National News

7:43 AM on Tuesday, May 19

A mysterious attack on an Iranian oil refinery during the Iran war caused an oil spill that affected a nearby Persian Gulf island that’s a protected breeding ground for wildlife

7:10 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Authorities say a NATO fighter jet shot down a Ukrainian drone over southern Estonia

7:03 AM on Tuesday, May 19

A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures says it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment

2:38 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Rescue teams in Germany are searching for three people missing after a building collapsed in the eastern city of Görlitz near the Polish border

1:02 AM on Tuesday, May 19

The United Arab Emirates for decades advertised itself as a haven for business in the Middle East

11:07 PM on Monday, May 18

Elon Musk lost his case against OpenAI and its top executives in a high-stakes trial that pitted billionaire against billionaires

11:04 PM on Monday, May 18

Loud and expressive mourners are common at funerals around the world — but in parts of Kenya, some of them may be paid workers

11:01 PM on Monday, May 18

President Donald Trump considers himself an effective dealmaker but appears to have hit a wall with Iran

9:29 PM on Monday, May 18

The Trump administration plans to admit up to 10,000 more white South African refugees into the United States, citing discrimination against Afrikaners

9:02 PM on Monday, May 18

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday that the Supreme Court risks being seen as political in the wake of a major voting rights decision

8:11 PM on Monday, May 18

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says he has no regrets about his “momentous” vote to convict President Donald Trump on impeachment charges five years ago

5:58 PM on Monday, May 18

Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the O.J. Simpson murder trial, has died

3:01 PM on Monday, May 18

The Justice Department has announced a nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund for Trump allies who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration

2:29 PM on Monday, May 18

Police say a shooting at a San Diego mosque has killed three men and both shooters are dead

12:17 PM on Monday, May 18

A ship carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico and Uruguay has arrived in Havana to help ease Cuba’s spiraling crises

11:20 AM on Monday, May 18

Beleaguered British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is trying to return to the business of running government

9:21 AM on Monday, May 18

Negotiators have reached a deal to end a strike that has brought North America’s largest commuter rail system to a standstill

3:44 AM on Monday, May 18

Congo will open three treatment centers for the Ebola virus in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to the country, following an outbreak that has killed nearly 120 people

12:59 AM on Monday, May 18

The South Carolina House is debating legislation that could redraw congressional districts to help Republicans possibly win an additional seat in the November elections

12:45 AM on Monday, May 18