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Postal Service union launches ad campaign promoting mail voting as Trump assails the method
A major U.S. Postal Service union is launching a national TV ad campaign promoting voting by mail, stepping into a politically charged debate as skepticism about mail-in ballots has been raised by President Donald Trump and others.The 30-second message features a variety of voters, among them a busy farmer and a flight attendant, explaining why they cast their ballots by mail. Sponsored by the 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union, the advertising campaign announced Tuesday will begin airing this week in Ohio, where Union Army soldiers during the Civil War cast the first... Read More
Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote US islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds
A super typhoon with ferocious winds and heavy rains was battering a group of remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean late Tuesday, forcing residents to seeking shelter from flying tree limbs and collapsed buildings amid heavy rains, winds and flooding.The center of the monster storm Super Typhoon Sinlaku was roaring along the Northern Mariana Islands late Tuesday local time, the National Weather Service said.
It's the strongest tropical typhoon on Earth so far this year and was packing winds of up to 140 mph (241 kph) that were likely to bring power outages to the... Read More
US wholesale prices surged 4% last month after the war in Iran sent energy prices soaring
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices surged last month as the Iran war drove up the cost of energy.The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits consumers — rose 0.5% from February and 4% from March 2025. The year-over-year gains was the biggest in more than three years. Energy prices surged 8.5% from February.
Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core producer prices rose a modest 0.1% from February and 3.8% from a year earlier. The gains in wholesale prices were smaller than... Read More
Stocks rise and oil prices ease as hopes climb for another round of US-Iran talks
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is inching closer to its all-time high on Tuesday, and oil prices are easing as hopes rise that the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war and avoid a worst-case scenario for the global economy.The S&P 500 added 0.4% after a rally the day before returned it to where it was before the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late February. The index at the heart of many 401(k) accounts is just 1% below its record and on track for its ninth gain in the last 10 days.
The Dow Jones Industrial... Read More
Ukraine agrees defense deal with Germany to help in fight against Russia
BERLIN (AP) — Ukraine and Germany are starting work on plans for the joint production of advanced drones and other battle-tested defense systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday, as Kyiv looks to scale up its more than four-year fight against Russia’s all-out invasion.“We have proposed to Germany a bilateral drone deal covering various types of drones, missiles, software and modern defense systems. Our teams are starting concrete work,” Zelenskyy said at a joint news conference with Chancellor Friedrich Merz during a visit to Berlin.
Merz said that... Read More
Top Stories
- Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote US islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds
- Stocks rise and oil prices ease as hopes climb for another round of US-Iran talks
- Dallas Wings select Azzi Fudd of UConn No. 1 in WNBA draft with a $500,000 payday waiting
- Trump promised tax relief, but polling shows most Americans still think they're overpaying
- Pope Leo XIV in Algeria walks in footsteps of his spiritual father, St. Augustine
- A gunman opens fire at a high school in Turkey, wounding at least 16 before killing himself
- Efforts underway for second round of US-Iran talks as ships reported transiting Strait of Hormuz
- Lebanon and Israel to hold first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington
- The Latest: Pakistan proposes new US-Iran talks as Vance and Trump hint at progress
- Harvey Weinstein is going on trial again in a New York rape case
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Entertainment
- Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel on art, their friendship and 'The Christophers'
- Oprah Winfrey names Maria Sempleâs 'Go Gentle' as her latest book club pick
- Harvey Weinstein is going on trial again in a New York rape case
- Prince Harry and Meghan arrive in Australia for a low-key, privately funded visit
Sports
- Dallas Wings select Azzi Fudd of UConn No. 1 in WNBA draft with a $500,000 payday waiting
- Mike Trout vs. Aaron Judge turns into starry slugfest of 3-time MVPs as Yankees edge Angels 11-10
- Liverpool targets famous Champions League comeback against PSG
- Judge, Grisham HR twice, overcome Trout's 2 homers in Yanks' 11-10 win over Angels that stops skid