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...
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...
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...
US Women Survive French Challenge for 8th Straight Olympic Basketball Gold
PARIS — The U.S. women's basketball team had to overcome its greatest challenge in 32 years before extending its unprecedented run to eight straight Olympic gold medals. Led by A’ja Wilson, the Americans Sunday came away with another victory at the Paris Games, maybe sweeter than any other during the...
US Women Win 5th Olympic Gold Medal in Soccer by Blanking Brazil
PARIS — The U.S. women's soccer team won its fifth Olympic gold medal by beating Brazil 1-0 on Mallory Swanson’s early second-half goal in the tournament final Saturday at the Paris Games. The Americans, who hadn't won gold since the 2012 London Olympics, closed out an undefeated run to the...
Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO and Google Exec, Dies at 56
Susan Wojcicki, a pioneering tech executive who helped shape Google and YouTube, has died, her husband said. She was 56. Wojcicki played a key role in Google’s creation and served nine years as YouTube's CEO, stepping down last year to focus on her "family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about,” she said at...