The U.S. trade deficit soared to a monthly record of $140.5 billion in March, signaling a rush for imports from businesses and consumers alike ahead of President Donald Trump’s latest — and most sweeping — tariffs taking effect
Scripps National Spelling Bee tweaks rules to make ‘spell-off’ tiebreaker less likely
The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion this year
Teen basketball players were among those who died in a Kansas highway crash
Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas
Jury begins deliberating fate of 3 former officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death
The fate of three former Memphis police officers charged in the beating of Tyre Nichols is in the hands of 12 jurors as deliberations began in the Black man's death
Trump Pentagon nominee under scrutiny in hearing for partisan comments
A retired U.S. brigadier general who failed to get through the confirmation process in the first Trump administration is getting renewed scrutiny for his political and anti-Islamic social media posts
Michigan school shooter loses appeal in bid to withdraw guilty plea in 4 deaths
A Michigan court says it won’t accept an appeal from a school shooter who was sentenced to life in prison in 2023 for killing four students and wounding others
Birmingham fights against losing control of its water board, citing racial discrimination
Birmingham city officials have sued the Alabama governor to stop him from signing of a bill that would strip the city of control over the state’s largest water board
Trump plans to announce the US will call Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials say
President Donald Trump plans to announce next week that the U.S. will refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia
Member of beloved grizzly bear family hit and killed in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park
A 5-year-old bear that was a member of a beloved grizzly family in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park has died
In Georgia, a fight over credit for its clean energy boom
If Joe Biden’s presidency had a capstone achievement, it was the Inflation Reduction Act, and if the IRA’s project of reindustrializing America through climate action has a poster child, it is Georgia. The Peach State is home to more new jobs expected to result from clean energy projects that have...