Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) remains hospitalized weeks after being admitted June 14, with his office offering only brief statements saying he "continues to recover" and declining to answer whether he will be at the Capitol when the Senate…
3 MIN READThe Clearwater City Council voted 3-2 to transfer a downtown street to the Church of Scientology, clearing the way for a planned event hall. Residents opposed to the move are gathering signatures for a citywide referendum and a charter…
3 MIN READWalmart on Monday said it is cutting prices on thousands of items across its stores, including a 12% reduction on ground beef, halving the price of cherries, and reducing a 24-pack of Coca-Cola by one-third to $9.97. The nation's largest…
3 MIN READCanada announced Monday it will purchase up to 12 new submarines, the largest military procurement in the country's history, as Prime Minister Mark Carney cited a 'more dangerous and divided world' and fraying ties with the Trump…
3 MIN READOil futures hovered near pre-conflict levels Monday as market participants remained optimistic about continued flows through the Strait of Hormuz amid U.S.-Iran peace negotiations, while Baader Helvea lowered its earnings estimates for…
3 MIN READThe impeachment trial of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte opened Monday in Manila with prosecutors demanding accountability for alleged misuse of public funds while defense lawyers argued the case is politically driven. Duterte did…
3 MIN READA federal judge on July 4 denied President Donald Trump's request for more time to pay a $5.8 million defamation judgment to writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving the president until Tuesday to release the funds from escrow.
3 MIN READU.S. stocks ended higher on Monday: the S&P 500 +0.7%, the Dow +0.3%, the Nasdaq +1.1%, the Russell 2000 +0.4%. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.48%.
3 MIN READUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for lethal autonomous weapons — which he termed “killer robots” — to be banned by international law, warning that machines selecting and engaging targets without human…
3 MIN READToyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will invest $3.6 billion to bring production of its Tacoma midsize pickup truck back to the United States by 2030, adding a second assembly line and 2,000 jobs at its San Antonio, Texas, manufacturing…
3 MIN READAndrea Shaw, 23, has been indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in the May 2025 deaths of her 18-month-old twin children, Tyson and Dallas. The children were found dead in a shared bed in Payette, Idaho, on May 1, 2025. Shaw had…
3 MIN READKlaus Schwab, the 88-year-old founder of the World Economic Forum, is seeking to return to the organization after resigning as chair last year, according to documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Schwab sent letters to board members…
3 MIN READGraham Platner, the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee in Maine, denied a sexual assault allegation Monday and said his campaign is "taking the time to reflect on the best path forward" after a woman, Jenny Racicot, accused him of assaulting…
4 MIN READA Rochester, N.Y., man filed a federal lawsuit Monday arguing that his First Amendment rights were violated when Homeland Security Investigations agents tracked him to his home and later to a hotel in response to an email he sent in…
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Sky, owned by US telecoms giant Comcast, has announced a £1.6bn deal to buy ITV's broadcasting and streaming arm, creating the UK's largest commercial broadcaster. The transaction, announced Monday, includes ITV's free-to-air channels and…
3 MIN READBruce Schneier, a security technologist at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Jon Penney, an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, warned in a Guardian op-ed published Monday that AI-powered surveillance systems combining facial…
3 MIN READA new peer-reviewed study from researchers at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine has found that exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) may contribute to childhood obesity by disrupting children's impulse control. The…
4 MIN READItalian energy company Eni has acquired a 25% stake in the Black Giant lithium project in northern Chile from U.S. startup Energy Exploration Technologies for $225 million, giving Eni rights to up to a quarter of future production and a…
5 MIN READEzcorp, a pawnshop chain operating more than 600 locations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, saw its overall pawn loans jump 33% to $349 million in the three months through March, as the company reported rising demand from cash-strapped…
4 MIN READNonprofits and major corporations are launching volunteer drives and patriotic merchandise for the United States' 250th birthday, but their efforts face an uneasy national mood, the Associated Press reported.
