National News

9:57 AM on Saturday, April 25

Okello Chatrie’s cellphone gave him away

9:00 AM on Saturday, April 25

On Newport’s south side, historic and opulent mansions sit on an avenue with mature trees that help cool the neighborhoods, clean the air and foster wildlife

8:38 AM on Saturday, April 25

Tick season seems to be off to a fast start, with an unusually high number of bites already reported across the country

8:13 AM on Saturday, April 25

President Donald Trump says the U.S. Navy is clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz

4:38 AM on Saturday, April 25

Afghanistan’s foreign ministry says Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort and are stuck in Qatar can safely return home

4:26 AM on Saturday, April 25

Russian drone and missile strikes have killed at least five people and wounded 46 in Dnipro and other areas of Ukraine

12:03 AM on Saturday, April 25

Top European Union officials say the bloc is looking into funding alternative energy infrastructure in the Middle East that would circumvent conflict hot spots like the Strait of Hormuz

12:03 AM on Saturday, April 25

New York City’s new correction commissioner is the first formerly incarcerated person to oversee the city’s jails

12:01 AM on Saturday, April 25

King Charles III embarks on a state visit to the U.S. on Monday, aiming to strengthen ties between the two nations

10:36 PM on Friday, April 24

The U.S. military says it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people Friday

9:03 PM on Friday, April 24

The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart

8:20 PM on Friday, April 24

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is announcing a special session for judicial redistricting following an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a major Voting Rights Act case

7:07 PM on Friday, April 24

It’s the final year of an event that bills itself as the largest powwow in North America, and the winners of the pageant that headlined it for decades are mourning the end of the tradition

5:48 PM on Friday, April 24

President Donald Trump has made it clear he expects his choice for Federal Reserve chair to quickly cut interest rates once he takes office

12:01 PM on Friday, April 24

Officials say a volunteer firefighter has died battling a wildfire in Florida, while two large fires in Georgia have destroyed more than 120 homes

3:33 AM on Friday, April 24

U.S. President Donald Trump is sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan on Saturday to continue talks with Iran

3:26 AM on Friday, April 24

The United States once protected ships from Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hormuz in the 1980s

12:29 AM on Friday, April 24

Officials say a powerful storm churned up multiple tornadoes that barreled through Oklahoma, damaging at least 40 homes and sending emergency crews door-to-door in a hard hit neighborhood

12:03 AM on Friday, April 24

A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies has been sentenced to 30 years in prison

6:14 PM on Monday, April 6