National News

2:19 PM on Friday, August 15

The Trump administration has proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that could exclude teachers, social workers and nurses if their employers engage in activities deemed illegal

1:52 PM on Friday, August 15

Duke Energy Corp. has requested approval to merge its electric utility subsidiaries in North and South Carolina

1:24 PM on Friday, August 15

U.S. stocks edged back from their records, led by drops for technology companies, but Wall Street still closed out another winning week

1:15 PM on Friday, August 15

Nearly a year since a Kentucky judge was gunned down in his chambers, the issue of whether bond is justified for the ex-sheriff charged in the killing remains unsettled as he awaits trial

12:51 PM on Friday, August 15

Playboy has announced plans to move its global headquarters from Los Angeles to Miami Beach

12:45 PM on Friday, August 15

New Orleans mayor indicted on conspiracy, fraud, obstruction charges in probe into romantic relationship with bodyguard

12:29 PM on Friday, August 15

Trump and Putin begin talks on a possible deal to end the yearslong Russia-Ukraine war

12:12 PM on Friday, August 15

Trump and Putin shake hands warmly on the tarmac before their summit on the Russia-Ukraine war

11:56 AM on Friday, August 15

Putin arrives in Alaska for a summit with Trump on the Russia-Ukraine war

11:53 AM on Friday, August 15

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies to ramp up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots now in Mexico from damaging the American cattle industry

11:49 AM on Friday, August 15

Rapper Sean Kingston has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme

11:19 AM on Friday, August 15

Target and Ulta Beauty are parting ways, ending a partnership launched in 2021 that created in-store shops filled with beauty products at hundreds of the discounter’s stores

11:11 AM on Friday, August 15

The scheduled execution of an Alabama Death Row inmate will not proceed next week

11:03 AM on Friday, August 15

Federal officials say Arizona, Nevada and Mexico must again live with less Colorado River water as drought lingers in the West

10:18 AM on Friday, August 15

A passenger train has collided with a vehicle at a crossing in southern Denmark

9:02 PM on Thursday, August 14

For a 3 1/2-year-old, Elmo sure has sung a lot on “Sesame Street” with some of the best musicians in the world

6:06 PM on Thursday, August 14

Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday

4:13 PM on Thursday, August 14

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is suing Roblox, alleging that the online gaming platform is allowing sexual predators to victimize kids

9:39 AM on Thursday, August 14

COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country

3:24 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Some cottontail rabbits in Fort Collins, Colorado, have been drawing attention because they have wart-like growths on their faces that look like horns