National News

1:34 PM on Saturday, September 26

Some former Kennedy Center employees are accusing officials at the performing arts venue of long knowing about structural issues they recently cited as new problems

12:01 PM on Saturday, September 26

A Colombian warlord has been extradited to the United States after months of delay

11:21 AM on Saturday, September 26

In the global power game of the U.N. General Assembly, small island states are often on the sidelines, offering moral advice to mightier nations which isn’t always heard

10:58 AM on Saturday, September 26

China’s vice president has unfurled the nation’s familiar list of global talking points at the U.N. He emphasized development, issued mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism and made no direct mention of self-ruled Taiwan

8:21 AM on Saturday, September 26

Democrats see hope for political gains in the Deep South this year despite disappointments in previous elections

8:12 AM on Saturday, September 26

Medical experts are discussing whether one dose of the HPV vaccine may be enough to protect preteens instead of the current two

8:11 AM on Saturday, September 26

House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda if the party sweeps control in the November elections

7:45 AM on Saturday, September 26

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 12 people and wounding about 35 others

6:09 AM on Saturday, September 26

At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year

5:57 AM on Saturday, September 26

5:44 AM on Saturday, September 26

Rescuers have recovered six bodies from the rubble of a collapsed building in Athens' Plaka district, near the Acropolis

5:06 AM on Saturday, September 26

Pope Leo XIV is a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan but also knows better than to wade too deep into sporting rivalries

12:10 AM on Saturday, September 26

It has been five years since China promised the United Nations to stop funding overseas coal projects

3:20 PM on Friday, September 25

A police detective says Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was hung in a tree in a “staged” lynching behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer

2:24 PM on Friday, September 25

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week above 7% for the first time since January 2025, the latest affordability setback for prospective homebuyers following a five-week run of rate increases

11:22 AM on Friday, September 25

Thousands are without power on the U.S. Northeast, while roads are flooding in some coastal New Jersey communities

10:38 AM on Friday, September 25

Residents on Hawaii’s Big Island are bracing for potentially life-threatening and catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Nolo

7:57 AM on Friday, September 25

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to urge China to influence Russia to ends its invasion of Ukraine

12:12 AM on Friday, September 25

Pope Leo XIV has warned that a “paradise of machines” could undermine humanity

12:03 PM on Thursday, September 10