LOS ANGELES — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement. “Please accept my apology...
US Women Need Win or Draw to Ensure Advancing in World Cup
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The United States arrived at the Women's World Cup as the favorites to win an unprecedented third consecutive title. But after an underwhelming draw against the Netherlands, there's a real chance the Americans can be eliminated in group play for the first time in tournament history. The U.S....
Major Trucking Company is Reportedly Preparing for Bankruptcy. Here’s What You Need to Know
NEW YORK — The fate of U.S. trucking company Yellow Corp. isn't looking good. After years of financial struggles, Yellow is reportedly preparing for bankruptcy and seeing customers leave in large numbers — heightening risk for future liquidation. While no official decision has been announced by the company, the prospect...
The First US Nuclear Reactor Built From Scratch in Decades Enters Commercial Operation in Georgia
ATLANTA — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades. Georgia Power Co. announced Monday that Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta, has completed testing and is now sending power to the...
Russian Ballistic Missile Strikes Kill at Least 6 People in Zelenskyy’s Hometown in Central Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian ballistic missiles slammed into an apartment complex and a university building in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown Monday, killing six people and wounding 75 others as the blasts trapped residents beneath rubble, Ukrainian officials said. One of the two missiles that hit the central city of Kryvyi Rih destroyed...
Bay Area Man Fatally Stabs Woman, Posts Video on Facebook, Police Say
SAN MATEO — A man allegedly stabbed a woman to death in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday and then posted a video of the slaying to Facebook, authorities said. The gruesome footage helped police track down the suspect, who was later identified as 39-year-old Mark Mechikoff. He was...
E-Bike Battery Explosions Are No. 1 Cause of Fatal New York Fires
NEW YORK — The explosion early on a June morning ignited a blaze that engulfed a New York City shop filled with motorized bicycles and their volatile lithium-ion batteries. Billowing smoke quickly killed four people asleep in apartments above the burning store. As the ubiquity of e-bikes has grown, so has...
Moscow Accuses Ukraine of Firing Missile at Town in Southern Russia
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces pounded a key village on Friday that Ukraine claimed to have recaptured in its grinding counteroffensive in the country's southeast, while Moscow accused Kyiv a firing a missile at a city in southern Russia that officials there said wounded 15 people. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, marked...
Merced Deputies Find Dozens of Smuggled People Working in ‘Horrible’ Conditions at Illegal Pot Shop
MERCED — Dozens of people who apparently were smuggled into the United States were found working and living in “horrible” conditions at an illegal marijuana plant in Merced, authorities said Thursday. Deputies served a search warrant Wednesday afternoon at a site on unincorporated land near the city and discovered the...
US Price and Wage Increases Slow Further in the Latest Signs of Cooling Inflation
WASHINGTON — Signs that inflation pressures in the United States are steadily easing emerged Friday in reports that consumer prices rose in June at their slowest pace in more than two years and that wage growth cooled last quarter. Together, the figures provided the latest signs that the Federal Reserve's...