National News

2:29 PM on Wednesday, August 26

The cousin of a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl killed in 2022 has pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide and received a life prison sentence

2:03 PM on Wednesday, August 26

A massive study shows what illnesses and injuries spike in emergency room visits during heat waves in Chicago

12:39 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Tech giant Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion as part of a settlement to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction, state attorneys general announced Wednesday

12:08 PM on Wednesday, August 26

The Gideon Bible has become a symbol of America's roadside culture and Protestant tradition

10:48 AM on Wednesday, August 26

A Thai woman accused of killing her ex-husband who was a U.S. diplomat has been sentenced to one year in prison for violating Myanmar's immigration law

9:05 AM on Wednesday, August 26

The first large site for testing wave energy technologies in the continental U.S. is open, after securing a key green-energy approval from the Trump administration

8:44 AM on Wednesday, August 26

The Kremlin says CIA Director John Ratcliffe held talks in Moscow with his intelligence counterparts, a rare and secretive visit at a time when relations with Washington remain strained over Russia’s war in Ukraine

8:40 AM on Wednesday, August 26

An inflation measure closely watched by the Federal Reserve was unchanged last month in the latest sign that many Americans are still struggling with higher costs

8:40 AM on Wednesday, August 26

The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June

7:32 AM on Wednesday, August 26

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded Elon Musk Ukraine's Order of Freedom for his role in supporting the country

6:32 AM on Wednesday, August 26

Dolly Parton's death is shining a new light on the country music icon's philanthropy

5:22 AM on Wednesday, August 26

Ukrainian long-range drones have struck a major warehouse belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, for the second time in six weeks

1:04 AM on Wednesday, August 26

Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher was built over the very spots where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead

12:09 AM on Wednesday, August 26

Dolly Parton was a beloved icon whose influence spans music, film and philanthropy

12:08 AM on Wednesday, August 26

Robert Gilman is the latest in a succession of high-profile prisoners freed by Russia going back years, but his release hardly cleared the decks of Americans behind bars there

12:06 AM on Wednesday, August 26

The U.S. and Canada have ramped up their trade war, hitting each other with steep new tit-for-tat tariffs

6:55 PM on Tuesday, August 25

As if there was any doubt, Republicans’ midterm convention will be the Donald Trump show, with the president appearing at both nights of the event in Dallas on Sept. 9-10

6:43 PM on Tuesday, August 25

A California couple in an escalating fight with their surrogate over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect have testified in a Texas court

2:50 PM on Tuesday, August 25

President Donald Trump is floating the idea of renaming Lake Ontario to become “Lake America” as his trade war with Canada intensifies

2:11 PM on Tuesday, August 25

Dolly Parton, the beloved music and film star known for her vibrant personality and poignant songwriting, has died of cancer