NEW YORK — Wall Street’s sell-off is worsening Monday as worries about the economy and President Donald Trump’s tariffs send U.S. stocks further from their record set just last month. The S&P 500 was down 1.9% in morning trading, coming off its worst week since September. The Dow Jones Industrial...
Rubio Says Purge of USAID Programs Complete, With 83% of Agency’s Programs Gone
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development, and said he would move the 18% of aid and development programs that survived under the State Department. Rubio made the announcement in...
Supreme Court Rejects Republican-Led Effort to Halt Climate Change Lawsuits
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit from Republican attorneys general in 19 states aimed at blocking climate change suits against the oil and gas industry from Democratic-led states. The justices acted on an unusual Republican effort to file suit in the Supreme Court over the Democratic...
Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Erupts and Forces Evacuations
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala's Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 people in the area could be at risk. The eruption started overnight. There is no immediate report of casualties. The 12,300-foot (3,763-meter) high volcano is one of the most...
Fresno State Alum Davante Adams Returns to California, Signs with Rams
LOS ANGELES — Receiver Davante Adams agreed to terms on a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, bringing the three-time All-Pro back to his native California. Adams' deal could be worth up to $46 million with the Rams, who will move on from Super Bowl 56 MVP...
A Single-Engine Plane Crashes Near a Pennsylvania Airport. All 5 Aboard Are Taken to Hospitals.
A single-engine airplane carrying five people crashed and burst into flames Saturday in the parking lot of a retirement community near a small airport in suburban Pennsylvania, and everyone on board survived, officials and witnesses said. Plane Crash South of Lancaster Airport The fiery crash happened around 3 p.m. just...
Super Bowl Stars Josh Sweat and Milton Williams Headline a List of NFL Free Agents
NFL teams can start reshaping their rosters by signing free agents this week. There’s plenty of attention on the quarterbacks, including Sam Darnold, Russell Wilson and Justin Fields. Aaron Rodgers technically isn’t a free agent, but the New York Jets already said they plan to release him, so he’s free to find a new team. Agents...
ICE Arrests Palestinian Activist Who Helped Lead Columbia University Protests
NEW YORK — Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in protests against Israel at Columbia University, according to his attorney. Mahmoud Khalil was inside a university-owned residence Saturday night near Columbia’s Manhattan campus when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered his apartment...
Ex-Central Banker Mark Carney to Become Canada’s Next Prime Minister
TORONTO — Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader Sunday as the country deals with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threat, and a federal election looms. Carney, 59, replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who...
Israel Cuts off Electricity Supply to Gaza, Affecting a Desalination Plant Producing Drinking Water
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, officials said Sunday, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water for part of the arid territory. Hamas called it part of Israel's “starvation policy." Israel last week suspended supplies of goods to the territory of more than 2 million...