National News
- Spanish-language reporter in Tennessee is released from immigration detention on bond March 20, 2026A reporter for a Spanish-language news outlet in Tennessee who contends she was wrongly held in a detention center for more than two weeks has been released
- Man convicted of murder for 2019 death of Alabama college student Aniah Blanchard March 20, 2026A man has been convicted of murder in the 2019 death of an Alabama college student whose disappearance drew national attention
- Arizona community hits 110 degrees F, the highest March temperature recorded in the US March 20, 2026Abnormal heat on the last day of winter continues to set records in the U.S. Southwest
- Student loans to go to Treasury Department as Trump continues to dismantle Education Department March 20, 2026The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department
- Authorities investigating close call between Alaska Airlines and FedEx planes landing at Newark March 20, 2026Federal aviation officials are investigating a close call at Newark Airport in which an Alaska Airlines jet flew over a FedEx cargo plane during landing approaches
- Democrats aim to turn Trump's tariffs against GOP in campaigns for governor March 20, 2026Democrats running for governor across the country are making tariffs a central element of their political message this year
- Teenagers sue Musk's xAI claiming image-generator made sexually explicit images of them as minors March 20, 2026Three teenagers in Tennessee have sued Elon Musk’s xAI, claiming the company’s image-generation tools were used to morph real photos of them into explicitly sexual images
- Clergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility March 20, 2026Clergy groups in Minnesota are asking a federal judge to order ICE to allow in-person pastoral visits for immigrants held in a Minneapolis federal building
- Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration March 20, 2026A federal judge has ruled that the government overreached when it declared certain types of gender-affirming care unsafe for young people
- A Mexican teen migrant dies in a Florida jail holding ICE detainees March 20, 2026U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says a 19-year-old Mexican migrant has died at a county jail in Florida that has been holding immigrant detainees
- Anti-apartheid activist and UN diplomat Nicholas Haysom dies at 73 March 20, 2026Nicholas Haysom has died at 73
- The body of an American student who went missing in Barcelona has been found, police in Spain say March 20, 2026Spanish authorities say they have found the body of missing college student from Illinois who was missing for more than two days
- 3 men are charged with conspiring to smuggle US artificial intelligence to China March 20, 2026A senior vice president of Super Micro Computer Inc. and two others affiliated with the company have been charged with conspiring to smuggle billions of dollars of computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China
- A man formerly suspected in infamous case of NYC missing child Etan Patz has died March 19, 2026A man who was suspected for decades in the 1979 disappearance of New York first grader Etan Patz has died
- Former '19 Kids and Counting' star Joseph Duggar is arrested on a child molestation charge March 19, 2026Joseph Duggar from “19 Kids and Counting” faces a child molestation charge in Florida tied to a girl’s account of abuse
- Dolores Huerta ends her silence, champions decades of advocacy for marginalized groups March 19, 2026Dolores Huerta has dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and cemented her place in history as one of the nation’s most influential labor leaders, civil rights icons and feminist activists
- Advocates work to reconcile César Chavez's labor rights legacy with sexual abuse allegations March 19, 2026Advocates and political leaders across the U.S. are working to reconcile the legacy of the long-admired Latino icon César Chavez with stunning allegations that he sexually abused girls and women
- Iran intensifies attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Gulf after Israeli strike on key gas field March 19, 2026Iran has intensified its attacks on oil and gas facilities around the Gulf, dramatically raising the stakes in a war that is sending shock waves through the global economy
- Belarus leader hosts US envoy for talks, latest step in his effort to improve ties with Washington March 19, 2026Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West
- César Chavez and Dolores Huerta led a movement that won better wages and conditions for farmworkers March 19, 2026Dolores Huerta and the late César Chavez are both credited with leading a movement that got growers to negotiate for better wages and working conditions for farm workers
