May 31 U.S. companies caught in the crossfire of Mexico tariffs threat By Michelle Chapman, Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press Shares of General Motors Co., which imports more vehicles into the U.S. than any other U.S. automaker, slid 4% at the opening bell. Continue reading
May 31 Lawyers say documents show census was changed to give Republicans an edge By Larry Neumeister, Mark Sherman, Associated Press The lawyers allege that a longtime Republican gerrymandering guru, played a key role in pushing the Trump administration to include a citizenship question on the census. Continue reading
May 31 Record flooding causes levee breach in western Arkansas By Associated Press Emergency management officials say crews are going door-to-door to recommend evacuation for about 160 homes. Continue reading
May 31 Lawyers for freed Navy SEAL want war crime case dismissed By Julie Watson, Brian Melley, Associated Press Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher faces a murder trial in the death of an Islamic State prisoner. Continue reading
May 31 Scripps National Spelling Bee names 8 champions in historic tie By Ben Nuckols, Associated Press The eight co-champions closed out the bee by spelling 47 consecutive words correctly. Continue reading
May 30 Trump hits Mexico with 5 percent tariff in response to migrants By Jill Colvin, Colleen Long, Associated Press Trump said in a tweet the tariff will gradually increase "until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied."… Continue reading
May 30 Judge considering Missouri abortion clinic license case By Jim Salter, Summer Ballentine, Associated Press If the St. Louis clinic's license is not renewed before it expires at midnight Friday, Planned Parenthood officials said Missouri would become the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing… Continue reading
May 30 Watch 7:52 Planned Parenthood: ‘It’s simply not true’ Mo. abortion clinic breaks rules Missouri is part of a recent wave of state laws that would ban abortion almost entirely, sometimes without exceptions for rape and incest. The state is also making news on abortion for trying to deny its one remaining abortion provider,… Continue watching
May 30 Watch 5:01 Anti-abortion group says Mo. Planned Parenthood violated patient safety The national abortion debate is raging with renewed fervor, as a series of states pass restrictive laws banning almost all instances of the procedure. Among those states is Missouri, where officials are also trying to shutter its only remaining abortion… Continue watching
May 30 Historic cemeteries and family memories stand in the path of Trump’s border wall By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Under current plans for the border wall, one 19th century cemetery could be lost entirely. Some graves would have to be exhumed; others without a headstone might be paved over. Continue reading