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.
Harris rallies exuberant Democrats in Wisconsin: ‘the baton is in our hands’
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.
Toothbrush? Check. Rifle? Check: An Olympian’s awkward packing list
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.
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.
Harris seizes control, clearing field, raising cash and slamming Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to assert herself as the de facto Democratic nominee for president on Monday as virtually every potential remaining rival bowed out and a broad range of delegates endorsed her, all but clearing her path to the nomination.
Kamala Harris turns to selecting a possible vice president
After weeks of speculation, Vice President Kamala Harris, endorsed by President Joe Biden to succeed him as the Democratic presidential candidate this fall, will have a bench of new-generation party leaders to turn to when she moves toward the first critical decision of her candidacy: picking a running mate.
Rare whale washes up on New Zealand beach
Residents of New Zealand, where whale and dolphin strandings are a common sight, are used to finding large sea creatures beached on their shores. But the creature that washed up on a beach in the nation’s south earlier this month — about 16 feet long, distinctively colored, its teeth snapped off — was no ordinary whale.
Vance criticizes Harris in first solo campaign stops as Trump’s running mate
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — In JD Vance’s first solo day of campaigning as the Republican vice-presidential nominee, the Ohio senator questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’ appreciation for the United States and chastised her fellow Democrats for supporting President Joe Biden “until he became political dead weight.”
Trump appeals $454 million fraud judgment, saying it was excessive
NEW YORK — Lawyers for Donald Trump filed an appeal Monday evening seeking to dismiss or drastically reduce the $454 million judgment levied against him this year in a New York civil fraud case, the latest maneuver in the former president’s multiple legal battles.
‘Twisters’ takes off at the box office
So much for those theories about moviegoers being hungry for original stories.
Corvette bucked a sports car decline. Can it thrive in an EV era?
Sales of sports cars have been steadily declining for about three decades, but there has been one exception to that trend. The Chevrolet Corvette has recently stormed back to near-record popularity.
Motels are having a moment
In 2022, Lisa Lennox was visiting a friend in Stephenville, Texas, when she stumbled upon the Interstate Inn. The motel, on a highway an hour west of Fort Worth, had seen better days. The building was notorious with local police, and rooms rented for $40 a night. The property needed new plumbing and wiring, and asbestos had to be removed.
Campus protests led to more than 3,100 arrests, but many charges have been dropped
As pro-Palestinian demonstrations rocked college campuses this spring with protests of the war in the Gaza Strip, many university administrators found themselves eager to quell the action however they could. Some negotiated with the demonstrators. Many sent in police.
Judge rejects bid to dismiss Trump libel suit against Pulitzer board
A state judge in Florida has given former President Donald Trump a legal victory, refusing to toss a libel lawsuit filed by Trump over a statement made by the board of the Pulitzer Prizes on coverage of the 2016 Trump campaign’s connections to Russia.
Once derided, Harris suddenly stands at brink of leading Democratic ticket
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris, who has struggled for nearly four years in President Joe Biden’s shadow, was thrust Sunday into the center of a remarkable political drama that could culminate with her becoming the first woman of color at the top of a major-party presidential ticket.
‘Overjoyed.’ ‘Desperate.’ ‘Too Late.’ Democrats react to Biden’s exit
MIAMI — For Democratic voters who have spent much of the summer brooding about President Joe Biden’s fitness for office, his decision Sunday not to seek reelection came as a relief. Now, they figured, their political party might stand a chance in November — though many still expressed deep doubts.
Sharks don’t sink. And neither does she.
Jasmin Graham was on a mission. The marine biologist wanted to change not only the public’s often misleading perception of sharks — in many cases, drawn from their harrowing portrayal in the novel “Jaws” and calcified in pop culture over the last 50 years — but also that of the people who study them.
Telling Hawaii’s stories, one hand-carved surfboard at a time
Leleo Kinimaka grew up in Kauai, the Hawaiian island where the Pacific Ocean provided routine and rhythm to his days. “I’d wake up and I’d go surfing all day, maybe swim or canoe,” he recalled. “I’d only come home for lunch.”
Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in Russian prison
A court in Russia on Friday sentenced Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, to 16 years in a high-security penal colony, ending his espionage trial on what were widely viewed outside Russia as fabricated charges. The verdict opens the way for a potential prisoner swap between the United States and Russia.
A small town gives a solemn farewell to man killed at a Trump rally
CABOT, Pa. — One by one on Friday morning, people began to gather along the winding roads and cornfields to plant American flags, spread out their blankets and wait for the fire trucks.
