National News

2:39 PM on Friday, February 20

A video of Reggae, a 33-year-old Atlantic harbor seal at the New England Aquarium, hugging and fetching a rubber duck has drawn attention on social media

2:22 PM on Friday, February 20

All US truckers will be required to take commercial driver's license tests in English, Transportation Secretary says

1:59 PM on Friday, February 20

Florida lawmakers approved a bill to rename Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump

1:45 PM on Friday, February 20

Trump says he'll sign executive order to enact 10% global tariff after Supreme Court defeat

1:23 PM on Friday, February 20

Trump says he's 'absolutely ashamed' of Supreme Court justices who issued 'deeply disappointing' tariff decision

1:08 PM on Friday, February 20

Vivian Tu wants to make personal finance more approachable

12:30 PM on Friday, February 20

The new head of the U.N. refugee agency says diplomacy is the only realistic path to peace in Ukraine, as humanitarian aid runs short

12:29 PM on Friday, February 20

The Supreme Court has dealt President Donald Trump a bruising loss on a cornerstone of his economic policy, striking down sweeping tariffs he imposed on nearly every country

12:11 PM on Friday, February 20

Virginia Democrats have passed a new congressional map that aims to flip four U.S. House seats, but the courts and voters still must have a say before the maps are official

12:08 PM on Friday, February 20

Virginia Democrats pass map aimed at flipping 4 US House seats, but still need approval from high court and voters

11:42 AM on Friday, February 20

The fatal nervous system disease known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, killed actor Eric Dane less than a year after he announced his diagnosis

11:20 AM on Friday, February 20

NASA aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fueling test

11:10 AM on Friday, February 20

President Donald Trump is dealing with a major legal defeat Friday after the Supreme Court struck down many of the tariffs he imposed last year on nearly every country on earth

11:10 AM on Friday, February 20

8:59 AM on Friday, February 20

Johannes Dale-Skjevdal of Norway was the only biathlete to hit all 20 of his targets in the 15-kilometer mass start race Friday and skied his way to gold Norway’s 17th gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics — breaking the record for the most gold medals won by a nation at a single Winter Olympics

4:43 AM on Friday, February 20

Police have searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after the former prince was held in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office

5:29 PM on Thursday, February 19

For years, social media companies have disputed allegations that they harm children’s mental health through the way they design their platforms, deliberately addicting kids and failing to protect them from sexual predators and dangerous content

4:35 PM on Thursday, February 19

Kindergarten and first grade students at a Georgia school are mourning their teacher days after she was killed by a driver who authorities say was fleeing federal immigration officers

4:20 PM on Tuesday, February 17

8:00 AM on Tuesday, February 17

The Elevate Prize Foundation named its 10 winners for 2026 on Tuesday, including Monica Ramirez of Justice for Migrant Women and Mara Fleishman of the Chef Ann Foundation