsin mayor who carted away a drop box intended for absentee ballots ahead of the 2024 elections won't face charges

1:07 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Wyoming judge has sentenced a man to 18 months of probation for hitting a wolf with a snowmobile and bringing the hurt animal into a bar before killing it

12:56 PM on Wednesday, April 8

An uncertain ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. and Israel may do little to stop cyberattacks from hackers allied with Tehran

12:52 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Longtime media executive Jeff Shell is leaving Paramount

12:36 PM on Wednesday, April 8

To end the war with the United States and Israel, Iran is demanding the right to collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz as a precondition for reopening the waterway vital to world oil supplies

11:01 AM on Wednesday, April 8

A ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran appears to be in jeopardy

10:58 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Health Secretary Robert F_ Kennedy Jr_ is launching a new podcast called “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast.”

7:51 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells The Associated Press in his first interview since the ouster that he was “blindsided” by the move but has no hard feelings and is unlikely to sue

2:08 AM on Wednesday, April 8

A federal judge has handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling “Friends” star Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in a 2023 overdose

12:14 AM on Wednesday, April 8

9:04 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A Long Island architect has pleaded guilty to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings

9:02 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Route 66 turns 100 this year, making the legendary road ripe for an American road trip

8:17 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Oil prices plunged below $95 per barrel, and stock markets surged worldwide after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat of devastating attacks against Iran