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Shein sues Temu over copyright infringements as legal feud between the companies heats up
Online fast-fashion giant Shein has filed another lawsuit against competitor Temu, accusing the China-founded shopping platform of stealing its designs, copying its product images and engaging in other types of fraud. The complaint filed in a Washington federal court this week alleges that Temu, which has grown in popularity in...
FAA sent 43 more cases of unruly airline passengers to the FBI for possible prosecution
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say they are referring fewer unruly airline passengers to the FBI for possible prosecution than they did during the pandemic, although they say the number of incidents remains too high. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it referred 43 reports to the Federal Bureau of...
Target’s focus on lower prices in grocery aisle start to pay off as comparable store sales rise
NEW YORK — Target’s comparable sales rose for the first time in a year as grocery aisle deals for cash-strapped customers began to pay off. Sales at stores and digital channels operating over at least the past 12 months rose 2% in the second quarter reversing months of declines, including...
Putin’s slow response to Kursk attack could test patience of some of his backers in Russia
A year ago this week, President Vladmir Putin strode onto a stage in the Kursk region to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of the Soviet army’s proudest moments in World War II. Addressing a rapt audience that included soldiers fresh from fighting in Ukraine, Putin called the decisive victory...
Propane blast levels northeastern Pa. home, kills woman and injures man
JEFFERSON — An explosion that leveled a home in northeastern Pennsylvania, killing a woman and leaving a man seriously injured, was apparently caused by a propane leak, state police said. The blast in Jefferson Township, near Scranton, was reported around 2 p.m. Tuesday. It sparked a fire that sent thick...
Gilma becomes 2nd hurricane of the eastern Pacific season
MEXICO CITY — Gilma became the second hurricane of this year’s eastern Pacific Ocean season early Wednesday and is forecast to remain away from land. The Category 1 storm was located about 935 miles (1,504 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, according to...
Who pays for the wedding? Traditional etiquette doesn’t always hold
NEW YORK — Attire, travel, food, liquor, flowers: There’s no end to expenses when it comes to traditional weddings. Through time, though certainly not always, it was the bride’s parents who were expected to pay the bulk of expenses, but like so many aspects of weddings, the etiquette has gotten...
Moscow sees one of Ukraine’s largest drone attacks as fighting rages in Kursk and eastern UkraineVideo
MOSCOW — Moscow came under one of the largest attacks by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, Russian authorities reported Wednesday, saying they destroyed all of those headed toward the country’s capital. The attacks came as Ukrainian forces continue to push into Russia’s western Kursk region. In...
Your audience is filled with Republicans. The Democratic convention is underway. How to cover it?
The Democratic convention presents Fox News Channel with a delicate challenge: how to cover a party suddenly enthused about its election chances when much of the network’s audience has a different political viewpoint. During the Democrats’ first two days, Fox personalities called the proceedings “boring” and filled with “a lot...
A double dose of Obama firepower, a doting spouse and a dance party: Takeaways from Day 2 of the DNC
CHICAGO — The Democratic National Convention’s second night showcased a double dose of Obama firepower to validate Vice President Kamala Harris and deliver an unsparing indictment of Republican Donald Trump. The convention also served up a raucous roll call of states that was essentially one big dance party. Harris and...
Obamas close DNC’s 2nd night with a rousing Harris endorsement, pointed warnings about TrumpVideo
CHICAGO — Warning of a difficult fight ahead, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on Tuesday called on the nation to embrace Kamala Harris in urgent messages to the Democratic National Convention that were at times both hopeful and foreboding. “America, hope is making a comeback,” the former first...
Sen. Rick Scott wins Florida GOP primary as he seeks a 2nd term
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has handily won Florida’s Republican primary against two other opponents, moving on to face Democratic former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in November. Mucarsel-Powell also won her election comfortably against three other candidates. This November, Scott has to first win a second...
Trump campaigns to ‘make America safe again’ as Democratic convention zeroes in on his felony recordVideo
HOWELL, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to “Make America Safe Again” while campaigning in Michigan as the Democrats who gathered in Chicago to nominate Kamala Harris branded him a career criminal. As part of a battleground campaign swing designed to counter the Democratic National Convention, Trump stood...
Jennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck after 2 years of marriage
LOS ANGELES — After a relationship that spanned two decades, two engagements, two weddings and headlines too numerous to count, Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling — or at least the...
Gov. Jim Justice tries to halt foreclosure of his West Virginia hotel as he runs for U.S. Senate
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice is in a mad-dash legal fight as he runs for U.S. Senate to keep a historic West Virginia hotel at his luxury resort before it’s auctioned off next week because of unpaid debts. Around 400 employees at The Greenbrier hotel received a letter Monday from...
Oklahoma State to wear QR codes on helmets to assist NIL fundraisingVideo
STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State will wear QR codes on its helmets this season linking to the general team fund to increase the program’s name, image and likeness money pool. The rollout will be in the season opener at home against defending FCS champion South Dakota State on Aug. 31....
Prospect of player pay another wrinkle for HBCU schools, where big NIL deals still taking root
Marc Smith was relaxing in his basement when he got an alert on his phone. An athlete at his alma mater, Grambling State, had posted on social media about not having enough food and needing help. That incident led Smith to form the Icon 1901 Collective in April 2022 to...
Vikings DC Flores says he was hurt by Tagovailoa’s sharp criticism but wishes Dolphins QB wellVideo
EAGAN, Minn. — Two Minnesota Vikings starters flanked defensive coordinator Brian Flores as he prepared to address blunt criticism of his character and coaching style delivered publicly by Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, a sign of solidarity Flores relished from his current team while acknowledging he was hurt by the...
Trump’s post of fake Taylor Swift endorsement is his latest embrace of AI-generated imagesVideo
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has been active on his social accounts as Democrats gather for their convention in Chicago, but some of his posts don’t have much to do with reality. Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, he posted a fake image of someone who looks like Vice...
New York’s mail-in voting law upheld by the state’s top court
ALBANY — A New York law allowing any registered voter to cast a ballot by mail was upheld Tuesday by the state’s highest court, which rejected a Republican challenge to the legislation. The 6-1 ruling from the state Court of Appeals affirmed lower courts in finding that the voting expansion...
NASCAR regular-season title and playoff spots at stake down the stretch at Daytona and DarlingtonVideo
BROOKLYN, Mich. — NASCAR has just two races remaining in the regular season, and a pair of competitions are on the line. Tyler Reddick earned his second win of the season Monday at Michigan International Speedway, giving him the points lead in a closely contested, four-driver race for the regular-season...
RFK Jr. shows up too late to testify in court against Democrats’ ballot challenge in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. showed up too late to testify Tuesday in a court case in Pennsylvania where Democratic activists are trying to bar him from the ballot for president in the premier battleground state, prompting testy exchanges between the judge and Kennedy’s lawyer. Lawyers for the two...
Russia’s top court refuses to release Navalny’s lawyers, pending trial on extremism charges
MOSCOW — Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to release three lawyers who once represented Russia’s slain opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and are now facing charges of extremism. It also refused to transfer their case to a different court, even as the defense alleged a conflict of interest. Vadim Kobzev,...
Ohio lawsuit seeks rewrite of redistricting ballot language dubbed ‘biased, inaccurate, deceptive’
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court should step in on behalf of voters and order a rewrite of ballot language for a fall redistricting measure that “may be the most biased, inaccurate, deceptive, and unconstitutional” the state has ever seen, argues a lawsuit filed late Monday. Citizens Not Politicians,...
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will resign from Senate after bribery convictions
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is slated to resign by the end of the day Tuesday, about a month after a jury convicted him on federal bribery charges. Menendez signaled his resignation last month in a letter to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, who said Friday he’s tapping...
