U.S. & World

The Supreme Court is taking up the first of two cases that could affect the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn his election loss in 2020. Hundreds of charges stemming from the Capitol riot also are at stake.

The flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics has been kindled at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece.

Donald Trump has returned to a New York courtroom as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who’ll decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he is sending impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday.

At least 19 women in nine states reportedly became sick after they got Botox, either having gotten the injections from people who were never licensed or trained to give the shots or received them in “non-healthcare settings,” including homes or spas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.

NASA says it determined that an object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was a chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station.

The weather is heating up and so is Starbucks’ spring drinks menu.

It seems Americans don’t think they’re particularly well-rested. A new poll says that a majority of Americans say they would feel better if they could have more sleep.

Four members of the anti-government group “God’s Misfits” were arrested Saturday on charges of kidnapping and first-degree murder.

On this Tax Day, refunds are looking a bit bigger for taxpayers.

A toll collector at the Jersey Shore called out of work after she said she had a feeling something bad was going to happen. Hours later, a garbage truck crashed into the toll plaza where she works.

An 81-year-old Ohio man has been charged in the fatal shooting of an Uber driver he believed was working with a scammer, according to officials who said the victim was sent to the home by the same scammer.

Boeing on Monday defended the quality and safety testing on its 787 Dreamliner and 777 aircraft, days after one of the company’s engineers went public with allegations that the plane-maker took “shortcuts” to speed up production of the planes.