National News

3:24 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Researchers have found avian flu in elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, and officials have stopped seal-watching tours to help limit the spread of the virus

3:21 PM on Wednesday, February 25

North Korea warns it could destroy South if security threatened, but leaves door open for dialogue with US

3:18 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin legislator with disorderly conduct in connection with a feud over a resolutions honoring Hispanics

2:59 PM on Wednesday, February 25

As a moment of political theater, President Donald Trump set a trap for Democrats while challenging them in his State of the Union address to sit or stand in signifying their belief in the primary role of government

2:57 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Rubio says US Coast Guard responds to deadly boat shooting off Cuba, says US to investigate and 'respond accordingly'

2:54 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A Massachusetts couple who were targeted in a harassment campaign by former eBay employees have reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the company

2:53 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Prosecutors say a grand jury has rejected indictments over the fatal shooting last year of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent during a traffic encounter in Texas

2:40 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A former Pennsylvania police officer accused of child rape is dead after a shootout with police after officers recognized his car

1:58 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Vice President JD Vance has announced that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds

1:45 PM on Wednesday, February 25

The U_N_ Security Council has imposed sanctions on four commanders of Sudan’s warring paramilitary force suspected of atrocities against civilians that U_N_ experts said showed “hallmarks of genocide.”

1:39 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Federal energy officials say they will loan a record $26.5 billion federal loan to Georgia Power and Alabama Power to expand electricity supply

1:14 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told reporters he was made aware of the incident with Cuban soldiers and that the U.S. is now gathering its own information to determine if the victims were American citizens or permanent residents

11:35 AM on Wednesday, February 25

New York's governor says the World Trade Center's final office tower will start construction as soon as this spring and become American Express’ new headquarters

9:28 AM on Wednesday, February 25

The FBI has served at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the home of its superintendent

9:26 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University as the campus reviews his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

8:02 AM on Wednesday, February 25

A new study uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court

5:09 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Iran is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks lies to saying negotiations may yield an agreement through diplomacy

10:31 PM on Tuesday, February 24

A United States military plane carrying five U.S. personnel has hit a concrete fence while attempting to take off from a road during contingency training drill in the northern Philippines

7:28 PM on Tuesday, February 24

U.S. stocks rose and erased their losses for the week so far, as Nvidia and other technology companies led the way

9:55 PM on Monday, February 23