National News

4:52 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A Cape Air flight departing from the Massachusetts island of Nantucket returned safely to the airport after part of the main cabin door opened shortly after takeoff

4:20 PM on Tuesday, April 7

U.S. stocks swung sharply as uncertainty about what will happen in the war with Iran increased

4:15 PM on Tuesday, April 7

President Donald Trump’s recent statements of intent about his administration’s plans for Iran have raised questions about international law

4:05 PM on Tuesday, April 7

3:46 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A founder of one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug cartels has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge

3:46 PM on Tuesday, April 7

An Army sergeant accused of shooting and wounding five people at a Georgia base faces a June court-martial after he pleaded guilty to some charges

3:18 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Federal immigration officers have shot and wounded a suspected gang member in central California while trying to arrest him

3:10 PM on Tuesday, April 7

The Justice Department’s new leader says “nobody” except President Donald Trump knows why Pam Bondi was replaced as attorney general last week

2:41 PM on Tuesday, April 7

The Artemis II astronauts are chatting it up with their friends aboard the International Space Station

2:24 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Michigan is No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the 2025-26 season after winning the program’s first national championship in 37 years

1:44 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A former FedEx driver accused of killing a 7-year-old girl after authorities say he abducted her while making a delivery to her Texas home pleaded guilty to capital murder just as his trial began

1:04 PM on Tuesday, April 7

PETA’s lawsuit over the health of French bulldogs and some other popular dog breeds has been dismissed

11:41 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Environmental groups have asked a federal appellate court panel to lift its temporary halt on closing an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades

9:46 AM on Tuesday, April 7

Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz

9:22 AM on Tuesday, April 7

An Indiana politician says someone fired 13 shots at his front door and left behind a note reading “No Data Centers” on his doorstep

9:11 AM on Tuesday, April 7

New research reveals that financial gains for many Black-led nonprofits after George Floyd’s murder were short-lived

3:49 AM on Tuesday, April 7

The British government has blocked the rapper formerly known as Kanye West from entering the U.K. as the controversy over his antisemitic statements led to calls for planned headline performances at a major music festival to be canceled

2:24 AM on Tuesday, April 7

U.S. Vice President JD Vance says he is in Hungary to support Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's reelection bid

12:05 AM on Tuesday, April 7

The trial of a Hawaii anesthesiologist accused of trying to kill his wife during a cliff-side hike last year is coming to an end

12:01 AM on Tuesday, April 7

President Donald Trump has repeatedly pushed back deadlines for Iran to cut a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz