President Donald Trump is engaging in a flurry of trade activity as the clock ticks down to his Aug. 1 deadline. At 12:01 a.m. ET Friday, new tariffs are scheduled to take effect on U.S. imports from dozens of other nations. The White House has portrayed the new tariff regime as a testament to Trump's negotiating skills even as concerns persist about the taxes hurting growth and increasing inflationary pressures. Read More. |
Police lined up four rows deep in front of a mosque on Thursday to pay respects to a fellow officer who was among the victims of a gunman's rampage at a New York City office tower. A security guard, real estate company employee and investment firm executive were also killed in the attack. Read More. |
Slightly less than half of U.S. adults believe that Black people face "a great deal" or "quite a bit" of discrimination in the United States, according to an AP-NORC poll. That's a decline from the solid majority, 60%, who thought Black Americans faced high levels of discrimination in the spring of 2021, months after racial reckoning protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd. Read More. |
The threat from Islamic State and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are growing in Syria, which both groups view as a "a strategic base for external operations," U.N. experts said in a new report. Read More. |
In the 1970s, two boys in Ireland discovered a pile of bones at a former mother and baby home. The mass grave, which could contain the remains of nearly 800 infants, has led to a national reckoning. Now, an excavation of the site is underway. Read More. |
A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, the state's high court ruled on Thursday. The Tennessee Supreme Court found that requiring that the device be deactivated would effectively interfere with the execution, which the lower court does not have the power to do. Read More. |
It's been 50 years since the iron-fisted former Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from the Detroit area while meeting with mob figures — never seen or heard from since. The FBI's Detroit office said Wednesday that the Hoffa investigation remains active and urged anyone with tips to come forward. Read More. |
A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam was hit by serious turbulence, sending 25 passengers to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the airline said. One passenger said people who weren't wearing seat belts were thrown about the cabin. Read More. |
Pennywise, a massive sea turtle that was found injured along the Florida coast in May following a boat strike, was returned to the ocean on Wednesday. With sea turtle nesting season underway, Pennywise has the chance to lay her eggs and continue her vital role in the marine ecosystem. Read More. |
Even as the threat of a tsunami swamping Hawaii had passed on Wednesday, social media posts were still circulating claims that Oprah Winfrey had refused immediate access to a private road that would allow residents a shorter evacuation route. Read More. |