3 MIN READWindrose Technology, a Chinese-owned electric big rig startup that raised $400 million and pledged to challenge Tesla's Semi, faces a federal lawsuit, a Michigan labor-regulator order, and a missing $285,000 truck, the Wall Street Journal…
4 MIN READGenesis Minerals has made a US$3.9 billion rival bid for Australian gold miner Vault Minerals, topping an agreed merger with Regis Resources. Vault's directors unanimously found the Genesis offer superior, triggering a five-day window for…
3 MIN READSanta Monica, Calif., declared fiscal distress in September as the city confronted roughly $230 million in sex-abuse settlements, a decline in international tourism, and a downtown retail vacancy rate of about 20%. After laying off a fifth…
4 MIN READThe bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, which advanced through a House subcommittee in mid-June, would fail to meaningfully shield consumers from rising electricity costs tied to the data center boom, consumer advocates said. The full…
3 MIN READU.S. intelligence officials have warned Poland that Russia may be considering a limited military provocation against Polish territory in an effort to test NATO unity and disrupt Western support for Ukraine, according to reports from The…
3 MIN READRepublican Rep. Carlos Giménez of Florida on Sunday called on the Trump administration to reconsider its push to eliminate temporary protected status for Haitian migrants, saying Haiti is "a failed state" and that deporting 350,000…
3 MIN READA Delta Air Lines flight and a firework reportedly came into contact above Chicago on July 4, according to the airline and air traffic control audio. The pilot told controllers the crew "felt a big bang" at an altitude of about 200 to 250…
3 MIN READA man fleeing Memphis police early Sunday died after National Guard soldiers opened fire when he turned toward them with a weapon, authorities said. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the man as Tyrin Johnson, 20, and said no…
3 MIN READMobile internet coverage in the United Kingdom is worse than in any European Union member country and every other G7 economy, according to a new analysis by the consumer group Which?. The findings, based on data from Opensignal, place the…
3 MIN READNew York City health officials reported Sunday that a Legionnaires' disease cluster on Manhattan's Upper East Side has grown to 14 confirmed cases, with the investigation area expanded to include a third ZIP code. No deaths have been…
3 MIN READNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew a vintage Northrop F-5 Tiger II jet in the Fourth of July air show over Washington, D.C., after the Federal Aviation Administration denied his request to operate the planes, deeming them "very…
3 MIN READAt least 25 people have died amid the record-setting heatwave that scorched the eastern United States over the July Fourth holiday weekend, officials said. The deaths include 22 suspected heat-related fatalities in New Jersey, two in…
3 MIN READThe Atlantic on Saturday republished a 2016 essay by then-private citizen JD Vance that described Donald Trump's political appeal as "cultural heroin," bringing renewed attention to Vance's shift from Trump critic to running mate. Vance is…
3 MIN READEasyJet reached an agreement in principle Sunday with U.S. investment firm Castlelake on a sweetened £6.90-per-share takeover bid that values the British budget carrier at approximately £5.2bn, ending a weekslong pursuit by the American…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump marked the nation's 250th birthday on July 4 with a speech in Washington, D.C., that was delayed by more than an hour due to the threat of severe weather, after attendees endured the hottest Fourth of July the…
4 MIN READThe Lake Tahoe region, a popular tourist destination straddling the California-Nevada border, has recorded a suicide rate nearly double the state average since 2022, with nearly 40 confirmed deaths across Truckee, South Lake Tahoe and four…
5 MIN READA shooter opened fire on West 31st Street in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighborhood at about 10:37 pm on July 4, wounding at least eight people including four children, the NYPD told ABC News. A 21-year-old woman was in critical condition…
3 MIN READThe volume of spirits sold in the United States has declined for four consecutive years, according to data from alcoholic beverage analytics firm IWSR, as Americans cut back on drinking amid rising bar prices, a growing wellness focus, and…
3 MIN READA fire broke out on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Saturday night during the Macy's July 4th Fireworks Show, sending flames and smoke rising from the bridge before firefighters extinguished the blaze, officials said. No injuries…
3 MIN READModern electric-vehicle batteries are proving exceptionally reliable, with data showing that after five years on the road the average EV retains about 95% of its original range, according to Recurrent, a battery-monitoring data company.…
4 MIN READNigel Farage's spokesman has denied fresh allegations that the Reform UK leader may have broken parliamentary rules, after reports he failed to declare financial benefits from an ally convicted of fraud in the United States.
