Newsom orders California officials to remove homeless encampments
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered California state officials on Thursday to begin dismantling thousands of homeless encampments, the nation’s most sweeping response to a recent Supreme Court ruling that gave governments greater authority to remove homeless people from their streets.
Taiwan on high alert as powerful typhoon slams into coast
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Typhoon Gaemi lashed the northeastern region of Taiwan on Wednesday night, bringing fierce winds and heavy rain in what was forecast to be the most powerful storm to hit the island in eight years.
Whale capsizes fishing boat off New Hampshire coast
A humpback whale that an expert said was looking for food breached the water and landed on a recreational boat near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, capsizing the vessel and ejecting two passengers, the United States Coast Guard said.
Amid national tension, a man placing Trump signs is attacked in Michigan
An act of political violence in a small Michigan town left an 80-year-old man in critical condition over the weekend, local officials said. His assailant, who called the police to confess, later killed himself.
Not afraid of sharks? Well, now they’re on cocaine
If the prospect of sharks lurking just off the beach wasn’t frightening enough, researchers in Brazil have discovered a new reason to be unnerved: Some of them have cocaine in their system.
Trump attacks Harris as ‘radical’ in first rally since her ascent
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted Vice President Kamala Harris as radically liberal and blamed her for what he called the Biden administration’s “disastrous” policies, repurposing attacks he had long leveled at President Joe Biden now that Harris is poised to be his opponent in November.
How Kamala Harris took command of the democratic party in 48 hours
Late Sunday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris summoned a small clutch of her closest advisers and allies to the Naval Observatory, where she lives and works, with little notice and even less information.
Top Japanese gymnast withdraws from paris 2024 for smoking and drinking alcohol
Japan’s Olympic gymnastics team will head into the Paris Games this week without its captain, Shoko Miyata, after she withdrew from the team following an investigation that found she had violated the squad’s code of conduct by smoking and drinking alcohol.
An Olympian’s awkward packing list: Toothbrush? Check. Rifle? Check
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Olympic shooters have time-tested mental exercises they use to get through some of the most stressful moments of their careers: They exhale deeply to steady their nerves. They assess the targets ahead of them. They trust in the preparation that got them there.
Two landslides kill 229 people in Ethiopia
JOHANNESBURG — At least 229 people were killed in southwestern Ethiopia on Monday after a landslide flattened several houses in a village following days of heavy rain, and neighbors who rushed to dig out those buried under the mud were hit with a second landslide about an hour later.
Secret Service director resigns after Trump assassination attempt
WASHINGTON — The director of the Secret Service, Kimberly A. Cheatle, resigned Tuesday, after security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and calls for her to step down from lawmakers in both parties.
Netanyahu to address a Congress deeply divided over his leadership
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will be absent from the rostrum.
Israeli military using tanks and fighter jets to strike in Khan Younis
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military said Tuesday that it was pushing ahead with operations against Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, using tanks and fighter jets to strike what it said were weapons caches and observation posts, a day after aid workers reported that dozens of people had been killed and hundreds of others wounded in the area.
Police commander provides more details on Trump rally shooting
WASHINGTON — Two days before a gunman wounded former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, the Secret Service walked the site of the planned campaign rally with members of the Pennsylvania State Police, who had been pulled in for added security.
Menendez will resign from Senate, avoiding an ugly, intraparty battle
Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey announced Tuesday that he would resign from Congress effective in late August, bowing to intense pressure from Democratic colleagues who had pushed him to step down or face an expulsion vote after his conviction in a vast international bribery scheme.
Biden plans to address the nation on Wednesday night
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden returned to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since withdrawing from the presidential race and announced plans to address the nation tonight to explain his decision and outline how he wants to use his final six months in office.
Trump’s new rival may bring out his harshest instincts
Donald Trump and his political team spent nearly two years tailoring a campaign to defeat an old white male president who is conspicuously frail and who most Americans had told pollsters they doubted could handle another four-year term.
Harris rallies exuberant Democrats in Wisconsin: ‘The baton is in our hands’
WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Delivering a jolt of enthusiasm to a party reeling from weeks of infighting, Vice President Kamala Harris rallied Democrats on Tuesday in Wisconsin and laid out a fierce argument against former President Donald Trump.
Hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone sends tourists racing for safety
A hydrothermal explosion sent a towering column of boiling water, mud and rock shooting into the air at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming on Tuesday morning, destroying a section of boardwalk and sending dozens of tourists running for safety, officials said. No injuries were reported, according to the United States Geological Survey, but the area remained closed to the public.
Beefed-Up Olympics security thins out tourists, squeezing merchants
PARIS — Fabrice Pierret is used to catering to hordes of tourists who pack Le Lutétia, a brasserie he manages on the Île Saint-Louis, where a splendid view of the Seine River, with a glass of red wine and steak frites, has long made it a popular stop for visitors.
