National News

2:58 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Authorities have arrested two Massachusetts men on charges accusing them of setting off fireworks inside a Harvard Medical School building last weekend

2:55 PM on Tuesday, November 4

The flags at the White House are lowered to half-staff in honor of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Tuesday

2:24 PM on Tuesday, November 4

The California Supreme Court has let stand a lower-court ruling that the University of California’s policy barring students without legal status in the US from campus jobs is discriminatory and must be reconsidered

1:45 PM on Tuesday, November 4

United States Steel on Tuesday detailed an $11 billion growth plan with new owner Nippon Steel that includes modernizing the century-old steelmaker

1:42 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Israel's military says the remains of a hostage in Gaza have been turned over and are now in Israel

1:32 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks

1:22 PM on Tuesday, November 4

The Federal Aviation Administration says it halted all flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for a time Tuesday because of a security threat

12:43 PM on Tuesday, November 4

11:46 AM on Tuesday, November 4

A man charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent calls it an act of protest

11:44 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he is prepared to call his American counterpart if negotiations on U.S. tariffs do not go forward in the near future

11:01 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Pizza Hut could soon be up for sale

10:13 AM on Tuesday, November 4

The New York City mayor’s race pitting Zohran Mamdani against Andrew Cuomo will determine whether the city elects its first Muslim mayor and its youngest leader in generations or offers a comeback for a longtime politician who resigned as governor four years ago in disgrace

8:47 AM on Tuesday, November 4

President Donald Trump caused some confusion earlier Tuesday when he appeared to threaten SNAP benefits unless Democrats voted to reopen the government — despite court orders mandating that the administration keep the nation’s largest food program running

7:22 AM on Tuesday, November 4

More than six years after a Boeing 737 Max crashed in Ethiopia, the first civil trial related to the disaster is set to proceed

6:35 AM on Tuesday, November 4

In Dick Cheney’s hands, the vice presidency became a nexus of influence and manipulation — no longer the timid office where its occupants had tended their boss’ ambitions

12:22 AM on Tuesday, November 4

California voters are deciding whether to change their state’s congressional district boundaries to favor Democrats

12:08 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Voters in Maine and Texas are deciding whether to enact new Republican-backed measures that supporters say would help safeguard elections, but which opponents believe are intended to make voting more difficult

12:07 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine's history, voters are considering whether to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns

12:04 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Stocks fell on Wall Street, pulled down by losses in the same big tech companies that have been the main drivers of the market's rally so far this year

11:57 PM on Monday, November 3

A judge is hearing testimony about overflowing toilets, crowded cells, no beds and water that “tasted like sewer” at a Chicago-area immigration building