National News

national / Wed, Feb 1, 2023 12:13 AM

Kurdish officials: Rockets hit Turkish base in northern Iraq

Officials from northern Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region say that several rockets targeted a Turkish military base in northern Iraq

national / Wed, Feb 1, 2023 12:07 AM

Andrew Tate to appeal second 30-day detention

Andrew Tate, the divisive influencer and former professional kickboxer who is detained in Romania on suspicion of organized crime and human...

national / Wed, Feb 1, 2023 12:04 AM

Radioactive capsule that fell off truck found in Australia

Authorities in Western Australia have recovered a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that fell off a truck while being transported along a...

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 11:31 PM

Oregon kidnapping suspect dies of self-inflicted gunshot

Police say a suspect in a violent kidnapping in Oregon died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday night after being taken into custody...

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 11:30 PM

Austin in Philippines to discuss larger US military presence

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in the Philippines for talks on deploying larger numbers of U.S. forces and weapons in more Philippine military...

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 11:29 PM

Pell mourned at Sydney cathedral day before funeral, protest

Mourners are paying respects to Cardinal George Pell in a Sydney cathedral before the funeral of the polarizing church leader who was once the...

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 11:26 PM

Nevada upends No. 22 San Diego State 75-66

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 11:05 PM

Murray, Jokic help Nuggets hold off Pelicans 122-113

Jamal Murray scored 32 points, Nikola Jokic got his 16th triple-double of the season and the Denver Nuggets held off the reeling New Orleans...

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 10:49 PM

Myanmar resistance steadfast against army rule 2 years later

The prospects for peace in Myanmar, much less a return to democracy, seem dimmer than ever two years after the army seized power from the elected...

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 10:28 PM

Peshawar, the city of flowers, becomes epicenter of violence

The Pakistani city of Peshawar was once known as “the city of flowers” but has borne the brunt of rising militancy in the region for the...

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 10:17 PM

Taiwan activates defenses in response to China incursions

Taiwan has scrambled fighter jets and and put navy ships and missile systems on alert in response to nearby operations of 34 Chinese military...

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 10:14 PM

Australia targets Myanmar, Iran with economic sanctions

Australia has announced targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against “individuals responsible for egregious human rights abuses” in...

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 10:14 PM

Connecticut may exonerate accused witches centuries later

It's been more than 375 years since Alse Young became the first person on record to be executed in the American colonies for witchcraft

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 10:08 PM

Palestinians face removal as far-right Israel vows expansion

The long-running dispute over the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar has resurfaced this week as a focus of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 10:03 PM

Man who fatally shot Dallas officer in 2007 faces execution

A man convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer nearly 16 years ago is facing execution

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 10:00 PM

Baldwin faces involuntary manslaughter charge in set death

Prosecutors have linked Alec Baldwin to an expansive list of alleged failures in firearms safety in a filing of a felony involuntary manslaughter...

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 9:57 PM

Family of Tyre Nichols prepares to lay him to rest

The family of Tyre Nichols plans to lay him to rest on Wednesday, three weeks after he was beaten to death by Memphis police after a...

national / Tue, Jan 31, 2023 9:53 PM

NATO chief wants more 'friends' as Russia, China move closer

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says China’s growing assertiveness and collaboration with Russia poses a threat not only to Asia but also...