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Michael Stansfield, a 50-year-old tech support worker, decided to run as a Republican in his congressional district in suburban Sacramento, California, to make a statement to the party’s religious base. He wanted to emphasize the need for peace in the Middle East and Islam’s compatibility with Christianity. The ex-seminary student and father of two took out a loan against his home to pay for the $17,000 cost of filing the […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia district attorney said she is challenging the constitutionality of a law that requires nonpartisan elections for most local officials in the five most populous counties in the Atlanta area but not in the rest of the state. DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston — flanked by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Clayton County District Attorney Tasha Mosley and Cobb County District Attorney Sonya Allen […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear: An interstellar comet looks to be completely natural and free of any alien tech. The SETI Institute said Wednesday that extensive radio scans by its telescope in Northern California found no signs of otherworldly technology from our solar system’s latest interstellar visitor. The object labeled 3I/Atlas was discovered last […]

The top federal prosecutor in Chicago said he made a personal pitch to a grand jury before it indicted protesters who opposed the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps last year. It’s a rare admission of his role in a secretive process that hadn’t been playing out like the government wanted. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros released a five-page statement Tuesday, with transcript excerpts, in response to claims by defense lawyers that he […]

A commercial bus crash in Virginia that killed five people and injured dozens of others has raised questions about the driver, the company that employed him and the overall safety of the industry. It’s not yet clear what could have prevented last week’s crash because the National Transportation Safety Board investigation is just beginning. Still, it highlights the inherent dangers whenever a bus or semitruck crashes into other vehicles — […]

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, June 3 (Reuters) – Escalating tensions in the Middle East and a wave of profit-taking in AI and tech shares cast a long shadow over markets on Wednesday, depressing the price of stocks and bonds while lifting the dollar and oil. In my column today, I look at why Japan may be “in the money” from its FX interventions. This runs counter to the view […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — After carrying the Carolina Hurricanes during the season as their top goal scorers, Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov are ice cold in the playoffs. That was easier to swallow during the first three rounds, when others down the lineup picked up the slack. Now, it is a problem that could cost them the Stanley Cup. The Hurricanes have met their match in the final […]

MADRID (AP) — Congo was still hoping to play its World Cup warmup against Chile after the mayor of the Spanish city of La Linea de la Concepcion denied authorization for the match because of health concerns related to the Ebola crisis. Congo’s soccer federation said it was in discussions with the Spanish soccer federation and relevant international bodies to find solutions. Government authorities in the southern city of La […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refused to say Wednesday whether President Donald Trump and his family would still get immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund that would have benefited the president’s allies. “There’s continuing litigation, and I’m unable to comment on ongoing litigation,” Bessent told lawmakers at the Senate Finance Committee hearing. It was a frustrating answer for Democratic […]