National News

8:27 PM on Monday, October 13

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law authorizing $6 million for California State University to study how to confirm an individual’s status as a descendant of an enslaved person

8:14 PM on Monday, October 13

4 arrests made in connection with mass shooting that left 6 dead in the Mississippi Delta, FBI says

7:40 PM on Monday, October 13

President Donald Trump is hailing the ceasefire deal he brokered between Israel and Hamas as the end of the war in Gaza and start of rebuilding the devastated territory

7:38 PM on Monday, October 13

A mass shooting killed four and injured several others on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, home to the largest Gullah community

7:35 PM on Monday, October 13

Newly released records reveal details about the gunman who attacked a Dallas immigration facility in September

7:02 PM on Monday, October 13

Federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness were among those hit by the Trump administration’s mass firings over the weekend

6:09 PM on Monday, October 13

The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family who was convicted in the hired killing of her former son-in-law has been sentenced to life in prison

5:42 PM on Monday, October 13

President Donald Trump repeatedly touted the “Abraham Accords” in his high-profile Middle East trip

5:16 PM on Monday, October 13

A California engineer and gardening enthusiast has won the top prize at a pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California

4:54 PM on Monday, October 13

Authorities have identified the 16 people killed in a devastating blast at a rural Tennessee explosives plant last week

3:40 PM on Monday, October 13

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say they will vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map, with the aim of securing another GOP seat within already right-leaning boundaries

3:20 PM on Monday, October 13

Officials say a North Carolina government initiative is eliminating over $6.5 billion in medical debt for more than 2.5 million residents

12:47 PM on Monday, October 13

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history

12:26 PM on Monday, October 13

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed landmark legislation that would have restricted children’s access to AI chatbots

12:07 PM on Monday, October 13

A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was already hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools

7:04 AM on Monday, October 13

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina says he has fled the country in fear for his life following a military rebellion

2:29 AM on Monday, October 13

President Donald Trump is calling for a new era of harmony in the Middle East

1:03 AM on Monday, October 13

Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation have won the Nobel memorial prize in economics for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth and human welfare, even as they leave older companies in the dust

12:37 AM on Monday, October 13

U.S. stocks rallied and recovered more than half of their sell-off from Friday

9:36 PM on Sunday, October 12