Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, has died at 56

Susan Wojcicki, a pioneering tech executive who helped shape Google and YouTube, has died, her husband said. Wojcicki played a key role in Google’s creation and served nine years as YouTube’s CEO, stepping down last year to focus on her “family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about,” she said at the time. Page and Continue reading

At least 100 killed by Israeli strike on a school where thousands were sheltering, officials say

An airstrike by the Israel Defense Forces on a school-turned-shelter killed at least 100 people and injured dozens more Saturday morning, according to Gaza’s civil defense, in what would be one of the deadliest attacks in the 10-month war as mediators discussed ongoing efforts to de-escalate soaring tensions in the region. The IDF said it Continue reading

Rescuers retrieve remains of all 62 passengers in Brazil plane crash. Families gather in Sao Paulo

VINHEDO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian rescue teams Saturday retrieved the remains of all 62 passengers from the wreckage of a plane crash in Sao Paulo state as families started gathering in the metropolis to identify and bury their loved ones. Local airline Voepass’ plane, an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop, was headed for Sao Paulo’s international Continue reading

Ex-trucker awaiting trial in North Carolina murder is charged with suspected serial killings in California

A former long-haul trucker awaiting trial in the 1992 murder of a North Carolina woman was charged in the suspected serial killings of three more women in California more than four decades ago, authorities said Thursday. Warren Luther Alexander, 73, was charged with three counts of murder in connection with the 1977 strangulation deaths of Continue reading

The GOP’s new worry: Trump can’t drive a coherent message

Biden didn’t even mention Project 2025, for instance, despite its quickly emerging as a leading Democratic talking point. And that was a big problem, especially with Trump suddenly more popular than he’d been in many years. Trump said repeatedly that Harris and Walz were bad on issues, but often without saying how or even clearly Continue reading

Trump’s hopes in Arizona could be dimming. Here’s why.

Although I’m not one who places a whole lot of stake in poll numbers, some of the recent numbers in Arizona have been favorable to the Democratic nominee. But there are other signs that Donald Trump’s electoral prospects could be dimming in the desert. John Giles, the Republican mayor of Mesa, recently endorsed the Harris Continue reading

Donald Trump Headlines Montana Rally After Plane Was Diverted But Landed Safely

(AP) — Donald Trump traveled to Montana for a Friday night rally intended to drum up support for ousting the state’s Democratic senator, but the former president’s plane first had to divert to an airport on the other side of the Rocky Mountains because of a mechanical issue, according to airport staff. Trump’s plane was Continue reading

Democrats move to avoid ‘Swift boat’ redux in attacks on Walz service

Tim Walz as her running mate, the conservative radio host Erick Erickson posted a video from Walz’s 2022 reelection campaign attacking his military service record. The slickly produced video resembled a professional television news segment, but it came from a Minnesota website called Alpha News, which received a “red” unreliable rating from the media watchdog Continue reading

Tim Walz’s working-class cred: no stocks, no bonds, and he doesn’t own a home

Tim Walz’s working-class cred: no stocks, no bonds, and he doesn’t own a home Show Caption Hide Caption Tim Walz on JD Vance: ready to debate Democratice Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz campaigned with Kamala Harris on Tuesday — and said he’s looking forward to debating JD Vance. The limited financial portfolio of Walz, who Continue reading

Plane crashes in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 aboard, airline says

VINHEDO, Brazil (AP) — A passenger plane crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all 61 people aboard and leaving a smoldering wreck, officials and the airline said. Officials did not say if anyone was killed on the ground in the neighborhood where the plane landed in the city Continue reading