National News

1:52 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Officials say more than two dozen cars of a Union Pacific train derailed Wednesday morning in a Texas town near Houston, causing an ethanol leak from two of the cars that didn’t pose a threat to the public

12:49 PM on Wednesday, March 18

A year after the actor’s death, a generative AI version of Val Kilmer will co-star in an independent film

12:45 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Rocks from outer space are constantly hurtling toward Earth, slamming into the atmosphere and often exploding into fireballs that both delight and alarm people

12:28 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Air traffic controllers will now use radar to ensure that helicopters maintain a safe distance from arriving and departing airplanes in the wake of last year’s fatal midair collision near Washington, D.C. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that recent near-misses show that previous guidelines for pilots to maintain visual separation between helicopters and airplanes have failed to provide adequate protection around busy airports

11:54 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd helped UConn to an undefeated season heading into March Madness

11:24 AM on Wednesday, March 18

The State Department says it is adding 12 countries to an expanding list of nations whose citizens must post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for U.S. visas

10:06 AM on Wednesday, March 18

We’ve long had your back, now it’s our turn

9:41 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Americans still dig French bulldogs, retrievers and German shepherds

9:26 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Rising energy costs caused by the Iran war have forced Egypt to hike fuel and cooking gas prices, hitting the country's already struggling poor and middle classes hard

9:18 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has left for the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump

9:04 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Environmentalists want to permanently open a dam built for a canal that was supposed to cut through the middle of Florida from the Atlantic to the Gulf

8:41 AM on Wednesday, March 18

U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected in February

5:58 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes cruised to a repeat victory in the Iditarod, the roughly 1,000-mile sled dog race in Alaska

3:58 AM on Wednesday, March 18

2:30 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Nairobi County has introduced Kenya’s first menstrual leave policy for female government staff, aiming to boost health and productivity

1:15 AM on Wednesday, March 18

A new trade pact between the United States and Indonesia binds the Southeast Asian nation’s resource wealth and energy future more closely to Washington’s strategic needs

12:05 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Farmers are bracing for effects of the Iran war on fertilizer prices and availability as the spring planting season nears

2:46 PM on Tuesday, March 17

Venezuela has won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 on Eugenio Suárez’s tiebreaking double in the ninth

12:05 AM on Monday, March 16

Extreme weather conditions from coast to coast put more than half the U.S. in the path of rough conditions

5:04 PM on Friday, March 13

As the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran continues to upend energy markets and supply chains worldwide, the Trump administration says it will temporarily waive maritime shipping requirements under a more than century-old law known as the Jones Act