National News

1:49 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Recovering from the devastating earthquake that hit Colombia earlier this month will be particularly challenging for Choco, a remote region that has long struggled with high poverty rates, poor infrastructure and underfunded health and education services

1:47 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Eclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern lights from space

1:24 PM on Wednesday, August 19

College sports are undergoing a transformation with the rise of NIL deals, allowing athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness

11:04 AM on Wednesday, August 19

An Ebola outbreak in Congo has surpassed 5,000 confirmed cases

11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 19

A telescope has spotted the fastest known star in the Milky Way

10:07 AM on Wednesday, August 19

9:55 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The United Nations human rights chief has expressed concern over the arrest of opposition officials in Zambia following last week's election

9:28 AM on Wednesday, August 19

9:24 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Florida Republicans have settled on Byron Donalds, a congressman, as their candidate for governor, and that now makes eight Black major party nominees for governors this year

9:01 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The first New World screwworm outbreak in Texas in 60 years is hindering efforts to move rescued dogs and cats out of crowded animal shelters to states where they would be adopted

6:56 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade with Iran after it said it had come under renewed fire from the country

5:42 AM on Wednesday, August 19

A Ukrainian man wanted in connection with the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions has been arrested in Croatia

4:02 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one of the country’s remotest regions

1:57 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Jason Arday, who was once celebrated as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, was found dead last week after weeks of news stories presenting evidence that he was a plagiarist and fabulist

12:06 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks

11:33 PM on Tuesday, August 18

China has successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket on land for the first time, state media reports, as the country seeks to advance its space program

6:07 PM on Tuesday, August 18

A mysterious political firm admitted to fabricating multiple election polls this month

4:00 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Frank Beard, the drummer for ZZ Top, has died at 77

12:08 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” as her mental health deteriorated in the months before she killed her three children, her former mother-in-law testified at her Massachusetts murder trial

6:02 PM on Monday, August 3