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WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration. No reason was given for the departure of Driscoll, who is a friend of Vice President JD Vance, but tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been widely reported. It marks the latest in a series […]

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The title is still sinking in for Cale Makar — highest paid player in NHL history. With it, of course, comes great expectations for the Colorado Avalanche standout defenseman. Like more gaudy stats and deep Stanley Cup runs. Pressure becomes part of the price tag for signing a $163.2 million, eight-year extension that kicks in next season. Pressure, the two-time Norris Trophy winner asserted, he welcomes. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states filed a lawsuit against online retailer Amazon on Monday claiming that it defrauded advertising customers. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington, claims that Amazon overcharged 1.2 million advertising customers by misleading them on prices for online auctions for ads. The complaint says Amazon said it was offering competitive prices on several […]

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Franklin Ochoa says that since losing his eyesight 16 years ago, he has started to take on new adventures that he hadn’t thought of when he could see, and it’s all thanks to a bicycle club. Every Sunday, a group known as the Ciegocleta meets in Ecuador’s capital city of Quito to ride tandem bikes that are steered by volunteers who can see, but pedaled by […]

By Steve Holland and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters it was too soon to discuss his potential successor, sidestepping talk of a 2028 campaign by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Asked about an NBC News report that the Pentagon chief has discussed a potential White House run, Trump said Hegseth is doing a “fantastic job, but it’s very early to talk about that.” […]

A federal judge has ruled that J.M. Smucker can proceed with a lawsuit against Trader Joe’s over frozen sandwiches that Smucker claims are too similar to its Uncrustables. Smucker sued Trader Joe’s in federal court in Ohio last fall, claiming Trader Joe’s committed a trademark violation when it introduced frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the same round shape and crimped edges as Uncrustables. The lawsuit further alleged that […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The sole pipeline that supplies water for millions of Grand Canyon visitors was badly damaged by weekend flash flooding, setting up a tricky repair scenario and upending a yearslong construction project to upgrade the line laid over terrain so rugged helicopters are often required to make basic fixes. Park officials said roughly 40% of the pipeline was damaged or destroyed. The long-term implications of the damage to […]

By Yantoultra Ngui, Casey Hall and Helen Reid HONG KONG, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Chinese online fashion giant Shein’s Hong Kong debut on Tuesday caps a years-long effort to tap capital markets after trying to list in vain in the West, but may bring little comfort to investors with an expected lacklustre start to trade. Gray market prices quoted by brokerages in the Asian financial hub on Monday indicated its […]

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s top sanctions official will visit Washington this week to urge members of the U.S. House of Representatives to back sweeping Russia sanctions legislation that sailed through the Senate but faces stiff opposition from some powerful Democrats. Vladyslav Vlasiuk, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s sanctions commissioner, told Reuters on Monday he is due to be in the U.S. capital on Tuesday on a trip […]