Nation and world news — at a glance — for August 4
San Francisco takes harder line against homeless camps, defying its reputation
Trump cancels 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.
Olympic surfing comes to a ‘poisoned’ paradise
TAHITI, French Polynesia — Fifty years ago this July, as the waters of the South Pacific rushed toward the shores of Teahupo’o in a perfect, powerful curl, as they have always done, another wave visited the tiny hamlet. This time it was an invisible and airborne one: a surge of radiation escaping from a nuclear weapon test conducted by France in this far-flung reach of their republic.
Job market slows significantly, raising economic jitters
American employers reined in their hiring significantly in July, intensifying jitters that the economy is cooling faster than expected.
Nation and world news — at a glance — for August 3
Secret Service chief admits lack of certainty on sniper locations at Trump rally
US Sues TikTok over child privacy violations
The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing it of illegally collecting children’s data and escalating a long-running battle between the U.S. government and the Chinese-owned app.
Appeals court further narrows voting rights act’s scope
A federal appeals court further narrowed the scope of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, ruling that members of separate minority groups cannot join together to claim that a political map has been drawn to dilute their voting power.
Maui wildfire plaintiffs reach $4 billion settlement as anniversary nears
Nearly a year after a ferocious wildfire on Maui killed 102 people and leveled the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii’s largest utility has agreed to pay the largest share of a legal settlement totaling just more than $4 billion and compensating more than 10,000 homeowners, businesses and other plaintiffs.
Trump claims judge has ties to Harris and seeks to toss him off case
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump is urging the judge who oversaw his Manhattan criminal trial to step aside, claiming in a legal filing that the judge has indirect ties to Vice President Kamala Harris and therefore an “actual conflict and appearances of impropriety.”
South Korea offers aid to flood-stricken North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Thursday offered to send humanitarian aid to North Korea after the isolated North reported extensive damage from floods in towns along its western border with China.
Senate rejects bipartisan tax deal
WASHINGTON — The Senate rejected a bill Thursday that would have restored lapsed tax breaks for businesses and expanded the child tax credit, as many Republicans in the chamber lined up against the bipartisan deal in hopes of gaining an advantage in bigger tax legislation expected next year.
Secret Service’s tech flaws helped gunman evade detection at Trump rally
WASHINGTON — After a week of oversights and failures, the officers protecting former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, still had one last chance to get it right. The chance lasted about 30 seconds.
Trump escalates race attacks on Harris, worrying some Republicans
Donald Trump continued to raise false and incendiary questions about Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity for a second day Thursday, as Republicans watched the former president drive his campaign into a divisive and potentially damaging direction.
This scientist has a risky plan to cool earth. There’s growing interest.
CHICAGO — David Keith was a graduate student in 1991 when a volcano erupted in the Philippines, sending a cloud of ash toward the edge of space.
Major inmate swap frees dissidents and US Journalists from Russian prisons
BERLIN — A prisoner swap Thursday among seven countries freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other Americans held in Russia, along with several jailed Russian dissidents, in a deal whose size and complexity has no parallel in the post-Soviet era.
Nation and world news — at a glance — for July 2
Utah Supreme Court upholds a block on a strict abortion ban
Bomb smuggled into Iran guesthouse months ago killed Hamas leader
Ismail Haniyeh, a top leader of Hamas, was assassinated Wednesday by an explosive device covertly smuggled into the Tehran, Iran, guesthouse where he was staying, according to seven Middle Eastern officials, including two Iranians, and a U.S. official.
Harris campaign looks poised to beat Trump’s July cash haul
The Trump campaign said that it and its allied groups had raised $139 million in July, an enormous sum — but well short of the $200 million Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign said it brought in amid a huge burst of enthusiasm about her candidacy.
Pentagon data shows high suicide rates among troops exposed to blasts
Troops whose jobs can expose them repeatedly to blasts have among the highest suicide rates in the armed forces, according to a new report by the Defense Department.
Venezuelan election denounced by international monitoring group
CARACAS, Venezuela — The only independent observer monitoring the polls in Venezuela said Sunday’s vote for president did not meet international standards and was undemocratic, raising more questions about the legitimacy of the results.
