Month: August 2019

nrqemi/iStock(NEW YORK) — Automakers would like to forget the economic bloodbath of 2009. But with talk of a global recession accelerating in recent weeks, auto executives are preparing for the worst — while also trying [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Dorian is bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to the Leeward Islands Tuesday as residents in Puerto Rico prepare for a possible impact. Dorian is expected to strengthen Wednesday [Read More…]

Philip Rozenski/iStock(ST. LOUIS) — A Missouri judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a law that would have banned abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy. The preliminary injunction will be in place until at least the next [Read More…]

mizoula/iStock(NEW YORK) — Conservative New York Times columnist Bret Stephens deleted his Twitter account Tuesday morning after a social media flare-up over being called a “bedbug.” The conflict started Monday afternoon, when a Times editor [Read More…]

NatanaelGinting/iStock(SHENZHEN, China) — It was like any other Saturday evening on the promenade outside the large stadium in Shenzhen, a large Chinese city on the bay that forms the northwestern border of Hong Kong. The [Read More…]

iStock/peterspiro(NEW YORK) — A 14-year-old girl is battling leukemia as a group of strangers fight on her behalf to get her mother into the U.S. from Mexico to be with her during her treatment. “This [Read More…]

garett_mosher/iStock(NEW YORK) — It may still be summertime, but the Pumpkin Spice Latte is back at Starbucks. But now, that’s not the only fall beverage on the menu. Tuesday, Starbucks introduced a new fall drink: [Read More…]

MicroStockHub/iStock(MOSCOW) — Two U.S. senators say that they were denied visas as part of an official delegation to Russia for talks with their counterparts in the country’s parliament. Amid tensions over arms control, human rights, [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Dorian is moving west over the Caribbean as residents in Puerto Rico prepare for a possible impact. Dorian was even weaker Tuesday than it was Monday. The National Hurricane [Read More…]