National News

9:30 AM on Friday, February 20

The new head of the U.N. refugee agency says diplomacy is the only realistic path to peace in Ukraine, as humanitarian aid runs short

9:08 AM on Friday, February 20

Virginia Democrats pass map aimed at flipping 4 US House seats, but still need approval from high court and voters

8:42 AM on Friday, February 20

The fatal nervous system disease known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, killed actor Eric Dane less than a year after he announced his diagnosis

7:33 AM on Friday, February 20

With the Winter Olympics drawing visitors to Milan, volunteers organized by the archdiocese’s youth ministry office are offering free visits to some of the city’s lesser-known churches

7:09 AM on Friday, February 20

A Portland, Oregon, company is recalling nearly 3.4 million pounds of frozen chicken fried rice products sold at Trader Joe's stores and in Canada

7:03 AM on Friday, February 20

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda

5:59 AM on Friday, February 20

Johannes Dale-Skjevdal of Norway was the only biathlete to hit all 20 of his targets in the 15-kilometer mass start race Friday and skied his way to gold Norway’s 17th gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics — breaking the record for the most gold medals won by a nation at a single Winter Olympics

5:43 AM on Friday, February 20

New York City’s largest nursing strike in decades may be on the verge of ending

5:40 AM on Friday, February 20

A key inflation gauge accelerated in December, a sign that many prices are still rising more quickly than most Americans would prefer — and faster than the Federal Reserve’s target of 2% a year

5:36 AM on Friday, February 20

Last hospital system in New York nurses' strike reaches tentative deal to end city’s biggest nursing walkout in decades

5:34 AM on Friday, February 20

The US economy's growth slowed in the final three months of 2025 after a robust expansion last summer and fall

5:33 AM on Friday, February 20

Fed's preferred inflation gauge accelerated last month, showing that price growth remains elevated

5:18 AM on Friday, February 20

State Republicans redrew their congressional map over the summer to make five Democratic-held seats winnable, in line with the explicit expectation set by President Donald Trump

4:44 AM on Friday, February 20

President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting that are designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden

4:09 AM on Friday, February 20

A new AP-NORC poll shows more Americans say extreme cold has affected their lives after frigid weather engulfed much of North America at the beginning of 2026

4:05 AM on Friday, February 20

About 7 in 10 Americans have had higher utility bills in the past year because of cold weather, AP-NORC poll finds

2:41 AM on Friday, February 20

An Austrian court has convicted a man of manslaughter caused by gross negligence after his girlfriend froze to death as the couple attempted to climb the country’s highest peak last year

12:06 AM on Friday, February 20

Saudi Arabia could have some form of uranium enrichment within the kingdom under a proposed nuclear deal with the United States

7:03 AM on Thursday, February 19

Police are searching the former property of the brother of King Charles III, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with his close relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

5:00 AM on Tuesday, February 17

The Elevate Prize Foundation named its 10 winners for 2026 on Tuesday, including Monica Ramirez of Justice for Migrant Women and Mara Fleishman of the Chef Ann Foundation