National News

9:33 AM on Saturday, October 11

At least 53 people were killed in an attack by Sudanese paramilitaries in a besieged Darfur city, doctors say

9:00 AM on Saturday, October 11

Former first lady Michelle Obama is putting new force behind efforts to ensure girls overcome educational barriers in some of the world’s most economically disadvantaged areas

7:36 AM on Saturday, October 11

Before white settlers came to Onondaga Lake and the city of Syracuse grew along its shore, it was a sacred place for the Onondaga Nation

7:27 AM on Saturday, October 11

7:24 AM on Saturday, October 11

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who now feel they have the political will to do so

7:12 AM on Saturday, October 11

Visitors to Athens can now enjoy an unobstructed view of the Parthenon

6:55 AM on Saturday, October 11

Wolfgang Bivour, a renowned fungi expert in Germany, leads mushroom hunting tours near Potsdam

3:14 AM on Saturday, October 11

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione say a New York federal judge should dismiss criminal charges, including a death-eligible count, from a federal indictment brought against him in the December assassination of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive

3:11 AM on Saturday, October 11

Power has been restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv, a day after Russia launched major attacks on Ukraine's power grid, causing widespread blackouts

2:12 AM on Saturday, October 11

The most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader — Marwan Barghouti — is not among the prisoners Israel intends to free in exchange for hostages held by Hamas under the new Gaza ceasefire deal

2:08 AM on Saturday, October 11

The faces of the hostages being held in Gaza stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped

12:10 AM on Saturday, October 11

A family cleaning their backyard in New Orleans discovered an unusual marble tablet with some characters in Latin

12:08 AM on Saturday, October 11

Venezuelans in the U.S. are welcoming the news that opposition leader leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Price

12:05 AM on Saturday, October 11

National Guard troops have started patrolling in Memphis, Tennessee

12:01 AM on Saturday, October 11

New Orleans voters head to the polls to elect a new slate of city leaders, including a mayor to replace term-limited incumbent LaToya Cantrell, who faces federal corruption charges tied to an alleged affair with her bodyguard

10:23 PM on Friday, October 10

Las Vegas Aces win their third WNBA title in four seasons, beating Phoenix Mercury 97-86 for 4-game sweep

2:58 PM on Friday, October 10

11:02 AM on Friday, October 10

Officials say an explosion at a Tennessee explosives plant has left 18 people missing and feared dead

10:10 PM on Thursday, October 9

Philippine seismologists say that a new offshore earthquake with a preliminary 6.8 magnitude hit the same southern region struck earlier by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4

4:56 PM on Sunday, September 14