3 MIN READLAKESIDE, Mont. — A $2.2 billion luxury gated community under construction in this lakeside town has deepened a clash over growth, water rights and identity as Montana’s population surge reshapes the region. Critics say the Territory 1889…
3 MIN READAmericans' attitudes toward the economy improved slightly in June as gas prices declined, the Conference Board reported Tuesday. The research group said its consumer confidence index rose 0.6 point to 91.2 in June, a figure below the…
3 MIN READSky, the pay-TV and broadband company owned by Comcast, is expected to buy ITV's television and streaming businesses, creating a new British media company under U.S. ownership. The deal is likely to be announced imminently, according to a…
3 MIN READOpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, does not appear to have visited one of the key sites for its multibillion-pound Stargate UK datacentre project, according to government records and sources with knowledge of the project. The Guardian…
4 MIN READOne hundred fifty people from 50 countries became U.S. citizens in a naturalization ceremony on the lawn of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate Saturday, marking the nation's 250th birthday. The event brought new citizens from Guinea…
3 MIN READHundreds of masked members of Patriot Front, which The Guardian describes as a neo-fascist, white supremacist organization, marched through Washington DC on July 4 carrying Confederate flags and chanting "Reclaim America!" The group,…
3 MIN READOrganizers of Washington, D.C.'s Independence Day parade canceled the event late Friday, hours before it was to begin, as an extreme heat warning took effect and temperatures were forecast to reach 102°F with a heat index between 110 and…
3 MIN READAnalysts describe the global electric vehicle industry as entering a golden age powered by cheap Chinese cars that can be bought for as little as $10,000, but the United States risks falling behind as rising auto costs, consumer…
5 MIN READPope Leo XIV marked the U.S. 250th anniversary on Saturday with a morning visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa and, later that day, a Liberty Medal address broadcast from the Vatican to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.…
4 MIN READPresident Donald Trump opened America's 250th birthday weekend Friday night with a half-hour speech at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, in which he described a resurgent "communist menace" as a "greater threat" to American liberty than both…
4 MIN READDemocrats are casting President Donald Trump's personal income of more than $2.2 billion last year as evidence of corruption and self-dealing, shifting their midterm campaign message to tie the president's wealth to voters' economic…
3 MIN READWealthy families are increasingly choosing alternative K-8 schools that emphasize life skills, entrepreneurial thinking and AI-based learning, according to parents and school founders. Schools such as Alpha School and Forge Prep are…
3 MIN READProgressive candidates defeated two incumbent House Democrats in primary elections in New York and Denver this week, underscoring internal party divisions as Democrats aim to reclaim the House majority this fall, NPR reported.
3 MIN READForeign vessels transported more than 31 million barrels of fuel and chemicals between U.S. ports in the first 90 days after President Trump suspended the Jones Act, according to Maritime Administration data compiled by The Wall Street…
3 MIN READIran began final preparations Friday for a six-day funeral for former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the opening salvo of the US-Israeli attack on the country in February. The ceremony, which organizers say will be the most…
3 MIN READRetired Gen. CQ Brown, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who was removed from his post in February 2025, has issued his most direct critique of the Trump administration's handling of the military, warning that deploying…
4 MIN READTwo people were killed and a third injured in a shooting at Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday, after a fight between two groups of young people who knew each other escalated into gunfire, police said. A person fleeing…
3 MIN READThe Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission on Friday called on state attorneys general to investigate whether oil companies and other businesses are artificially inflating gasoline prices, amid complaints from President Donald…
3 MIN READIndonesians have lodged a complaint under Germany's corporate supply chain law to try to block Heidelberg Materials, one of the world's largest cement companies, from building a limestone mine and cement factory in Central Java's Kendeng…
3 MIN READThe co-owner of a Maine lumber mill died Thursday from injuries he sustained in a May 15 fire and explosion at the facility, bringing the fire's death toll to three, state officials said Friday.
