National News

1:28 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

1:23 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The sacred bones of a much-loved French Carmelite nun began a tour of the U.S. at a suburban Detroit parish named in her honor

1:15 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels

12:28 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The federal government's shut down centers around Democrats insisting that any deal addressing their health care demands and Republicans saying those negotiations can wait until the government is funded

11:58 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Los Angeles County will pay $20 million to the family of a 4-year-old boy who was tortured to death by his parents six years ago in a case that brought scrutiny of the region’s child welfare system

11:49 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina is looking for a comeback by running for Congress again, this time from Florida

11:36 AM on Wednesday, October 1

After a career as a presidential aide, publisher of two newspapers and CNN president, Tom Johnson has plenty of stories to swap

11:24 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Pope Leo XIV is taking aim at skeptics who he says “ridicule those who speak of global warming.”

9:57 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The Supreme Court is allowing Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now

9:31 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Brian Snitker, who managed the Atlanta Braves to the 2021 World Series championship as the highlight of almost a half-century with the organization, will not return to the dugout next season

8:13 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A massive brick chimney running 20 stories up the side of a New York City apartment building collapsed after an explosion, sending tons of debris plummeting to the ground

8:12 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Domestic goats are reaching new heights on Vermont's ski slopes

7:17 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Walmart says it plans to remove synthetic dyes and 30 other food additives from its store brands sold in the United States by January 2027

7:00 AM on Wednesday, October 1

A panel of three federal judges are considering whether Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that boosts Republicans and has launched a widening redistricting battle ahead of the 2026 midterm elections

6:50 AM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.S. military has begun reducing its mission in Iraq under an agreement made with Iraqi officials last year

3:38 AM on Wednesday, October 1

German police have completed a security sweep at the Oktoberfest fairgrounds and reopened the famed beer festival after an hourslong closure

7:33 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Indonesian rescue workers are racing against the clock in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java

11:12 PM on Monday, September 29

Washington Post journalist Lally Weymouth has died at the age of 82

11:04 PM on Monday, September 29

A lot of government continues during a federal shutdown

11:04 PM on Monday, September 29

At DePaul University, a Catholic school in Chicago, students have created a covert contraceptive delivery network called “the womb service.”