National News

5:23 PM on Tuesday, November 25

A federal judge has given the Justice Department a day to say what materials it plans to make publicly available from the file it built to prosecute Ghislaine Maxwell in the sex trafficking case brought against her after financier Jeffrey Epstein died

4:42 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Oil company BP has found the source of a leak in a major Pacific Northwest pipeline system

4:29 PM on Tuesday, November 25

In addition to pardoning two North Carolina turkeys at the annual White House ceremony, President Donald Trump discussed his crime-fighting efforts in Washington, D.C., claiming that it’s been six months since the city has seen a murder

4:14 PM on Tuesday, November 25

A federal judge in Miami has set a $60,000 bond for U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

3:49 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Burt Meyer, the inventor behind iconic toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite, and MouseTrap, has died at age 99

3:27 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Top U.S. military officials are meeting leaders of Caribbean nations this week as the Trump administration has escalated its firepower in the region as part of what it calls a campaign against drug trafficking

3:24 PM on Tuesday, November 25

A federal lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell accuses the Trump administration’s top housing regulator of abusing his position to misuse private mortgage records belonging to Swalwell and other Democratic critics of the Republican president

3:20 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Virginia State Police say a high school football coach who disappeared days ago before his undefeated team’s playoff game is being sought on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and using a computer to solicit a minor

3:10 PM on Tuesday, November 25

The death of a Florida teenager on a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month has been ruled a homicide

2:31 PM on Tuesday, November 25

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered that a pair of three-judge panels hear two lawsuits that argue the battleground state’s congressional maps must be redrawn because they unconstitutionally favor Republicans

2:26 PM on Tuesday, November 25

A notorious 1979 missing-child case will go to trial for a third time in New York City

2:16 PM on Tuesday, November 25

A federal court has ordered a political consultant to pay $22,500 for sending robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden to New Hampshire voters

2:09 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Over the weekend, Elon Musk’s X unveiled a feature that lets users see where an account is based

12:53 PM on Tuesday, November 25

Rescuers have found a grandmother and three grandchildren who reported becoming lost while hiking in a South Carolina state park

11:48 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Real estate software company RealPage has agreed to stop sharing nonpublic information between landlords as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice

6:53 AM on Tuesday, November 25

Israel says it has received human remains that Palestinian militants handed over to the Red Cross, but it is not immediately clear if they are one of three hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip

11:04 PM on Monday, November 24

An increasing number of farm animal sanctuaries across the country have started promoting an alternative version of Thanksgiving

11:03 PM on Monday, November 24

Stocks climbed again on hopes for a coming cut to interest rates

11:02 PM on Monday, November 24

Part of a scenic road loop in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park has reopened after being closed for more than six years

11:04 PM on Sunday, November 23

People with Thanksgiving travel plans may still feel on edge after the U.S. government shutdown that caused widespread flight cancellations and delays