National News

1:16 PM on Wednesday, September 17

A trail remains closed in Yellowstone National Park after a bear attacked a hiker

1:03 PM on Wednesday, September 17

New Jersey has become the 14th state to allow the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation

12:52 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The Atlantic Ocean has claimed another beach house on the fragile Outer Banks

12:41 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The National Academy of Sciences says evidence supporting a 2009 U.S. government finding that climate change threatens public health is “beyond scientific dispute” and that evidence supporting that finding has only grown stronger

12:30 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The Federal Reserve is expected to cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nine months

12:24 PM on Wednesday, September 17

An Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on flag burning has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges

11:44 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square that’s backed by Jay-Z has lost its bid for a lucrative New York City-area gambling license amid fierce opposition from the Broadway theater industry

11:17 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Amazon says it’s making a $1 billion investment to raise wages and lower the cost of health care plans for its U.S. fulfillment and transportation workers

10:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez is warning senators America’s public health system is headed to a “dangerous place” under Health Secretary Robert F

7:49 AM on Wednesday, September 17

For the Boy Scouts of America — recently renamed Scouting America — the past 12 years have been challenging

7:19 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A suspect is in custody after a driver rammed a car into a staffed security gate at the FBI building in Pittsburgh, then removed an American flag from the back seat and threw it over the gate before leaving

6:42 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years

6:35 AM on Wednesday, September 17

StubHub made its public debut on Wall Street Wednesday

5:38 AM on Wednesday, September 17

As President Donald Trump enjoys a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom aimed at showing the trans-Atlantic bond remains strong despite differences over Ukraine, the Middle East and the future of the Western alliance, his administration is targeting the ‘radical left’ it blames, without evidence, for the shooting of Charlie Kirk

3:05 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Israeli forces are pressing on with a new ground offensive in Gaza City as strikes overnight across the Palestinian territory killed at least 16 people, including women and children

2:57 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Israeli troops and tanks are pushing deeper into Gaza City as more people flee the devastated area

12:06 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump is relishing the glow of a British royal spectacle during his state visit

11:26 PM on Tuesday, September 16

Wall Street is stuck on pause as it waits to hear from the Federal Reserve in the afternoon

6:56 PM on Tuesday, September 16

University of California faculty, staff and student organizations and labor unions have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying the federal government is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the university to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech

12:03 AM on Sunday, September 14

Authorities in Utah have shared information indicating the 22-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk did a fair amount of planning ahead of time