U.S. to seek attempted assassination charge for Trump golf course suspect
WASHINGTON — The federal government will pursue a charge of attempted assassination against a man accused of lurking with a gun near where former President Donald Trump was golfing in Florida last week, prosecutors said in a court hearing Monday. Among the government’s evidence, they said, was a note the suspect had written suggesting that he had planned the attack.
Murder in US continues steep decline, FBI reports
The number of murders reported in the United States dropped in 2023 at the fastest rate on record, continuing a decline from the surge in homicides during the pandemic, the FBI reported Monday.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill hundreds as warplanes target Hezbollah
JERUSALEM — Dozens of Israeli fighter jets bombed Hezbollah targets in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, killing hundreds and wounding more than a thousand others, Lebanese officials said, in the deadliest attacks in the country since 2006, when Israel and Hezbollah fought their last all-out war.
In a first among Christians, young men are more religious than young women
On a beautiful Sunday morning in early September, dozens of young men in Waco, Texas, started their day at Grace Church.
Congress unveils short-term spending deal
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders from both parties unveiled a short-term agreement to fund the government on Sunday, after Speaker Mike Johnson abandoned demands for a longer-term deal that also included new proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration.
Israel and Hezbollah threaten to hit harder, raising fears of all-out war
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a top Hezbollah leader vowed on Sunday to increase the intensity of their cross-border attacks, raising fears that the renewed conflict could escalate into all-out war.
‘He saved many lives’: Small Kentucky community mourns slain judge
As a rural Kentucky town reeled from the fatal shooting of a judge, residents over the weekend mourned the victim, whom many saw as a kind man who loved his community.
The politics of motherhood become a campaign-trail cudgel
WASHINGTON — She is not humble. She has no stake in the future of the country. She and other childless women are looking down on Americans who have chosen to reproduce.
Biden hosts a final ‘Quad summit’ at his Delaware home
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is hosting the leaders of Australia, India and Japan at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, this weekend, seeking to use his fourth and final “Quad summit” to cement the alliance between the United States and Indo-Pacific nations and to counter China’s rising influence in the region.
Harris agrees to a second debate, but Trump declines
Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday that she had accepted an invitation from CNN to participate in a second presidential debate next month, putting pressure on former President Donald Trump to join her for a rematch.
Ukraine hits 2 more Russian munition depots, seeking to disrupt war effort
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said Saturday that it had struck two large ammunition depots deep inside Russia overnight. It was the second such attack in less than a week as Kyiv seeks to escalate hits on Russian military bases and warehouses to try to disrupt Moscow’s military logistics and slow its troops’ advance on the battlefield.
The power of a smaller breast
The women walk into the surgeons’ offices with photos cued up on their phones. Miley Cyrus. Keira Knightley. Bella Hadid. “I want my breasts to look like this,” they say. They’ve already spent hours on YouTube watching plastic surgeons’ infomercials; on Instagram poring over before-and-afters; and on TikTok, where an army of ordinary women post about their breast reductions. “Ask me,” they say — whether their nipple sensation has changed, what their boyfriends said, whether they cared.
Kentucky town is shaken after local sheriff is charged with killing judge
WHITESBURG, Ky. — When Judge Kevin Mullins and Sheriff Shawn Stines, two longtime officials in a rural eastern Kentucky county, were seen getting ready to go to lunch Thursday, there was no obvious indication of ill will.
Three Mile Island plans to reopen as demand for nuclear power grows
In a striking sign of renewed interest in nuclear power, Constellation Energy said Friday that it plans to reopen the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, the site of the worst reactor accident in United States history.
A concert celebrates Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday, with music and thanks
ATLANTA — The night included gospel hymns and “America the Beautiful” and the B-52s lighting up the Fox Theater, one of the oldest auditoriums in Atlanta, with a performance of “Love Shack.” In one moment, the crowd was on its feet as Angélique Kidjo, the acclaimed Beninese musician, sang and danced. In another, they shimmied and sang along to a cover of “Ramblin’ Man.”
Georgia Election Board orders hand-counting of ballots
The Georgia State Election Board voted Friday to force counties to hand-count all ballots cast on Election Day, a move critics say could significantly delay the reporting of results in the battleground state and inject chaos into the postelection period.
Democrats seize on Robinson scandal, hoping to sink Trump in a key state
A scandal engulfing Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the Republican nominee for governor, has Democrats feeling even more optimistic about Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances of winning a pivotal swing state.
After Trump assassination attempts, Congress debates secret service funding
WASHINGTON — After the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in two months, a fevered debate has broken out in Congress over whether the Secret Service needs more money.
FTC study finds ‘vast surveillance’ of social media users
WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it found that several social media and streaming services engaged in a “vast surveillance” of consumers, including minors, collecting and sharing more personal information than most users realized.
Harris had stronger debate, polls find, but the race remains deadlocked
Vice President Kamala Harris overwhelmingly impressed voters in her debate with former President Donald Trump, a new set of polls from The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Siena College found, but she has failed so far to seize a decisive advantage in the presidential campaign.
