National News

3:32 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents of US history, dies at 84

1:12 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Iranians have celebrated the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran

11:31 PM on Monday, November 3

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has praised South Korea’s plans to raise its military spending, saying the Asian ally will take a larger role in defending itself from North Korean threats

10:49 PM on Monday, November 3

10:19 PM on Monday, November 3

Rescuers in Nepal are digging through ice and snow on Mount Yalung Ri to recover the bodies of seven climbers killed by an avalanche

9:22 PM on Monday, November 3

California voters are deciding whether to change their state’s congressional district boundaries to favor Democrats

9:17 PM on Monday, November 3

New York City voters are choosing their next mayor, as Zohran Mamdani faces former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a generational battle between Democrats while Republican Curtis Sliwa tries to land a massive upset

9:14 PM on Monday, November 3

New Jersey voters are electing their next governor in a race that will reveal whether Democrats still have a grip on a state that has been reliably blue in recent years but has shown signs of shifting toward Republicans

9:08 PM on Monday, November 3

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey faces a challenge in Tuesday’s election from a democratic socialist

9:08 PM on Monday, November 3

Voters in Maine and Texas are deciding whether to enact new Republican-backed measures that supporters say would help safeguard elections, but which opponents believe are intended to make voting more difficult

9:07 PM on Monday, November 3

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is facing Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in the Virginia race for governor

9:07 PM on Monday, November 3

Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine's history, voters are considering whether to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns

9:04 PM on Monday, November 3

Global shares have retreated despite the big lift in overseas markets from optimism over artificial intelligence technology

9:01 PM on Monday, November 3

Voters head to polls Tuesday in America’s first major election day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House

8:36 PM on Monday, November 3

A Philippine air force helicopter with five personnel on board has crashed in the country’s south while flying to help respond to the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi

7:46 PM on Monday, November 3

Victor Conte has died at 75 years old

3:22 PM on Monday, November 3

Low costs and tax efficiency are obvious pluses, but so are ease of oversight and cash flow extraction

3:58 AM on Monday, November 3

Firefighters have rescued a worker from beneath rubble inside a medieval tower in Italy's capital

12:05 AM on Monday, November 3

Israel has returned the bodies of 45 Palestinians, according to the Red Cross

7:04 PM on Wednesday, October 15