National News

3:00 PM on Friday, October 24

Decades after a crackdown by prosecutors decimated the ranks of the New York Mafia, the indictment of an NBA coach, a player and nearly three dozen others in a betting scandal highlights the mob’s persistence and adaptability

2:43 PM on Friday, October 24

Ontario Premier Ford will pull ad that prompted US President Donald Trump to end trade talks with Canada

1:58 PM on Friday, October 24

South Carolina's state-owned utility is negotiating with Brookfield Asset Management to revive a nuclear power project abandoned eight years ago

1:43 PM on Friday, October 24

An attorney for a recently executed Tennessee inmate says an electrocardiogram showed “sustained cardiac activity” nearly two minutes after Byron Black was pronounced dead

12:57 PM on Friday, October 24

12:47 PM on Friday, October 24

Hegseth says US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup in the region

12:27 PM on Friday, October 24

Palestinian families are facing a grisly search through corpses for lost loved ones, with Israel returning bodies to Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal

11:42 AM on Friday, October 24

New York Attorney General Letitia James pleads not guilty in federal mortgage fraud case pushed by President Trump

10:48 AM on Friday, October 24

British judge sentences 5 men for their roles in an arson attack that authorities say was masterminded by Russia

9:29 AM on Friday, October 24

A 2018 Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates to the legalized sports-betting industry, now worth billions of dollars a year, even as it recognized that the decision was controversial

9:08 AM on Friday, October 24

Hegseth says another US strike in Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat operated by Tren de Aragua gang, killing 6

8:53 AM on Friday, October 24

Some seniors say the Social Security Administration's cost-of-living adjustment won’t help much in their ability to pay for their daily expenses

8:52 AM on Friday, October 24

Social Security recipients will get a 2.8% cost-of-living boost in 2026, reflecting an average increase of $56 per month

8:35 AM on Friday, October 24

US inflation stays elevated but prices rose less than feared last month

7:00 AM on Friday, October 24

A new poll shows President Donald Trump’s favorability has fallen among Hispanic adults since the beginning of the year, a potential warning sign from a key constituency that helped secure his victory in the 2024 election

12:01 AM on Friday, October 24

The stunning indictment that led to the arrest of more than 30 people — including Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and other NBA figures — has drawn new scrutiny of the booming business of sports betting in the U.S. The multibillion-dollar industry has made it easy for sports fans — and even some players — to wager on everything from the outcome of games to that of a single play with just a few taps of a cellphone

7:39 PM on Thursday, October 23

Target is eliminating about 1,800 corporate positions in an effort to streamline decision-making and accelerate initiatives to rebuild the flagging discount retailer’s customer base

5:18 PM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. Homeland Security officials say a 21-year-old semitruck driver accused of being under the influence of drugs and causing a fiery crash that killed three people on a southern California freeway is in the country illegally

4:51 PM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. inflation remained elevated last month as gas prices jumped while the cost of rents cooled, painting a mixed picture of the expenses consumers are facing in a murky economy where growth appears steady but hiring slow

9:37 AM on Thursday, October 23

Four family members of a Republican running for governor in Illinois have died in a helicopter crash in Montana