National News

2:18 AM on Thursday, June 4

Melinda French Gates is expanding her efforts to improve women's health worldwide, pledging $215 million for contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives for middle-age women

12:18 AM on Thursday, June 4

Lebanese Americans are both grieving and taking action to support loved ones in their homeland who have been affected by the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants

12:01 AM on Thursday, June 4

Residents of Havana are dealing with a growing garbage crisis

10:45 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

10:14 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Women in eastern Congo are often the first caregivers when family members fall ill

10:02 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Former President Barack Obama’s presidential museum will open June 19 more than a decade after Chicago was selected for the project

10:01 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Former President Barack Obama’s influence in his presidential museum runs deep, from the Chicago location to the textured stone adorning its dramatic tower to art installations and a pair of striped reading chairs in the library that are similar to the ones he owns

9:22 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Benin recently inaugurated President Romuald Wadagni as its new leader in the latest transition in the West African nation

9:09 PM on Wednesday, June 3

An Associated Press investigation reveals that dozens of children separated from their families under the first Trump administration have been re-separated, despite a judge’s order to reunite them

9:05 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Spain is addressing sexual abuse within the Catholic Church with a new reparations program

9:05 PM on Wednesday, June 3

An Associated Press investigation reveals that dozens of children who were separated under the first Trump administration have been re-separated, despite a judge's order to reunite them

8:23 PM on Wednesday, June 3

World shares are mixed after declines on Wall Street that snapped a nine-day winning streak for the S&P 500

5:31 PM on Wednesday, June 3

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas

4:21 PM on Wednesday, June 3

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has visited a new facility to produce nuclear materials and announced plans to bolster the country’s nuclear forces “at an exponential rate."

10:14 AM on Wednesday, June 3

8:30 AM on Wednesday, June 3

The New York Knicks’ winning streak lives on, and they struck first in the NBA Finals

8:22 AM on Wednesday, June 3

A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania

3:31 AM on Wednesday, June 3

A rare albino buffalo named after U.S. President Donald Trump for his distinctive blond tuft is drawing crowds at a Bangladesh zoo

11:44 PM on Tuesday, June 2

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