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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Just off one of New York’s famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day’s prize catches: a young but powerful sand tiger shark. He and another marine researcher quickly lasso the tail of the sharp-toothed female to the side of the boat and hold it steady as they take tissue samples and work to attach small data collection devices. Metzger marvels […]

HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler is considered one of the nation’s most vulnerable Republicans in this year’s midterm elections. It was the same story in his last campaign, too. But in a political era where both parties are drifting further apart, he’s banking on New York voters still wanting a rare moderate voice in a polarized Washington. In fact, he thinks it’s helpful that he’s a Republican […]

As Democrats across the U.S. signal an increasing appetite for change, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is hoping that momentum will help him oust longtime Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Ed Markey in Tuesday’s primary. Moulton, a moderate, is among the many Democrats who have called for generational change this year as they challenge much older opponents. Markey, 80, has been a fixture in Massachusetts politics since the 1970s and is seeking a […]

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are set to enter their fourth day of deliberations Tuesday over whether to hold her criminally responsible for killing her three young children at her Massachusetts home in 2023. The jury began deliberating in secret last Thursday. It has been quiet since then, with no communications to the judge suggesting how things might be going. Clancy, a former labor […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Vice President JD Vance stepped on stage in Michigan on Monday, it was MAGA Inc. writing the check for the campaign event. It was a rare bit of spending in a battleground state from a powerful political organization that has mostly been missing in action this year. With just over two months to go before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump is still sitting on […]

PROVO, Utah (AP) — LAYDOWN TO RUN TUESDAY 9/1 AT 12:01 A.M. ET//Hearing starts at 10 a.m. MDT A Utah judge will decide Tuesday if there’s enough evidence to put the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk on trial for aggravated murder, which would make him eligible for the death penalty. The hearing in state court comes after prosecutors in July spent five days presenting what they said was “overwhelming” […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Wendell Berry, the Kentucky-born author and agrarian who in poems, stories, novels and essays celebrated the farming communities of his native state and warned of the excesses and misjudgments of an industrial, commercialized society, has died. He was 92. His daughter, Mary Berry, confirmed on Monday that he died in his home in Port Royal, Kentucky. “There’s not enough I could say about him to do […]

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s semiconductor prowess is built on the foundations of democracy and rule of law, becoming a trusted international partner that keeps its promises to supply the world, President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday. Taiwan is home to TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker and main producer of the advanced chips powering the AI trend. Amid tensions between China and the U.S. and […]

By Leika Kihara Sept 1 (Reuters) – Surging global demand for AI hardware kept Asia’s factories humming in August, private surveys showed on Tuesday, brightening prospects for the export-reliant region even as the prolonged Middle East war fuels uncertainty and rising costs. China, Japan and South Korea saw factory activity expand in August on solid demand for chips, computers and other AI-related products, helping offset mounting cost pressures from the […]