Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday, an official familiar with the plans told The Associated Press, escalating a trade fight that has sharply worsened since negotiations with the Trump administration collapsed. The official spoke Monday on condition ...
A native of India, who contends his detention in the Moshannon Valley Processing Center is illegal, has filed a federal petition seeking release from the facility, or, at the very least, that he receive a bond hearing. The petition was filed late last week by Philadelphia attorney Rizwan M. ...
The westbound Amtrak “Pennsylvanian” heads toward Pittsburgh from New York City after emerging from the Gallitzin Tunnel on July 5, 2022. Amtrak is set to add a second trip of the Pennsylvanian starting in November. Mirror file photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Nation Texas Judge denies new trial DALLAS — A Texas judge denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony on Saturday in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet, a killing that drew national attention and led to harassment of the families. Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder in June and sentenced to 35 years in prison for the April 2025 killing of Austin Metcalf. Nevada Wildfire threatens Reno A fast-moving wildfire that jumped over fire trucks and made it difficult for crews to reach hot spots destroyed homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Sunday. ...
U.S. hurricane season is gearing up. And from Amanda and Boris onward, tropical cyclones’ names in the Pacific region are unfolding quickly. But why the monikers each year? Or at all? Humans have given names to the world around them for almost as long as language itself has existed, but formal naming practices for storms and other events of national and international importance are a relatively new phenomenon. Names of military operations (“Operation Epic Fury”), hurricanes (Hugo, Andrew, Katrina), diseases (COVID-19) and even companies need to serve purposes other than just ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least seven people in Ukraine, officials said Saturday, while a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Krasnodar region killed three people there. The attacks came a day after a Russian strike on a Ukrainian shopping center killed at least 16 people and wounded some 130. Moscow’s forces have recently intensified their ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, exploiting Ukraine’s chronic shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense interceptors, the sole weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down the missiles.
