National News

6:23 PM on Tuesday, October 7

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to fill a critical vacancy at the top agency for worker rights, restoring it to the full power needed to deepen his overhaul of civil rights enforcement

6:00 PM on Tuesday, October 7

The attorney of the late Kyren Lacy, a former LSU football player who was accused of negligent homicide for his alleged role in a fatal car crash last year, is questioning his involvement in the deadly wreck

5:28 PM on Tuesday, October 7

President Donald Trump’s efforts to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities — including Los Angeles; Portland, Oregon; and Chicago — over the objections of Democratic mayors and governors have prompted a host of questions about the president’s authority and who controls the Guard

5:28 PM on Tuesday, October 7

George Legere, charged last month in a 1973 Connecticut cold case murder, has died

5:16 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions

5:12 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman says the online gaming platform Roblox has become a “playground for predators.”

4:54 PM on Tuesday, October 7

A 2-year-old boy in south Georgia has died after being attacked by two Rottweilers at an unlicensed daycare

4:47 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Trials for two Uvalde, Texas school police officers facing charges over the law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting have been delayed

4:29 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Democrats say fallout from the Trump administration’s aggressive tactics on the government shutdown could give them a welcome boost in the only two governors’ races on the ballot this year

4:23 PM on Tuesday, October 7

A prosecutor told a jury that three former upstate New York prison guards on trial in the fatal beating of Black handcuffed inmate were part of a “gang” that took part in an act of of “sheer, unimaginable brutality.”

2:44 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Authorities say a man's DNA was found on a gasoline can that was placed under a news vehicle in a failed arson attempt in Salt Lake City

2:36 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Francine the cat is back home at a Lowe’s store in Virginia after going missing for a few weeks

2:16 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling

12:09 AM on Tuesday, October 7

A majority of Supreme Court justices seem to be leaning in favor of a Christian counselor who is challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights

12:04 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Attorney General Pam Bondi has repeatedly deflected questions while seeking to defend herself during a combative congressional hearing in the face of growing criticism that she's turning the law enforcement agency into a weapon to seek vengeance against President Donald Trump’s political opponents

12:02 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon visited Minnesota on Tuesday as part of a tour marking the 200th anniversary of organized emigration from his homeland to the U.S. The crown prince began the day in Minneapolis at Norway House, which brings contemporary Norway to the U.S. through arts, commerce and culture

12:01 AM on Tuesday, October 7

U.S. stocks sank to their first loss in eight days

11:34 PM on Monday, October 6

Federal health officials have issued a public health alert for certain Hello Fresh subscription meals containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria

12:19 AM on Monday, October 6

The fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California

1:26 PM on Friday, October 3

Federal officials have reported the arrests of 13 people protesting near an immigration facility outside Chicago