National News

4:27 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The Michigan woman who inspired the name of the rock band Greta Van Fleet has died

4:03 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The UPS plane crash that killed 15 people after an engine flew off its left wing might have been prevented under the original inspection schedule

3:57 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia’s quarterly results blew past Wall Street’s expectations once again, fueled by massive demand for its high-end AI chips

3:49 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate say they are concerned the state may be planning to use expired lethal injection drugs at a planned execution on Thursday

3:42 PM on Wednesday, May 20

President Donald Trump's legal team has reached a deal with the Justice Department to drop tax claims against him, his family and associates

3:16 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The U.S. stock market bounced back after pressure eased on Wall Street from the bond market and oil prices gave back some of their big gains

2:56 PM on Wednesday, May 20

A federal judge has refused to postpone a trial next month for civil claims stemming from the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge

2:01 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The U.N. courts set up to prosecute the atrocities committed during the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and the 1994 Rwandan genocide have held their final session

1:42 PM on Wednesday, May 20

1:17 PM on Wednesday, May 20

The runoff field for a U.S. Senate seat has been set in Alabama, a state that also will have a high-profile race for governor this fall and congressional seats that could be scrambled amid a wave of Republican redistricting

12:46 PM on Wednesday, May 20

A federal judge has ruled that attorneys for the man accused of sparking last year’s deadly Palisades Fire in and around Los Angeles can’t introduce evidence or arguments at his arson trial about alleged negligence by the fire department in responding to an earlier blaze

12:45 PM on Wednesday, May 20

A former federal prosecutor is facing federal charges over allegations that she sent a report detailing Jack Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents to her personal email account, despite a judge’s order to keep it secret

12:23 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Nine migrants deported from the United States have landed in Sierra Leone, according to the West African country

12:06 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Barney Frank has died

11:31 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Wednesday has been another hot day across the eastern U.S. That comes a day after several spots broke daily heat records

10:52 AM on Wednesday, May 20

A group founded by Cuban exiles known as Brothers to the Rescue is at the center of the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to seek an indictment against Cuban leader Raúl Castro

6:20 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Stephen Colbert's run on “The Late Show” ends Thursday, marking the conclusion of his on-air feud with President Donald Trump

4:06 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Prime Minister Keir Starmer insists that Britain’s support for Ukraine remains strong, despite the U.K. delaying some new sanctions on Russian oil

11:06 PM on Tuesday, May 19

The U.S. stock market bounced back after pressure eased on Wall Street from the bond market and oil prices gave back some of their big gains

11:01 PM on Tuesday, May 19

An Arizona prisoner convicted of killing another man by throwing gasoline at him and lighting a match has been put to the death in the first of three executions planned this week around the U.S. Corrections officials say 63-year-old Leroy McGill received a lethal injection Wednesday for the 2002 killing of Charles Perez