National News

9:06 PM on Wednesday, May 20

President Donald Trump's repeated false claims about his 2020 election loss is almost certain to play a role in Georgia's four-week runoff campaign as Republican voters choose nominees for governor, secretary of state and the U.S. Senate

9:02 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Britons are cool on America and baffled by President Donald Trump as the former colonies celebrate their 250th year of independence

5:17 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut is on probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge

4:25 PM on Wednesday, May 20

A Brooklyn woman has been sentenced to 20 years to life for drowning her three young children in the ocean near Coney Island's boardwalk

4:09 PM on Wednesday, May 20

A real estate broker says in a lawsuit that an organization denied her the opportunity to purchase land in an Arkansas development because of her Jewish ancestry, and because she has a Black husband and biracial children

3:14 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has been charged in a U.S. indictment with murder and other crimes for his alleged role in the downing of two civilian aircraft operated by Miami-based exiles in 1996 off the coast of the Caribbean island

2:22 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Elon Musk announced plans Wednesday for one of the biggest sales of stock to the public ever for his space company that is currently losing billions of dollars year

2:22 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to support strong action to prevent climate change despite recent diplomatic efforts by the United States to have the measure withdrawn

2:11 PM on Wednesday, May 20

New Mexico authorities say three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders were assessed for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a rural home for a suspected drug overdose

1:25 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Media scion James Murdoch has struck a deal with the Vox Media digital company to acquire New York magazine, the Vox Media Podcast Network and the Vox editorial brand

11:07 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Republican senators are considering dropping a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump’s ballroom after it has failed to win enough party support on Capitol Hill

10:57 AM on Wednesday, May 20

The U.S. indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro is pushing U.S. relations with the communist-run island to the foreground

10:47 AM on Wednesday, May 20

A calendar featuring close-ups of young, handsome priests has been a popular Rome souvenir for two decades

9:03 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles

8:29 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot are suing to block anyone from receiving payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for people who claim to be victims of politically motivated prosecutions

5:19 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the Trump administration on the socialist government

3:10 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Healthcare workers in eastern Congo say they are underprotected and undertrained as a rare Ebola virus spreads rapidly in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places

3:09 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Weapons are now regularly brandished in Tehran in an increasing show of defiance

9:38 PM on Tuesday, May 19

Climate change is pushing starving gray whales into the San Francisco Bay in unusual numbers, where ship strikes killed at least 40% of the 21 whales found dead last year

8:51 PM on Monday, May 18