National News

2:30 PM on Saturday, July 4

A Grand Canyon river rafting guide who aimed to become the first American woman to row across the mid-Pacific solo has completed a record-breaking journey from California to Hawaii

12:41 PM on Saturday, July 4

Authorities say a weather-related tragedy in Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, left three children dead even though they were wearing life jackets

8:15 AM on Saturday, July 4

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan has waved a Palestinian flag on the pitch after his team's victory over Australia in the World Cup

4:52 AM on Saturday, July 4

Ukrainian drones have struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg as Kyiv ramps up bombardment of Russia’s oil infrastructure

4:40 AM on Saturday, July 4

The Malian army reports that several northern towns, including Gao and Sévaré, have been targeted by rebels

2:59 AM on Saturday, July 4

Delegates at the national convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany party have overwhelmingly reelected its leaders, including Alice Weidel

Saturday, July 4

A family in Guinea first sought help from a traditional healer when their son showed signs of autism as a child

11:14 PM on Friday, July 3

The Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest is marking the United States’ 250th birthday with chomp and circumstance

11:02 PM on Friday, July 3

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have tied the knot at Madison Square Garden

10:48 PM on Friday, July 3

The funeral for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has started, months after his death in an airstrike on the first day of the war

8:22 PM on Friday, July 3

Three people died and seven others were rescued after a boat capsized on a Wisconsin lake during a strong storm

7:58 PM on Friday, July 3

The international governing body for chess has suspended former world champion Vladimir Kramnik for at least a year

7:56 PM on Friday, July 3

President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned 11 people, including a former business partner of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and nine people identified by the White House as having helped people bypass emissions control systems on vehicles

5:49 PM on Friday, July 3

The co-owner of a Maine lumber mill has died from injuries he sustained during a fire and explosion at the facility, bringing to three the number of fatalities

3:57 PM on Friday, July 3

Small business owners in U.S. tourist destinations say they’re seeing more Americans sticking closer to home this summer

2:49 PM on Friday, July 3

Three people were shot and two of them died after a fight between two groups of young people at a shopping mall in the city of Dearborn, Michigan

2:08 PM on Friday, July 3

11:14 AM on Friday, July 3

A wildfire burning southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and destroyed more than 160 structures as erratic winds pushed the blaze across two Colorado counties

6:30 AM on Friday, July 3

President Donald Trump has ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings about communism

11:02 PM on Thursday, July 2

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married