3 MIN READAt Ashawaug Farm in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, Dawn and Cassius Spears grow Narragansett heritage crops — white corn, succotash beans, and crookneck squash — using Indigenous agricultural knowledge. They want to expand their farm's reach…
5 MIN READBen Francis, the 34-year-old founder and CEO of Gymshark, is in discussions to buy back a portion of the 21% stake he sold to US private equity firm General Atlantic in 2020, according to reports. Francis is not seeking to repurchase the…
3 MIN READSouth Korea's government on Friday announced a 14.9 trillion won ($9.7 billion) emergency financing package and expanded tax and trade-insurance support for small and midsize companies facing rising import costs due to the weak won,…
3 MIN READCardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik said Friday that a potential visit by Pope Leo XIV to North Korea depends on the position of the North Korean authorities and the state of relations between the United States and North Korea, adding that he…
3 MIN READThe L-H Battery Company, a joint venture between South Korea's LG Energy Solution and Japan's Honda Motor, began mass-producing lithium-ion cells for energy storage systems Thursday at its plant in Jeffersonville, Ohio, the company said.…
3 MIN READFormer U.S. Olympic canoe racer David Hearn, 67, has been indicted on a felony charge of damaging the National Mall's reflecting pool, a Trump administration priority project. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the charges Thursday,…
3 MIN READSwimply, a platform that began in 2019, has recorded more than 275,000 reservations so far this year — a 50% increase from 2025 — and now lists pools in 150 cities, part of a small but growing number of Airbnb-style companies that let…
4 MIN READThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a parasitic outbreak of Cyclospora that has caused more than 400 cases of the intestinal illness cyclosporiasis across 18 states. Cases have been reported hardest in New…
3 MIN READThe Great American State Fair, the centerpiece of the United States' 250th anniversary celebrations, opened on the National Mall this week to sparse crowds and temperatures forecast to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8°C), with NBC…
3 MIN READPresident Trump is set to speak at Mount Rushmore on Friday ahead of Independence Day, appearing at the memorial honoring four past presidents that he has spoken about joining. The visit comes as Trump and his allies have pushed to add his…
3 MIN READAuthorities in Berks County, Pennsylvania, declared a mass casualty incident Thursday after more than 100 people waiting to see the Big Boy, the world's largest steam-powered locomotive, were treated for heat-related symptoms as…
3 MIN READMultiple brands of infant formula have been recalled over bacterial contamination in recent months, and former FDA officials and food safety experts say Trump administration staff cuts have left the agency unprepared to ensure the safety…
3 MIN READResidents in at least seven states have launched efforts to recall local officials over their handling of proposed data centers, as a backlash against the booming industry intensifies across the United States. The recall petitions target…
3 MIN READThe Department of Homeland Security proposed last week raising citizenship application fees to $1,280 online or $1,330 on paper and ending fee waivers, as thousands of immigrants naturalize in ceremonies ahead of the nation's 250th…
4 MIN READNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to deliver a speech Friday morning at City Hall to mark the United States' 250th birthday. The address, set for 10 a.m., will be delivered from behind George Washington's desk with Mamdani…
3 MIN READMicrosoft, Google and Amazon are among the tech companies spending an estimated $1 trillion on AI infrastructure, but their data centers are using far more water than most of them report. Indirect water consumption — the amount used at…
4 MIN READA man identified by Tibetan exile media as activist Lobga Rangzen died Thursday evening after setting himself on fire outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, police said. Rangzen self-immolated following what Voice of Tibet,…
3 MIN READAs the United States prepares to mark 250 years of independence on July 4, communities and historians across the country are highlighting histories that the Trump administration's Freedom 250 program has not addressed. At the center of the…
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