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.
Mexican drug lord who founded ultra-violent Zetas is released from US prison
One of the most notorious drug chiefs in Mexico’s history, Osiel Cardenas, was released from a U.S. prison on Friday into the custody of immigration officials who may deport him.
Russian bomb hits high-rise building in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, killing seven
(Reuters) — A Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv hit a residential building and a playground on Friday, killing seven people and injuring at least 77 more, local authorities said.
Zelenskyy Dismisses the Head of the Air Force Days After an F-16 Crashed
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine dismissed the head of the country’s air force on Friday, days after the crash of an F-16 warplane in what may have been a friendly fire incident.
Foreign citizens charged with carrying out swatting attacks on US Officials
Two foreign citizens have been charged with falsely reporting threats against the U.S. Capitol and prominent officials, including members of Congress and Cabinet members, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.
US Army defends Arlington National Cemetery employee in Trump campaign incident
WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) — The U.S. Army defended an Arlington National Cemetery employee who was pushed aside during a visit by former President Donald Trump, saying that she acted professionally and was being unfairly attacked.
Pelosi’s car passed near pipe bomb on Jan. 6, 2021, according to new video
WASHINGTON — As Speaker Nancy Pelosi was evacuated from the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while the complex was under attack, her motorcade passed by a pipe bomb at the Democratic National Committee headquarters that law enforcement had yet to render safe, according to video and analysis released this week by House Republicans.
Top Biden aide holds rare talks with Chinese military general
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Thursday with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and held rare talks with a top Chinese military official in a sign that the two countries are communicating at senior levels despite tensions over the South China Sea and Taiwan.
Rocket scientists build robot probes to gauge melting beneath Antarctica ice shelf
Engineers who specialize in building NASA spacecraft to explore distant worlds are designing a fleet of underwater robot probes to measure how rapidly climate change is melting vast ice sheets around Antarctica and what that means for rising sea levels.
Elon Musk, Tesla win dismissal of lawsuit claiming they rigged dogecoin
Elon Musk and his electric vehicle company Tesla won the dismissal of a federal lawsuit accusing them of defrauding investors by hyping the cryptocurrency dogecoin and conducting insider trading, causing billions of dollars of losses.
Harris widens lead over Trump with boost from women, Hispanics, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 45% to 41% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Thursday that showed the vice president sparking new enthusiasm among voters and shaking up the race ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
Israel says it killed Islamic Jihad commander in gunbattle at West Bank mosque
JERUSALEM/JENIN, West Bank — Israeli troops killed a local commander of the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad movement in the West Bank and four other militants on Thursday in a gunbattle during one of the largest assaults in the Israeli-occupied territory for months.
7 takeaways from Harris’ first major interview
WASHINGTON — The main reason CNN’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris turned out to be remarkable was that it was the first one she had done since President Joe Biden bowed out and tapped her as his successor.