National News

1:54 PM on Saturday, April 4

The Milwaukee Brewers apparently have a quirky new mascot, a tortoise named Bobby Jr_ During a pregame interview Friday, manager Pat Murphy pulled out the tortoise as a joke instead of his usual “pocket pancakes.”

12:31 PM on Saturday, April 4

The Trump administration has revoked the green cards or U.S. visas of at least four Iranian nationals connected to the current or former Iranian government, including two who have been detained by immigration authorities and are to be deported

11:59 AM on Saturday, April 4

A federal judge has halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions

9:31 AM on Saturday, April 4

Authorities in Bangladesh say five people have died in a fire that broke out at a factory manufacturing gas lighters near Bangladesh’s capital

9:13 AM on Saturday, April 4

The Afghanistan Disaster Management Authority says widespread flooding, landslides and lightning strikes triggered by heavy rain and storms across the country have left 77 people dead and 137 injured over the past 10 days

9:05 AM on Saturday, April 4

President Donald Trump claims that the United States has, in his words, “completely decimated” Iran

7:40 AM on Saturday, April 4

Virginia could be next to redraw its congressional map

7:38 AM on Saturday, April 4

The economic fallout from the war with Iran is driving up the cost of buying a home, even as other housing market trends in many parts of the country favor home shoppers this spring

7:36 AM on Saturday, April 4

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern Afghanistan, killing at least eight members of a refugee family near Kabul

7:31 AM on Saturday, April 4

As a Kennedy scion, Jack Schlossberg had a lot of hype behind him when he launched his congressional campaign in New York City late last year

7:01 AM on Saturday, April 4

Finance ministers from five European Union member states are urging the bloc to introduce a windfall tax on energy companies as surging oil and gas prices raise inflation fears

6:56 AM on Saturday, April 4

Russian drone strikes on Ukraine have killed six people and wounded over 30 more, according to Ukrainian officials, while Russia reported four deaths

5:20 AM on Saturday, April 4

Dutch police are investigating a small explosion outside a Christian center that promotes Israel

4:02 AM on Saturday, April 4

Gladys Khoza has regained her sight after a cataract surgery marathon in South Africa

3:57 AM on Saturday, April 4

The artist formerly and possibly again known as Kanye West reveled in support from one of his musical idols, Lauryn Hill, as he staged a sold-out Southern California concert meant to mark a comeback from years of controversy

12:12 AM on Saturday, April 4

UFOs have intrigued people for decades, with sightings and investigations dating back to the first widely reported one in 1947

12:06 AM on Saturday, April 4

Hollywood has driven how Americans envision little green men with big eyes and bigger heads

12:02 AM on Saturday, April 4

For generations, human beings have wondered: What would alien life from another planet be like

Saturday, April 4

Iran shooting down two American military jets marks an exceedingly rare assault for the U.S. that hasn't happened in more than 20 years

9:29 AM on Friday, April 3