National News

11:30 AM on Wednesday, October 1

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally

11:28 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

11:27 AM on Wednesday, October 1

11:23 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The sacred bones of a much-loved French Carmelite nun began a tour of the U.S. at a suburban Detroit parish named in her honor

11:15 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels

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

10:52 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A New York City rapper who joined then-former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has been sentenced to five years behind bars after pleading guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges

10:48 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been repeatedly disgorging lava at its summit crater about once a week since late last year

10:48 AM on Wednesday, October 1

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

7:57 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The Supreme Court is allowing Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now

7:31 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Brian Snitker, who managed the Atlanta Braves to the 2021 World Series championship as the highlight of almost a half-century with the organization, will not return to the dugout next season

6:12 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Domestic goats are reaching new heights on Vermont's ski slopes

5:17 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Walmart says it plans to remove synthetic dyes and 30 other food additives from its store brands sold in the United States by January 2027

5:00 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A panel of three federal judges are considering whether Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that boosts Republicans and has launched a widening redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterm elections

1:38 AM on Wednesday, October 1

German police have completed a security sweep at the Oktoberfest fairgrounds and reopened the famed beer festival after an hourslong closure

9:03 PM on Tuesday, September 30

New Mexico's Democratic lawmakers are vowing urgent action to shore up safety net spending in a top state for participation in Medicaid and federal food assistance

9:01 PM on Tuesday, September 30

A vote to end the government shutdown has failed

5:33 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Indonesian rescue workers are racing against the clock in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java

9:04 PM on Monday, September 29

A lot of government continues during a federal shutdown

9:04 PM on Monday, September 29

At DePaul University, a Catholic school in Chicago, students have created a covert contraceptive delivery network called “the womb service.”