National News

7:51 AM on Saturday, December 6

Michael Annett, a former racecar driver who made 436 combined starts in NASCAR’s three national touring series, has died

7:47 AM on Saturday, December 6

Mike Duggan is stepping down as Detroit mayor at the end of the year after three terms in office

6:01 AM on Saturday, December 6

Louisiana is shrinking

5:11 AM on Saturday, December 6

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency

4:41 AM on Saturday, December 6

An Atlanta church with a viral pastor has grown from less than 200 weekly churchgoers in 2023 to about 6,000 today

4:16 AM on Saturday, December 6

South African police say at least 11 people, including 3 children, have been killed in a mass shooting at a bar

2:13 AM on Saturday, December 6

An overnight exchange of fire between Afghan and Pakistani forces along their tense border has killed five Afghan civilians and wounded five others

1:38 AM on Saturday, December 6

Qatar’s prime minister says the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as its first phase winds down

10:04 PM on Friday, December 5

Mexican composer María Leonora relies on fire, ritual and Mesoamerican tradition to shape her immersive concerts

9:13 PM on Friday, December 5

Newly released recordings of 911 calls show Texas residents and staffers at Camp Mystic caught up in the catastrophic flooding in July pleaded for help as rushing waters rise around them, stranding them in attics and on roofs

9:12 PM on Friday, December 5

For the first time in a decade, hunters are fanning out across Florida to legally hunt the Florida black bear

9:04 PM on Friday, December 5

More women in Ukraine are joining the military in combat roles thanks to advances in technology

4:11 PM on Friday, December 5

New Orleans’ mayor-elect says a federal immigration crackdown launched this week is already causing harm

2:22 PM on Friday, December 5

A man clinging to a tree on the Guadalupe River and screaming for a helicopter rescue

12:36 PM on Friday, December 5

Officials in Louisiana say two inmates accused of violent crimes are on the run after escaping from jail by removing pieces of a wall and using sheets to scale a wall

9:32 AM on Friday, December 5

A U.S. government attorney says a college student in Massachusetts who was deported while visiting family for Thanksgiving missed chances to fight a removal order from her childhood

7:42 AM on Friday, December 5

Argentina and Lionel Messi will play Algeria to open their World Cup title defense as part of a group that also includes Austria

7:34 AM on Friday, December 5

A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born

4:49 AM on Friday, December 5

The Montgomery Bus Boycott is marking its 70th anniversary

9:11 PM on Thursday, December 4

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an annual summit, focusing on diversifying economic ties