National News

10:22 AM on Sunday, August 24

Nigeria's military has freed at least 76 hostages, including children, after precision airstrikes targeted militants in the northwest

9:11 AM on Sunday, August 24

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s capital, Houthi TV station says, days after rebels fired cluster munitions toward Israel

8:27 AM on Sunday, August 24

At least one person has died and three were injured in an explosion at Moscow’s Central Children’s Store

8:00 AM on Sunday, August 24

A German nonprofit organization says three young Sudanese sisters have died after an overcrowded rubber dinghy took on water in bad weather in the Mediterranean Sea

7:55 AM on Sunday, August 24

New data shows that great white sharks are spending more time in the chilly waters off New England and Atlantic Canada

7:53 AM on Sunday, August 24

Boaters, beachgoers and fishermen who spend time in the chilly waters of New England and Canada are learning to live with great white sharks

2:07 AM on Sunday, August 24

An estimated 1.2 million war-displaced people have returned to Sudan since the end of 2024, according to the International Organization for Migration

2:02 AM on Sunday, August 24

1:08 AM on Sunday, August 24

A judge in Mexico says Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. will stand trial over alleged cartel ties but can await that trial outside of detention

1:02 AM on Sunday, August 24

1:00 AM on Sunday, August 24

Ukraine is marking 34 years of independence, and the country’s first generation of lawmakers and activists are reflecting on how early decisions shaped its struggle today

12:03 AM on Sunday, August 24

Hurricane Katrina changed New Orleans' education system forever, creating the first all-charter school district in the U.S. The Associated Press spoke with three survivors about their experiences

7:47 PM on Saturday, August 23

Maria Sharapova has entered the International Tennis Hall of Fame, with Serena Williams introducing her at the ceremony on Saturday night

7:22 PM on Saturday, August 23

6:54 PM on Saturday, August 23

Berean Baptist Church in Brooklyn marked its 175th anniversary on Aug. 10 with the debut of “The Audacity of Faith: Freedom From, Freedom To,” the first installment in a six-part short documentary series tracing its history from its founding in 1850 to the present day

5:06 PM on Saturday, August 23

Tropical Storm Fernand has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, but it is far from land and forecast to remain over the open ocean

3:20 PM on Saturday, August 23

A bus carrying a junior high football team to a game crashed Saturday north of Pittsburgh, sending 21 of the 28 people on board to the hospital

12:23 PM on Saturday, August 23

Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him

7:40 AM on Saturday, August 23

The central Pennsylvania town of Mount Gretna is a throwback to the period more than a century ago when the summertime get-togethers known as Chautauquas were practically a craze

10:21 PM on Friday, August 22