NATIONAL NEWS

Residents of rural Mississippi have recounted harrowing tales of survival after a deadly tornado tore through the state Friday night.

With at least 25 people dead in Mississippi, tornadoes that ravaged parts of the Deep South overnight were the deadliest in the state in more than a decade.

The challenger in the race for the United Auto Workers’ top leadership post claimed victory Saturday in a close election that is likely to give his slate of candidates control of the huge union.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill allowing firing squads to execute death row inmates when lethal injection drugs are unavailable.

Criminal justice and election officials, along with voting rights advocates, are working across the United States to expand voting among jail detainees.

Hundreds of women are traveling weekly to the southern tip of Illinois to secure an abortion.

An explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania Friday killed three people and left four missing, but authorities say one person was found alive in the rubble.

One Missouri man's Friday morning took an unexpected turn when he rescued a woman from flash floods engulfing her SUV.

Navajo Technical University has launched its first accredited doctoral program that will be dedicated to sustaining Diné culture and language.

The Los Angeles Unified School District and union leaders say they have reached a deal on a new contract for workers after a strike that shut down the nation’s second-largest school system for three days.

A convicted drug trafficker has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to participating in the assassination of Haiti’s president in 2021.

Federal authorities expect to return a 13-year-old boy’s remains to his Native American tribe in South Dakota this fall.

Some plant-based chicken nuggets are being recalled because they may be contaminated with wood.

Florida's move to expand its prohibition on teaching sexual orientation or gender identity in the classroom comes as several states are pursuing similar bans.

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The White House is defending President Joe Biden’s order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 after a federal appeals court blocked it.

Jurors’ names will be kept secret at the upcoming trial of a writer’s rape lawsuit against former President Donald Trump.

Minnesota is moving to strengthen the state’s protections for children and their families who come for gender-affirming care by making itself a “trans refuge state,” bucking a national backlash against transgender rights.

Federal officials are delaying a decision on whether to approve an oil pipeline tunnel in a Great Lakes waterway.

A northern Virginia police officer has been fired after fatally shooting a shoplifting suspect last month after a foot chase at a busy shopping mall.

Lawmakers in states including Colorado, California, Texas and New York are taking big, legislative swings at the eating disorder crisis.

Authorities say a woman accused of setting fire last year to a Wyoming abortion clinic that was under construction told investigators that she opposes abortion and was experiencing anxiety and nightmares over the facility opening.

The Michigan Court of Appeals says the parents of a teenager who killed four students at a high school can face trial for involuntary manslaughter.

As spring sports get underway at East Palestine High School in Ohio, organizers are trying to create normalcy for student-athletes while cleanup from the February train derailment and toxic chemical burn continues just over a mile away.