National News

4:48 PM on Wednesday, September 16

A Florida woman who was paid $750,000 by a fund for people sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein has pleaded guilty to falsifying records she used in her application for the money

4:16 PM on Wednesday, September 16

The House has approved a bill that aims to have artificial intelligence data centers pay for their substantial energy needs

3:58 PM on Wednesday, September 16

President Donald Trump is suggesting that the European Union allowing Canada to become an associate member could be a “hostile act” and threatened to respond to the proposed move by imposing more tariffs on the bloc

3:56 PM on Wednesday, September 16

The artist Peter Max has died at age 88

3:46 PM on Wednesday, September 16

The creator of a Texas-based investment company has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say bilked dozens of people, including Kansas City football star Travis Kelce

2:50 PM on Wednesday, September 16

In the harrowing aftermath of 9/11, universities began reckoning with the presence of Muslim Americans on campus

2:27 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Authorities say three people are dead after being swept away by floodwaters that rushed through the Navajo Nation

2:24 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Concerns about artificial intelligence evading human control have intensified in recent days

1:46 PM on Wednesday, September 16

The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he’s going to block a proposed sale of $2.8 billion in heavy weaponry to Israel over concerns that powerful bombs may not be used in line with U.S. and international law

1:24 PM on Wednesday, September 16

The U.S. military is preparing for combat in space, including areas around the moon

12:23 PM on Wednesday, September 16

Authorities have located the remains of the final missing Tennessee victim of Hurricane Helene

12:08 PM on Wednesday, September 16

10:01 AM on Wednesday, September 16

The House has passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine

9:44 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Online behemoth Amazon said it’s increasing the minimum starting hourly wage for its U.S. full-time core operations employees to $20 ahead of the holiday shopping season

9:32 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Min Zin, a U.S. scholar of Myanmar politics, has been detained in China for over three months

8:29 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Ed Sheeran's tour has been thrown into turmoil by all of his supporting acts quitting after the rapper Macklemore was dropped as an opener because of pro-Palestinian comments he made onstage

7:13 AM on Wednesday, September 16

Two Republicans in closely contested congressional districts in Iowa switched their votes on an Iran war powers resolution to halt President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without lawmakers' approval

9:55 PM on Tuesday, September 15

U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve hiked its main interest rate for the first time in three years and suggested more increases may be ahead as it tries to get the nation’s high inflation under control

9:11 PM on Tuesday, September 15

A man has been put to death for the 2005 fatal shooting of three people during an attempted robbery at his neighbor’s home in rural Texas, the state’s fifth execution this year

9:01 PM on Tuesday, September 15

President Donald Trump is blasting Federal Reserve governors after the board raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly high inflation