Liz Cheney to campaign with Harris at the birthplace of the GOP
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign alongside Liz Cheney, the most prominent Republican to cross party lines and endorse her, on Thursday in Wisconsin at a symbolic location: the birthplace of the Republican Party.
Former county clerk gets 9 years in prison for tampering with voting machines
Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison after being found guilty in August of tampering with voting machines under her control in a failed attempt to prove that they had been used to rig the 2020 election against former President Donald Trump.
Lahaina inferno emerged from smoldering remnants of quelled fire
The inferno that consumed the Hawaii town of Lahaina last year emerged from the remnants of a brush fire that firefighters had believed they had contained and extinguished, federal investigators concluded in a report released Wednesday.
Trump promised to release his medical records. He still won’t do it.
As a presidential candidate in 2015, Donald Trump declined to release his medical records, instead offering a four-paragraph letter from his personal doctor proclaiming that he would be “the healthiest person ever elected to the presidency.”
Israel declares U.N. chief António Guterres persona non grata
Israel has barred U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres from entering the country, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday, criticizing him for failing to forcefully condemn Iran’s latest missile attack.
Nation and world news — at a glance — for October 3
Mayorkas warns of funding shortfall for rest of hurricane season
Breast cancer continues to rise among younger women, study finds
Rates of breast cancer — the second leading cause of cancer deaths in U.S. women — climbed 1% a year from 2012 to 2021, and even more sharply among women younger than 50 and among Asian American/Pacific Islander women of all ages, according to an American Cancer Society report published Tuesday.
Judge unseals new evidence in federal election case against Trump
In a sprawling legal brief partly unsealed Wednesday, special counsel Jack Smith laid out his case for why former President Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution on federal charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump’s Consistent Message Online and Onstage: Be Afraid
Former President Donald Trump swings wildly from topic to topic at his rallies, veering from tariffs to immigration policy to the problems with electric vehicles. But he tends to return to the same apocalyptic message.
Iran launches about 180 ballistic missiles at Israel
Iran fired several waves of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening in a sudden assault that raised the likelihood of a direct all-out war between two of the most powerful militaries in the Middle East.
In Biden’s homestretch, selfies on Air Force One and a chorus of ‘Thank you, Joe’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was in the mood to break some rules.
Vintage shopping is booming. Banana Republic and others get in on the action
At her vintage store in Santa Cruz, California, Mely Olmeda sells a range of clothing, much of it from the early aughts, including sheer tops, low-rise denim flares and anything with lace or loud prints. She also rents rack space to other vendors, which helps pay the rent and other overhead.
Desert racers demolish art carved by ancient people in Chile
Every year, hundreds of racers from around the world gather in northern Chile with their all-terrain motorcycles, jeeps, quads and buggies. They race in circuits for hundreds of miles around the Atacama Desert, carving tire tracks into one of the driest places on Earth.
Students paid thousands for a Caltech Boot Camp. Caltech didn’t teach it.
DENVER — Raymond Sewer said he had good reason to believe that the California Institute of Technology would be deeply involved in the cloud computing “boot camp.”
Your friend has more money than you do. How can your relationship survive?
Adult friendships aren’t easy to maintain. Busy schedules and competing demands interfere with making time for friends. And when money is involved, friendships can become even more complicated.
Why Stellantis, owner of Chrysler, Jeep and Ram, is struggling
Stellantis, an automotive colossus that owns more than a dozen brands including Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep, Peugeot and Ram, is facing challenges at seemingly every turn.
Republicans criticize Trump over his insults of Harris
Former President Donald Trump drew criticism from several fellow Republicans on Sunday for his demeaning insults of Vice President Kamala Harris, a day after he called her “mentally disabled” and “mentally impaired” at a rally.
Helene has claimed lives of more than 90 people. Here are some of their stories
A woman in her 70s who repaired nuclear cooling towers and rode motorcycles. A Florida resident who helped her community recover from Hurricane Ian two years ago. A man who had just moved to South Carolina to work as an electrical lineman.
In North Carolina, remnants of Helene become an ‘unprecedented tragedy’
Raging floods and mudslides unleashed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene have dealt an “unprecedented tragedy” in the mountains of western North Carolina, leaving at least 37 people dead in the region and communities struggling to cope without water, food, power, gasoline and cellphone service.
Trump allies bombard the courts, setting stage for post-election fight
Republicans have unleashed a flurry of lawsuits challenging voting rules and practices ahead of the November elections, setting the stage for what could be a far larger and more contentious legal battle over the White House after Election Day.
