NATIONAL NEWS

A Wisconsin judge is set to hear arguments on whether prosecutors should return to Kyle Rittenhouse the assault-style rifle he used to shoot three people during a street protest.

Authorities say a suspect led Houston police on a chase Thursday that ended with him wounding three officers in a shootout, hijacking a car and barricading himself inside a home for hours before surrendering.

An appellate court has heard arguments in Planned Parenthood’s challenge to South Carolina’s new abortion law, with attorneys for the state arguing the nonprofit doesn’t have legal standing to bring the case.

A judge has denied a request from a Louisville police officer who took part in the deadly 2020 raid on Breonna Taylor’s home to bar the media from part of his upcoming trial.

A Boston hospital is defending itself after a man’s family claimed he was denied a new heart for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says the nation’s schools must act more urgently to help millions of students who have fallen behind during the pandemic.

Florida Republicans want to forbid discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in schools.

Scientists have come up with some tricks to make transplanted owls feel like they are not alone in their new digs, playing owl sounds and scattering fake poop.

Russia has been threatening to expand military ties with allies Venezuela and Cuba amid rising tensions with the U.S. over Ukraine.

The Coast Guard says it has suspended its rescue operations in the search for dozens of migrants lost at sea off Florida.

New York Police Officer Jason Rivera was no stranger to the tensions between police and some communities.

The real winner of a sweepstakes for a ride in space has finally come forward: a Florida-based airline pilot.

Will the pandemic ever really be “over”.

The remains of 20 Native Americans massacred in Northern California in 1860 have been returned to their tribe.

Word of Justice Stephen Breyer's pending retirement may be lifting Democratic hopes ahead of midterm elections.

Oklahoma has executed a man for the brutal slayings of two hotel workers during a robbery in 2001.

The world's oldest male gorilla has died at age 61 at Zoo Atlanta.

Mississippi's capital city struggles with an unreliable water system that has problems with both quality and distribution.

The United States has launched a criminal investigation into whether a smuggling ring is behind a boat that capsized off Florida with 40 migrants onboard.

The issue of whether George Floyd was suffering from the disputed condition of “excited delirium” the day he was killed has resurfaced at the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with depriving him of his civil rights.