National News

8:04 AM on Wednesday, October 22

A recent study of schoolchildren finds that the youngest students harbor the most germs

7:14 AM on Wednesday, October 22

So far this year, billions of dollars have flowed into companies that have reinvented themselves by making the buying and holding of cryptocurrency their main focus

6:35 AM on Wednesday, October 22

John E. Sununu enters GOP primary race in New Hampshire for US Senate seat he lost in 2008

6:16 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Two journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia win the European Union’s top human rights award

5:49 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Ugandan police lower crash death toll from 63 to 46 after saying some people found unconscious at scene were still alive

3:52 AM on Wednesday, October 22

3:32 AM on Wednesday, October 22

The Louvre reopens three days after thieves took French crown jewels in a daylight heist at the Paris museum

3:31 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Japan’s new foreign minister said Wednesday his country plans to show its determination to further build up its defense power to rapidly adapt to changing warfare and growing tension in the region when U.S. President Donald Trump visits Tokyo next week

2:03 AM on Wednesday, October 22

Police in Uganda say at least 63 people have been killed in a multiple vehicle crash in the country’s west

11:22 PM on Tuesday, October 21

A man convicted of raping and fatally beating his former manager at a Florida convenience store is scheduled to be put to death in November

11:09 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Leaders at the Pentagon have significantly altered how military officials will speak with Congress after a pair of new memos issued last week

11:03 PM on Tuesday, October 21

An Alabama board is considering a proposal stating that the youth sections of public libraries cannot contain books that “positively” depict transgender themes and topics

6:29 PM on Tuesday, October 21

An immigration enforcement sweep targeting vendors on New York City’s famed Canal Street turned chaotic Tuesday afternoon, as bystanders and protesters confronted federal agents and tried to block their path

6:13 PM on Tuesday, October 21

New Jersey Republicans have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to send election monitors to oversee the handling of mail ballots in a county that is key to the state’s Nov. 4 governor’s race between Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill

4:20 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Federal officers shot a man in the elbow and a deputy U.S. Marshal was hit in the hand with a ricochet bullet during an immigration enforcement operation in Los Angeles

3:58 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Video obtained by The Associated Press shows an Israeli settler beating Palestinian olive harvesters with clubs in an attack that Palestinian health officials say sent at least one woman to the hospital with serious injuries

3:31 PM on Tuesday, October 21

Experts say France's royal jewels may be gone forever after a daring heist at the Louvre

11:02 AM on Tuesday, October 21

Tropical Storm Melissa has begun dumping rain on Hispaniola as forecasters warned of a flood risk in parts of the Caribbean region this week

2:11 AM on Tuesday, October 21

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and other envoys projected optimism about Gaza’s fragile ceasefire agreement during a visit to Israel even as they acknowledged significant challenges remain

2:25 PM on Monday, September 29