National News

8:44 AM on Wednesday, December 24

A 16-year-old boy being investigated in the death of his stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship last month has no recollection of the incident

8:35 AM on Wednesday, December 24

A federal judge is halting the enforcement of a March presidential memorandum that revoked the security clearance of a prominent Washington attorney

8:16 AM on Wednesday, December 24

7:50 AM on Wednesday, December 24

A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House is charged in a complaint with federal firearms charges over the ambush on November 26 that fatally wounded one of the West Virginia National Guard members and seriously injured the second

7:14 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Christian music is growing in popularity while other genres struggle to grow new listenership

7:13 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Crews are using construction equipment to clear the rubble of a Pennsylvania nursing home after a powerful explosion killed two people and hospitalized 20 others

6:17 AM on Wednesday, December 24

6:00 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Doctors say just 1 in 30,000 pregnancies occur in the abdomen instead of the uterus

5:11 AM on Wednesday, December 24

GiveDirectly got $50 gift cards out to SNAP recipients during last month’s shutdown through a new approach to cash assistance

4:44 AM on Wednesday, December 24

After two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to war in Gaza, thousands of people have flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve

1:13 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told reporters that he would be willing to withdraw troops from the country’s eastern industrial heartland as part of a plan to end Russia’s war, if Moscow also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarized, free economic zone monitored by international forces

12:05 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Russian investigators say that an explosion in Moscow has killed three people, including two police officers

11:01 PM on Tuesday, December 23

Search teams in Turkey have recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from a jet crash that killed eight people, including Libya’s military chief

9:20 PM on Tuesday, December 23

Forecasters have issued a flash flood warning for parts of Southern California that are being lashed by heavy rain from a storm system that could cause mudslides and debris flows in areas scorched by January’s wildfires

9:13 PM on Tuesday, December 23

The Powerball jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.7 billion and is one of the largest lottery prizes in U.S. history

9:06 PM on Tuesday, December 23

Wall Street remains largely unchanged midday Wednesday as markets hover near their record levels

1:45 PM on Tuesday, December 23

The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints

12:52 PM on Tuesday, December 23

A stop-work order by the Trump administration directs offshore wind developers to “suspend all ongoing activities” related to five large-scale projects under construction along the East Coast “for the next 90 days for reasons of national security.”

8:05 AM on Tuesday, December 23

Mexico's president says air traffic controllers lost communication for 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane on a medical mission before it crashed off the Texas coast

6:18 AM on Thursday, December 11

The Powerball jackpot is growing to an estimated $1.7 billion for Wednesday night’s drawing after lottery officials said no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Monday night