National News

7:43 PM on Thursday, August 14

A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City

7:38 PM on Thursday, August 14

Federal agents who typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals have fanned out across the nation’s capital

6:27 PM on Thursday, August 14

A woman who spit on the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital during a videotaped interview has pleaded guilty to assault charges

6:27 PM on Thursday, August 14

Allegheny County is increasing air quality monitoring after an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured more than 10 others

6:20 PM on Thursday, August 14

The U.N. says sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, with the highest number of cases in the Central African Republic, Congo, Haiti, Somalia and South Sudan

6:06 PM on Thursday, August 14

A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and wounding another is now facing new and upgraded state charges

6:03 PM on Thursday, August 14

Taylor Swift's talk with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother Jason Kelce on the “New Heights” podcast is a milestone moment for the two decade-old media format

5:40 PM on Thursday, August 14

The security firm of former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti, where gang violence is escalating

5:36 PM on Thursday, August 14

Federal Reserve policymakers will be debating whether stubborn inflation or slower hiring is the bigger problem for the economy as they prepare for an annual conference in Jackson, Wyoming, next week and a crucial policy meeting in September

5:31 PM on Thursday, August 14

A state judge in Texas has appointed a receiver to take over and sell conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars assets

5:09 PM on Thursday, August 14

A federal judge has struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities

5:01 PM on Thursday, August 14

Federal judge strikes down Education Department guidance aimed at ending diversity programs at schools and colleges

4:13 PM on Thursday, August 14

An Oregon university says Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny Knight have pledged a record $2 billion to its cancer center

3:57 PM on Thursday, August 14

Texas Democrats have moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP's redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election

2:47 PM on Thursday, August 14

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a special election for Nov. 4 to approve redrawn districts

12:33 PM on Thursday, August 14

A 30-year-old South Carolina trooper has died three days after being struck on the side of an interstate by a box truck

10:52 AM on Thursday, August 14

Attorneys for the white supremacist gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket argue that federal charges should be dropped due to a lack of minority representation on the grand jury

5:34 AM on Thursday, August 14

Israel’s far-right finance minister says a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is going ahead, a project that Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state by effectively cutting the West Bank into two separate parts

12:24 AM on Thursday, August 14

Most stocks fell on Wall Street following a disappointing update on inflation

1:25 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Some of the District of Columbia’s homeless residents are packing their belongings before an expected sweep to clear out remaining encampments around the nation’s capital