Fundraiser for Jan. 6 rioters at Trump’s golf club is postponed
A gala event to raise money for some of the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, set to take place Thursday at former President Donald Trump’s golf club in New Jersey, has been postponed, according to the event website.
California lawmakers pass just one part of reparations legislation
California lawmakers passed just one part of a three-bill package addressing reparations for slavery and racism in the waning days of their state house session, amid reports the governor had raised concerns.
Six hostages killed in Gaza just before rescue; polio campaign starts
TEL AVIV, Israel (TNS) — The bodies of six Israeli hostages who were killed by their Palestinian Islamist Hamas captors shortly before the Israeli army found their bodies, were recovered from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said on Sunday.
US Democrats urge Israel-Hamas ceasefire after dead hostages recovered
WASHINGTON — Several U.S. Democratic lawmakers renewed calls for an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire on Sunday in reaction to the killing of six hostages in a tunnel under Gaza, while Republicans criticized President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not giving stronger support to Israel.
Who are the biggest donors to Trump and Harris?
In presidential fundraising these days, the donors who matter most are the very small and the very, very big.
Something’s poisoning America’s farms. Scientists fear ‘forever’ chemicals.
For decades, farmers across America have been encouraged by the federal government to spread municipal sewage on millions of acres of farmland as fertilizer. It was rich in nutrients, and it helped keep the sludge out of landfills.
Harris calls Trump cemetery visit disrespectful, political stunt
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Saturday over a visit he made to soldiers’ graves at Arlington National Cemetery that was later used in campaign video footage.
Pope to visit Jakarta’s Istiqlal mosque in push for interfaith harmony
JAKARTA — When Pope Francis visits Indonesia next week, he will stop by a mosque in Jakarta that has an unusual feature – a tunnel connecting it to the city’s Catholic cathedral, as part of a push for interfaith harmony on his 12-day Asia-Pacific tour.
Harris and Trump have housing plans. Economists have doubts.
America’s gaping shortage of affordable housing has rocketed to the top of voter worry lists and to the forefront of campaign promises, as both the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris, and the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, promise to fix the problem if they are elected.
China, Philippines accuse each other of ramming ships in South China Sea
The Philippines and China exchanged accusations of intentionally ramming coast guard vessels in disputed waters of the South China Sea on Saturday, the latest in an escalating series of clashes in the vital waterway.
Israeli bombardment kills dozens in Gaza as health officials prepare polio campaign
Israeli strikes on Saturday killed at least 48 people in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian health authorities said, as clashes took place in central and southern areas of the enclave ahead of the planned start of a polio vaccination campaign.
Tech startups innovate to snuff out wildfires
TWAIN HARTE, Calif. —This is the tinderbox of the Sierra Nevada. It’s early June, the temperature is 97 degrees Fahrenheit and the air shimmers over dead trees choked in brush. In the Stanislaus National Forest, logging roads wind through firs and ponderosa pines, past 20-foot-tall burn piles — tons of scrap wood not worth bringing to a sawmill. They’ve been assembled by workers on the front line of the fight against forest fires: a timber crew thinning these woods for the Forest Service and a tech startup that’s trying to automate the enormous machines the crew relies on.
Typhoon Shanshan drenches Japan, prompting landslide and flood alerts
FUKUOKA/YUFU, Japan, — Typhoon Shanshan soaked large swathes of Japan with torrential rain on Friday, prompting warnings for flooding and landslides hundreds of miles from the storm’s centre, halting travel services and shutting production at major factories.
A defensive Trump tries to limit the fallout of the Arlington clash
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump grappled Friday with the lingering fallout from his visit to Arlington National Cemetery this week, offering an extended defense of his campaign’s actions leading up to an altercation between a Trump 2024 staff member and a cemetery official.
Nation and world news — at a glance — for August 31
Florida family spent $6M on fake Warhols, lawsuit claims
Will Walz’s rural upbringing lure small-town swing voters?
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. — The walls of the Fish Tales bait shop near the banks of Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin are lined with brightly colored bobs and lures. Big coolers hold leeches, butter worms and cans of Red Bull. On a recent morning, two fussy Dobermans were whining to be let out of a back room.
Wegovy reduced COVID deaths in obese patients, study shows
Novo Nordisk A/S’s Wegovy reduced deaths and illness from COVID in a large study that took place during the pandemic, more evidence of the blockbuster shot’s benefits beyond weight loss.
Putin defies war-crimes warrant with plan to visit Mongolia
Bloomberg News — Russian President Vladimir Putin received assurances ahead of a planned visit to Mongolia that he won’t be arrested for alleged war crimes under a warrant from the International Criminal Court, according to two people familiar with the Kremlin’s preparations.
Controversial Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’ lands US release date before election day
Here is one October surprise you can put on your calendar now: The Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice,” which set tongues wagging when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, has secured theatrical distribution by Briarcliff Entertainment and will hit theaters on Oct. 11, less than a month before the presidential election.
First Harris-Walz interview scores 6.3 million viewers on CNN
CNN’s much-anticipated sit-down interview with the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz averaged 6.3 million viewers Thursday, according to data from Nielsen.
