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Americans are still spending big — on cars, appliances and furniture — in a surprise burst of activity that is propelling the U.S. economy and helping shake off fears of an impending downturn. Retail sales rose 1 percent in July, reversing a June slowdown and marking the largest jump in more than two years, according Continue reading

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith grilled Vice President Kamala Harris for continuing to avoid interviews and press conferences since the de facto start of her presidential campaign. Already 25 days into her campaign, Harris has yet to take questions from members of the media, save for brief gaggles lasting just a few minutes. Smith, who Continue reading

In their latest delay bid, Donald Trump’s lawyers want Judge Juan Merchan to push the former president’s New York sentencing to some time after the presidential election. Merchan is set to rule on Sept. 16 on Trump’s motion to set aside his guilty verdicts (rendered in May, prior to the July 1 immunity decision) on Continue reading

CHICAGO ‒ Less than three weeks remained until the Democratic National convention and Minyon Moore, chair of the party’s political showcase, didn’t know who Kamala Harris would pick as her running mate. Still, Moore was managing to “slightly” restructure the program to highlight Harris’ values and introduce her to American voters, as thousands of delegates, Continue reading

WHO declares mpox, caused by monkeypox virus, a global emergency: What you need to know The World Health Organization has declared mpox, an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a global health emergency following a surge of cases in Africa, officials announced Wednesday. The declaration follows mpox outbreaks in 13 African nations, including the Continue reading

NEW DELHI — A year before she was deposed last week in a student uprising, Indian officials began to lobby their U.S. counterparts to stop pressuring Sheikh Hasina, the ironfisted prime minister of neighboring Bangladesh, according to U.S. and Indian officials. But in a series of meetings, Indian officials demanded that the United States tone Continue reading

An Arizona man pleaded guilty to making threats against federal officials on Tuesday, having repeatedly urged fellow social media users to shoot FBI agents and attack politicians, authorities said. Michael Lee Tomasi, 37, of Rio Verde, Arizona, leveled a series of threats against FBI agents, elected officials and the judge overseeing right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones’ Continue reading

Photograph: PA/Niall Carson The former principal of Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath was “absolutely horrified” when teacher Enoch Burke interrupted a school religious service asking her to withdraw her “demand” that teachers “accept transgenderism”, the High Court has heard. Niamh McShane said she also felt “agitated” and “hunted” when Mr Burke approached her at Continue reading

JERUSALEM — More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, the local Health Ministry said Thursday — a bleak indicator of the war’s toll even as a full count remained out of reach amid a near-total collapse of the enclave’s health-care system. But the Gaza Health Ministry, which Continue reading

During a critical hearing that ultimately led to American gymnast Jordan Chiles losing her Olympic bronze medal, USA Gymnastics and Chiles’s coach did not object to her opponent’s assertion that they had missed the one-minute deadline to ask for Chiles’s score to be reconsidered, according to a document released Wednesday by the Court of Arbitration Continue reading