WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area, the Defense Department said Sunday. The moves come as the U.S. and other allies push...
GOP Dubs Minnesota Gov. ‘Tampon Tim’ for Providing Free Menstrual Products in Schools
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, has been dubbed "Tampon Tim" by Republican critics. The nickname stems from a law Walz signed last year requiring public schools to provide free menstrual products to students in grades 4-12. The law, which took effect on Jan. 1, makes Minnesota...
Fed up Americans Fight Inflation by Refusing to Pay Higher Prices
WASHINGTON — The great inflation spike of the past three years is nearly spent — and economists credit American consumers for helping slay it. Some of America's largest companies, from Amazon to Disney to Yum Brands, say their customers are increasingly seeking cheaper alternative products and services, searching for bargains...
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Holds Relatively Steady Ahead of Big Tests Coming Later in the Week
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady Monday, as markets around the world stabilize following a wild week of extreme swings. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in morning trading after flipping earlier between small gains and losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 30 points, or...
Donald Trump Is Returning to X for a Live Interview With the Platform’s Owner, Elon Musk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Donald Trump is returning — at least for one night — to do a live interview Monday on X, the platform from which he was banned for nearly two years following the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol. Trump and Elon Musk, X's owner, are...
All Hail Teoscar Hernández, the Dodgers’ King of Cool in Series Sweep
LOS ANGELES — Teoscar Hernández drove in three runs, including a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a 6-5 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday, handing the Pirates a season-high seventh consecutive defeat. "When (the moment) gets hot, with runners in scoring position,...
Inside the Stephen Curry Flurry: How 4 Shots Sealed Another Gold for the US
PARIS — Stephen Curry had only five 3-pointers in his first four games of the Paris Olympics combined. The shot just wasn't falling. And then came the medal round. The all-time 3-point king in NBA history found his stroke in the nick of time for the Americans, making 17 3-pointers...
Harris Hopes a New Playbook Will Neutralize GOP Attacks on Immigration
LAS VEGAS — For weeks, Republicans have pummeled Vice President Kamala Harris on immigration, blaming her for President Joe Biden’s policies at the border. Now, Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, is seeking to neutralize that line of attack, one of her biggest weaknesses with voters, running a playbook that Democrats...
Harris Leads Trump in Three Key States, Times/Siena Polls Find
Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald Trump in three crucial battleground states, according to new surveys by The New York Times and Siena College, the latest indication of a dramatic reversal in standing for Democrats after President Joe Biden’s departure from the presidential race remade it. Harris is...
Atwater Penitentiary Employee Dies. Was Death Caused by Fentanyl Exposure?
WASHINGTON — A worker at a federal prison in California has died and investigators are examining whether he was exposed to fentanyl shortly before his death, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Marc Fischer, a mailroom supervisor at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, California, died Friday after...