National News

1:54 PM on Wednesday, August 19

Dr. Erica Schwartz, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is promising to advocate for the agency while addressing staff burnout and understaffing issues

1:40 PM on Wednesday, August 19

U.S. stocks rose Wednesday after the U.S. Treasury Department announced a move that could ease pressure coming from the bond market

12:07 PM on Wednesday, August 19

The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off

11:46 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice

11:38 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Many Federal Reserve officials think the central bank will have to lift its key short-term interest rate in the coming months if inflation doesn’t subside, minutes of the Fed’s meeting last month showed

11:30 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Normally quiet, the bond market can occasionally send warning signals loud enough to hit stock markets worldwide and even grab the attention of U.S. presidents and other world leaders

11:30 AM on Wednesday, August 19

President Donald Trump played White House tour guide, showcasing his construction projects, including a new helipad and ballroom

11:26 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Body camera footage shows nine members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force falling to the ground as a second-story wooden deck they were standing on suddenly collapses

10:49 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Recovering from the devastating earthquake that hit Colombia earlier this month will be particularly challenging for Choco, a remote region that has long struggled with high poverty rates, poor infrastructure and underfunded health and education services

10:47 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Eclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern lights from space

10:24 AM on Wednesday, August 19

College sports are undergoing a transformation with the rise of NIL deals, allowing athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness

9:25 AM on Wednesday, August 19

6:40 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The Kennedy Center has told a federal court it won't try to restore Donald Trump's name to the building facade before at least Sept. 8

6:24 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Florida Republicans have settled on Byron Donalds, a congressman, as their candidate for governor, and that now makes eight Black major party nominees for governors this year

6:01 AM on Wednesday, August 19

The first New World screwworm outbreak in Texas in 60 years is hindering efforts to move rescued dogs and cats out of crowded animal shelters to states where they would be adopted

3:39 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Target says it has more evidence that a merchandising overhaul under its new CEO is attracting more customers and improving sales

3:00 AM on Wednesday, August 19

Millions more people may be able to get smaller, lightweight Amazon packages delivered by drones by the end of the year under a plan the company announced Wednesday to expand the airborne shipping to suburban areas in nearly 500 U.S. cities

10:57 PM on Tuesday, August 18

Jason Arday, who was once celebrated as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, was found dead last week after weeks of news stories presenting evidence that he was a plagiarist and fabulist

9:08 AM on Tuesday, August 18

Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” as her mental health deteriorated in the months before she killed her three children, her former mother-in-law testified at her Massachusetts murder trial

9:57 AM on Sunday, August 16

Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help Colombia recover from a devastating earthquake