National News

12:22 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people Monday, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech

12:13 AM on Tuesday, September 9

Thailand’s Supreme Court says former PM Thaksin must serve one year prison term in graft and abuse of power convictions.

Tuesday, September 9

A firefighter has died after suffering a cardiac emergency while working at the site of a wildfire at the Grand Canyon

10:29 PM on Monday, September 8

An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake has found that 5,230 homes were destroyed and 672 were damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been able to get to the vast majority of the remote villages

9:54 PM on Monday, September 8

Nepal lifts the ban on on social media platforms a day after violent protests in which at least 19 people died

9:34 PM on Monday, September 8

At 66 years old, Kent Broussard, is the oldest member of the Louisiana State University marching band

9:30 PM on Monday, September 8

The founder of a California-based porn empire that recruited women with false modeling offers was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison

9:13 PM on Monday, September 8

Organizers of the Salt Lake City 2034 Winter Games have announced a fundraising effort that they say is the largest philanthropic campaign supporting a host city in Olympic and Paralympic history

9:09 PM on Monday, September 8

8:45 PM on Monday, September 8

U.S. and European officials have met at the U.S. Treasury Department to discuss economic pressure on Russia, including new sanctions and tariffs on Russian oil

8:35 PM on Monday, September 8

The New Orleans Archdiocese has agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse

8:18 PM on Monday, September 8

A former leprosy settlement in a remote part of Hawaii that’s been closed to tours and religious pilgrimages is reopening this month

5:28 PM on Monday, September 8

The Department of Homeland Security is trumpeting the start of a new immigration operation in Chicago that's stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety

5:27 PM on Monday, September 8

North Carolina trial judges have ruled that two voter-approved constitutional amendments are enforceable

4:13 PM on Monday, September 8

A U.S. metals company has signed an agreement with Pakistan, pledging to invest an initial $500 million in the country’s largely untapped critical minerals sector

4:00 PM on Monday, September 8

Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, are facing sharp criticism over the fatal stabbing of a young Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train last month

12:17 PM on Monday, September 8

Authorities in Mexico say a train has collided with a double-decker bus northwest of Mexico City, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55

11:22 AM on Monday, September 8

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans are ready to change the chamber’s rules to allow quick confirmations of dozens of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees

10:24 AM on Monday, September 8

Inter Miami’s Luis Suárez further damaged his reputation

4:26 AM on Monday, September 8

Pakistani officials say rescuers backed by troops have evacuated more than 25,000 people from a city in eastern Pakistan as rising rivers threatened to flood the region