National News

6:14 PM on Thursday, September 4

A suburban New York school district has agreed to change its “Thunderbirds” nickname to simply the “T-Birds” in order to comply with the state’s mandate to retire all Native American sports names and mascots

6:13 PM on Thursday, September 4

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Detroit police in the wrongful arrest of a pregnant woman who was charged with carjacking partly because of facial recognition technology

5:31 PM on Thursday, September 4

5:22 PM on Thursday, September 4

An immigrant who was arrested after a Milwaukee judge allegedly helped him evade federal agents has pleaded guilty to being in the U.S. illegally

5:17 PM on Thursday, September 4

A woman who worked as a hairstylist for Fox Sports has resolved most of a lawsuit that alleged former host Skip Bayless made unwanted advances toward her

5:14 PM on Thursday, September 4

The U.S. Justice Department is ramping up efforts to target human smuggling operations exploiting America’s northern border, citing growing concerns about sophisticated criminal networks transporting migrants for profit, expanding their focus beyond the southern border

5:12 PM on Thursday, September 4

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5:07 PM on Thursday, September 4

Two children of R&B singer Angie Stone have filed a lawsuit against a trucking company, a truck manufacturer, and others

5:04 PM on Thursday, September 4

Tennis great Björn Borg reveals in the last chapter of his upcoming memoir that he was diagnosed with an “extremely aggressive” prostate cancer, and he tells The Associated Press that it is in remission after an operation in 2024

4:17 PM on Thursday, September 4

Hikers who climbed one of Colorado's tallest mountains got more than a sweeping view at the top

4:12 PM on Thursday, September 4

Immigration agents are conducting a raid at the sprawling industrial site where Hyundai makes electric vehicles in southeast Georgia

3:41 PM on Thursday, September 4

Massachusetts insurance carriers will be required to cover vaccinations recommended by the state’s department of public health

2:59 PM on Thursday, September 4

New York’s attorney general is moving to have the state’s highest court reinstate President Donald Trump’s staggering civil fraud penalty

2:47 PM on Thursday, September 4

Florida is set to become the first state in the nation to remove vaccine mandates

2:30 PM on Thursday, September 4

A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions

1:49 PM on Thursday, September 4

Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, ending a three-year tenure marked by the freeze of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding by the Trump administration and heated criticism from House Republicans over the university’s response to campus protests

11:20 AM on Thursday, September 4

Police in an Atlanta suburb have shot and killed a man inside a burning house

10:57 AM on Thursday, September 4

Rhode Island, Connecticut and the developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in the two states are suing the Trump administration for stopping the nearly completed project

9:57 AM on Thursday, September 4

Shares of American Eagle Outfitters spiked 34% Thursday after the teen clothing retailer said the frenzy surrounding its Sydney Sweeney ad campaign drew new customers during its most recent quarter

12:26 AM on Thursday, September 4

U.S. stocks rose as Wall Street made its final moves ahead of a highly anticipated report on the job market