U.S. job openings fell in December, a sign that the labor market is cooling but still healthy. Openings fell to 7.6 million, from 8.2 million in November, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. They were down from 8.9 million a year earlier and a peak of 12.2 million in March 2022...
Tariff Threats Take Aim at Fentanyl Trafficking: Here’s How the Drug Reaches the US
President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually. Mexico agreed Monday to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as...
San Francisco Ready to Grant New Mayor Greater Powers to Battle Fentanyl Crisis
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is poised to grant newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers and flexibility to expedite the city's response to a fentanyl crisis that has turned sidewalks into open-air dens of drug consumption and homelessness. The legislation, which supervisors will vote on Tuesday,...
MLB Umpire Pat Hoberg’s Firing Adds to Growing List of Sports Betting Scandals
Umpire Pat Hoberg is the latest professional sports figure caught in a betting scandal. The 38-year-old Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally deleting electronic messages pertinent to the league's...
RFK Jr. on Track to Become US Health Secretary With Key GOP Support
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer, appeared on track to become the nation's health secretary after winning the crucial support of Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor who says Kennedy has assured him he would not topple the nation's childhood vaccination program. In...
Stock Market Today: Calm Returns to Wall Street, Tech Stocks Lead US Indexes Higher
Calm is returning to Wall Street Tuesday, and tech stocks are leading U.S. stock indexes higher following a strong profit report from Palantir Technologies, a darling benefitting from the artificial-intelligence boom. The S&P 500 was up 0.5% as of 2:01 p.m. Eastern time, a day after swinging sharply on worries...
China Counters With Tariffs on US Products. It Will Also Investigate Google.
BEIJING — China announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google on Tuesday, just minutes after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect. American tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico were also set to go into effect Tuesday before...
Trump Envoy Calls Gaza Rebuilding Timeline in Israel-Hamas Truce ‘Preposterous’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy said Tuesday that a three to five year timeline for reconstruction of Gaza, as set out in a temporary truce agreement, is not a viable post-war plan for the battle-torn territory. The renewed call by the Trump administration on Arab nations to...
About 10 Killed in Shooting at Adult Education Center in Sweden’s Worst Mass Shooting
About 10 people, including the gunman, were killed on Tuesday at an adult education center in what Sweden’s prime minister called the country’s “worst mass shooting.” But a final death toll and a conclusive number of wounded hadn’t yet been determined. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson gave a news conference hours...
Jewish Author Calls for Rethinking Jewish Identity in Wake of Gaza Destruction
Jewish author and professor Peter Beinart is urging Jewish communities to reconsider their relationship with Israel, arguing that longstanding narratives of persecution have overshadowed historical complexities and moral responsibilities. In an interview with Fareed Zakaria on GPS, Beinart, author of "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza," discussed his transformation...