Polls Find Harris-Trump Deadlock, and Device Attacks Spread Fear in Lebanon
Plus, legal problems for MrBeast’s reality show.
How Inflation and High Interest Rates Have Changed the Economy
As inflation cools and the Federal Reserve cuts rates, an era of economic upheaval is coming to a close, but not without lingering marks.
How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers
The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse.
Teamsters union declines to endorse either Harris or Trump
One of America’s most influential labour unions, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has declined to issue a US presidential endorsement for the first time since 1996. The union, which boasts…
US says Iran sent Biden associates info from Trump hack
Iranian hackers distributed information about Donald Trump’s electoral campaign to people linked to the Biden campaign, according to the FBI and US intelligence agencies. US officials now believe that information…
US goes big with first interest rate cut in four years
Getty Images The US central bank has lowered interest rates for the first time in more than four years with a bigger than usual cut. The Federal Reserve reduced the…
How campaigns will seize on Fed interest rate cut in US election
Biden administration officials have been saying for months that the post-Covid surge in inflation is over. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve agreed. Given that the US central bank, and its…
Springfield grapples with false cat-eating rumours – and real problems
Getty Images A week after Donald Trump’s comments at a presidential debate thrust this city in south-west Ohio into the national spotlight, community members are still struggling at times to…
Kentucky highway shooting suspect believed to have been found dead
Police say they believe they have found the body of a suspected gunman who went on a highway shooting spree that wounded five people in Kentucky almost two weeks ago.…