Lottery players will have a shot at an estimated $820 million Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, less than a week after someone hit a Powerball prize that topped $1 billion. The huge Mega Millions jackpot is the eighth-largest U.S. lottery prize and follows a $1.08 billion prize won by a player Wednesday in...
U.S. Consumer Confidence Jumps to a Two-Year High as Inflation Eases
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer confidence shot to the highest level in two years this month as inflationary pressures eased and the American economy continued to show resilience in the face of dramatically higher interest rates. The Conference Board, a business research group, said its consumer confidence index rose to 117...
Bronny James, Son of LeBron, in Stable Condition After Cardiac Arrest at USC Basketball Practice
LOS ANGELES — Bronny James, son of NBA superstar LeBron James, was hospitalized after going into cardiac arrest while participating in a practice at the University of Southern California, a family spokesman said Tuesday. The spokesman said medical staff treated the 18-year-old James on site on Monday and he was...
UPS Reaches Tentative Contract With Unionized Workers, Potentially Dodging Calamitous Strike
NEW YORK — UPS has reached a tentative contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union, potentially averting a strike that threatened to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike. The agreement was announced after UPS and the Teamsters came back to the negotiating table Tuesday to talk over remaining...
Cop Killer Used a Binary Trigger. Here’s What to Know About the Deadly Device
Sitting in a parked car with an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, the man who fired on police officers in North Dakota earlier this month chose to use the one gun in his vehicle that was modified with a binary trigger. The device allowed the gun to fire so rapidly...
Iran Targets E-Commerce Giant Over Photos of Female Employees Without Headscarves in New Crackdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities have shut down one of the offices of the country's biggest e-commerce company and launched judicial procedures after it published pictures online showing female employees not wearing the mandatory Islamic headscarf, semi-official media reported. The move appears to be part of a new campaign launched...
California Looks to Beavers for Help With Water Issues and Wildfires
For years, beavers have been treated as an annoyance for chewing down trees and shrubs and blocking up streams, leading to flooding in neighborhoods and farms. But the animal is increasingly being seen as nature's helper in the midst of climate change. California recently changed its tune and is embracing...
Anger Grows in Ukraine’s Odesa After Russian Bombardment Hits Beloved Historic Sites
Tetiana Khlapova's hand trembled as she recorded the wreckage of Odesa’s devastated Transfiguration Cathedral on her cellphone and cursed Russia, her native land. Khlapova was raised in Ukraine and had always dreamed of living in the seaside city. But not as the war refugee that she has become. In only a week, Russia...
Israeli Doctors Walk off the Job and More Strikes Are Threatened After Law Weakening Courts Passes
Thousands of Israeli doctors walked out of work, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad Tuesday, a day after the government approved a law weakening the country's supreme court that critics say will erode the system of checks and balances. Four leading Israeli newspapers...
Key Question as Federal Reserve Meets: Can the Central Bank Pull off a Difficult ‘Soft Landing’?
WASHINGTON — When Chair Jerome Powell and other Federal Reserve officials gather this week for their latest decision on interest rates, they will do so on the cusp of achieving an elusive “soft landing” — the feat of curbing inflation without causing a deep recession. After the Fed began aggressively raising...