National News

3:11 PM on Friday, October 24

A judge in New Mexico halted legal proceedings in a federal death penalty case because the U.S. government shutdown is impeding the defendant’s right to legal representation

3:02 PM on Friday, October 24

US imposes sanctions on Colombia’s president and family over accusations of involvement in the global drug trade

3:00 PM on Friday, October 24

Decades after a crackdown by prosecutors decimated the ranks of the New York Mafia, the indictment of an NBA coach, a player and nearly three dozen others in a betting scandal highlights the mob’s persistence and adaptability

2:43 PM on Friday, October 24

Ontario Premier Ford will pull ad that prompted US President Donald Trump to end trade talks with Canada

1:58 PM on Friday, October 24

South Carolina's state-owned utility is negotiating with Brookfield Asset Management to revive a nuclear power project abandoned eight years ago

1:43 PM on Friday, October 24

An attorney for a recently executed Tennessee inmate says an electrocardiogram showed “sustained cardiac activity” nearly two minutes after Byron Black was pronounced dead

1:23 PM on Friday, October 24

The government shutdown likely means there won’t be an inflation report next month for the first time in more than seven decades, the White House said Friday, leaving Wall Street and the Federal Reserve without crucial information about consumer prices

12:57 PM on Friday, October 24

12:47 PM on Friday, October 24

Hegseth says US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup in the region

12:27 PM on Friday, October 24

Palestinian families are facing a grisly search through corpses for lost loved ones, with Israel returning bodies to Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal

9:11 AM on Friday, October 24

The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America in the latest escalation of military firepower to a region

8:57 AM on Friday, October 24

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has toured a U.S.-led coordination center in southern Israel

8:53 AM on Friday, October 24

Some seniors say the Social Security Administration's cost-of-living adjustment won’t help much in their ability to pay for their daily expenses

7:00 AM on Friday, October 24

A new poll shows President Donald Trump’s favorability has fallen among Hispanic adults since the beginning of the year, a potential warning sign from a key constituency that helped secure his victory in the 2024 election

12:01 AM on Friday, October 24

The stunning indictment that led to the arrest of more than 30 people — including Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and other NBA figures — has drawn new scrutiny of the booming business of sports betting in the U.S. The multibillion-dollar industry has made it easy for sports fans — and even some players — to wager on everything from the outcome of games to that of a single play with just a few taps of a cellphone

Friday, October 24

New York Attorney General Letitia James is scheduled for trial in January after pleading not guilty to federal charges accusing her of lying on mortgage papers to secure favorable loan terms in a case pushed by President Donald Trump

7:39 PM on Thursday, October 23

Target is eliminating about 1,800 corporate positions in an effort to streamline decision-making and accelerate initiatives to rebuild the flagging discount retailer’s customer base

5:18 PM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. Homeland Security officials say a 21-year-old semitruck driver accused of being under the influence of drugs and causing a fiery crash that killed three people on a southern California freeway is in the country illegally

4:51 PM on Thursday, October 23

U.S. inflation remained elevated last month as gas prices jumped while the cost of rents cooled, painting a mixed picture of the expenses consumers are facing in a murky economy where growth appears steady but hiring slow

9:37 AM on Thursday, October 23

Four family members of a Republican running for governor in Illinois have died in a helicopter crash in Montana