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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — At a recent closed-door meeting of roughly 60 millionaires and billionaires, one of the Republican Party’s most influential donors stood in the well of Dallas’ historic Old Parkland debate chamber and praised Nikki Haley’s presidential candidacy. But Paul Singer deliberately stopped short of endorsing the former U.N. ambassador and South […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House late Wednesday rejected an effort to censure Democratic Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, scrapping a Republican attempt to condemn the only Palestinian-American in Congress over her recent rhetoric around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. A measure to move forward with a censure resolution of Tlaib, a punishment one step below expulsion from […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government said Wednesday it will assume half of the interest rates on bank loans to help rebuild the 377 hotels destroyed or heavily damaged after Hurricane Otis slammed into the resort city last week. But President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will not provide government loans to the hotels, the […]

MADRID (AP) — The heir to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, swore allegiance to her country’s Constitution on her 18th birthday Tuesday, laying the groundwork for her eventual succession as queen when the time comes. The nationally televised ceremony in the lower house of parliament is understood to symbolize the continuity of Spain’s parliamentary monarchy […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three foreign residents were among at least 47 people killed when Hurricane Otis devastated Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco last week, officials said Monday, as the search for the missing focused on submerged boats. Those confirmed dead included one American, one Canadian and one person from England, all of whom had […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees told a U.N. emergency meeting Monday “an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions,” accusing Israel of “collective punishment” of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians. Philippe Lazzarini warned that a further breakdown of civil […]

Rotary engines made their biggest impact in Mazda sports cars, but a recent episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage” delves into the rotary’s earlier history. Before it was popularized by Mazda, the rotary engine entered production with German automaker NSU (an Audi predecessor). The NSU Spider launched in 1964—three years before Mazda launched its first rotary […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of grain and other goods from Canada and the United States via the Great Lakes to the rest of the world. Around 360 workers in Ontario and Quebec with Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, walked out early Sunday […]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former Argentine presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich, who placed third in Sunday’s election, endorsed right-wing populist Javier Milei on Wednesday for next month’s runoff, a move that could rupture the country’s main center-right opposition coalition. Bullrich, a former security minister, received 24% of the vote, compared to 37% for Economy Minister […]

When considering the 2024 Porsche Cayenne Turbo, the only question is how you want your V-8: Natural or supplemented? There are three ways to get the new Porsche twin-turbo 4.0 V-8 in the overhauled 2024 Cayenne: The Cayenne S eases in the V-8 at 468 hp and 442-lb ft of torque; the Cayenne Turbo E-Hybrid’s […]

HONG KONG (AP) — The governor of California opened a week-long trip to China on Monday with an assurance that his state will always be a partner on climate issues no matter how the U.S. presidential election turns out next year. Democrat Gavin Newsom’s visit comes as U.S.-Chinese relations witnessed a sharp deterioration in recent […]