WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a case surrounding a Maine hotel that could have made it harder for people with disabilities to learn in advance whether a hotel's accommodations meet their needs. Hotels and other business interests had urged the justices to limit the ability of so-called...
Analysis: NFL’s Week 13 Featured a Phalanx of Flags, Curious Non-Calls and Strange Sideline Squabble
While college football fans debate the merits of keeping unbeaten Florida State out of the playoffs because of a key injury and disqualifying Georgia following the Bulldogs' first loss in 728 days, the NFL can preen over a postseason bracket that's determined on the field itself. By the players and...
NCAA President Calls for Division I Tier Where Schools Can Pay Athletes
LAS VEGAS — NCAA President Charlie Baker announced Tuesday that he wants the organization to create a new tier of Division I athletics where schools with the most resources can offer unlimited educational benefits, enter into name, image and likeness partnerships with athletes and directly pay them through a trust...
Israel Strikes in and Around Gaza’s Second-Largest City in a Bloody New Phase of the War
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza's second-largest city early Tuesday, sending ambulances and private cars racing into a local hospital carrying people wounded in a bloody new phase of the war. Under U.S. pressure to prevent further mass casualties in the conflict with Hamas,...
YouTuber Who Staged California Plane Crash Is Heading to Federal Prison
LOS ANGELES — An influencer who staged a plane crash in California to make a YouTube video of himself parachuting to safety was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for obstructing the investigation by destroying the wreckage, the U.S. Justice Department. Trevor Daniel Jacob, 30, an experienced pilot...
Putin Heading to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for Talks With ‘Allies’
MOSCOW — Seeking to reassert Russia's role in the Middle East, President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to focus on the Israeli-Hamas war and then will host Iran's president in Moscow this week, the Kremlin said Tuesday. Wednesday's talks in both...
Biden Is Spending Most of the Week Raising Money at Events With Steven Spielberg, James Taylor
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is making a big push to raise money for his reelection effort before the end of the year, appearing at seven events through next Monday — with more to come. Biden was traveling to Massachusetts on Tuesday to schmooze with donors at a trio of Boston...
Cause Sought of Explosion That Leveled an Arlington, Virginia, Home as Police Tried to Serve Warrant
ARLINGTON, Va. — Hours before a massive explosion destroyed a duplex and shook a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., a suspect inside his home fired a flare gun 30 to 40 times into the neighborhood, drawing a large police response, officials said Tuesday. All officers escaped serious injury but it was...
After Racist Shooting That Killed 3 at Dollar General, Families Sue Over Lax Security
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Family members of three Black people fatally shot at a Dollar General store in north Florida by a racist gunman have sued the store's landlord, operator and security contractor for negligence, claiming lax security led to their loved ones' deaths. The 21-year-old gunman had attempted to enter another...
Bitcoin Hits $41,000 for 1st Time Since April 2022. What’s Behind the Price Surge?
NEW YORK — Bitcoin is once again having a moment. On Monday, the world's largest cryptocurrency soared past $41,000 for the first time in over a year and a half — and marking a 150% rise so far this year. The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Volatile bitcoin rocketed from...