National News

9:50 PM on Monday, October 20

Japanese parliament elects ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister

9:20 PM on Monday, October 20

Prosecutors are backing off a bit after getting a misdemeanor conviction against a record-setting mountain runner in a national park

9:18 PM on Monday, October 20

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout is expected to testify Tuesday in a trial over whether the MLB team should be held responsible for the drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs

9:05 PM on Monday, October 20

House Republicans are preparing to release a report about President Joe Biden's mental state and the alleged misuse of the presidential autopen during his term

9:02 PM on Monday, October 20

A chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport has died at age 29

8:21 PM on Monday, October 20

The Toronto Blue Jays are back in the World Series for the first time since 1993

8:16 PM on Monday, October 20

Typhoon Halong's remnants hit western Alaska with intense force and even pulled homes from their foundations

7:38 PM on Monday, October 20

The small Central American nation of Belize has signed a “safe third country” agreement with the United States

6:52 PM on Monday, October 20

American Airlines says pilots aboard one of its flights mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit Monday

6:44 PM on Monday, October 20

A lawsuit in Honolulu challenges the admissions policy of Kamehameha Schools, which gives preference to Native Hawaiian applicants

4:24 PM on Monday, October 20

The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong is complete

2:06 PM on Monday, October 20

Police in California say former NFL running back Doug Martin died after struggling with officers who were taking him into custody

12:43 PM on Monday, October 20

Police have arrested a man accused of threatening to open fire at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta

8:56 AM on Monday, October 20

A man who sent a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” to a woman he admits sexually assaulting in college has been sentenced to two to four years in prison

8:53 AM on Monday, October 20

Nicolas Sarkozy is set to become the first former French president in living memory to be imprisoned

5:50 AM on Monday, October 20

Millions of Indians are celebrating the Hindu festival of Diwali, marking the victory of light over darkness

5:19 AM on Monday, October 20

The Louvre remained closed Monday after historic jewels were stolen in a daring daylight heist

12:17 AM on Monday, October 20

Bolivia’s first conservative president-elect in 20 years, Rodrigo Paz, has injected a sharp note of realism into his plan for solving Bolivia’s worst economic crisis in four decades

12:33 PM on Sunday, October 19

3:35 PM on Wednesday, October 15