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Former President Donald Trump is the kind of salesman no successful businessperson can stand. He’ll promise the world, only to deliver “concepts of a plan.” His economic agenda is a shortsighted mash of policies that...Read more

Pundits sometimes claim that U.S. presidential campaigns are devoid of big, consequential policy ideas. That’s clearly not true this time around. Arguably the most profound policy change being proposed in this campaign ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Days after the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited a Los Angeles public housing project with lead-contaminated water, the agency ordered drinking water systems nationwide to ...Read more

It sounds like a joke: poppy seeds infused with opioids.

Indeed, it was a plotline on the sitcom Seinfeld. But for some it has been a tragedy.

People have died after drinking tea brewed from unwashed poppy seeds.

And ...Read more

In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, each side is scouring swing states to get as many voters as possible, including on college campuses. But in some of those crucial states, students face new barriers to ...Read more

DURKEE, Ore. — Bert Siddoway heard the fire before he saw it, no seconds at all between the flash of lightning and the boom of thunder. The strike “shook the whole flipping town,” he said, and immediately ignited a ...Read more

Ex-General Prabowo Subianto will be sworn in as Indonesia’s president on Sunday, capping a 26-year rise that followed his dismissal from the military over alleged human rights abuses tied to protests that ousted his late...Read more

At the family plum orchard in the rolling hills northwest of Moldova’s capital of Chisinau, it’s easy to see why Zinaida Plamadeala is keen to ensure her country remains on its path toward European integration.

The ...Read more

A hotel employee is facing possible indictment related to the sudden death of Liam Payne, after the One Direction alum fatally fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday.

Police in Argentina ...Read more

MIAMI — Oscar retained its hurricane status late Saturday afternoon while still remaining small, forecasters said. The storm has 85 mph maximum sustained winds, triggering hurricane warnings and watches for the ...Read more

Three people were killed and several more wounded in a trail ride shooting that unfolded after a Mississippi high school’s homecoming football game, local police said.

The gunfire erupted around midnight on Saturday in ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Machinists union announced Saturday morning that Boeing made a new contract offer with a higher wage increase and other incentives in an attempt to end the strike that has paralyzed the company for five ...Read more

European company executives might be even more preoccupied than their U.S. counterparts about Donald Trump’s promise to impose tariffs on all imports if he retakes the White House.

Mentions of “tariff” on earnings ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In-person early voting in the presidential election is about to begin in Florida.

No one is certain what to expect. “We are anxious to see if Florida will follow Georgia’s trend of record-...Read more

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the government would help victims of blackouts that have darkened Sao Paulo because of heavy rains, promising assistance to businesses and residents who lost power for more ...Read more

CHICAGO — After a group of Jewish students erected a sukkah, or temporary wooden structure, on Northwestern University’s campus in Evanston Wednesday at sunset saying they were religiously expressing the Jewish holiday...Read more

NEW YORK — Martin Short and Meryl Streep’s rumored romance may have just been confirmed by none other than their “Only Murders in the Building” co-star Steve Martin.

The beloved comedian, 79, kicked off the ...Read more

MIAMI — On a bayfront street in Miami Shores, water bubbled up from the asphalt. It surged up through a drain, covering the entire street in just a few hours despite a perfectly clear sky.

Saturday marked the peak of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Clergy sex abuse scandals have rocked Catholic churches across the world, but few places have seen the financial toll of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.

With a record $880 million settlement with victims ...Read more

Emmanuel Macron’s diminished authority in France’s power-sharing government appears to be taking a toll.

Macron’s tirade against his Cabinet ministers, journalists and political commentators, accusing them of “a ...Read more