NEW YORK — A Bank of America vice president was killed in a stabbing in New York City’s Times Square on Monday, in a random attack that also injured another person, police and the bank said. Erin Piacenti, 32, was fatally stabbed after a woman carrying two large knives attacked her and a 68-y
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a short-term funding bill to keep the federal government operating through Dec. 11, averting the threat of a shutdown when current funding expires at the end of September. The measure passed 370-48, with broad bipar
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Rising global bond yields are pushing government borrowing costs to levels not seen in many years, as investors demand greater compensation for inflation, fiscal risks and the growing supply of debt. The move has become particularly pronounced in the United States, Japan, Britain and Germany, extend
The first warning for many hikers in the depths of the Grand Canyon was not a forecast or an alarm. It was the sound of water. On Aug. 29, visitors near Bright Angel Creek and Phantom Ranch found themselves running for higher ground as a monsoon storm sent a sudden torrent through the canyon. Hik
On a Buenos Aires train station, a commuter walked past a mural of Lionel Messi on Monday as Argentina absorbed the news that the captain who had been part of the national story for more than two decades would no longer wear the sky-blue and white. Elsewhere in the city, fans who had spent years fol
DUBLIN — Aon will acquire rival USI Insurance Services from private equity firm KKR and other shareholders for $17 billion, the insurance brokerage said on Monday, in a deal that expands Aon’s presence in the U.S. middle-market insurance sector. The transaction, approved unanimously by the bo
BISHKEK — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to move from what he called an “endless war” in Ukraine toward an end to the conflict, saying continued fighting was setting humanity back. Modi made the appeal during a bilateral meeting with Put
VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear watchdog has confirmed that Syria was building an undeclared nuclear reactor under the rule of the Assad family, resolving a long-running investigation into the country’s secret nuclear activities, according to confidential reports circulated to member states. The In
For Michael, the appeal of a sleep-apnea pill is not that treatment has failed. He says his positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy makes him feel better. The problem is that using the equipment every night can be burdensome, and he would welcome a simpler option. Apnimed, the company developing the
AMMAN — Iran launched ballistic missiles at U.S. military positions in Jordan on Monday in retaliation for American strikes on Iranian launchers near the Strait of Hormuz, marking a renewed escalation between the two countries after weeks of relative calm. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the
At the edge of Nepal's Trishuli corridor, the route to the missing workers has narrowed to a problem of mud, rock and time. Rescue teams have been digging, drilling and using controlled blasts to reach hydropower tunnels buried by the Himalayan flood that tore through northern Nepal last week. So
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Grand Canyon National Park officials suspended overnight accommodations on Monday after a flash flood damaged the Transcanyon Waterline, leaving the park with limited water reserves and prompting the introduction of the highest level of water restrictions on the South Rim. Th
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — About 15 people remain missing or unaccounted for after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service said, as authorities continued evacuation and response efforts. The flooding struck Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Saturday
WASHINGTON — U.S. forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, the first known American attack on Iranian military positions since late July, after U.S. officials said Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were preparing to launch rockets carryin
BEIJING — China has expanded its purge of senior military leaders, formally removing two of the country’s highest-ranking generals from the state Central Military Commission and stripping several other military figures of political positions, deepening a sweeping anti-corruption campaign that ha
The United States and Iran have resumed direct military exchanges after more than a month of relative calm, underscoring how quickly a fragile pause in their six-month conflict can unravel when control of the Strait of Hormuz is at stake. U.S. forces on Aug. 30 struck two Iranian rocket launchers
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA and SpaceX were preparing Sunday to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket, with liftoff targeted for 7:26 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission received a final readiness approval
The Himalayan floods that have killed nearly 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing have exposed a growing hazard in a region where rapid glacier loss, unstable mountain slopes and expanding infrastructure are bringing high-altitude risks closer to populated valleys. The disaster began on Aug.
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a major energy agreement with Venezuela that he says gives the United States majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of the South American country's proven oil reserves, expanding Washington's role in an effort to revive Venezuela's s
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Sunday and successfully separated from the rocket, beginning a roughly three-month journey toward its operating orbit about 1 million miles (1.6 million km) from Earth, NASA said. T
By Saturday, the main avenue leading through central Oslo had become a procession of mourners. People walked toward the Royal Palace carrying flowers, handwritten cards, drawings and small Norwegian flags, as King Harald V lay in state inside the palace. Across Norway, flags flew at half-mast and po
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has signaled that U.S. interest rates may need to rise if inflation fails to move clearly and quickly toward the central bank’s 2% target, putting a September rate increase back at the center of the monetary policy debate. Warsh’s remarks at the Federal Reser
