Hundreds of United Airlines Holdings Inc. flights were delayed Wednesday evening, throwing travel plans into chaos, after a tech issue forced the carrier to ground flights across the U.S.

“Due to a technology issue, we are holding United mainline flights at their departure airports,” the world’s biggest airline measured by capacity said ...Read more

More than 250 Democrats congregated in Fort Worth on Wednesday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and condemn Texas Republicans’ proposal to redraw the state’s congressional districts.

“We got to do everything we can to defeat these racist maps,” said U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, a Democrat from Fort Worth.

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Over half of all Massachusetts beaches had an unsafe level of fecal bacteria last year, and 47 beaches reached the danger zone at least a quarter of the time they were tested, according to an Environment Massachusetts Research and Policy Center report released Wednesday.

“Our researchers looked at tests for bacteria that indicate the likely ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said he would impose a 100% tariff on imports that include semiconductors, but would exempt companies moving production back to the United States, as Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook and the president announced a fresh $100 billion investment plan from the Oval Office.

“We’re going to be putting a very large tariff on ...Read more

Six of the eight people who died in a tragic boating accident in June during a sudden storm at Lake Tahoe had been drinking, autopsy reports showed Wednesday.

The blood alcohol concentration of the six victims ranged from a low of 0.013% to a high of 0.068%, according to the reports from the El Dorado County Coroner’s Office.

California’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump indicated he would likely nominate a temporary Federal Reserve governor to fill the soon-to-be vacant seat on the central bank’s board within the coming days, rather than use the seat to signal his choice to replace Jerome Powell as chairman.

“We’re probably going to go with the temp and then a ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke is headed back to Fort Worth, this time to rally support for the Democratic state legislators breaking quorum to stall a redistricting. It’s one of the two Texas stops he is making on his national tour.

“The People vs. The Power Grab” will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, in the ...Read more

CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker emphasized his administration was closely coordinating with state and even local law enforcement to protect Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois to stop a Republican congressional remap, especially after a bomb threat caused the lawmakers to be evacuated Wednesday morning from their suburban hotel.

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ATLANTA — Three years before Wednesday’s shooting at Fort Stewart that left five soldiers injured, a U.S. Army sergeant from the same brigade was killed on the southeast Georgia base.

Spc. Shay A. Wilson was accused of fatally shooting 30-year-old Nathan M. Hillman with a 9mm pistol Dec. 12, 2022, at the 2nd Brigade’s building complex, ...Read more

JERUSALEM — Israel has the support of the United States to make “tough decisions” as it considers whether to completely occupy Gaza in an attempt to destroy Hamas, with Washington’s envoy to Jerusalem saying President Donald Trump is fed up with fruitless efforts to clinch a ceasefire.

Ambassador Mike Huckabee also sees the U.S. taking ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — By all accounts, the January firestorms that decimated thousands of homes and killed 31 people in Los Angeles County were the most devastating in the region’s history.

But new research argues that the Eaton and Palisades fires may have been far more deadly than what’s reflected in coroner reports.

A research letter ...Read more

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz wants Democrats to be aggressive in fighting Republican efforts in Texas to redraw the state’s political maps and give the GOP an advantage in the midterm battle to control Congress.

Walz is encouraging governors in states such as California to combat the GOP effort, being led by President Donald Trump, by creating new...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Rancho Palos Verdes has moved forward with plans to permanently ban new construction across 715 acres of land that has been plagued by dramatic and destructive landslide movement over the last two years.

City Council members on Tuesday night voted unanimously to prohibit almost all new development, including home additions, ...Read more

ATLANTA — A U.S. Army sergeant at Fort Stewart is in custody after allegedly opening fire and injuring several of his coworkers Wednesday morning.

The accused shooter has been identified as 28-year-old Quornelius Radford, an Army spokesperson confirmed.

Gunfire erupted around 11 a.m. at the southeast Georgia base, prompting a lockdown. Five ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump indicated he would likely nominate a temporary Federal Reserve governor to fill the soon-to-be vacant seat on the central bank’s board within the coming days, rather than use the seat to signal his choice to replace Jerome Powell as chairman.

“We’re probably going to go with the temp and then a ...Read more

DENVER —Dangerous fire conditions, soaring temperatures and smoky skies across Colorado prompted severe weather alerts for parts of the Western Slope, Front Range and Eastern Plains on Wednesday.

Temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees in Denver, Boulder, the western metro and Fort Collins, National Weather Service forecasters said in ...Read more

Stanford University will lay off at least 363 employees this fall as part of $140 million in budget cuts due to rising costs and changes in federal funding, including a sharp increase in the endowment tax.

A WARN notice filed July 31 shows affected positions span academic operations, IT, libraries and administration. University officials cite ...Read more

MIAMI — The endangered Florida panther could lose thousands of acres of core territory in the Everglades due to operations at the immigration detention camp known as Alligator Alcatraz, an expert said during a Wednesday hearing in Miami federal court.

“Panthers have been present around this site historically,” said Randy Kautz, who has ...Read more

President Donald Trump said there was a “very good chance” he would meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy soon in another bid to broker peace between the two countries.

“That road was long, and continues to be long, but there’s a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon,” Trump ...Read more