BRUSSELS — The European Union on Monday unveiled a financial aid package of up to 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) to support the beleaguered Palestinian Authority and fund projects in the West Bank, Jerusalem and war-ravaged Gaza. The offer came as Israel expanded its offensive across Gaza over the weekend....
How Trump Might Unwittingly Cut Emissions From Online Shopping
Fast-fashion giants like Shein and Temu have been doing booming business in the United States in recent years, in part because of a tariff exemption that’s helped to keep prices low on packages shipped from China. Now, President Donald Trump has ordered the loophole closed as part of new tariffs,...
Trump Slams Fed’s Powell Over Rates, Saying Termination Can’t ‘Come Fast Enough’
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's termination "cannot come fast enough," while calling for the U.S. central bank to cut interest rates, the sort of pressure that Powell just a day before had pledged to resist as the Fed grapples with...
Dollar, US Stocks Find Some Stability as Trade Talks Help the Mood
BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Most stocks and the dollar ticked up on Thursday as traders took some heart from trade talks between the U.S. and Japan, though the positive mood was curbed by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell saying the Fed would be cautious about cutting interest rates. With a holiday...
Merced’s Own Super Bloom Is Here. How This Grassland Reserve Protects Endangered Species
Locals call the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve “UC Merced’s backyard,” and it’s a backyard unlike any other. Picture a 6,500-acre stretch of land that has thousands of vernal pools in the winter, blankets of vibrant flowers in the spring, the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the distance, and...
ICE Smashes Car Window to Detain Asylum Seeker, Family Says
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A Massachusetts family is demanding answers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, complaining its agents smashed a car window with a hammer and detained a man who they claim had applied for asylum. A lawyer for the family also claims agents were not looking for Juan...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Seeks Two-Month Delay of May 5 Trial
NEW YORK — Attorneys for hip-hop producer Sean "Diddy" Combs asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to delay his May 5 sex-trafficking trial by two months so they can better prepare a defense. The lawyers said in a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian that prosecutors have been...
Temu and Shein Say They’re Raising Prices Due to Tariffs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — China-founded e-commerce sites Temu and Shein say they plan to raise prices for U.S. customers starting next week, a ripple effect from President Donald Trump's attempts to correct the trade imbalance between the world's two largest economies by imposing a sky-high tariff on goods shipped from China....
Actor Michelle Trachtenberg Died of Complications From Diabetes, Says NYC Medical Examiner
NEW YORK — Actor Michelle Trachtenberg died as a result of complications from diabetes, New York City's medical examiner said Wednesday. The office said in a statement that it amended the cause and manner of death for the 39-year-old New York City native following a review of laboratory test results....
AI Action Figures Flood Social Media (Accessories Included)
This week, actress Brooke Shields posted an image of an action-figure version of herself that came with a needlepoint kit and a pet terrier. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., imagined her own figurine accompanied by a gavel and a Bible. These hyper-realistic dolls are nowhere to be found in toy...