NATIONAL NEWS

What many Americans hoped would be the first normal holiday season in three years has instead been thrown into crisis by inflation, with Christmas on the horizon.

A celery stalk sighting and a little luck came together to help a New Hampshire man find his wife’s wedding rings in a 20-ton trash trailer, wrapped in a napkin that he had accidentally thrown away.

A twister roaring out of the early morning darkness ripped through a small Alabama community, killing two during an outbreak of tornadoes in the South.

Only scattered challenges to certification of the midterm election have been reported in the United States, and not a single one is based on any problems with the accuracy of the results.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has visited the memorial outside a gay club where five people were killed in a shooting attack last week.

Closing arguments slated for Thursday in The Trump Organization’s tax fraud case could clock in at seven hours, or more.

Despite assurances that lava from Hawaii's Mauna Loa isn't threatening communities, some residents are remaining vigilant.

Six families are mourning loved ones who were killed in the mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers on Tuesday reached a tentative labor agreement with the University of California.

Hundreds of people have gathered at Harvard University and near Chinese consulates in New York and Chicago to support protesters who have called for that country’s leader to step down amid severe anti-virus restrictions in the biggest demonstrations against the government in Beijing in decades.

A Kansas lawmaker who was forced out of one of the state Senate’s most powerful jobs following a drunken driving arrest is planning to leave the Legislature in early January.

A Walmart employee who survived the mass shooting at a store in Virginia has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the company.

A federal appeals court has upheld the extortion and fraud convictions of a once-celebrated young Massachusetts mayor who was found guilty of extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from marijuana businesses.

A new study finds that few Americans have heard of MyPlate, the government diet guide that replaced the long-standing food pyramid.

The Senate has passed landmark bipartisan legislation to protect same-sex marriages.

Residents in several towns across Louisiana and Mississippi have taken cover amid the blare of tornado sirens amid a severe weather outbreak erupting in the Deep South.

The Biden administration is designating the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.

A federal trial to determine whether South Carolina’s congressional maps are legal is closing with arguments over whether the state Legislature diluted Black voting power.

A Missouri man convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother has been executed.

Lava is shooting into the air and flowing downhill as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano erupts for the first time in nearly 40 years.