National News

5:56 PM on Monday, December 22

The Department of Homeland Security has dropped its plan to deport a Chinese national who entered the country illegally after his plight raised public concerns that the man, if deported, would be punished by Beijing for helping expose human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region

4:27 PM on Monday, December 22

At least 2 dead after Mexican naval plane on medical transport mission crashes off Galveston, Texas, officials say

4:17 PM on Monday, December 22

The Federal Communications Commission says it will ban new foreign-made drones, a move that will keep new Chinese-made drones out of the U.S. market

3:48 PM on Monday, December 22

Judge accepts guilty pleas from Colorado funeral home owners who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses

3:08 PM on Monday, December 22

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that financier Mark Wiseman will be Canada's next ambassador to the U.S. Wiseman will assume the role on February 15 and will be involved in negotiations regarding the review of their free trade agreement

3:01 PM on Monday, December 22

Florida's Catholic bishops have appealed to President Donald Trump to pause immigration enforcement during the Christmas holidays

2:14 PM on Monday, December 22

Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimler AG have agreed to pay $149.6 million to settle allegations the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of thousands of vehicles to pass emission tests

1:56 PM on Monday, December 22

A man in New Jersey who authorities say killed someone with a bow and arrow has been charged with murder

1:13 PM on Monday, December 22

Waymos stopped in the middle of intersections during a mass power outage in San Francisco over the weekend, causing the robotaxi company to suspend service for a day

12:14 PM on Monday, December 22

Four Illinois members of Congress have been allowed into a suburban Chicago immigration processing center that’s been at the forefront of an immigration crackdown

11:38 AM on Monday, December 22

A prominent Colorado immigration and labor activist has been released after spending nine months in immigration detention

11:24 AM on Monday, December 22

Three inmates have escaped from a county jail east of Atlanta, including one charged with murder

11:16 AM on Monday, December 22

Brown University has placed its campus police chief on leave as it reviews security policies following a tragic shooting

9:26 AM on Monday, December 22

Jim Beam is pausing production at a Kentucky distillery for at least a year starting in 2026

8:40 AM on Monday, December 22

A state judge has accepted plea agreements for the owners of a Colorado funeral home for the abuse of 191 corpses, over the objections of relatives of the victims

8:31 AM on Monday, December 22

A judge has scolded Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in court papers seeking to set aside her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence

4:39 AM on Monday, December 22

Heavy rain and flash flooding have soaked roads in northern California, leading to water rescues and at least one confirmed death

12:50 AM on Monday, December 22

The leaders of Denmark and Greenland are insisting that the U.S. won’t take over Greenland after President Donald Trump announced the appointment of a special envoy to the semi-autonomous territory

10:51 PM on Sunday, December 21

The Kansas City Chiefs have announced they will leave their longtime home at Arrowhead Stadium for a new, domed stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri state line and be ready for the start of the 2031 season

9:37 PM on Sunday, December 21

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street at the start of what’s expected to be a relatively calm holiday week