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Considered Republican frontrunner for presidential election, Vance is cozying up to the movement - as it splitsJD Vance, widely considered to be the Republican frontrunner for the presidential election in 2028, is aligning himself with the Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement as some say it is shedding its grassroots supporters in favor of political and corporate interests.The US vice-president has positioned himself as the inheritor of Make America Great Again (Maga), and attaching himself to Maha, which many in the Trump administration believe helped to win the 2024 election, signals a greater overlap between the two movements as the administration's popularity plummets amid the war in Iran and rising prices. Continue reading...

The idea of universal health coverage in the US is embraced by party's left but is often considered a liability by centristsLast week, 1,500 unionized nurses gathered in a large conference room at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco to cheer for a cause they've championed for years: Medicare for All.Considered a radical and even fringe idea for decades, interest in sweeping healthcare reform has surged as progressive Democrats have won a series of primary victories ahead of November's crucial midterm elections. Most prominent among its advocates is Democratic US Senate nominee from Michigan Abdul El-Sayed - who took the lectern before these nurses. Continue reading...

A standard business practice offsets future costs by funding a reserve for returns - but many small businesses don't do itIn my 30-plus years of being an accountant I have learned many business lessons from people who were much smarter than me. Jerry Crawford was one of those people. Jerry taught me about product returns.Jerry - who sadly passed away a decade ago - sold carpets wholesale from a nondescript little building in south Jersey. He employed about 50 people and counted many local and national carpet retailers as his customers. When I reviewed Jerry's books, I noticed a large reserve for returns". Continue reading...

Six passengers and crew onboard still unaccounted for after medical plane vanished off coast of MassachusettsResearches found debris from a medical transport plane that was carrying six people when it vanished over the Atlantic early on Saturday during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, the US Coast Guard said.A statement from the Coast Guard issued on Saturday evening said crews searching off the coast of the Massachusetts island Nantucket located a debris field confirmed to be from the aircraft", described as an air ambulance. Continue reading...

Suspect allegedly killed woman at hotel in Okinawa as prime minister calls crime exceptionally brutal and vicious'A US marine stationed on Japan's southern island of Okinawa is accused of murdering a Japanese woman and has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said on Sunday.The suspect allegedly killed [a] 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha and stole her wallet" as well as her backpack, local police told news media outlets. Continue reading...

In a district shaken by the deaths of 11 workers, Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faces a stiff challenge to keep her seatOn a misty morning in May in south-west Washington state, Laura Oltmann, a 41-year-old dietitian, had barely clocked in when an unfamiliar overhead announcement echoed through the hospital.We get overhead pages for different types of emergencies. But this one, we don't get very often," recalled Oltmann. Continue reading...

A statewide initiative pairs climate-focused coursework with community service - and is spreading to other statesAs a student at a high school not far from Denver's main airport, Anthony Munoz wondered whether the jet fuel from airplanes flying above his campus was harming living things.An avid gardener, Munoz partnered with a local university to create a garden on the campus of his charter school, Vista Academy, filling it with native plants that could detect ground-level ozone pollution. He also worked with climate scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a federal office in nearby Boulder, who directed Munoz on what data to collect, what the condition of leaves reveals about air quality and why milkweed matters for monarch butterfly migration. Continue reading...

A recent arrest suggests that underground invaders of city's sewer system are lured by the promise of lost valuablesThere's been one thing in particular that has been intriguing New Yorkers this summer: the existence, and whereabouts, of so-called mole people" - a mysterious group of individuals who spend at least some of their time wading about in the city's sewers.New Yorkers learned a bit more about the phenomenon this week, when two men were caught red - or perhaps another color - handed, after allegedly emerging from a tunnel in Manhattan. Their arrests have shed some light on a slew of instances where people have been witnessed lifting manhole covers and clambering underground. Continue reading...

