National News

5:14 AM on Friday, May 29

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has cast Pope Leo XIV as a global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the Chicago-born pontiff at the Vatican

3:04 AM on Friday, May 29

Sue Tilley was working in an unemployment office when she met artist Lucian Freud

3:03 AM on Friday, May 29

The war in Gaza and the mass displacement of Palestinians have helped fuel an increase in marriages of young girls

2:33 AM on Friday, May 29

11:03 PM on Thursday, May 28

President Vladimir Putin is facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians and appears ready to change the narrative around the conflict

9:06 PM on Thursday, May 28

7:17 PM on Thursday, May 28

Shrey Parikh has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, beating Ishaan Gupta in a lightning-round tiebreaker

7:06 PM on Thursday, May 28

A rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has exploded during a test at the launch pad

6:18 PM on Thursday, May 28

Federal prosecutors have indicted ex-Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier on additional charges related to a sports gambling sting

3:35 PM on Thursday, May 28

A court investigation found that a federal judge had an affair with a police officer, including having sex in chambers overheard by staff, but remains on the bench with a “private reprimand.”

12:55 PM on Thursday, May 28

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo denies an agreement with the U.S. for anti-drug trafficking operations in Guatemala

12:26 PM on Thursday, May 28

10:53 AM on Thursday, May 28

Four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux has died after taking his own life, according to authorities

10:04 AM on Thursday, May 28

A man wanted in connection with the killings of three men has been apprehended after a massive search of Hawaii’s Big Island

9:39 AM on Thursday, May 28

Martina McBride, Morris Day, the Commodores and Young MC have all announced they will not perform at “The Great American State Fair” on Washington's National Mall

6:07 AM on Thursday, May 28

Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups

8:22 PM on Wednesday, May 27

U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program

11:27 AM on Wednesday, May 27

12:27 AM on Monday, May 25

The United States and Iran appear to be closing in on a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz

11:30 AM on Monday, May 11