Pundits said Harris won the debate. Undecided voters weren’t so sure
For weeks, undecided voters have been asking for more substance.
How Taylor Swift surprised Harris, and entered a new political era
Just before midnight Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris was about to greet supporters at a post-debate party in Philadelphia when aides pulled her aside with some news she had not been ready for: Taylor Swift had just endorsed her.
Harris and Trump bet on their own sharply contrasting views of America
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s America is a grim place, a nation awash in marauding immigrants stealing American jobs and eating American cats and dogs, a country devastated economically, humiliated internationally and perched on the cliff’s edge of an apocalyptic World War III.
Indigenous group takes fight against Rio Tinto Arizona copper mine to US Supreme Court
A Native American group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block Rio Tinto and BHP from gaining access to Arizona land needed to build one of the world’s largest copper mines, a last-ditch legal move in a long-running case pitting religious rights against the energy transition.
US and UK press Ukraine before allowing Russia strikes
The U.S. and the U.K. signaled they were open to Ukraine’s request to use western-provided weapons to strike deeper into Russia despite concerns that doing so could further escalate a conflict now in its third year.
California wildfires burn dozens of homes, ski resort
Three Southern California wildfires torched dozens of mountain homes, tore through a ski resort and forced thousands to evacuate in towns and cities east of Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Hurricane Francine lands in Louisiana, putting New Orleans on edge
NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Francine came ashore in southern Louisiana on Wednesday, threatening New Orleans and the wider Gulf Coast with powerful winds, rain and a storm surge that led to evacuation orders for thousands of people.
Asked if he wants Ukraine to defeat Russia, Trump doesn’t say yes
KYIV, Ukraine — “Do you want Ukraine to win this war?”
US election certification to take place with tighter security after 2021 attack
WASHINGTON, — The U.S. government will increase security for Congress’ certification of the Nov. 5 election result, which is due on Jan. 6, to avoid a repeat of the 2021 attack on the Capitol by supporters of Republican former President Donald Trump.
UN chief says lack of accountability on UN staff killings in Gaza ‘unacceptable’
A lack of accountability for the killing of United Nations staff and humanitarian aid workers in the Gaza Strip is “totally unacceptable,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Reuters in a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday.
Election officials raise ‘serious questions’ about US Postal Service ballot delivery plans
A group of about three dozen state and local election officials on Wednesday raised serious concerns about the U.S. Postal Service’s ability to deliver millions of ballots for the 2024 presidential election.
A temporary truce in the political wars as Harris, Trump and Biden mark 9/11
NEW YORK — Barely 10 hours earlier, they had been at each other’s throats, calling one another a “disgrace,” “horrible” and “grossly incompetent.” Then they put down their political swords on Wednesday morning and stood just a few feet apart to mark one of the most solemn moments on the modern American calendar.
Mother of teen charged in Georgia school shooter apologizes to victims’ families, says son is ‘not a monster’
The mother of the 14-year-old boy charged with fatally shooting two students and two teachers at Georgia’s Apalachee High School last week penned an open apology letter to the families of her son’s alleged victims.
As students plan walkouts, Georgia school shooting absent in Harris-Trump debate
Sam Hauff was 14 when the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018 prompted nationwide school walkouts.
French ship that sank in 1856 disaster is found off Massachusetts coast
A French passenger steamship that sank in 1856, killing over 100 people, was found last month at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, said D/V Tenacious, a New Jersey-based shipwreck hunting group.
Blinken demands overhaul of Israeli conduct in West Bank after killing of US protester
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday demanded an overhaul of Israeli military conduct in the occupied West Bank as he decried the fatal shooting of an American protester against settlement expansion, which Israel said was accidental.
US incomes rose last year but poverty rates changed little, Census data shows
(Reuters) — U.S. inflation-adjusted household income increased but poverty rates showed only modest changes last year, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Tuesday, offering a mixed snapshot of how American households fared as the economy returned to pre-coronavirus pandemic growth levels, job growth boomed and inflation eased.
Protesters storm Mexican senate, forcing pause on judicial reform debate
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Senate paused debate of a controversial judicial overhaul on Tuesday after protesters broke into the building, adding drama to already tense discussions of the reform, which critics fear could undermine the country’s rule of law.
US argues Google created ad tech monopoly
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Justice Department told a federal judge Monday that Google had built a monopoly in lucrative technology that delivers online ads, kicking off a second federal antitrust trial against the tech giant amid mounting scrutiny of the industry.
US to consider Ukraine missile request as Russia gets Iran help
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken signaled the U.S. would hold talks on Ukraine’s use of Western long-range weapons against Russia, after confirming Moscow had received shipments of ballistic missiles from Iran.
