National News

6:26 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Expected changes to a six-year-old lawsuit in Texas against DACA could mean the federal government will resume taking new applications for the program that offers people without legal immigration status two-year, renewable permits to live and work in the U.S. legally

5:27 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Federal prosecutors have charged a man in connection with a gang-related shooting at a Brooklyn bar this summer that left three people dead and ten injured

5:13 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A judge in Idaho is blocking the release of graphic photos taken by investigators after Bryan Kohberger killed four University of Idaho students in 2022

4:38 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A woman who was inside a Michigan church when her father and three other people were killed has written a public plea for peace

3:49 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Federal transportation officials want Philadelphia’s mass transit agency to shelve an electric railcar model that's heavily used in its regional rail fleet until it figures out how to stop them from catching fire

3:45 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A bear surprised shoppers at a southern Arizona grocery store when it walked through the front door and ran around inside for a few minutes before exiting the building

3:21 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Andrew Cuomo is apologizing to New York City’s Jewish community for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic when he was governor

3:11 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The three people killed in a mass shooting at a waterfront bar last weekend in Southport, North Carolina, have been identified

3:08 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The government shutdown has sparked intense political battles, with both parties blaming each other even as major job cuts — and major disruptions to iconic sites like the Liberty Bell and Pearl Harbor — have begun taking hold

3:07 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Rohingya Muslims have pleaded with the international community at the first United Nations high-level meeting on the plight of the ethnic minority to prevent the mass killings taking place in Myanmar and to help those in the persecuted group lead normal lives

2:04 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A former Democratic member of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board has filed a lawsuit challenging his dismissal by President Donald Trump

1:26 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A U.S. government shutdown has begun, and it could impact travel plans, with potential airport delays and cancellations

1:20 PM on Wednesday, October 1

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller have converged on Memphis, Tennessee, to meet with federal agents forming a crime fighting task force there

12:00 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Napheesa Collier, a Minnesota Lynx player and vice president of the WNBA players union, is preparing for tense negotiations with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert

11:30 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died

10:53 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents, falsely claimed a doctoral degree when applying for the job two years ago but was hired even after the school board learned about the misrepresentation

10:48 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.S. military has historically been an engine for cultural and social change in America

9:57 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island with no immediate signs of the government shutdown that is triggering the furlough of about two-thirds of National Park Service employees

6:14 AM on Wednesday, October 1

9:03 PM on Tuesday, September 30

New Mexico legislators are pushing to shore up safety-net spending in response to President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cuts, in a state with one of the highest enrollment rates for Medicaid and federal food assistance