National News

6:22 AM on Monday, August 18

Russia’s troops are continuing their slow war of attrition in eastern and northern Ukraine, even as the conflict enters a pivotal phase with a series of high-level meetings that are part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for peace

12:40 AM on Monday, August 18

Erin reintensifies to a Category 4 hurricane and is likely to create dangerous surf along the U.S. East Coast this week

9:25 PM on Sunday, August 17

Early results show Bolivia’s presidential vote headed for first-ever runoff between centrist and right-wing candidates

9:23 PM on Sunday, August 17

12:56 PM on Sunday, August 17

Terence Stamp, the British actor who often played the role of a complex villain, including that of General Zod in the early Superman films, has died

12:51 PM on Sunday, August 17

“Weapons” scared its way to the top during its debut last weekend and stayed there, beating out “Freakier Friday” for a second time and the newcomer action movie “Nobody 2.”

9:50 AM on Sunday, August 17

Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to help battle wildfires that have ravaged parched woodlands during a prolonged heat wave, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said

9:45 AM on Sunday, August 17

A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker have been granted asylum in Great Britain and Australia

9:40 AM on Sunday, August 17

A U.S. official says Russian leader Vladimir Putin has agreed that the United States and European allies could offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the war

9:08 AM on Sunday, August 17

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic has announced tough measures against anti-government protesters following days of riots challenging his rule

8:23 AM on Sunday, August 17

The explosion this week at U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh-area plant has reignited debate about its future

8:03 AM on Sunday, August 17

Early results in Bolivia's presidential election show the country headed for an unprecedented runoff following a vote in which a dark horse centrist, Sen. Rodrigo Paz, drew more votes than the right-wing front-runners, although not enough to secure an outright victory

7:37 AM on Sunday, August 17

Authorities in New York City are investigating a shooting in a crowded club that left three people dead and nine others wounded

6:25 AM on Sunday, August 17

European and NATO leaders will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine

6:11 AM on Sunday, August 17

Air Canada has suspended plans to restart operations after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants decided to defy a return-to-work order

5:38 AM on Sunday, August 17

Hurricane Erin has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane but is gaining in size and raising the risk of life-threatening surf later this week along the U.S. Eastern seaboard

5:30 AM on Sunday, August 17

Pope Leo XIV is spending the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen homeless and poor people and the church volunteers who help them

4:05 AM on Sunday, August 17

Israeli protesters demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza have attempted to shut down the country in one of the largest and fiercest protests in 22 months of war

2:27 AM on Sunday, August 17

Officials say rescuers have recovered dozens more bodies from the rubble of collapsed homes in a northwestern district of Pakistan, bringing the death toll to at least 274, as authorities defended their response to the flooding and said they did not need any foreign help at this point

12:01 AM on Sunday, August 17

President Donald Trump walked into a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin pressing for a ceasefire deal and threatening “severe consequences” and tough new sanctions if the Kremlin leader failed to agree to halt the fighting in Ukraine