U.S. & World

China’s latest efforts to influence the outcome of U.S. elections is shifting away from the presidential race and toward state and local candidates.

German airline Lufthansa was fined $4 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation over allegations it discriminated against Jewish passengers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched an internal investigation into the agency’s handling of repeated sanitary violations at a Boar’s Head plant in Virginia tied to a deadly listeria outbreak.

Family members of Lyle and Erik Menendez will speak at a news conference in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon.

A Minnesota horticulture teacher has remained the reigning champion of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California.

Researchers who used ground-penetrating radar also discovered an extensive array of grave offerings beneath the ancient Treasury building.

Apple announced a new iPad mini on Tuesday, offering the first update to its smallest tablet since 2021. It starts at $499 and launches in stores on Oct. 23.

U.S. homebuyers are looking into mortgage assumption as a way to secure a sub-3% mortgage rate.

The drugstore chain Walgreens said it plans to close roughly 1,200 stores over the next three years, which includes 500 closures in fiscal 2025 alone.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL) will stay in “all its positions,” said the head of U.N. peacekeeping operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix.

A new legal notice is the first step toward suing the government for its alleged culpability for the shooting last year, the “deadliest” in Maine’s history.

In a wide-ranging and emotional interview in Jerusalem last week, they revealed the squalid conditions in which their son was kept, their exasperation at the failed diplomatic process and their fears of the war’s escalating further. 

A 12-year-old boy was killed over the weekend after he fell off a hayride and was run over, Tennessee law enforcement officials said, according to NBC affiliate WSMV.