National News

8:15 PM on Thursday, October 2

A lawsuit filed Thursday by parents of a college student killed in a Tesla crash says she was trapped inside as the car burned because of a design flaw that makes it difficult to open the doors in fires

7:26 PM on Thursday, October 2

New Mexico legislators are moving quickly to prop up funding for food assistance and rural health care services in response to President Donald Trump’s cuts in federal spending on Medicaid and nutrition programs

7:06 PM on Thursday, October 2

Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems

6:34 PM on Thursday, October 2

Americans' routine interactions with the federal government this week are increasingly being met with partisan messaging

6:27 PM on Thursday, October 2

One of Mississippi’s most-visited cultural attractions has reopened in the midst of the government shutdown, thanks to funding from a nonprofit group

6:24 PM on Thursday, October 2

In the wake of Jane Goodall's death, the many scientists and others influenced by her are promising to do their best to carry on her legacy

6:16 PM on Thursday, October 2

Nebraska officials have missed a deadline to grant licenses to marijuana growers under a new medical marijuana law approved by voters

6:14 PM on Thursday, October 2

A popular Alaskan climber fell to his death from Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan

6:07 PM on Thursday, October 2

The Detroit Tigers have defeated the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 in the deciding Game 3 of their AL Wild Card Series, advancing to a Division Series against the Seattle Mariners

6:07 PM on Thursday, October 2

On the eve of his sentencing, Sean “Diddy” Combs says he is a new man after realizing he was “broken to my core."

6:04 PM on Thursday, October 2

MLB Postseason Glance

5:02 PM on Thursday, October 2

Authorities say a Texas megachurch founder has pleaded guilty to lewd and indecent acts with a child after he was accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s in Oklahoma while he was a traveling minister

4:46 PM on Thursday, October 2

A fundraiser for the family members of the man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze has raised over $275,000

4:34 PM on Thursday, October 2

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield

1:19 PM on Thursday, October 2

President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in an “armed conflict."

1:08 PM on Thursday, October 2

The Trump administration has announced the cancellation of $7.6 billion intended for clean energy projects across 16 states

8:45 AM on Thursday, October 2

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats

6:42 AM on Thursday, October 2

Hospitals say that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

5:39 AM on Thursday, October 2

An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue in northern England and then began stabbing them, killing two and wounding at least three on the holiest day of the Jewish year

12:46 AM on Thursday, October 2

Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the ground at LaGuardia Airport in New York, injuring a flight attendant, damaging a cockpit and tearing off part of a wing