National News

7:08 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Background records of police recruits in Illinois must be available to a prospective employer under a new law in response to last summer's shooting death of Sonya Massey

6:53 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The White House is ordering a review of the Smithsonian museums to align content with President Donald Trump's interpretation of American history

6:28 PM on Tuesday, August 12

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs

6:18 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A general has testified that National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against people protesting immigration raids

6:15 PM on Tuesday, August 12

An independent watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs says VA hospitals have reported an increase in severe staffing shortages

5:58 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Reports of a large great white shark near popular beaches in Maine have prompted a warning to beachgoers

5:57 PM on Tuesday, August 12

An airman has been arrested in a shooting death last month at a Wyoming Air Force base

5:43 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately improve conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility

4:49 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A Minnesota prosecutor is seeking the release of a man in prison for 27 years for murder after a key witness recanted her testimony and confessed to the crime

4:28 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics called President Donald Trump's firing of its commissioner “depressing” and “CRAZY

3:26 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Known for her role as Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What's Happening

3:11 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The U.S. has seen a record increase in tariff income, with a 273% rise in customs revenue from last year

3:00 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The Trump administration's new human rights reports for countries worldwide eliminate mentions of discrimination faced by LGBTQ people and reduce a previous focus on reproductive rights

1:40 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Police say a Texas man fatally shot three people in a Target parking lot, including a child and her grandfather

1:15 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hinting that ceasefire efforts are now focused on a comprehensive deal that would release the remaining hostages in Gaza all at once

11:01 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Police body camera footage shows desperate parents begging law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire

10:27 AM on Tuesday, August 12

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines

7:35 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Officials in Salt Lake City say a fire that started in a restaurant kitchen has injured three firefighters and scorched century-old buildings in a nightlife hub

10:38 PM on Monday, August 11

A Hawaii real estate investor and broker are suing baseball star Shohei Ohtani

10:32 AM on Sunday, August 10

A Georgia man who blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him suicidal has been identified as the person who fired shots at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters