National

After a deep drought and weeks of no rain, fires roared into the Tennessee cities of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge Monday night. Scores of buildings and homes were destroyed in an area known as the entry to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The Supreme Court tests how states may determine whether a capital defendant is intellectually disabled and thus cannot be executed.

It was high drama in the Michael Slager murder trial this week. Slager is the former North Charleston, S.C., police officer who was taped shooting Walter Scott as he fled following a traffic stop. Slager took the stand in his own defense in the racially charged case.

Visitors to the National Museum of American History can see artifacts like the bucket used to launch the ALS ice bucket challenge and how they played a role in charitable giving throughout history.

Rep. Tom Price has proposed an alternative to Obamacare that emphasizes tax credits, health savings accounts and continuous insurance coverage as a way to deal with existing health conditions.

The House could vote Wednesday on a vast bill that stretches nearly a thousand pages and holds changes large and small for the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.