National News

3:30 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A former Missouri lawmaker who was censured over sexual misconduct allegations has won a court case to recoup thousands of dollars seized from his salary as a penalty

3:25 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Dick Gould has been around Stanford sports long enough as a tennis player and coach — a remarkable run of seven decades — that he clearly remembers some down years for the university’s sports programs

2:59 PM on Tuesday, April 21

1:45 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Ukraine has completed repairs on a damaged oil pipeline and is preparing to resume flows

1:11 PM on Tuesday, April 21

A federal appeals court says a Bangladeshi immigrant is rightly serving a life prison sentence for a fizzled 2017 subway bombing attack beneath New York City's Times Square even though it tossed out the top charge against him

1:05 PM on Tuesday, April 21

The former leader of Britain's Foreign Office has revealed details about the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K.'s ambassador to Washington despite failing security checks

12:47 PM on Tuesday, April 21

Millions of people around the world will pause, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day

11:42 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Mike Tomlin is going from the glare of an NFL sideline to the glare of television lights

10:44 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan has resigned after six seasons, opting to step aside rather than work with a new front office

9:30 AM on Tuesday, April 21

After U.S.-Israeli bombardment eliminated Iran’s supreme leader and much of its top echelons, the Islamic Republic’s leadership didn’t fall apart

9:13 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Scientists are using controlled fires to study how to protect homes from wildfires

8:43 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Shoppers accelerated their spending in March from February, but they spent a good chunk of their money at the gas pump

8:22 AM on Tuesday, April 21

7:14 AM on Tuesday, April 21

Authorities say an explosion at a Texas natural gas or oil well site has set off a large fire, leading to some evacuations, but no injuries

7:03 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The abrupt swing from hot weather to cold across the Northeast didn't just have people scrambling for discarded jackets, it also is affecting some farmers

6:18 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The Human Rights Campaign is launching a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts ahead of the fall's midterm elections

9:31 PM on Monday, April 20

Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners

6:25 PM on Monday, April 20

There had never been a unanimous NBA Defensive Player of the Year

6:24 PM on Monday, April 20

The satirical news outlet The Onion has a new plan to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars platforms and turn them into parodies

8:34 AM on Monday, April 20

Virginia voters are considering a ballot measure Tuesday that would give the Democratic-majority legislature temporary power to redraw the state’s congressional districts