National News

12:03 PM on Thursday, February 26

A woman on probation for stowing away on an international flight has been arrested again after sneaking onto a flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Milan, Italy, A law enforcement official familiar with the matter said Thursday that Svetlana Dali was taken into custody Thursday at Milan’s Malpensa Airport

11:59 AM on Thursday, February 26

U.S. hockey player Brady Tkachuk says a White House TikTok video falsely paints him as insulting Canadians

11:59 AM on Thursday, February 26

Burger King is testing AI-powered headsets that can recite recipes, alert managers when inventories are low and even track how friendly employees are to customers

11:45 AM on Thursday, February 26

Publisher Ann Godoff, who helped shape modern American book culture and launched many bestsellers, has died at age 76

11:36 AM on Thursday, February 26

Iran's foreign minister calls indirect US talks 'one of our most intense and longest rounds of negotiations'

11:34 AM on Thursday, February 26

Gov. Tim Walz has denounced the Trump administration’s latest threat to withhold federal funds from Minnesota as another step in a “retribution” campaign

11:32 AM on Thursday, February 26

The Pentagon’s top spokesman is reiterating that the military wants to use Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology in legal ways and won’t let the company dictate any limits ahead of a Friday deadline to agree to its demands

11:26 AM on Thursday, February 26

A Wyoming man accused of hitting a wolf with a snowmobile and showing off the wounded animal in a bar before killing it has agreed to a plea deal that would avoid trial and possible prison time

11:25 AM on Thursday, February 26

A New Orleans judge has ordered actor Shia LaBeouf to return to drug and alcohol rehabilitation and set a $100,000 bond after the film star was charged with two counts of battery

10:04 AM on Thursday, February 26

Authorities say a South Florida sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man suspected of killing two people at one location and wounding someone at a nearby store before striking the deputy with his SUV and dragging him some distance

9:47 AM on Thursday, February 26

A federal judge has rejected a preservationist group’s request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House

9:18 AM on Thursday, February 26

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum this week: Open its artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use by Friday, or risk losing its government contract

7:58 AM on Thursday, February 26

The family of independent U.N. investigator Francesca Albanese has sued the Trump administration over U.S. sanctions imposed on her last year for her criticism of Israel’s policies in Gaza

7:54 AM on Thursday, February 26

Cuban soldiers confronted a speedboat carrying 10 people as the vessel approached the island and opened fire on the troops, who fired back

5:21 AM on Thursday, February 26

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is testifying before U.S. House lawmakers in New York as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, kicking off two days of depositions that will also include former President Bill Clinton

4:10 AM on Thursday, February 26

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told members of Congress she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and didn't recall ever meeting him

9:45 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Iran and the United States held a third round of nuclear talks in Geneva as Washington sends airships and warships to the Middle East to underscore the U.S. demand that Iran stop enriching uranium

9:08 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. begin in Chicago and stretch across the country to honor his long civil rights legacy

9:06 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A representative of the U_S_ Attorney’s office has claimed in federal court in Tennessee that the decision to charge Kilmar Abrego-Garcia with human smuggling was his alone while a Homeland Security agent has testified that the case against Abrego Garcia “just kept getting stronger.”

9:01 PM on Wednesday, February 25

Iran and the United States held hours of indirect negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program but walked away without a deal