AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Target’s moves to ramp up deals on thousands of grocery items and offer more trendy but affordable fashion helped drive shoppers to its stores and online in the second quarter. That resulted in the retailer posting its first quarterly comparable sales increase in a year. Comparable sales are
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has accepted his party’s nomination for vice president. He used his Democratic National Convention address to thank the packed arena for “bringing the joy” to an election transformed by the elevation of his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris. Democrats gathered at Chicago’s United Center are
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych, Edward Szekeres and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian authorities have urged people in the border regions to stop using dating apps and limit their use of social media to prevent Ukrainian forces from gathering intelligence as it presses on with its incursion into the Kursk region. Russia’s interior ministry issued the
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — European milk and cheese producers have become the latest target in a simmering trade war with China. The Chinese Commerce Ministry said Wednesday that it would launch an investigation into subsidies given by the European Union and EU member countries for dairy products that could lead to tariffs on their export to
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Gilma is the second hurricane of this year’s eastern Pacific Ocean season and was forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane by the end of the week as it remains away from land. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Wednesday that the Category 1 storm was located about 965 miles
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady Wednesday after more big companies delivered profit reports that topped analysts’ expectations. The S&P 500 was 0.5% higher in afternoon trading, a day after breaking an eight-day winning streak, its longest of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 82
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Greek-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea has come under repeated attack, leaving the vessel “not under command” and drifting ablaze in an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Houthis for months have targeted ships to force an end
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say Moscow has come under one of the largest attacks by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, and that it destroyed all of them. The Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that Russia downed 45 Ukrainian drones overnight. Russian social media channels shared videos of drones apparently
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — After six days stranded on a remote peak in Pakistan’s northeast, two injured Russian climbers were rescued, while another remains missing and is presumed dead, a mountaineering official said Wednesday. The five-member team was attemping to climb one of Gasherbrum’s peaks to retrieve the body of a fellow climber who
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Masked police officers in Romania have carried out fresh raids at the home of internet influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. Romania’s anti-organized crime agency said it was searching four homes in the
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, Paul P. Murphy, Isaac Yee and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s bold cross-border advance in Russia has seen troops continue to take out key bridges in the western part of the country, while on Wednesday Moscow’s mayor accused Kyiv of attempting to launch “one of the largest ever” drone attacks on
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed “flourishing” trade ties with China during a meeting with a top Chinese official in Moscow as the two countries bolster their partnership in the face of mounting frictions with the West. Speaking to Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Putin said Russia-China “large-scale joint
Continue ReadingBy Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Three Florida residents have been arrested in connection to an apparent acid attack on a New Jersey woman who suffered burns to more than 35% of her body, the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office said. Investigators believe suspects Betty Jo Lane, 38, and Jmarr McNeil, 39, were hired by William DiBernardino,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia to transmit energy by a submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for the $19 billion project on Wednesday. Australian company Sun Cable plans to build a 12,400-hectare
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A man wanted on murder and armed robbery charges was taken into custody Wednesday after a 15-hour standoff with police at a Chicago restaurant just blocks from the Democratic National Convention, authorities said. Joshua Zimmerman had been sought by the U.S. Marshals Service since his escape from a Mississippi courthouse in June. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some University of Missouri students say they’e unsure a recent decision made by the university is necessary. The Mizzou Legion of Black Collegians posted on its social media stating its fall barbecue will now have to operate under the name “Welcome Black and Gold BBQ,” as opposed to “Welcome Black BBQ.” The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people, an official said Wednesday. The crash happened Tuesday night in the central Iranian province of Yazd, said Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two groups of men stood on opposite rooftops perched on a hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema beach, taunting one another. It was a macho showdown between opponents wielding unlikely weapons — kites. On this July morning in the impoverished neighborhood, they were using taut, sharp-edged kite lines
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A former California school safety officer has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter nearly three years after he was charged with murder for fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman as she tried to flee a physical altercation, officials said Tuesday. Eddie Gonzalez is scheduled to be
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