The FBI says the gunman who targeted former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., in mid-July viewed it as a “target of opportunity.”
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It’s Post Malone’s week at the top of the chart, and he had some help
It’s still summer, but signs indicate that the season of Taylor Swift’s album chart dominance may be coming to an end. This week’s harbinger: a certain face-tattooed rapper-turned-country star.
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Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore SAVE student debt plan
The justices rejected an administration request to put most of the latest multibillion-dollar plan back into effect while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.
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Former elected official found guilty of murdering Las Vegas veteran reporter
An elected official in Las Vegas blamed his 2022 primary defeat on negative stories in the local newspaper. Now a jury has found him guilty of murdering the journalist who wrote them.
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FAA grounds SpaceX ahead of historic Polaris Dawn commercial spacewalk
The Federal Aviation Administration opened the investigation after a rocket booster toppled aboard a drone ship after it was returning from lofting SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites into space.
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2 men are charged with toppling ancient rock formations at Lake Mead trail
A federal grand jury has indicted two men in connection with the April incident at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
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Harris is on a 2-day Georgia bus tour. It’s the latest sign the state is in play
Vice President Harris and running mate Tim Walz just kicked off on a two-day bus tour in Georgia. The state President Biden narrowly won in 2020 is again in play.
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‘Swifties for Kamala’ think Harris is the 1 to beat Trump. And they want to help
By the end of their call Tuesday, 14,000 attendees reported registering to vote.
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At least 7 middle and high school football players have died in August
Similar tragedies have occurred repeatedly in several states this month, as families that had been celebrating a new school year and the start of football season are instead confronted with a nightmare.
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This is genius: A new graphic novel imagines conversations between Einstein and Kafka
Turns out Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka lived in Prague at the same time and had the same circle of friends. In a new graphic novel, Ken Krimstein puts us in the room with two 20th century geniuses.
