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Human rights activists say the Iranian government has been rapidly escalating executions. The latest prompted public protest, videos appear to show.

Ruby Rippey had stayed mostly quiet since her relationship with the San Francisco mayor rocked the city.

The Nasdaq Composite index slid more than 1 percent before recovering, a bumpy ride that has escalated in recent days.

Attacks in the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war have led Saudi Arabia to rely on an alternative route for exporting oil. Our reporter Rebecca F. Elliott explains how that route is now threatened by the Houthis, a Yemeni militia supported by Iran.

Big booksellers are taking different approaches to dealing with the deluge of titles generated by artificial intelligence.

The attack in the Caspian Sea was an unusually direct encounter between two countries that have been on opposite sides for years.

The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.

The South Carolinian relished serving as a “bridge” between the institution he revered and the president, but now that bridge is gone.

The acting deputy commissioner for food said the agency was taking action even though finding the root cause of the outbreaks is difficult.

Human rights activists say the Iranian government has been rapidly escalating executions. The latest prompted public protest, videos appear to show.

Emergency workers were racing to find people and extinguish fires after the 6.8 magnitude quake struck the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto.

The quake struck near the coastal city of Uto in southern Japan. There were no immediate reports of damage.

The attack in the Caspian Sea was an unusually direct encounter between two countries that have been on opposite sides for years.

Cubans are inventing ways to survive without fuel or electricity, using solar panels, makeshift generators and batteries to endure a devastating oil blockade imposed by the Trump administration.

President Trump meets his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington this week. President Volodymyr Zelensky also attended the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham.

Democratic socialists face mixed understanding, with 49% of Americans saying they grasp their policies, poll shows.

The army says it's retaken a key highway linking Khartoum to El-Obeid.

West Bank quarry owner appeals to Trump after settler raid

At al-Awda Hospital, doctors say about 70% of pregnancy losses they see are linked to Israel's genocide and blockade.

Wildfires raging near Bordeaux are starkly illuminating the profound climate challenges confronting France’s premier wine region

Last week, the beloved chain ran its $1 Enchirito deal - another menu item that does not contain lettuce

Pablo Zuriel Miranda fled early Sunday morning after a guard briefly turned her back while he was loading meal transport trays outside the booking area

President Macron says France facing its most difficult situation since Second World War

The couple reported experiencing cyberstalking, death threats, and in-person surveillance by former eBay workers

Data chief Marc Rosenblum says he’s ‘thrilled’ to leave the Trump administration behind after more than a decade at the agency

During his eulogy, Trump also said that Graham ‘never saw a war he didn’t like’

The Truth Social storm included jabs at Elizabeth Warren, boasts about Trump’s numbers on TikTok and familiar, baseless claims about the ‘rigged’ 2020 election

President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator no longer works in government after he was placed on unpaid leave over alleged insider trading

The drones can hit targets at 70 mph and have speakers to communicate with students and staff

Anti-communism has huge appeal within American political culture – particularly for the generation of voters who, like Trump, grew up on a diet of cold war propaganda

Prosecutors played clips of the recorded conversations between Colt Gray and his mother during the teenager's sentencing hearing Tuesday

Investors are bracing for a big week of mega-cap earnings and a Federal Reserve meeting.

At the Fed’s July meeting, the new chairman will reveal how he weighs energy shocks, AI-driven price pressure, the task forces and pressure from Trump.

The jockeying between Apple and Nvidia reflects a debate about the future of AI that has preoccupied investors this summer.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday en route to Michigan, Trump dismissed suggestions that the U.S. was running short on weapons.

It's been a rough month for Elon Musk, if there is such a thing for the world's richest man.

The letter is part of the commission’s public comment period for the first draft of its proposed rule on regulating prediction markets.

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Lenita Moreno, 25, arrested over fire – which allegedly caused $108,000 in damage – at Mormon church in KaysvilleA Utah woman set fire to the church where she was scheduled to get married a day before the wedding, allege authorities investigating what may have been an extreme case of cold feet.Lenita Moreno, 25, was arrested on a count of aggravated arson in connection with the 10 July blaze, which investigators say caused $108,000 in damage and was started using a tampon and other flammable items. Continue reading...

The Republican senator died earlier this month; his funeral is attended by members of Congress as well as Benjamin Netanyahu and Volodymyr ZelenskyySign up for the Breaking News US emailTrump’s meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, set for 9:30am ET on Tuesday, will be closed to the media, the New York Times is reporting.The meeting is expected to be much more cordial than the one last year where Trump openly berated Zelenskyy and said, “you don’t have the cards”. The administration and rightwing influencers have shown a shift on Ukraine as of late, and Trump and Zelenskyy had a friendly meeting at a Nato summit earlier this month. Continue reading...

‘He died doing the work he was born to do,’ Trump says as political leaders honor Republican US senatorUS politics live – latest updatesWorld leaders and senior political figures convened in Washington for the memorial of the long-serving US senator Lindsey Graham, remembering the “swashbuckling” South Carolina Republican “a true American original” whose embrace of “America First” never softened his advocacy for a staunch interventionist US foreign policy.Prominent Republicans paid tribute to Graham, a polarizing figure and onetime rival turned stalwart ally of Donald Trump who championed the US-Israel war on Iran. He was a prominent voice in the anti-abortion movement and a unwavering supporter of Israel, serving as one of Capitol Hill’s most outspoken foreign policy hawks. Continue reading...

White House has halted changing vaccine schedule as it is unpopular, but anti-vaxx Trump set on ‘alleviating autism’Donald Trump is pushing the longtime vaccine opponent and current health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr to be more aggressive on cutting vaccines in the US, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal.Trump has a long record of anti-vaccine statements, but the White House recently put a hold on vaccine changes after polling indicated they were a losing issue in the midterm elections. Continue reading...

Ukrainian and Israeli leaders converge on Washington with criss-crossing fortunes, but knowing they can count on little from US counterpartThe converging visits of Benjamin Netanyahu and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington offer an unusually eloquent snapshot of a world in turmoil, unmoored from decades-old certainties.Some things remain the same. The US is still an almighty military and economic power and for both foreign visitors, a White House encounter with Donald Trump is critical to their governments and the wars they are fighting. Continue reading...

An ⁠earthquake ​with ⁠a ⁠preliminary magnitude ​of ‌6.8 ‌struck ‌the country’s Kumamoto prefectureKyushu Electric Power said ​48,000 homes had lost power as a result of the latest ​quake, while railway company JR Kyushu said that it had ​suspended services, including its high-speed bullet trains.Kumamoto airport also shut its runway, as airlines diverted and cancelled flights. Continue reading...

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