National News

12:01 AM on Friday, August 22

Former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he has been acquitted of royal defamation and has walked free

11:56 PM on Thursday, August 21

Another U.S. military mini shuttle has blasted off on a secret mission

11:46 PM on Thursday, August 21

A federal website that informs the public about data collection has gone down, causing concern among advocates

10:25 PM on Thursday, August 21

Erik Menendez has been denied parole by panel of California commissioners

9:55 PM on Thursday, August 21

9:48 PM on Thursday, August 21

Parole board says Erik Menendez should remain in prison despite reduced sentence that makes him eligible for release

9:43 PM on Thursday, August 21

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as it winds down its operations in 60 days to comply with environmental laws

9:40 PM on Thursday, August 21

No more expansion allowed at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail in Florida over environmental concerns, judge says

8:21 PM on Thursday, August 21

The top U.N. envoy for Syria is warning that its transition remains “on a knife-edge” and violence could resume at any moment in the southern city of Sweida, which saw deadly clashes last month

5:02 PM on Thursday, August 21

False reports of active shooters have led to panic and temporary lockdowns at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

4:02 PM on Thursday, August 21

Authorities say an apparent accident involving exposure to gas at a dairy in Colorado has killed six people

3:45 PM on Thursday, August 21

State inspectors in Colorado say they found about 20 decomposing bodies behind a hidden door in a funeral home operated by a county coroner

3:02 PM on Thursday, August 21

The Trump administration says it’s reviewing more than 55 million foreigners who have valid U.S. visas for any violations that could lead to deportation

1:00 PM on Thursday, August 21

Federal investigators looking at gender-affirming care providers demanded that at least one hospital hand over information about individual patients

12:57 PM on Thursday, August 21

Federal authorities have set up checkpoints around the nation's capital, asking people for their immigration status and detaining them

9:06 AM on Thursday, August 21

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will give final approval for the takeover of Gaza City while also restarting negotiations with Hamas aimed at returning all the remaining hostages and ending the war on Israel’s terms

8:39 AM on Thursday, August 21

President Donald Trump is praising his military crackdown on crime and immigration in Washington, D

6:36 AM on Thursday, August 21

California voters will decide in a November special election whether to approve a redrawn congressional map designed to help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats next year

3:04 AM on Thursday, August 21

Russia has launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine, hitting an American-owned electronics plant among other targets and injecting further uncertainty into the U.S.-led efforts to end the 3-year-old war

12:03 AM on Thursday, August 21

Erik Menendez has been denied parole by a panel of California commissioners