Consumer sentiment improves more than expected as Trump rolls back tariffs
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consumer sentiment improved more than expected in June, indicating a swell of optimism as President Donald Trump rolled back some tariffs in recent weeks. The resurgence of shopper attitudes ended six consecutive months of worsening
Air India plane crash: Investigation underway, black boxes found
Raju Shinde/Hindustan Times via Getty Images (LONDON) — An investigation is underway as to what caused an Air India airliner carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members to crash shortly after takeoff on Thursday. Both black boxes of the
What to know about 'No Kings Day' protests across US to counter Trump's military parade
Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Thousands of “No Kings Day” protests are set to be held throughout the country on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s administration and to counterprogram the military parade in Washington, D.C., marking
Karen Read retrial: Key takeaways as jury about to get the case
Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (DEDHAM, Mass.) — With closing arguments now underway, the second sensational trial of Karen Read — accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend in 2022 — is nearing a close. Prosecutors
Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleaded not guilty Friday to human smuggling charges, one week after he was brought back to the Unites States from detention in El Salvador. The 29-year-old has been the subject
Harmful toxin detected in Lake Erie weeks earlier than ever before, NOAA says
Arthur Gurmankin/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Levels of the harmful toxin microcystin have been detected in Lake Erie weeks earlier than usual, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Microcystin is a
4 detainees remain unaccounted for following unrest at New Jersey ICE facility: Officials
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (NEWARK, N.J.) — Four detainees at an immigration detention center in New Jersey remain unaccounted for on Friday, according to law enforcement officials, following what the city’s mayor referred to as an “uprising” at
Oil prices surge and stocks slump after Israel attack on Iran
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Oil prices surged and stocks slumped on Friday morning in the immediate hours after Israel began an attack on Iran targeting nuclear sites and senior military officers. The strike stoked concern among investors about a
Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to challenge $5 million E. Jean Carroll judgment
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal appeals court on Friday declined to rehear President Trump’s challenge to a $5 million civil judgment after a jury found him liable in 2023 for the battery and defamation of the writer
'Significant' expansion of nuclear waste compensation now in Trump's megabill
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For years, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has been the face of a fight in Congress to reauthorize and expand access to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which provides compensation to individuals