National News

5:04 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Investigators with a Native American community in New Mexico are trying to crack a cold case, one irreplaceable item at a time

2:40 AM on Tuesday, August 12

A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar’s detention centers, including electric shocks, strangulations, gang rape and burning of sexual body parts

10:07 PM on Monday, August 11

9:56 PM on Monday, August 11

President Donald Trump has endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones for governor in Georgia

9:43 PM on Monday, August 11

Australia’s central bank cuts interest rate for third time this year to 3.6%

9:07 PM on Monday, August 11

FIFA is testing a new protocol for the 2026 World Cup in North America, requiring host committees to develop human rights action plans

7:46 PM on Monday, August 11

South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Washington later this month to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Lee’s office said Tuesday, for talks on trade and defense cooperation in the face of nuclear-armed North Korea and other threats

6:58 PM on Monday, August 11

A second person has died in an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant in Pennsylvania, authorities say

6:00 PM on Monday, August 11

U.S. lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to maintain a security partnership with Australia and the United Kingdom to supply nuclear-powered submarines

5:17 PM on Monday, August 11

President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world’s two biggest economies

3:59 PM on Monday, August 11

School district officials have released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 attack at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers

3:07 PM on Monday, August 11

A small plane landing at a Montana airport has crashed into aircraft on the ground, causing a large fire but no serious injuries

2:35 PM on Monday, August 11

Local rights groups say Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have attacked a displacement camp outside el-Fasher, killing 40 people

1:44 PM on Monday, August 11

Police say a gunman opened fire in a Target parking lot Monday in Austin, Texas, killing two adults and a child

12:55 PM on Monday, August 11

President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will result in less income for the poorest Americans while sending money to the riches, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office

10:30 AM on Monday, August 11

Saving for the future can be difficult because of a cognitive bias known as hyperbolic discounting: our tendency to place greater weight on immediate satisfaction, even if focusing on the long term will have a greater payoff

9:03 AM on Monday, August 11

An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant that shook the ground near Pittsburgh left two dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals

8:57 AM on Monday, August 11

The Milwaukee area is drying out after weekend rain hits unofficial state records

7:54 AM on Monday, August 11

Residents in a northern New Jersey city are growing more frustrated as they endure a fourth day with little or no water service following a water main break

6:42 AM on Monday, August 11

The Moomins, Finland’s most famous literary cartoon family, are celebrating their 80th birthday this year