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How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 3/31/2026

3:20 PM on Tuesday, March 31

U.S. stocks surged to their best day since last spring, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 1,100 points as doubt swings back to hope on Wall Street for a possible end to the war with Iran

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3:18 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Supreme Court seems likely to rule for a Black death row inmate in Mississippi

2:49 PM on Tuesday, March 31

The Supreme Court seems likely to rule for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him

Tennessee librarian fired for refusing to move more than 100 books from children's to adult section

2:15 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A local Tennessee library board has fired the county’s top librarian for refusing to comply with its vote to move more than 100 LGBTQ books from the children’s to the adult section over claims

Texas teen who shot teacher before killing himself seemed to be struggling in school, officials say

2:13 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Authorities say a 15-year-old student who shot and injured a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself appeared to have been struggling academically before coming to the campus armed with a gun he brought from home

Monthslong meditation on impermanence at a remote California Zen retreat meets a real-life fire

2:10 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A fire destroyed the main meditation hall at Tassajara Mountain Zen Center in Central California, as monks neared the end of a long retreat

Ex-Arkansas medical board chair indicted over alleged drugging and abduction of patients

12:54 PM on Tuesday, March 31

A federal indictment accuses an Arkansas doctor of drugging and abducting psychiatric patients to profit from health care reimbursements

One Cuban family navigates daily life under a US oil embargo and a deepening economic crisis

12:50 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Cuba’s deepening economic crisis is pushing struggling families into hunger and forcing them to rely on donations and the black market

Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris is free after 6 months in an Oklahoma jail for child sex abuse

11:34 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned after pleading guilty to sexually abusing an Oklahoma woman in the 1980s has been released from an Oklahoma jail

Here's a look at birthright citizenship, and how the world sees it, as Supreme Court case looms

11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The Supreme Court is once again hearing arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily

Iran remains a stubborn foe after absorbing massive US-Israeli attacks

10:42 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran on Feb. 28, the Trump administration claims to have all but “obliterated” the Islamic Republic’s military capabilities

Jury can't reach verdict in corruption trial of 2 ex-FirstEnergy executives in $60M bribery scandal

10:30 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A jury has deadlocked in the trial of two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives charged for their roles in Ohio's $60 million bribery scandal

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Fox News in sick leave dispute with fired journalist

10:18 AM on Tuesday, March 31

A judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit against Fox News

Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids

9:08 AM on Tuesday, March 31

The Supreme Court has ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that banned the discredited practice

Chavez abuse claims prompt reflection on the history of Filipino farmworkers in the US

8:03 AM on Tuesday, March 31

In 1965, Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers in California became inextricably linked when they mobilized to strike against grape growers

Spice maker McCormick to combine with Hellmann's maker Unilever in latest food industry shakeup

7:17 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Spice and flavorings company McCormick is combining with Unilever’s foods division, which includes household names like Hellmann’s and Knorr

European ministers in Ukraine for Bucha atrocities anniversary as drones hammer Russian oil ports

2:37 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Top European diplomats are visiting Ukraine to mark the anniversary of atrocities committed in a town near Kyiv by Russia’s invading forces four years ago

Democrats try a new tactic to win a House seat in Utah — running as progressives in a red state

11:04 PM on Monday, March 30

Candidates in Utah are for the first time fighting to outflank each other on the left after a redistricting shakeup gave Democrats a prime pickup opportunity in the red state

Things to know about Rice's whale, a rare species at risk from Trump plans for more Gulf drilling

11:03 PM on Monday, March 30

One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice's whale, is in the way of the Trump administration's desire to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

Fed is watching energy price spikes, but Chair Powell says bank is limited in what it can do

12:58 PM on Monday, March 30

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it's important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war as the average price for for gasoline nears $4 a gallon in the U.S. But he also said Monday, addressing students at Harvard University, that there isn't a lot Fed policymakers could do

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