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Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes

7:18 PM on Friday, May 8

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups

No injuries reported after explosion and fire at New Orleans-area refinery

7:08 PM on Friday, May 8

Officials say there were no injuries reported after an explosion and a fire at a refinery in the New Orleans area

Federal judge dismisses former Trump supporter’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News

6:52 PM on Friday, May 8

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News

US authorities cancel cruise ship worker visas as part of child sexual abuse images case

4:46 PM on Friday, May 8

U.S. immigration authorities have canceled the visas of more than two dozen people, including some who worked on a Disney Cruise Line ship, amid allegations they possessed or had viewed child sexual abuse images

How major US stock indexes fared Friday 5/8/2026

4:21 PM on Friday, May 8

U.S. stocks rose to records following the latest sign that the nation’s job market is doing better than economists expected

In legal dispute over 'The View,' ABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speech

4:11 PM on Friday, May 8

ABC is accusing the Trump administration of trying to chill free speech and hinder open political discussion

'Somebody stole from me': Mom mourns after 2 fatally shot in kids' soccer dispute

2:50 PM on Friday, May 8

A young man has appeared in a Michigan court on murder charges, three days after a teenager and a woman were fatally shot in a dispute about who could play an informal game of soccer

Trump is lifting restrictions on hunting in national parks, refuges and wilderness areas

2:06 PM on Friday, May 8

President Donald Trump's administration is pushing federal land management officials to lift restrictions on hunting and trapping in national parks, refuges and wilderness areas

NFL and referees agree on a 7-year collective bargaining agreement, avoiding potential work stoppage

12:54 PM on Friday, May 8

The NFL and the NFL Referees Association have agreed on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement that avoids a potential work stoppage and use of replacement officials

4 people convicted of conspiracy in US trial tied to 2021 assassination of Haiti's president

12:52 PM on Friday, May 8

A Florida jury has convicted four men of conspiracy in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse

A Canvas outage tied to a cyberattack has wreaked havoc on colleges' final exam season

11:53 AM on Friday, May 8

Schools and universities across the country are recovering from an outage tied to a cyberattack that knocked down Canvas

Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools

10:38 AM on Friday, May 8

A key online learning system used by thousands of schools and universities is back after a cyberattack knocked it offline, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats' redrawn US House maps, giving Republicans a win

10:15 AM on Friday, May 8

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a Democratic congressional redistricting plan that had won voter approval

Bright lights and hot orbs: UFO files shed light on sightings but leave interpretation to the public

8:28 AM on Friday, May 8

The Pentagon has begun releasing files on UFOs, tapping into public curiosity about unidentified phenomena

The Latest: Trump says a 3-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire may be 'beginning of the end'

8:18 AM on Friday, May 8

President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners

Starmer says he won't quit after local elections deliver losses for Labour and wins for Reform UK

1:06 AM on Friday, May 8

Partial results from local elections in England show significant losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and gains for Reform UK

US stocks rise to records after a solid jobs report overshadows higher oil prices

12:53 AM on Friday, May 8

U.S. stocks rose to records following the latest sign that the nation’s job market is doing better than economists expected

Judge rejects request to ban cameras in court from man charged with killing Charlie Kirk

12:02 AM on Friday, May 8

A Utah judge has rejected a request from the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk to ban cameras from his high-profile murder case

Suspect in Navajo woman’s disappearance sentenced to 5 years for robbery after plea deal

12:01 AM on Friday, May 8

The only person ever charged in the unsolved 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay has been sentenced to five years in federal prison

US fires on and disables 2 more Iranian tankers as tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz

11:09 PM on Thursday, May 7

The U.S. military says its forces fired on and disabled two Iranian oil tankers after exchanging fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz overnight

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