National News

2:25 PM on Monday, August 17

The Justice Department has finalized a rule that will pave the way for people who’ve been barred from owning firearms because of criminal convictions to apply to have their gun rights reinstated

12:17 PM on Monday, August 17

The Associated Press has released its preseason Top 25 rankings for college football

11:59 AM on Monday, August 17

Ohio State and Oregon give the Big Ten Conference the top two teams in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason rankings for the first time in 65 years

11:23 AM on Monday, August 17

The defense has begun calling witnesses in the trial of Lindsay Clancy

11:08 AM on Monday, August 17

11:05 AM on Monday, August 17

Hayden Panettiere, who died Sunday at 36, spent her life in front of the camera

11:02 AM on Monday, August 17

Ohio State and Oregon are 1-2 in the AP Top 25, giving the Big Ten Conference the top two teams in the preseason rankings for just the second time ever

9:46 AM on Monday, August 17

The Supreme Court has again rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn a $5 million jury verdict in favor of writer E

9:00 AM on Monday, August 17

The number of people worth more than $100 million whom President Donald Trump has appointed to his administration is more than four times the combined total of the three previous presidents

8:55 AM on Monday, August 17

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has reportedly exchanged messages with an impostor posing as U.S. President Donald Trump's chief of staff

7:41 AM on Monday, August 17

Italian firefighters say an American tourist was killed by a lightning strike on Mount Etna while hiking

7:37 AM on Monday, August 17

Belgium is battling one of its largest wildfires, despite cooler weather and rain

7:12 AM on Monday, August 17

Ukraine’s state energy company says Russia has attacked its facilities 13 times over the past week, with nearly 300 attacks this year

6:44 AM on Monday, August 17

South Korea has expressed hopes for resumption of diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea to ease animosities on the Korean Peninsula

4:48 AM on Monday, August 17

A marathon meeting between U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left the fate of the Gaza ceasefire unclear

12:11 AM on Monday, August 17

Thousands of people on Indonesia’s Flores Island are still waiting for aid after a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed at least 68 people, injured more than 200 and damaged more than 4,500 homes

12:07 AM on Monday, August 17

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is running for reelection in a new Florida district after Republicans redrew the congressional map

12:05 AM on Monday, August 17

Day after day over recent weeks, Ukrainian drones have pummeled giant depots belonging to Wildberries, the country’s biggest online retailer, burning estimated billions of dollars’ worth of merchandise and bringing the war home to the broad public

11:43 PM on Sunday, August 16

Hayden Panettiere has died at age 36

12:06 AM on Friday, August 14

President Donald Trump has highlighted his record on crime and safety during a visit to New York, pivoting to one of his strongest issues as he looks to boost Republicans in battleground races ahead of the November midterms