• King Charles Opens Commonwealth Games
  • Zelenskyy Has 'Good Meeting' with Trump
  • Romania Shoots Down Stray Ukrainian Drones
  • Spain Reports 8 Major Active Blazes
  • The Trump Report: Latest Updates
Lindsey Graham Eulogized as an 'American Original' with world leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation’s more influential U.S. politicians at home and abroad, is being eulogized Tuesday as a “swashbuckling” public servant and “true American original” during memorial services in Washington.

Fury at Kushner-backed $20 billion plan to run World Cup

GENEVA (AP) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s plan to create a $20 billion company running the World Cup with private investors including the Kushner family was announced Tuesday – and immediately attacked by European soccer body UEFA.

Zelenskyy arrives in US to attend Sen. Lindsey Graham's funeral and meet with Trump

Zelenskyy arrives in US to attend Sen. Lindsey Graham’s funeral and meet with Trump

Politics
Meta shares drop as Q2 profit declines due to expenses

Meta Platforms said Wednesday its second-quarter profit declined even as revenue beat Wall Street’s expectations, as legal expenses and severance costs for recent layoffs weighed on its results. The Facebook and Instagram parent company earned $15.85 billion, or $6.18 per share, in the April-June period.

Politics
Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over law banning 'nudification'

Elon Musk’s company xAI has sued Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law that bans “nudification” technology on websites and apps, potentially providing a test for how far states can go in constitutionally regulating the use of artificial intelligence.

Politics
Starbucks reports strong quarterly sales across customer income levels

Starbucks shares soared Wednesday after the coffee giant reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit and raised its financial outlook for the year.

Politics
Fauci invokes the fifth Amendment and declines to testify at COVID-19 hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) – Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Politics
New UK leader Burnham vows to fix a 'broken' social care system

LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged Wednesday that he will succeed where decades of predecessors have failed and fix a “broken” social care system built on an overstretched public sector and profit-making private firms.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans’ confidence in the economy fell this month as gas prices resumed their climb after the U.S. and Iran stepped up their fighting. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 90.8 in July from 92.2 in June. That’s essentially the same tepid range its been in since the beginning of the year. I

1
Wisconsin Tornado stayed on the ground for more than 20 minutes
2
Dramatic video captures teen lifeguard rescue a child from monster surf
3
A supergroup of 300 humpback whales gather to feed
4
How wildfires impact your health