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A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting. The move stalled the directive for a second time only about a week before the first mail ballots are due to be sent out for the rapidly approaching midterm elections. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani blocked the government from implementing the order for two weeks. The case could soon be appealed back to the Supreme Court, days after the justices handed down a procedural decision that allowed the th

Judge again blocks Trump mail ballot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed

Quebec’s governing party names Trump its ‘real adversary’ as election begins

Judge pauses US Postal Service plan to implement Trump’s new mail voting restrictions

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UK business confidence hits highest since March, Lloyds says

British businesses turned the most confident since March this month, bolstered by a rosier view of the economy, according to a survey that echoes other signs of an improving outlook.Lloyds, a bank, said on Friday that its monthly business confidence index had risen by 4 points in August to +53%, above its average +47% over the past 12 months."Overall, businesses are reporting stronger customer demand, greater optimism about the wider economy and growing confidence in their own trading outlook, all of which will be helping to support investment and growth plans," Amanda Murphy, chief executive

Can Trump actually change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’? Here’s what to know

Virgin Australia to trim capacity after profit beat, sees stronger revenue

Tokyo core inflation accelerates in August, nears BOJ target

Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose 1.8% in August from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, creeping up towards the central bank's 2% target, in a sign of broadening price pressures from the Middle East conflict.The rise in the Tokyo core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food costs, compared with median market forecasts for a 1.7% gain. It followed a 1.7% rise in July.An index stripping away the effect of fresh food and fuel, which is closely watched by the Bank of Japan as a better gauge of trend inflation, rose 2.0% in August after a 1.8% gain in July.The data, wh

Tampa approves $2.3B deal for a new Rays ballpark

Any US trade deal must ensure robust Canadian auto sector, ambassador says

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Military judge sets June 2028 trial date for alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

A U.S. military judge on Wednesday set a summer 2028 trail date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three others accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The trial is scheduled to begin June 5, 2028, 18 months later than the January 2027 start that prosecutors had requested. The additional time is needed to resolve pretrial disputes, including disagreements about what evidence can be presented at trial, Air Force Lt. Col. Michael A. Schrama wrote in his ruling. The U.S. military and successive administrations have struggled for more than

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Ohio Rep. running for reelection comes face-to-face in court with the senator whose daughter he’s accused of abusing

The senior US senator from Ohio sat with his daughter on a wooden bench in the hallway of the Cuyahoga County courthouse Wednesday, awaiting their turn as a judge in the room next door considered other domestic relations cases, then waiting again as that same judge swiftly declared a break in their case.Bernie Moreno had, for months, declined to wade publicly into the messy custody dispute that had consumed his family and threatened to upend the politics in his state. Now he sat in the thick of it, waiting to hear updates to a series of questions in the case, including whether a judge would gr

A judge suspends charges against an ex-Marine arrested on Trump's golf course with ammunition

Miley Cyrus pays tribute to godmother Dolly Parton after singer's death at 80

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Police officer arrested after tracking ex-girlfriend on Flock camera system over 2,000 times, authorities say

A Kentucky police officer was arrested after authorities said he used the Flock Safety license plate reader camera system to track his ex-girlfriend over 2,000 times, marking the latest in a string of recent law enforcement officer resignations or arrests for alleged abuses of the controversial technology.Shively Police Department Officer Asad Zahir’s alleged activity was flagged by the new AI-powered auditing tool implemented by Flock Safety after growing concerns around security and misuse by police, authorities said, in many cases involving officers accused of using the system to stalk ex

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Prosecutors rest their case in Tupac murder trial after letting the defendant tell much of the story himself

Sheltered from the oppressive August heat, attorneys, members of the public, media and jurors sat listening in a cramped, windowless Las Vegas courtroom as prosecutors worked to prove one thing: that Duane Davis, also known as “Keffe D,” is responsible for Tupac Shakur’s murder.Following a week and a half of testimony, prosecutors rested their case Wednesday after calling 25 witnesses and attempting to reconstruct how they say Davis devised to kill one of the most famous rappers in history, almost 30 years after Shakur died.At times, Clark County District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo and Chie

San Diego Padres minor league coach is released from ICE custody

Gogel suspended 6 months for betting on golf tournaments he wasn't playing

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Satellite images reveal bedrock and glacier collapsed on the Nepal-Tibet border, then rivers flooded

As rescue teams searched for missing people following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border, Earth scientists reviewed satellite imagery for clues to the cause and assessed the devastation. The flooding Wednesday killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet, and hundreds more are missing, including foreigners and pilgrims. Geomorphologists Kristen Cook and Dan Shugar said initial images from Nepal were obscured by clouds and dust from the debris, so they could only see that part of a glacier had broken off from Langtang Lirung peak, near

Environment|Science|World

What new satellite images show about the destructive flooding in Nepal

Scientists investigating the cause of the devastating flash floods that tore through the Nepal-China border on Wednesday — swallowing towns, roads and bridges and causing significant loss of life — are zeroing in on the theory that the disaster was triggered by a huge glacier collapse and landslide.Nepal is a hotspot for climate disasters as the planet heats up. Vast swaths of ice up in the Himalayas are melting, and rocky mountainsides are becoming less solid and more fluid.Scientists are still working to determine exactly what caused the disaster, but here’s what we know so far.A lands

Global aid heads to Nepal after devastating flash flood

CIA chief was in Moscow to warn Russia against attacking NATO and encourage cutting off Iran

Travel|World

Nations with tourists missing in Nepal flood

As many as 540 foreigners from 31 countries are among the 667 tourists missing in Nepal after a catastrophic flood devastated the Himalayan nation and China's Tibet, tourism officials said on Thursday. The tally of foreigners missing in Tibet's Gyirong county was 260 out of a total of 558, state broadcaster CCTV said, but nationality details were not immediately available. Here are nations whose tourists are missing in Nepal:INDIA: Neighbouring India had the highest number of missing people after the flood, with at least 288 unaccounted for in Nepal and another 200 stranded in China, its fo

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Catastrophic floods kill over 390 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missing

Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse. Videos of the disaster showed people running before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges. More than 390 people were killed, according to authorities in Nepal and China, and more than 1,400 were missing, including hundreds of foreigners and pilgrims. Hundreds of others were displaced across

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GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards tries to sway colleagues not to censure him: ‘An affectionate friendship is not a sexual proposition.’

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Here’s what Meta’s $18 billion multistate settlement could mean for kids — and for its bottom line

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Trump says the U.S. is not talking with Iran as economic war in focus

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States is not talking with Iran as Washington focuses on punishing Tehran economically, vowing to penalize

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ABC’s ‘The View’ invites Karoline Leavitt to appear as a guest

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US says Chinese hackers hit hospitals, NASA, Senate and more

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Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' in the United States

President Donald Trump says he's renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada

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Trump discloses 1,000 more recent stock trades, including in companies directly affected by Iran war

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Fire victims and firefighters clash over Gov. Newsom's push to limit investor-owned utility payouts

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LIV Golf is laying off employees and some of its stars might be eyeing an escape. The door to the PGA Tour might be closing

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls