Today is Saturday, Aug. 1, the 213th day of 2026. There are 152 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On August 1, 1981, MTV began its American broadcast; the first ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is “dead” while also continuing to defend it, further complicating his admin...
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, sa...
LOS ANGELES — Former San Diego Chargers linebacker and college football hall of famer Billy Ray Smith Jr. has died. He was 64.
Smith's family said in a statement Wednesda...
The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok,
Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their...
It’s been a choppy year for restaurants that lean into lettuce.
Lettuce prices rose sharply in the first half of 2026 due to hot weather in Arizona, where about one-third...
NEW YORK — Arlene Smith, one of the first “girl group” stars who as a teenager and a founder of the Chantels co-wrote and sang lead on the 1950s doo-wop classic “Maybe,” ...
CAIRO — Hamas said Friday that it will begin disarming as part of a deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump that also requires Israel to end its strikes and withdra...
Today is Friday, July 31, the 212th day of 2026. There are 153 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On July 31, 2012, at the Summer Olympics in London, swimmer Mich...
KUMAMOTO, Japan — Residents in southwestern Japan camped in classrooms and vehicles Thursday, stocked up on water and tried to get back to normal, two days after a powerf...
