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Ed Case Wins Hawaii Democratic Primary, Repels Progressive Challenge Over SAVE Act Vote

HONOLULU, Aug. 9 -- The results arriving from Honolulu's mailboxes Saturday night settled a question Hawaii Democrats had spent the summer arguing over: whether the party's 73-year-old incumbent congr... Read More


Senate Leaves for Recess Without Passing Trump's SAVE America Act as Budget Plan Stalls

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Senate Republicans departed for their August recess Friday without casting a single vote on the SAVE America Act, the sweeping domestic legislation President Trump has spent mont... Read More


Tommy John, 83, Issues Emotional Farewell as Yankees Hold Old-Timers' Day Without Him

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- Tommy John typed his goodbye from a hospice home in Bradenton, Florida, and kept it to three sentences. The Yankees' 78th Old-Timers' Day began on Saturday without him. "I want to... Read More


China Factory Prices Slow to 3.5% in July as Fuel Costs Reverse Iran War Premium

BEIJING, Aug. 9 -- China's factory prices slowed their advance in July, as a sharp reversal in oil costs stripped away the commodity premium that the US-Israel war on Iran had built into industrial in... Read More


Thailand School Death Toll Rises to 8 as Shooter's Father Offers First Public Apology

NONTHABURI, Aug. 9 -- The 12-year-old girl had been listed in critical condition since Saturday's mass shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School. By Saturday afternoon, she was dead. Her death brought th... Read More


OpenAI Acquires AI Presentation Startup NextSlide, Folding Team Into ChatGPT

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- an AI tool that converts prompts, notes, documents, and research into editable slide decks. OpenAI has now acquired it, folding the team into the company building ChatGPT. OpenAI... Read More


Taylor Swift's Copyright Strike Silences 'August' on Team Trump's TikTok Fireworks Video

On Monday, Aug. 9 -- NEW YORK - The video stayed up. The music did not. "I'm sure @Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song!" By Friday, the audio was gone. In its place, TikTok's ... Read More


Greg Abel Puts Berkshire's Cash to Work, With Alphabet Displacing Apple as Top Holding

Berkshire (BRK.A, Aug. 9 -- Greg Abel spent his first full year running Berkshire Hathaway watching Warren Buffett's $397 billion cash pile shrink. He did it deliberately. technology at scale and hom... Read More


Senate Punts CLARITY Act to September as Democrats Demand Trump Crypto Divestiture

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- The Senate left Washington for its August recess Friday without passing the cryptocurrency regulation bill that the digital-asset industry has spent three years and roughly $225 m... Read More


Pentagon Revokes Frank Kendall's Security Clearance Over Air Force One Disclosure

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Frank Kendall spent nearly four years as Secretary of the Air Force, a tenure that covered some of the most consequential decisions about the aircraft that carries the American p... Read More