Trump and his allies seize on market downturn to attack Harris
Donald Trump didn’t wait for the opening bell before blaming Monday’s market sell-off on Vice President Kamala Harris.
Microsoft says Delta was largely responsible for flight cancellations
Microsoft criticized Delta Air Lines on Tuesday for overstating the technology company’s role in a costly disruption that led the airline to cancel thousands of flights last month.
Debby will bring heavy flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas
Tropical Storm Debby continued its slow march into Georgia on Monday night, with forecasters warning residents across the southeastern United States that the threat of major flooding from the storm could last for the next several days.
Fears of slowing U.S. growth jolt markets around the world
Anxiety over a slowdown in the U.S. economy intensified Monday, with a retreat in markets that began last week snowballing into a global rout.
Kennedy fights to stay on ballot, but everyone’s talking about the bear
Lucas Altman remembers it well: On an early October night in 2014, he had taken his two Labradors to New York’s Central Park when suddenly they became alert, their tails wagging with the thrill of the hunt as they towed him to a patch of shrubbery.
Study puts a $43 billion yearly price tag on cancer screening
The United States spent $43 billion annually on screening to prevent five cancers, according to one of the most comprehensive estimates of medically recommended cancer testing ever produced.
‘Google is a monopolist,’ judge rules inlandmark antitrust case
WASHINGTON — Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in online search, a federal judge ruled Monday, a landmark decision that strikes at the power of tech giants in the modern internet era and that may fundamentally alter the way they do business.
Facing mass protests, Bangladesh leader quits, setting up power struggle
DHAKA, Bangladesh — They came prepared for violence. A day after about 100 people were killed in anti-government protests, hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, defying a curfew imposed by the government and demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Harris nears her big VP reveal after fierce lobbying from Democrats
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to reveal her running mate today, a decision that will end a 16-day sprint to vet, interview and choose a person who could potentially become the future leader of the Democratic Party.
A year after a devastating fire, Lahaina is ready to rebuild. But how?
Across nine generations, Archie Kalepa’s family has seen the waterfront in Lahaina, Maui, undergo repeated transformation.
Kids at the Olympics: ‘It’s honestly kind of insane.’
PARIS — It was a hot Sunday morning, and the women’s street skateboarding venue at the Place de la Concorde was swarming with teens.
At least 70 dead as Bangladesh protests grow; curfew is reinstated
DHAKA, Bangladesh — At least 70 people were killed in clashes between security forces and protesters on Sunday in Bangladesh, as the country’s leaders imposed a new curfew and internet restrictions to try to quell a growing anti-government movement.
In a corner of Florida, a gathering storm stirs familiar feelings
As Tropical Storm Debby churned through the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, Lucia Trapani was securing patio furniture and offering refunds to people who had booked stays at the motel she manages on an island off Florida’s northwestern coast.
Israeli strike on Gaza shelter kills at least 30 and injures dozens
An Israeli airstrike on a school functioning as a shelter in Gaza City killed at least 30 people and injured dozens more Sunday, according to the Palestinian emergency response agency in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian news outlets. It was the third attack on a school in the past four days.
Harris faces party divisions as she chooses a running mate
WASHINGTON — The competitive, divisive primary that many Democrats long wanted to avoid has arrived anyway — playing out largely behind closed doors in a fight over the bottom of the ticket.
What’s rattling Trump: The size of Harris’ crowds
When former President Donald Trump walked onto the stage at his rally in Atlanta on Saturday, fog machines shot white plumes of smoke into the air, heralding his arrival.
Violent protests grip English cities in wake of knife attack at dance class
Violence erupted in several English cities Saturday amid anti-immigrant protests, as crowds of far-right activists scuffled with police and counterprotesters in the northern cities of Liverpool, Hull and Nottingham, among other locations.
Shapiro faces scrutiny over sexual harassment complaint against aide
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is on the short list to be Kamala Harris’ running mate, is facing renewed criticism for his handling of a sexual harassment complaint against a longtime top aide.
Trump cancels debate with Harris on ABC News and pitches one with Fox News instead
Former President Donald Trump declared late Friday that he was dropping out of an ABC News debate scheduled for Sept. 10 and presented a counterproposal to Vice President Kamala Harris, his presumptive opponent, to face off on Fox News six days earlier.
Trump says Ga. Governor hampering his efforts to win there
Former President Donald Trump suggested without evidence on Saturday that Georgia’s Republican governor was hampering his efforts to win the battleground state in November, a claim that carried echoes of Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat to President Joe Biden there in 2020.
