In June 2024, during a campaign stop in Las Vegas, then-candidate Donald Trump got a glimpse of the technology that would come to define his second presidential term.

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and then-Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap showed the Republican a preview version of the artificial intelligence startup’s Sora image and ...Read more

Food prices for the rest of this year are largely headed in one direction: up.

Conagra Brands Inc. has told retailers to expect increases on products including Healthy Choice and Banquet frozen dinners. Campbell’s Co. said it plans to raise prices by 4% to 5% on roughly 60% of its products, mostly meals and snacks. Spice and condiment maker ...Read more

MIAMI — There’s a slew of investigative tools a state attorney’s office can use to pry loose evidence when no one is admitting to wrongdoing, but most of those options don’t appear to have been used by the grand jury investigating the flow of taxpayer funds to political ads and the Republican Party of Florida in 2024, according to a ...Read more

In his keynote address to the Republican midterm convention on Sept. 9, 2026, President Donald Trump promised that if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, he would authorize a US$5,000 payment to every American adult.

Trump’s offer seems to run afoul of federal laws, which make it a crime to pay for votes.

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WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee took a step toward holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress after he declined to comply with House subpoenas over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Black, the co-founder of Apollo Global Management, failed to appear before the committee on Sept. 3 and filed a lawsuit ...Read more

WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump suggested he might be willing to allow a Chinese car company to build electric vehicles in the U.S. if it did so with American workers, while pledging to maintain the effective U.S. ban on imported vehicles from China.

Trump, speaking in a Fox News interview, rejected the suggestion that he would allow ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal jury acquitted Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk in a murder-for-hire trial that has drawn celebrities, fans and content creators to a downtown Los Angeles courthouse.

The Chicago rapper, whose given name is Durk Banks, was found not guilty of conspiracy, stalking resulting in death and murder for hire. Prosecutors ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California has officially run out of combinations for its current license plate sequence, ending a string of plates dating back to the 1980s.

The state's license plate sequence for the past 46 years has consisted of one number, followed by three letters, followed by three numbers. But earlier this year, the state ran out of ...Read more

The massive diarrhea-causing parasitic outbreak that sickened tens of thousands of people across 21 states over the summer has ended, though officials continue to investigate the cause of contamination.

On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the cyclosporiasis outbreak officially over, saying the number of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is brushing aside growing concern among leading scientists and bipartisan lawmakers that artificial intelligence could soon pose an existential threat to humanity, fueling anxiety in Washington and Silicon Valley that the president may not fully grasp the urgency of the threat.

Alarm mounted throughout the...Read more

For the first time in history, a sovereign nation is going before a U.S. Court of Appeals panel to answer why terrorists on a “martyrdom mission” were allegedly supported in a mass murder 25 years ago.

Saudi Arabia is that country, and tens of thousands of 9/11 plaintiffs are suing the kingdom in an endless pursuit of justice.

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NEW YORK — An New York Police Department officer and a 34-year-old woman sustained minor injuries when another officer accidentally fired their gun inside a Brooklyn subway station, police said Friday.

The on-duty officer’s service weapon was holstered when it discharged inside the Kingston-Throop Ave. subway station around 4:41 p.m. ...Read more

STONYCREEK, Pa. — Families, public officials and first responders streamed into the Flight 93 National Memorial as the sun broke through the fog Friday morning to observe the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Family members wore buttons of their loved ones on Flight 93 or took pictures next to their names on the wall ...Read more

NEW YORK — Speaking at the 9/11 memorial ceremony, the son of one of the victims, in an impassioned plea, called on troublemakers to stop using the day to spread Islamophobia and hate. Yet, even as he shared his heartfelt message, a far-right rabblerouser was doing just that a few blocks away.

The solemn ceremony marking the 25th anniversary ...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — For more than two decades, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has worn it almost every day.

The small, thin accessory affixed to his lapel — a compressed version of the 50 stars and 13 stripes — may require one to squint to see. But it carries significant meaning to the Democratic governor, with an origin story that began on...Read more