National News

6:40 PM on Friday, October 31

A North Carolina state legislator accused by authorities of sex-related crimes involving a 15-year-old has resigned from the General Assembly

6:35 PM on Friday, October 31

The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for transgender troops who have been banned from the armed forces by the Trump administration to turn to boards of their peers to argue for their right to stay in the military

6:34 PM on Friday, October 31

New Pentagon policy undercuts ability for trans troops to argue to remain in the military following Trump ban, AP learns

6:00 PM on Friday, October 31

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been transferred to a prison in New Jersey to serve out the remainder of his four-year prison sentence on prostitution-related charges

5:41 PM on Friday, October 31

Authorities in Guyana have arrested the South American country’s incoming opposition leader following an extradition request from the U.S. government

5:35 PM on Friday, October 31

A New York judge has dismissed a legal challenge from Texas seeking to enforce a civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman

5:29 PM on Friday, October 31

Red Cross says it transferred unidentified remains of three people to Israel that a military source says came from Hamas

5:18 PM on Friday, October 31

A North Carolina deputy has shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was wanted in the death of his grandmother

5:17 PM on Friday, October 31

A federal judge in Tampa has ordered the arrest of former Green Beret Jordan Goudreau after he failed to appear at a court hearing over whether he should be jailed for violating the terms of his release

4:36 PM on Friday, October 31

Judge says Trump can’t require citizenship proof on federal voter form, siding with Democrats and civil rights groups

4:30 PM on Friday, October 31

Authorities say at least 11 people have been sickened with salmonella infections linked to powder supplements sold at Sam's Club stores nationwide and online

4:05 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump has opened the door for sanctions to be imposed on Nigeria for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the country

2:05 PM on Friday, October 31

The recent escape of several research monkeys after the truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi interstate is the latest glimpse into the secretive world of animal research

1:24 PM on Friday, October 31

The World Health Organization reports that gunmen who reportedly killed at least 460 people at a hospital in Sudan's Darfur region returned three times to the facility during their assault

10:42 AM on Friday, October 31

China has announced that its Shenzhou 21 spaceship docked with the country's space station at the country's own record speed

10:03 AM on Friday, October 31

Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown

8:38 AM on Friday, October 31

An appeals court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration and stopped a judge from trying to get daily updates from a Border Patrol official about the government’s immigration crackdown in the Chicago area

7:23 AM on Friday, October 31

YouTube TV viewers have lost access to Disney channels, including ABC and ESPN, after contract talks broke down

12:50 AM on Friday, October 31

Amazon carried the U.S. stock market to the finish of another winning week and month

12:04 AM on Friday, October 31

The government shutdown has some people rethinking what to hand out this Halloween