Texas Teen Allegedly Confessed to Murdering High School Track Star, Then Asked Police if He Could Claim Self-Defense

Karmelo Anthony. Photo: Frisco Police Dept. The Texas teenager accused of stabbing a fellow high school track star to death allegedly confessed to the murder once police arrived on the…

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Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Trump administration, at least for now, in a dispute over the Department of Education’s freeze of DEI-related grants. The administration has…

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Markets plunge with S&P 500 down 6% and Dow down 2,200 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher gear Friday. The S&P 500 lost 6% after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in…

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Wall Street Blew It

Investors discounted everything Trump has ever said about trade and tariffs. We’re all going to pay for that mistake. Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Saul Loeb / AFP /…

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Seattle Mariners expected to start a Luis Castillo in back-to-back games

Of the many oddities that happen throughout a baseball season, the Seattle Mariners may have stumbled upon a new one just a week into the 2025 campaign. The Seattle Mariners…

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Student killed in stabbing at North Texas track meet identified, police charge another student with murder

FRISCO, Texas — One student died and another was arrested on a murder charge after a stabbing at a Frisco high school track meet Wednesday morning, police and family members…

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Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers

The Supreme Court on Friday let the Trump administration temporarily suspend $65 million in teacher-training grants that the government contends would promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, an early victory…

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Seattle Mariners Set to Make Ironic Baseball History of Last Quarter Century on Friday

The Seattle Mariners are going to make some ironic baseball history over the last 25 years on Friday afternoon when they play the San Francisco Giants. The M’s were supposed…

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Theodore McCarrick, Cardinal Accused of Sexual Abuse, Dies at 94

Theodore E. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington and the highest American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church to be accused of sexually abusing minors and seminarians — a charge…

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Wall Street selloff caps brutal week for markets as Trump tariffs rattle investors

Wall Street suffered its worst week since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis five years ago as investors worldwide balked at Donald Trump’s risky bid to overhaul the global economy…

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