National News

3:01 PM on Friday, October 10

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he understands the frustrations and worries of air traffic controllers who have to work without a paycheck during the government shutdown, but he and the union that represents controllers are also now emphasizing that calling out sick in protest could cost them their jobs

1:56 PM on Friday, October 10

Vice President JD Vance has met with Republican state lawmakers in Indiana as the White House continues to press the state on redistricting

1:09 PM on Friday, October 10

S&P 500 drops 2% and Wall Street's calm shatters after President Donald Trump threatens more tariffs on China

1:05 PM on Friday, October 10

Tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza have started moving north toward their homes, or what remains of them, after a ceasefire agreement came into effect

12:38 PM on Friday, October 10

Budget office says 'substantial' firings of federal workers have started as White House exerts shutdown leverage

12:33 PM on Friday, October 10

Authorities in southeast Georgia have arrested a woman in connection with the death of an 86-year-old woman who was mauled by two dogs

12:21 PM on Friday, October 10

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

12:04 PM on Friday, October 10

National Guard troops have started patrolling in Memphis, Tennessee

12:01 PM on Friday, October 10

Two young Republican groups have challenged the 2020 census results in a Florida federal court

11:53 AM on Friday, October 10

A retired Army officer has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign dating platform

11:47 AM on Friday, October 10

11:29 AM on Friday, October 10

UN will begin delivering scaled-up humanitarian aid into Gaza on Sunday as ceasefire takes effect, UN official says

11:24 AM on Friday, October 10

MIT's president said she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding

11:14 AM on Friday, October 10

First lady Melania Trump says eight children displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war have been reunited with their families after ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin

11:10 AM on Friday, October 10

First lady Melania Trump says 8 kids displaced by Russia-Ukraine war are reunited with families after ongoing talks with Putin (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported it was 8 Ukrainian children)

7:35 AM on Friday, October 10

House members' absence during the government shutdown is creating a political dilemma for Speaker Mike Johnson

7:17 AM on Friday, October 10

A ceasefire has taken effect in Gaza under a breakthrough deal

2:40 AM on Friday, October 10

Indiana officials have executed a man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl

1:17 AM on Friday, October 10

Ukrainian authorities say that Russian drone and missile strikes wounded at least 20 people in Kyiv and damaged residential buildings and caused blackouts across swathes of Ukraine

11:40 PM on Thursday, October 9

Prince Harry and Meghan are urging parents to stand against wealthy social media companies that they said prey upon children with algorithms designed to exploit personal data