An 18-year-old with a sword attacked a school Friday in central Sweden, killing one person and seriously injuring at least two others, authorities said. The 18-year-old perpetrator at the school has been arrested, Police Chief Tommy Alriksson said at a news conference. Police confirmed that shots were fired during the arrest. It was not clear…
Washington — The Pentagon on Friday moved to fire the publisher and the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military news outlet partly funded by American taxpayers, as well as a reporter who covers the Middle East, according to people familiar with the matter. The separation notices, delivered Friday, gave Publisher Max…
Tuscaloosa, Ala. — An Alabama jury on Thursday awarded $9.25 million in damages after finding that The New York Times defamed a former college basketball player by incorrectly reporting that he was at the scene of a fatal shooting in Tuscaloosa. Kai Spears, who played for the University of Alabama men’s team, sued the Times…
President Trump appeared Thursday on the radio show of Michael Cohen, his fixer-turned-foe, in a stunning public reunion with the man who once called him a “Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain” and testified against him both in court and before Congress. For Cohen, who served prison time for his role in what he said was covering up…
Walmart said it is using billions of dollars in tariff revenue to lower prices as the company moves to appeal to consumers experiencing an affordability pinch due to higher inflation. The Arkansas-based retailer, which reported its earnings on Thursday, has received “substantially all” of the $2.9 billion in tariff refunds it was eligible for, executive…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning companies that use customers’ personal information to set different prices based on what they believe is a shopper’s propensity to pay that they could be breaking the law. In a proposed enforcement policy statement released Wednesday, the FTC said consumers expect prices for products and services to apply…
The large, scary-looking Joro spider that can make massive webs is popping up again in multiple states, but researchers say the invasive species is essentially harmless to humans. The spider species native to East Asia was first spotted in the U.S. in Georgia in 2014. Since then, sightings have been reported in more than a…
Seoul — North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul’s military said Thursday, hours after President Trump said he would meet again with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un later this year. The latest launches by the nuclear-armed North came after Mr. Trump ordered a reduction in the ongoing joint South Korea-U.S. Ulchi Freedom Shield military…
It was just after 1 a.m. on May 7, 2023, when authorities responded to a reported road accident on a secluded dead-end street in Greenwood, South Carolina. At the edge of the nearby woods, they would find 46-year-old Davis McClendon‘s body. But what they saw at first was on the road itself: a shirt, a…
The national debt topped $40 trillion, according to Treasury Department data released on Wednesday, representing a fiscal milestone that underscores the federal government’s mounting borrowing and interest costs. The Treasury Department’s daily financial report shows that the nation’s debt reached $40.05 trillion on August 18, more than double its level in 2017. The federal debt has…
