National News

3:14 AM on Thursday, July 2

Iranian state television claimed this week that a foreign ship got stuck in the Strait of Hormuz after ignoring instructions to use a route laid out by the Islamic Republic’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard

2:36 AM on Thursday, July 2

1:32 AM on Thursday, July 2

Russia likely used shadow ships to launch drones over Europe that repeatedly disrupted civilian aviation, as it monitored military sites and tested the air defenses of NATO nations

10:15 PM on Wednesday, July 1

An Associated Press journalist spent a month in the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak documenting the toll and the challenges for health workers in a conflict zone

9:01 PM on Wednesday, July 1

President Donald Trump has increasingly adopted a contradictory communication style even as it roils financial markets and causes consternation among top Republicans trying to retain control of Congress in November's midterm elections

7:36 PM on Wednesday, July 1

The head of the Chicago Police Department has announced that he will retire after a short tenure leading the nation’s second-largest police force

5:46 PM on Wednesday, July 1

The FBI has discounted some of the ransom notes that surfaced after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as extortion attempts

5:24 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Lawmakers have released a federal audit that found that only 25% of some $14 billion in federal funds obligated for Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hurricane Maria razed it almost a decade ago has reached the U.S. territory

5:05 PM on Wednesday, July 1

UPS never required the detailed inspections needed to spot the problem that allowed an engine to fly off one of its planes before it crashed and killed 15 people last fall even after Boeing recommended it years earlier

4:30 PM on Wednesday, July 1

3:51 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Tropical Storm Douglas has formed in the Pacific Ocean

3:01 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Belgium stages a dramatic comeback to beat Senegal 3-2 in the World Cup

11:29 AM on Wednesday, July 1

10:47 AM on Wednesday, July 1

Standout U.S. national soccer team player Christian Pulisic hails from Hershey, Pennsylvania

9:50 AM on Wednesday, July 1

With wildfires raging across the western U.S., cities and states are restricting fireworks as the nation gears up for a big Fourth of July

8:47 AM on Wednesday, July 1

Two-time Stanley Cup-winning goalie Sergei Bobrovsky signed a three-year, $21 million contract with the Maple Leafs

8:02 AM on Wednesday, July 1

Add Norman Powell to the list of this past season’s All-Stars who are changing addresses this summer in NBA free agency

6:25 AM on Wednesday, July 1

President Donald Trump has taken his maiden voyage on a new Air Force One

9:06 PM on Tuesday, June 30

The Vatican has responded aggressively to the ultratraditionalist Society of St. Pius X after it defied Pope Leo XIV and consecrated four bishops without his consent

9:02 PM on Tuesday, June 30

A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics has directly defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent