Tropical weather that surged onshore from the Pacific soaked more of the U. S. on Wednesday while forecasters announced yet another hurricane off the coast of Mexico. The new hurricane, Rachel, is expected to develop rapidly and could become a major one with sustained winds topping 111 mph (178 of...

NEW YORK (AP) — Most of the U. S. stock market fell Wednesday as Wall Street contended with the downside of a U. S. economy that keeps powering through its many challenges. The S&P 500 slipped 0. 3% to close out its third losing month in the last four. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped or...

Austin Riley delivered the first clutch moment of Major League Baseball's playoffs on Tuesday, hitting a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning that pushed the Atlanta Braves over the Philadelphia Phillies for a 5-3 win. It was an electric scene for fans at Truist Park — at least for who...

BUTEMBO, Congo (AP) — Mourners gathered Wednesday to bury a Congolese politician who was beaten to death after publicly defending the government’s response to Ebola, a killing that highlights the mistrust health workers say is hampering efforts to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in a a...

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has now granted Paramount’s settlement agreement with 12 states that sued over the company’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, allowing the companies to soon close their $81 billion mega merger. In a Wednesday order, U. S. District Judge Araceli ruled that a...