National News

2:40 PM on Friday, August 22

An independent monitor said significant understaffing is a serious problem at jails in Georgia's Fulton County, creating safety risks

2:24 PM on Friday, August 22

Wall Street rallied after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted cuts to interest rates may be coming

2:02 PM on Friday, August 22

Ron Turcotte, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, has died at 84

2:00 PM on Friday, August 22

Dow rallies 800 points to a record after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted cuts to interest rates may be coming

1:43 PM on Friday, August 22

A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama lawmakers to draw a new legislative map that includes a new majority-Black Senate district near Montgomery or something close to it

1:22 PM on Friday, August 22

1:22 PM on Friday, August 22

Trump says Intel agreed to give US a stake in its company

1:22 PM on Friday, August 22

New York City is allowing the robotaxi company Waymo to test a few of its autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn

1:10 PM on Friday, August 22

AP sources: Hegseth fires general whose agency's initial intel assessment of damage to Iran nuclear sites angered Trump

1:07 PM on Friday, August 22

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been freed from a Tennessee jail so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial

12:53 PM on Friday, August 22

Justice Department releases transcripts of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend

12:43 PM on Friday, August 22

Police say multiple people have died in a tour bus crash in New York state

12:35 PM on Friday, August 22

A Colorado judge has rejected a plea agreement for a funeral home director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses

12:21 PM on Friday, August 22

President Donald Trump says that the draw for the 2026 World Cup will happen on Dec. 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington

12:21 PM on Friday, August 22

Gavin Newsom is having a moment

11:03 AM on Friday, August 22

A Milwaukee judge charged with obstructing a federal agency and concealing a wanted person who was in the country illegally told police days after the incident in her courtroom that “I didn’t do anything that they’re saying.”

9:56 AM on Friday, August 22

Canada is dropping retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact

9:19 AM on Friday, August 22

John Bolton, the former Trump national security adviser, whose home and office are being searched by federal agents, has been a vocal critic of the Republican president

8:03 AM on Friday, August 22

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing of a move and suggested the central bank will proceed cautiously as it continues to evaluate the impact of tariffs and other policies on the economy

3:55 AM on Friday, August 22

Sri Lankan police have arrested former President Ranil Wickremesinghe over allegations of misusing public funds