National News

7:08 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Background records of police recruits in Illinois must be available to a prospective employer under a new law in response to last summer's shooting death of Sonya Massey

6:53 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The White House is ordering a review of the Smithsonian museums to align content with President Donald Trump's interpretation of American history

6:28 PM on Tuesday, August 12

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs

6:15 PM on Tuesday, August 12

An independent watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs says VA hospitals have reported an increase in severe staffing shortages

5:58 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Reports of a large great white shark near popular beaches in Maine have prompted a warning to beachgoers

5:57 PM on Tuesday, August 12

An airman has been arrested in a shooting death last month at a Wyoming Air Force base

5:43 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately improve conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility

5:11 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A misdemeanor battery case against boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis has been dropped in South Florida

4:59 PM on Tuesday, August 12

South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to two fraud charges arising from a $40 billion cryptocurrency collapse

4:51 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Mexico is expelling 26 cartel figures wanted by US authorities in deal with the Trump administration

4:49 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A Minnesota prosecutor is seeking the release of a man in prison for 27 years for murder after a key witness recanted her testimony and confessed to the crime

4:48 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The U.N. chief has warned Israel that the United Nations has “credible information” of sexual violence and other violations by Israeli forces against detained Palestinians

4:46 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud

4:28 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics called President Donald Trump's firing of its commissioner “depressing” and “CRAZY

3:26 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Known for her role as Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What's Happening

3:00 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The Trump administration's new human rights reports for countries worldwide eliminate mentions of discrimination faced by LGBTQ people and reduce a previous focus on reproductive rights

1:40 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Police say a Texas man fatally shot three people in a Target parking lot, including a child and her grandfather

12:45 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive activist Beto O'Rourke in contempt

11:01 AM on Tuesday, August 12

Police body camera footage shows desperate parents begging law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire

10:27 AM on Tuesday, August 12

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines