U.S. & World

From an ice cream parlor in California to a medical supply business in North Carolina to a T-shirt vendor outside Detroit, U.S. businesses are bracing to take a hit from the taxes President Donald Trump imposed Saturday on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, America’s three biggest trading partners.

The Los Angeles Lakers, fresh off a hard-fought win over the New York Knicks on Saturday night, just shook the league to its core.

USAID’s website has dropped offline without explanation in the Trump administration’s two-week-old funding freeze of U.S. foreign aid and development funding.

President Donald Trump has signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, fulfilling a campaign promise but raising the prospect of trade conflict and increased prices for American consumers.

The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a lawsuit by a woman who alleged that ex-Officer Derek Chauvin hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee in January 2020, just as he did four months later when he killed George Floyd.

The Army has released the name of the third soldier who died Wednesday when an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet near the D.C. airport. Cpt. Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham, N.C., served as an Army aviation officer since July 2019.

The new levies on America’s top trade partners could drive prices higher for cars, electronics, lumber and more, threatening to crimp an economy that the president has vowed to improve.

Thanks to quick and effective CPR with a defibrillator, coaches were able to save Spencer Davis’ life. Now the 16-year-old wants to educate others about it.

Many Black people are finding joy, community, thrills and a bigger sense of the world through activities that were once inaccessible.

After boasting plans of imposing tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, Canada and China throughout his campaign, Trump and his White House confirmed on Friday the first bout of tariffs will begin Saturday.

The White House produced a video featuring three mothers whose children were killed by convicted undocumented migrants.

Martin promised to refocus the Democratic message on working-class voters, strengthen Democratic infrastructure across the country and improve the party’s anti-Trump rapid response system.

Pugs, with their characteristic short muzzles that give rise to breathing problems and other health issues like eye and ear infections, often come with vet bills their owners can’t afford.