National News

12:39 PM on Friday, October 10

Postal traffic to the U.S. remains down about 70% five weeks after the end of the “de minimis” exemption

12:27 PM on Friday, October 10

There are 19 people missing and feared dead after blast at a Tennessee explosives plant, sheriff says

12:01 PM on Friday, October 10

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he understands the frustrations and worries of air traffic controllers who have to work without a paycheck during the government shutdown, but he and the union that represents controllers are also now emphasizing that calling out sick in protest could cost them their jobs

10:56 AM on Friday, October 10

Vice President JD Vance has met with Republican state lawmakers in Indiana as the White House continues to press the state on redistricting

10:09 AM on Friday, October 10

S&P 500 drops 2% and Wall Street's calm shatters after President Donald Trump threatens more tariffs on China

10:05 AM on Friday, October 10

Tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza have started moving north toward their homes, or what remains of them, after a ceasefire agreement came into effect

9:38 AM on Friday, October 10

Budget office says 'substantial' firings of federal workers have started as White House exerts shutdown leverage

9:33 AM on Friday, October 10

Authorities in southeast Georgia have arrested a woman in connection with the death of an 86-year-old woman who was mauled by two dogs

9:21 AM on Friday, October 10

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

9:04 AM on Friday, October 10

National Guard troops have started patrolling in Memphis, Tennessee

9:01 AM on Friday, October 10

Two young Republican groups have challenged the 2020 census results in a Florida federal court

8:24 AM on Friday, October 10

MIT's president said she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding

8:14 AM on Friday, October 10

First lady Melania Trump says eight children displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war have been reunited with their families after ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin

8:10 AM on Friday, October 10

First lady Melania Trump says 8 kids displaced by Russia-Ukraine war are reunited with families after ongoing talks with Putin (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported it was 8 Ukrainian children)

4:35 AM on Friday, October 10

House members' absence during the government shutdown is creating a political dilemma for Speaker Mike Johnson

4:17 AM on Friday, October 10

A ceasefire has taken effect in Gaza under a breakthrough deal

11:40 PM on Thursday, October 9

Indiana officials have executed a man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl

10:17 PM on Thursday, October 9

Ukrainian authorities say that Russian drone and missile strikes wounded at least 20 people in Kyiv and damaged residential buildings and caused blackouts across swathes of Ukraine

8:40 PM on Thursday, October 9

Prince Harry and Meghan are urging parents to stand against wealthy social media companies that they said prey upon children with algorithms designed to exploit personal data

8:21 AM on Wednesday, October 8

This year’s Nobel Prize science winners got the good news from early morning phone calls and door knocks