MIAMI (AP) 鈥� Tropical Storm Iona formed in the central Pacific and is expected to continue trekking toward the west over warm, open waters well south of Hawaii. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Iona emerged Sunday from a tropical depression about 960 miles (1,545 kilometers) southeast of Honolulu. The storm is expected […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) 鈥� Vice President JD Vance is hitting his home state on Monday to continue promoting the GOP鈥檚 sweeping tax-and-border bill. He will be in Canton, Ohio, to talk about the bill鈥檚 鈥渂enefits for hardworking American families and businesses,鈥� according to his office. Aides offered little detail in advance about the visit, but […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥� The U.N. General Assembly is bringing high-level officials together this week to promote a two-state solution to the decades-old Israel-Palestinian conflict that would place their peoples side by side, living in peace in independent nations. Israel and its close ally the United States are boycotting the two-day meeting, which starts Monday […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) 鈥� Part of the roof and front facade of a Family Dollar store in Kansas City, Missouri, collapsed Sunday, killing a 68-year-old man and seriously injuring a 50-year-old woman, authorities said. The building’s partial collapse occurred about 2:45 p.m. Sunday, the Kansas City Fire Department said. Two other people also were […]
Boeing Co. expects more than 3,200 union workers at three St. Louis-area plants that produce U.S. fighter jets to strike after they rejected a proposed contract Sunday that included a 20% wage increase over four years. The International Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said the vote by District 837 members was overwhelmingly against the proposed […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, has died. He was 97. Longtime friend David Herder said Lehrer died Saturday at his home in Cambridge, […]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) 鈥� A sheriff鈥檚 deputy has died after being shot multiple times while responding to a domestic disturbance call in Kansas City, Kansas, authorities say. Wyandotte County Deputy Elijah Ming, 34, and a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer were approaching a home at about 3:45 p.m. Saturday when a 38-year-old man inside […]
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (AP) 鈥� Authorities are searching for three people who were aboard a private twin-engine plane that crashed off the central California coast. Emergency officials responded Saturday night after receiving a lost radar alert and 911 calls from residents, KSBW-TV reported. Witnesses reported hearing an aircraft engine revving and a splash in the […]
DENVER (AP) 鈥� Passengers slid down an emergency slide of a smoking jet at Denver’s airport due to a possible problem with the plane’s landing gear, authorities said. American Airlines Flight 3023 reported a 鈥減ossible landing gear incident鈥� during its departure from Denver International Airport on Saturday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The Boeing […]
WEST FORK, Ark. (AP) 鈥� Two people were found dead along a walking trail in a state park in Arkansas, authorities said Sunday. A 43-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman were found dead at Devil’s Den State Park in Washington County, according to the Arkansas State Police. Its criminal investigation unit is handling what it […]
This week, President Donald Trump threatened to hold up a new stadium deal if Washington鈥檚 NFL team did not restore its name to a racial slur, despite decades of psychological research showing the negative mental health impacts of Native American mascots. The president is demanding a private company change its name to something that researchers […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) 鈥� Chaos unfolded at a Walmart in Michigan after a man burst into the store during a calm shopping afternoon and stabbed 11 people at random, authorities say. The attack on Saturday left six victims in critical condition and a suspect in custody. The 42-year-old suspect entered the store shortly before […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Eric Hildenbrand has noticed prices continue to rise this year, even with President Donald Trump in the White House. He doesn鈥檛 blame Trump, his choice for president in 2024, but says Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats who control his home state, California, are at fault. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 compare California with the […]
Faith leaders across the U.S. are hoping a bipartisan bill, recently introduced in the U.S. Senate and House, might finally bring resolution to an immigration issue that has been hindering their service to their communities for more than two years. In March 2023, the Biden administration made a sudden change in how the government processes […]
In 2023, amid a national reckoning on issues of race in America, seven Army bases’ names were changed because they honored Confederate leaders. Now, those same bases are reverting back to their original names, this time with different namesakes who share Confederate surnames 鈥� the Army found other service members with the same last names […]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) 鈥� Multiple people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City, and a suspect is in custody, authorities said Saturday. The Michigan State Police said the local sheriff鈥檚 office is investigating the incident and details are limited. The agency asked that people avoid the area while the investigation is ongoing.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� Hackers gained access to personal data on the majority of the 1.4 million customers of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, the company confirmed Saturday. Minneapolis-based Allianz Life, a subsidiary of Munich, Germany-based Allianz SE, said the data breach happened on July 16 when a 鈥渕alicious threat actor鈥� gained access to […]
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) 鈥� A landlord jailed for decades after he attacked a Palestinian American boy and his mother has died. Three months ago, Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years behind bars for the attack. He was found guilty in February of murder, attempted murder and hate-crime charges in the death of Wadee Alfayoumi […]
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Harold Terens fought in World War II. He’s lived almost 102 years, celebrating his birthday a couple weeks early with family and friends in Florida. But he has something more to look forward to. His bar mitzvah. Terens said at his birthday celebration Saturday that his brother got the traditional […]
A senior State Department official who was fired as a speechwriter during President Donald Trump ‘s first term and has a history of incendiary statements has been appointed to lead the embattled U.S. Institute of Peace. The move to install Darren Beattie as the institute’s new acting president is seen as the latest step in […]
