WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would pause higher reciprocal tariffs for 90 days on dozens of trade partners, while raising duties on China to 125%.

The president’s about-face comes roughly 13 hours after higher reciprocal duties on 56 nations and the European Union went into effect, a move that fueled market turmoil and ...Read more

ATLANTA — After nearly three years behind bars, an Atlanta rapper who was acquitted during his lengthy Fulton County gang and racketeering trial is finally going home.

Deamonte Kendrick, who performs under the stage name Yak Gotti, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single count of aggravated battery stemming from a fight last year at the Rice ...Read more

DETROIT — Rap artist Sada Baby is being held in the Macomb County Jail after being arrested Tuesday in Sterling Heights, records said.

The 32-year-old Shelby Township resident, whose real name is Casada Sorrell, is facing drug possession charges, according to the Macomb County Sheriff's Office and court records.

Records also said he has not ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The National Transportation Safety Board this week made public its final report on the 2023 natural gas explosion at a West Reading chocolate factory that killed seven employees.

The March 24, 2023, explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. factory also injured 10 people and displaced three families from a neighboring apartment building...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is pausing and lowering reciprocal tariffs on 75 countries that have called for trade negotiations and will raise tariffs on goods imports from China to 125%, effective immediately.

Trump announced the change in policy on Truth Social, altering a course he set only last week. The news ...Read more

CHICAGO — Illinois Democratic Senate President Don Harmon improperly accepted $4 million more in political contributions than allowed under campaign donation laws he championed years ago, according to the State Board of Elections.

In a certified letter sent to Harmon last month following a Chicago Tribune inquiry about Harmon’s fundraising,...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Recent cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could end programs that are “critical” for commercial fishing safety in Alaska, according to the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association, which receives funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

The federal institute, known...Read more

WASHINGTON — Tariffs are taking a toll on the stock market, but they could also complicate Republicans’ effort to maintain their majorities on Capitol Hill.

While a slumping or failing economy is an obvious political risk for the party in power ahead of an election, there’s more nuance to Republicans’ specific challenge in the upcoming...Read more

DENVER — Eight Coloradans arrested during last year’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations on Denver’s multicollege Auraria Campus are suing police over the break-up of the protest, alleging their arrests were unlawful and in violation of their free speech rights.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Denver District Court, comes as hundreds of ...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis has threatened to veto a bill that would mandate Colorado’s municipal courts conform to state sentencing guidelines, the bill sponsors said.

HB25-1147 would limit city courts from administering sentences that go beyond state limits for the same crimes. Legislative reforms in 2021 significantly reduced maximum ...Read more

DENVER — About 600 pounds of marijuana scheduled to be destroyed was stolen from a Colorado State Patrol evidence trailer last week, according to the agency.

The theft was discovered Friday morning when an evidence technician was conducting a property walkthrough of the Arapahoe County facility, according to a news release from Colorado State...Read more

WASHINGTON — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a tariff exemption for autos and energy ahead of a planned meeting Wednesday with President Donald Trump.

She made the pitch as part of a morning speech on manufacturing policy about a block from the White House.

"Let's carve out autos and energy, both of which are critical to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin and other Maryland lawmakers are seeking an “urgent meeting” with the Maryland-based Food and Drug Administration’s new commissioner over deep cuts that lawmakers fear could undermine its mission, including its response to the bird flu outbreak.

“Entire offices were reportedly eliminated, ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ office issued an executive order late Tuesday allowing ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island — a move sought by President Donald Trump’s administration that comes on the heels of his Justice Department securing a dismissal of the mayor’s federal corruption indictment.

Adams first said on Feb...Read more

In one of the deadliest tragedies in the Dominican Republic’s history, at least 113 people were killed when the roof of a popular Santo Domingo nightclub collapsed early Tuesday morning. Among the victims was legendary merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who was performing at the time of the collapse.

The incident occurred at Jet Set, one of the ...Read more

China retaliated against new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump by announcing it would raise duties on U.S. goods, roiling markets and deepening a trade war between the world’s largest economies.

The Chinese government will impose an 84% tariff on all imports from the U.S. starting April 10, the Finance Ministry said in a statement ...Read more

CHICAGO — Former red-light camera company executive Omar Maani, one of the more prolific FBI moles in recent Chicago history, is expected to take a federal witness stand for the first time Wednesday as the bribery trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III kicks off in earnest.

Maani, a co-founder of SafeSpeed LLC who began cooperating with federal ...Read more

United Launch Alliance has not had a rocket lift off since last fall, but its first one of 2025 is set to open the gates for dozens planned to proliferate Amazon’s internet satellite constellation Project Kuiper.

An Atlas V rocket is targeting liftoff at 7 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 on the Kuiper ...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia public health leaders on Tuesday underscored the gravity of the Texas measles outbreak, and expressed concern over the impact of misinformation from Washington.

Three unvaccinated people are the only Georgia measles cases so far this year. All recovered. Georgia Department of Public Health workers in a public meeting Tuesday...Read more