Dollar Tree offloads Family Dollar chain for $1 billion, ending a decade-long effort to find a fit
Dollar Tree’s decade-long effort to fold the Family Dollar chain into its business is ending after agreeing to sell the bargain store chain to…
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Trump will announce auto tariffs at a White House news conference
President Donald Trump on Wednesday will announce tariffs on auto imports, a move that the White House claims would foster…
Democrats take hope from upset win in a GOP-leaning Pennsylvania state Senate district
Democrat James Andrew Malone narrowly won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a stretch of Republican-leaning suburbs and farming communities, scoring an…
A year after the Baltimore bridge collapse, a long road to recovery is ahead
A year after the catastrophic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland leaders are honoring the six construction workers who were killed when the road they were repairing…
Trump has ordered the dismantling of the US Education Department. Here’s what that means
President Donald Trump’s order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department has complex implications.
JFK assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues
More than 63,000 pages of records related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday following an order by President Donald Trump, many without the redactions that had confounded historians for years and helped fuel conspiracy theories.
Judge questions Trump administration on whether it ignored order to turn around deportation flights
A federal judge on Monday questioned whether the Trump administration ignored his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador, a possible violation of the decision he’d issued minutes before.
Severe weather moves east after tornadoes, winds and wildfires killed at least 39 people
A dynamic storm that prompted foreboding predictions of dangerous weekend weather spawned tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires that killed at least 39 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses.
St. Patrick’s Day brings boisterous parades and celebrations to New York and other cities
St. Patrick’s Day, the annual celebration of all things Irish, is being marked in cities across the country on Monday with boisterous parades and celebrations.
What to know about US student Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished in Dominican Republic on spring break
Investigators continue to search for a college student from Virginia who vanished earlier this month while visiting the Dominican Republic with five other people during spring break from classes.