NEW YORK — In the final weeks of the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump’s lawyer tried to buy the silence of a porn actress who said she had a sexual encounter with the Republican during his days as a reality TV star.More than six years later, New York prosecutors appear to be close to...
MONTEREY, Calif. — The man convicted of killing Kristin Smart , who vanished from a California college campus more than 25 years ago, was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison.Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jennifer O’Keefe rejected defense motions to toss out Paul Flores’...
On the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still spreading and the death toll is nearing 7 million worldwide. Yet most people have resumed their normal lives, thanks to a wall of immunity built from infections and vaccines.The virus appears here to stay, along with the threat of...
WASHINGTON — House leaders say the impact of a hack of a health insurance marketplace used by members of Congress “could be extraordinary,” exposing sensitive personal data of lawmakers, their employees and families. In all, thousands of people could be affected.,DC Health Link, which runs...
WASHINGTON — China has long been seen by the U.S. as a prolific source of anti-American propaganda but less aggressive in its influence operationsthan Russia, which has used cyberattacksand covert operationsto disrupt U.S. elections and denigrate rivals.,But many in Washington now think...
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Biden administrationis close to tightening rules on some overseas investments by U.S. companies in an effort to limit China’s ability to acquire technologies that could improve its military prowess, according to a U.S. official familiar with the deliberations.,The soon...
NEW YORK — If young people are spending so much time on social media, it stands to reason that’s a good place to reach them with news.,Operators of the News Movement are betting their business on that hunch. The company, which has been operating for more than a year, hopes to succeed despite journ...
NEW YORK — Quarterly earnings from Macy’s and Best Buy show how Americans have pulled back their spending on clothes and gadgets as inflation strains household budgets.,Macy’s profit and sales in the holiday quarter slid, though it beat Wall Street expectations and its outlook for 2023 didn’t di...
WASHINGTON — Republican senators are accusing the Biden administration of using $39 billion meant to build computer chip factoriesto further “woke” ideas such as requiring some recipients to offer child care and encouraging the use of union labor.,The administration has countered that these...
A 23-year-old woman hit by a Seattle police patrol vehicle Monday night in the South Lake Union neighborhood has died, police said.The Seattle Police Department said Tuesday that the woman had died. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office identified her as Jaahnavi Kandula and determined the caus...
