National News

12:53 PM on Thursday, April 30

King Charles III has given his own charity a lift

12:47 PM on Thursday, April 30

Americans are paying for the war in Iran with every visit to the gas station, but some of the damage to the U.S. economy is being offset — for now anyway — by big tax refunds and an investment boom driven by artificial intelligence

12:31 PM on Thursday, April 30

Druski will host the 2026 BET Awards, becoming the youngest emcee in the show’s history

12:25 PM on Thursday, April 30

Gov. Tate Reeves has announced the creation of an office to manage federal funds for improving rural healthcare in Mississippi

11:22 AM on Thursday, April 30

Vatican prosecutors have seemingly defied an appeals court order to turn over to the defense all the evidence gathered in the Vatican’s big financial trial

11:09 AM on Thursday, April 30

The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s order as it tries to cut the number of vaccines recommended for every child in the United States

11:07 AM on Thursday, April 30

As artificial intelligence permeates workplaces, it's changing the nature of jobs and how people do them

11:03 AM on Thursday, April 30

A Tennessee solar developer is betting that cattle-grazing and solar panels can coexist — and benefit farmers as well as the electric grid

10:38 AM on Thursday, April 30

Mark Sanford has ended his bid to reclaim his old congressional seat

10:04 AM on Thursday, April 30

Clinicians who treat gambling disorders are concerned about their patients turning to prediction markets

8:39 AM on Thursday, April 30

The U.S. economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall’s 43-day federal government shutdown

8:37 AM on Thursday, April 30

A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest sign that the Iran war is pushing up the cost of living and delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve

7:46 AM on Thursday, April 30

Union Pacific hopes a new application will be enough to persuade regulators that its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern would be good for the country

7:27 AM on Thursday, April 30

U.S. President Donald Trump has renewed an old threat that Washington could reduce its military presence in Germany

6:49 AM on Thursday, April 30

The Voting Rights Act over its six decades became one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history, preventing discrimination against minorities at the ballot box and helping to elect thousands of Black and Hispanic representatives at all levels of government

6:34 AM on Thursday, April 30

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he's seeking more details about a short-term ceasefire that Russia proposed to U.S. President Donald Trump

2:08 AM on Thursday, April 30

Hezbollah has introduced fiber-optic drones in its conflict with Israel

1:09 AM on Thursday, April 30

The warnings to flee come suddenly: Texts pinging thousands of phones, automated calls from strange numbers, hard-to-read maps shared on social media

8:30 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Walmart customers may find something new the next time they’re looking for makeup and skin care products: in-store advisers offering personalized tips and recommendations

10:41 PM on Monday, April 27