National News

5:18 PM on Friday, March 6

The top Justice Department prosecutor in Miami is considering criminal investigations of Cuban government officials

5:07 PM on Friday, March 6

An anti-drone system developed by an American company and proven to work in Ukraine soon will head to the Middle East to help defend against Iranian drones

5:01 PM on Friday, March 6

The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken argument at a Maryland home

4:34 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. is imposing visa restrictions on “several senior Rwandan officials for fueling instability” in eastern Congo, the State Department said on Friday, intensifying pressure on the East African country after sanctions announced earlier this week

4:18 PM on Friday, March 6

Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the U.S. job market knocked stocks lower to cap Wall Street’s worst week since October

3:54 PM on Friday, March 6

National Symphony Orchestra director Jean Davidson has left the Kennedy Center to lead the Wallis Annenberg Center in Los Angeles, as turmoil grows under President Donald Trump’s control

3:47 PM on Friday, March 6

Georgia’s races for governor and U.S. Senate are taking shape as candidates qualify and begin their sprint to the May 19 party primaries

3:34 PM on Friday, March 6

Cuba says a fifth detainee has died after a shootout with people on a Florida-flagged speedboat off its north coast

3:09 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. Coast Guard has called off a search for a person who went missing after a commercial fishing vessel has overturned and sank off Cape Cod

2:50 PM on Friday, March 6

Legal experts say a U.S. submarine’s deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law

2:17 PM on Friday, March 6

The New York Times is urging a federal judge to block a Pentagon policy that has limited access to the building for journalists from many mainstream news outlets

2:01 PM on Friday, March 6

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun

1:41 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. has issued a license that allows business to be done with Venezuela’s state gold mining company, Minerven

1:31 PM on Friday, March 6

Battery company SK laid off nearly 1,000 workers at a manufacturing plant in northeast of Atlanta on Friday amid changing consumer demand for EVs

1:18 PM on Friday, March 6

Satellite images and videos of an Iranian girls school damaged by large explosions at the start of a U.S.-Israeli airstrike campaign targeting the Islamic Republic indicate a targeted attack from the air hit the building

12:34 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to allow India to buy Russian oil for 30 days underscores a boost for Moscow's fortunes against the backdrop of the Iran war as Russia's oil export earnings help pay for its own war against Ukraine

12:27 PM on Friday, March 6

A report by Rhode Island’s attorney general detailing decades of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy is giving survivors a sense of vindication while renewing calls for accountability and support

11:48 AM on Friday, March 6

Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks has been arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence in Scottsdale, Arizona

10:29 AM on Friday, March 6

Local officials say Islamic militants attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, abducting more than 300 people, including women and children

7:12 AM on Friday, March 6

Muslims across the United States are observing Ramadan under rising fears tied to immigration raids, anti-Muslim rhetoric, and war in the Middle East