NEW YORK — Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near! The erstwhile retail giant renowned for its Blue Light Specials — featuring a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole enticing shoppers to a flash sale — is shuttering its last full-scale store in the mainland United States. The store,...
Iran Believes All Remaining Workers Have Died in Coal Mine Explosion, Raising Death Toll to 49
TEHRAN — Iran said Tuesday it believes the remaining workers trapped by an explosion at a coal mine in the country's east have died, bringing the death toll in one of its worst industrial disasters to at least 49. A provincial emergency official, Mohammad Ali Akhoundi, gave the death toll...
Israel Says It Killed a Hezbollah Commander as the Two Sides Exchange More Strikes
BEIRUT — The Israeli military said it killed a top Hezbollah commander Tuesday as part of a two-day bombing campaign that has left more than 560 people dead and prompted thousands in southern Lebanon to seek refuge from the widening conflict. With the two sides on the brink of all-out...
Trump Calls for 100% Tariffs on Cars Made in Mexico as Part of US Manufacturing Plan
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged to stop U.S. businesses from shipping jobs overseas and to take other countries’ jobs and factories by relying heavily on sweeping tariffs to boost auto manufacturing — despite warnings that domestic consumers would pay more and a lack of specifics about how his plans would...
House Republicans Move to Hold Blinken in Contempt Over Afghanistan Testimony
WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are moving Tuesday to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress after a contentious back-and-forth with the Cabinet secretary over an appearance to testify on the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Blinken, in a letter to Rep. Michael...
Missouri Inmate’s Lawyers Seek Supreme Court Intervention Hours Before His Planned Execution
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Lawyers for a Missouri man scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening have filed another appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court that alleges there were racial bias and constitutional errors at his trial. Marcellus Williams, 55, has long maintained innocence in the 1998 death of Lisha Gayle,...
Sierra Unified: A Fight Over Kids’ Education, District Finances, or Property Values?
The Fresno County Committee on School District Organization hosted its second public hearing on a divisive request from some Ventana Hills residents requesting their property be transferred from Sierra Unified School District to Clovis Unified. Parents at foothill community Ventana Hills say the drive up the hill to Sierra schools...
Biden in Farewell U.N. Address Says Peace Still Possible in Conflicts in Mideast and Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS — President Joe Biden declared in his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the U.S. must not retreat from the world, as Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon edged toward all-out war and Israel's bloody operation against Hamas in Gaza neared the one-year mark....
Trump Shows Signs of Strength in Sun Belt Battlegrounds, Polls Find
Voters across the Sun Belt say Donald Trump improved their lives when he was president — and worry that a Kamala Harris White House would not — setting the stage for an extraordinarily competitive contest in three key states, according to the latest polls from The New York Times and...
Kamala Harris Surges in Popularity, Overtakes Donald Trump in Presidential Race
Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as a formidable challenger to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race, according to a new NBC News poll. The poll shows Harris leading Trump by 5 points among registered voters, 49% to 44%. Harris' favorability has surged 16 points since July,...