Republican redistricting in Texas and Florida may not turn out as Trump had hoped
HARLINGEN, Texas | Eric Flores, a former federal prosecutor and Army National Guard infantry captain, was one of the Republican Party’s prized recruits in this year’s midterm elections. With help from a redrawn congressional map in Texas, he seemed primed to dislodge longtime Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in a region that swung toward Donald Trump […]
Turner’s masterpiece of Rome returns to city ahead of UK sale that could set a record
One of J.M.W. Turner ‘s best-known landscapes went on display in Rome on Tuesday ahead of a U.K. auction where it could fetch about 50 million euros ($57 million), potentially setting a new auction record for the British artist. “Rome, From Mount Aventine” was unveiled at Palazzo Rondinini in the Italian capital, where it will […]
Rihanna, Jennifer Lawrence and a Paris runway full of bras: Dior comes undone in mist
PARIS | Rihanna, Jennifer Lawrence, Rosalía and Cynthia Erivo watched from the front row Tuesday as Dior’s Jonathan Anderson showed 65 spring looks on a runway stretched across a pond in the Tuileries Garden — a collection built on the idea that the most expensive way to get dressed is to stop halfway. Trees rose […]
‘Verity’ puts Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett in a steamy Colleen Hoover thriller
In “Verity,” it’s hard to know who to trust. There’s Anne Hathaway’s titular character, a wildly popular novelist who is unable to speak or move after a car accident, but whose secret, and disturbing, autobiography speaks volumes. There’s Dakota Johnson’s struggling author, Lowen, who has been hired to finish Verity’s remaining novels and who finds […]
Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn convicted of fatally shooting his wife
A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” was convicted of murder Tuesday in the killing of his wife while he was having an affair. Prosecutors said Caleb Flynn, 40, staged a home invasion in February after shooting his wife, Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher and volleyball coach. Flynn, who claimed his […]
Altman unveils ‘always-on’ AI agent after OpenAI shelves model over safety concerns
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced a “remarkably capable, always-on” artificial intelligence agent at an appearance Tuesday, a day after the company halted the rollout of a more advanced model over safety concerns. At the company’s annual developer conference, Altman made a slew of product announcements and updates, including OpenAI’s new agents, called Dots. The agents, […]
AP investigation: Warnings ignored as Venezuela coastal towers faced quake forces they couldn’t take
CARABALLEDA, Venezuela | Scientists had warned the government not to build along Venezuela’s coastal strip of La Guaira. The area’s seaside Caribbean communities, not far from Caracas, were near a major fault line and a mountain range that had unleashed repeated, destructive natural disasters. The soil was poor, a type of silt that would only […]
Trump’s shift from ‘Housing First’ is causing upheaval for homelessness programs and many they serve
LOUISVILLE, Ky. | Light streamed through stained-glass windows in a former church, illuminating long white tables where weary men gathered. Johnny Henderson was glad for the rest. The 71-year-old — who has one arm, heart disease and vision problems — slept on the street the night before. Henderson is a regular at the St. John […]
US economy grew a solid 2.2% in the second quarter, government says, upgrading previous estimate
WASHINGTON | The U.S. economy grew at a solid 2.2% pace from April through June as consumer spending and business investment came in strong. Growth in gross domestic product — the nation’s output of a goods and services — decelerated from a 2.5% pace from January through March, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The second-quarter […]
Trump will unveil $54 billion in South Korean investment in Alaska, site of a tight Senate race
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Wednesday plans for South Korea to invest roughly $54 billion in a project to export natural gas from Alaska, a proposal long backed by Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who’s in a competitive reelection contest there. The investment would mark the second time this week that […]