News for March 14, 2025

Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister and is preparing to lead the country through a trade fight with the United States and an expected election.

A powerful storm system is causing deaths, tornado risk, wildfires, dust storms, and power outages across a large part of the central and southern U.S.

The Russell 2000 is nearing a bear market as President Donald Trump’s trade policies and wider economic uncertainty weigh on small U.S. companies.

Worries grew this week that President Donald Trump’s push to reshape the economy with tariffs and spending cuts could slow growth, raise prices, and weaken the job market.

A measles case at a Lubbock hospital exposed newborns and other families, forcing University Medical Center Children’s Hospital and local health officials to move quickly to protect babies during Texas’s growing outbreak.

Trump’s “America First” push is helping stock markets and defense firms overseas, especially in Europe, even as U.S. markets fall.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said state agencies cannot be forced by courts to update transgender people’s sex markers on Texas IDs and should undo past changes.

A Maryland judge formally sentenced Adnan Syed to time served, keeping him free but under five years of supervised probation in the long-running case tied to the “Serial” podcast.

Tesla says President Donald Trump’s new trade policies could hurt U.S. automakers by raising costs and weakening overseas demand.

Hamas said it would release one living U.S.-Israeli hostage and four bodies, but Israel doubts the offer and says the talks are still unsettled.