News for March 13, 2025

Education advocates say Connecticut’s loose homeschooling rules may have helped Kimberly Sullivan keep her stepson out of public view while he was allegedly abused for years.

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said tariffs hurt trade, businesses, and consumers, and he hopes talks can ease the growing trade clash between the U.S. and the European Union.

Donald Trump threatened a 200% tariff on alcohol from the European Union after the bloc moved to tax US whiskey, escalating a trade fight that could hurt businesses on both sides.

A federal judge approved a Defense Department settlement that lets many LGBTQ veterans seek upgraded discharge records and removal of harmful language tied to their sexual orientation.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond used an old state law to bring sex abuse charges against former megachurch pastor Robert Morris after accuser Cindy Clemishire pushed for the case to move forward.

Bryan Kohberger’s defense may argue that DNA on a knife sheath found at the Idaho student murder scene was planted, not proof that he was there.

Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona died Thursday at 77 after a battle with cancer.

Anne Marie Hochhalter, a paralyzed Columbine survivor, was ruled to have died by homicide more than 26 years after the school massacre because of injuries from the shooting.

Protesters entered Trump Tower in New York City to demand freedom for Mahmoud Khalil, and police arrested nearly 100 people.

Judge William Alsup ordered several federal agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, to reinstate thousands of probationary workers who were fired in a move he said was not legal.

Ashley Betts was fined after police found he had kept a pet alligator called Cliff in his garden without the required licence.

Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford clashed in a Wisconsin Supreme Court debate over abortion law, outside money, and what the race could mean for the court’s future.

Wall Street’s sharp drop is worrying retirement savers, while President Donald Trump’s trade war and tariff moves are adding to fears about 401(k) losses and the economy.

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel clashed over abortion rights and the outsized role of billionaire money, especially Elon Musk’s spending, in the state’s high-stakes race.