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- Today in History: August 1, America gets its MTV
- Trump’s new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sink
- US envoy visits aid site in Gaza run by Israeli-backed group that has been heavily criticized
- Night vision goggles may have hampered helicopter pilots before crash with jet, experts tell NTSB
- Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America and Nepal
- US employers slash hiring as Trump advances a punishing trade agenda
- Safe parking sites explored for those sheltering in their vehicles
- 4 ways to become your own consumer advocate
- Trump injects a new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushes start date back to Aug. 7
- A brief history of modern commercial mining
- COVID infection early in pandemic linked to higher risk of cancer death, study finds
- Kids with autism deserve care, not cuts
- Tribal health officials work to fill vaccination gaps as measles outbreak spreads
- ‘Freedom week’: California gun owners raced to buy ammunition after court ruling
- Trump calls on the Federal Reserve board to take full control of the central bank from Powell
- Rigger-in-Chief
- Newsom flouts political truism: Don’t fight battles you can’t win
- Gimme a gimlet! This cocktail is tart, sweet and perfect for summer
- Google loses appeal in antitrust battle with Fortnite maker
- Wall Street falls the most since May after employers slash hiring and tariffs roll out
- News Briefs
- Higher prices, evolving technology complicate back-to-school shopping
- Thinking of traveling solo? Tracee Ellis Ross has suggestions on how to do it well
- FBI director says a new office in New Zealand will counter China’s sway, provoking Beijing’s ire
- Musk, a social media powerhouse, boosts fortunes of hard-right figures in Europe
- What consumers can expect from import taxes as the US sets new tariff rates
- Researchers forecast what Trump’s bill will mean for patients: Debt and delayed care
- States sue Trump, saying he is intimidating hospitals over gender-affirming care for youth
- Why not enough food is reaching people in Gaza even after Israel eased its blockade
- Prosecutors seek substantial prison term for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs as they oppose bail
- Beloved children’s author Allan Ahlberg dies at 87
- Teacher charged in fatal stabbings in Arkansas bounced between schools in 3 states
- In a miniature world, climate change and environmental issues loom large
- Senate confirms anti-DEI stalwart Andrea Lucas to second term at top workplace civil rights agency
- ‘Together’ review: Codependency gets a little sticky in clever horror parable with Alison Brie and Dave Franco
- NASA, SpaceX punch through weather threat for Crew-11 launch
- Trump administration weighs fate of $9M stockpile of contraceptives feared earmarked for destruction
- Kyiv mourns after deadliest attack in a year kills 31 people in Ukraine, including 5 children
- States pass privacy laws to protect brain data collected by devices
- Democrats launching summer blitz to press Republicans on Trump spending plan
- Texas researcher faces deportation after being held for week at San Francisco airport
- Western countries speak of a future Palestinian state as the nightmare unfolding in Gaza worsens
- More American couples are turning to Italy’s ‘dolce vita’ in a quest for memorable weddings
- Trump orders US nuclear subs repositioned over statements from ex-Russian leader Medvedev
- Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is transferred to a prison camp in Texas
- Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
- Online creators, led by MrBeast and Mark Rober, want to raise $40 million for clean water access
- Senate delays August recess for now as Trump presses for more confirmations
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump
- Lawyer says he’s not been allowed to see 5 immigrants deported by the US to a prison in Eswatini
- NFL on the verge of selling media assets to ESPN for an equity stake in the network, AP sources say
- Veteran federal judge T.S. Ellis III, who presided over trial of Trump aide Paul Manafort, has died
- Manhunt launched after 4 killed in a shooting at a Montana bar
- Boy, 13, dies after getting trapped in a storm drain during East Coast flooding
- Trump administration freezes $339M in UCLA grants and accuses the school of rights violations
- AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups
- Judge pauses Trump administration’s push to expand fast-track deportations
- Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters’ wurst nightmare
- Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars
- Jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash case
- Jeannie Seely, soulful country singer behind hits like ‘Don’t Touch Me,’ dies at 85
