National News

4:22 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The trial of the Florida State University student accused of killing two people and wounding six others in a mass shooting on campus in April has been postponed until next October

4:19 PM on Wednesday, October 1

U.S. stocks rose to more records as Wall Street still doesn’t seem to care much about the latest shutdown of the U.S. government

3:52 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Jane Fonda has revived an activist group from the Cold War era, originally backed by her father, Henry Fonda

3:51 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Tom Cillo, a 58-year-old freshman at Lycoming College, has become a college football player

3:46 PM on Wednesday, October 1

3:03 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A massive brick chimney on a New York City apartment building has collapsed after an explosion, sending debris plummeting to the ground

2:38 PM on Wednesday, October 1

President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place toward the end of his first term after he forced a shutdown over border wall funding — but with Democrats embracing the shutdown fight this time, the outcome could be different

2:28 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

2:23 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The sacred bones of a much-loved French Carmelite nun began a tour of the U.S. at a suburban Detroit parish named in her honor

1:52 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A New York City rapper who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has been sentenced to five years behind bars after pleading guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges

1:48 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted for six hours on Wednesday

1:28 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The federal government's shut down centers around Democrats insisting that any deal addressing their health care demands and Republicans saying those negotiations can wait until the government is funded

11:00 AM on Wednesday, October 1

It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow

10:59 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and segregated based on criminal history and flight risk

10:57 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The Supreme Court is allowing Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now

9:13 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A massive brick chimney running 20 stories up the side of a New York City apartment building collapsed after an explosion, sending tons of debris plummeting to the ground

8:31 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored

7:50 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.S. military has begun reducing its mission in Iraq under an agreement made with Iraqi officials last year

12:05 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Republican Trump administration

12:12 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Washington Post journalist Lally Weymouth has died at the age of 82