News for March 11, 2025

A New Jersey judge ruled that prosecutors can use STRmix DNA evidence in the trial of Paul Caneiro, who is charged in the 2018 murders of four relatives.

President Donald Trump’s tariff fight with Canada is hurting the U.S. bourbon industry, with Michter’s Distillery and other Kentucky producers seeing canceled sales and stalled expansion plans.

The West Texas measles outbreak has spread into Oklahoma, where health officials reported two probable cases linked to the same outbreak.

U.S. inflation likely stayed elevated in February, and new tariffs from President Donald Trump could keep prices under pressure later this year.

Washington state is suing Adams County Sheriff Dale J. Wagner, saying he broke state law by helping federal immigration officers target undocumented immigrants.

Wisconsin’s first big 2025 battleground race will test whether Donald Trump’s narrow gains in the state last year were a lasting shift or just tied to Trump himself.

Sen. Richard Durbin and other Democrats say President Donald Trump’s “invasion” immigration claim is wrong and could face a legal challenge if he uses it to expand his power.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says the Oxford Center put profits before safety, and that failures at the facility led to a hyperbaric chamber fire that killed a 5-year-old boy.

A Cook County judge ruled that Micheail Ward will stay in jail while he waits for a new trial in the killing of Hadiya Pendleton.

President Donald Trump backed away from a plan to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium after Ontario paused a new electricity charge on US exports.

President Donald Trump’s escalating trade fight with Canada helped drive another sharp drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and wider market losses.

A University of Mississippi Medical Center medical helicopter crashed in Mississippi, killing the pilot and two hospital workers on board.

Elon Musk and other top tech billionaires lost huge amounts of wealth as Trump’s economic moves shook markets and hit tech stocks.