National News

3:34 PM on Friday, March 6

Cuba says a fifth detainee has died after a shootout with people on a Florida-flagged speedboat off its north coast

2:56 PM on Friday, March 6

Barack Obama credits Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and his 'immense gifts' for creating racial progress in American politics

2:42 PM on Friday, March 6

Fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore pleads no contest to two misdemeanors to resolve felony home invasion case

2:17 PM on Friday, March 6

The New York Times is urging a federal judge to block a Pentagon policy that has limited access to the building for journalists from many mainstream news outlets

2:05 PM on Friday, March 6

Russia has provided Iran with information that can help Tehran strike US military, AP sources say

2:01 PM on Friday, March 6

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun

1:41 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. has issued a license that allows business to be done with Venezuela’s state gold mining company, Minerven

12:34 PM on Friday, March 6

The U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to allow India to buy Russian oil for 30 days underscores a boost for Moscow's fortunes against the backdrop of the Iran war as Russia's oil export earnings help pay for its own war against Ukraine

12:07 PM on Friday, March 6

US crude prices rise above $90 per barrel for the first time in more than two years; gasoline hits $3.32 a gallon

11:48 AM on Friday, March 6

Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks has been arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence in Scottsdale, Arizona

11:47 AM on Friday, March 6

UFO discussions have long been part of the milieu at the Conscious Life Expo, which convenes thousands of New Age spiritual seekers in Los Angeles each year

11:20 AM on Friday, March 6

Three former presidents are set to speak in a final public tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.

11:19 AM on Friday, March 6

Officials with one of the armed Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq say they are not planning an imminent cross-border attack on Iran but would join a ground invasion if the U.S. were to launch one

10:51 AM on Friday, March 6

Losing an hour of sleep as daylight saving time kicks in can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day — it also could harm your health

7:12 AM on Friday, March 6

Muslims across the United States are observing Ramadan under rising fears tied to immigration raids, anti-Muslim rhetoric, and war in the Middle East

5:51 AM on Friday, March 6

Shohei Ohtani put on a giant show in batting practice hours before he hit a grand slam in the second inning as Japan hammered Taiwan 13-0 in Pool C at the World Baseball Classic

1:39 AM on Friday, March 6

Sri Lanka has taken custody of an Iranian ship after it asked for help near its coast

12:07 AM on Friday, March 6

The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas

5:24 PM on Thursday, March 5

American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain

10:29 AM on Thursday, March 5

Britney Spears has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol near her Southern California home