As he prepares to face his home nation, the Canada manager reflects on his adopted country's soccer, its prime minister, and its place in the worldPeak leaf hasn't yet arrived in Montreal but the bursts of gold and butterscotch up on the hill that gave this place its name still mushroom out by the hour.Sitting in a glass-panelled hotel mezzanine at the foot of Mount Royal, Canada men's coach Jesse Marsch has his mind on another harvest. When this extended autumnal international window ends he will decamp to Italy, where the olive crops at his Tuscan villa are ready for reaping. Continue reading...

Efforts to consolidate the Black vote here were frustrated, handing the Democratic nomination to a white party insiderA major plot line of the hyper-partisan, mid-decade redistricting arms races - launched at the urging of Donald Trump - has been the elimination of traditionally Black congressional seats in the south. In the midst of that battle, a subplot emerged: a challenge to one of those Black seats from inside the Democratic caucus itself as the veteran congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, whose own district was splintered, chose to seek re-election in Florida's 20th congressional district, which had been represented for decades by a Black legislator.Her candidacy and primary win raise prickly questions about the value of lived experience as a prerequisite for effective representation of minority communities, about how Black Democratic candidates should deal with friendly fire from non-Black opponents, and about internal economic vulnerabilities of so-called Black seats which are in districts where candidates generally raise less money than others. Continue reading...

Maybe the key to life is being able to bench press 300lb at 75. But do we need more muscle-bound, angry guys around?I loathe going to the doctor.Not a controversial opinion, compared to some of the other ones in this section of the Guardian. I'm not exactly arguing for universal basic income or for Manchester City to be relegated to the Saudi Pro League here. No one looks forward to a doctor visit, with its recriminations for bad habits or various intrusive blood tests. People don't have cocktail parties to celebrate their yearly check-up, and yet, it seems like every day, there's a new reason to go get prodded by a stranger in a lab coat. Continue reading...

Alito, 76, delivers comment in rare interview with CBS News scheduled to air on MondaySamuel Alito, the conservative US supreme court justice, has said I think I have to" contemplate retiring every year at his age.Alito, 76, delivered that comment in a rare interview with CBS News scheduled to air on Monday, a little more than six months after a widely publicized hospital visit invited speculation about his potential retirement. Continue reading...

Bobby Pulido has a strategy: show up at the 15th birthday parties that are a rite of passage in the Texas borderlands - and flip a key House district for DemocratsIt took all of two minutes for Bobby Pulido's electoral stealth weapon to come into play. The Tejano music star turned Democratic congressional candidate had barely begun canvassing in the high school football stadium in Edinburg, Texas, when a 15-year-old girl came rushing up to him.Senor Pulido! Senor Pulido!" she cried. A few months ago, she told him, he had made a surprise appearance at her quinceanera, the coming-of-age girls' 15th birthday party that is a rite of passage in these US borderlands. Continue reading...

Sullivan became the youngest-ever goalscorer in USMNT history, while Mexico self-implodes with mistakes and a red card. Read Alexander Abnos' play-by-play.The players are in the tunnel. The lights are flashing. The little kids are getting high fives. It must nearly be kickoff time.A really interesting note from Pardeep Cattry at CBS Sports: This will be the first time Gio Reyna has started six consecutive matches for club or country since 2020. Continue reading...

The plane was undertaking a medical evacuation from Bermuda with six people onboard when it lost contactThe US Coast Guard said late on Saturday it had found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of Massachusetts' Nantucket Island and was searching for the six people who were on board.The jet lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a flight from Bermuda to Boston on Saturday morning. In a statement to the Guardian, an FAA spokesperson said that the agency issued a search-and-rescue alert notice for a Gulfstream G-100 at about 1.20am local time Saturday. Continue reading...

US president urges Americans to call Tom Cotton to support bill to make daylight saving time permanentDonald Trump on Saturday put pressure on the US senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be the personal cellphone number of his fellow Republican and the chair of the Senate intelligence committee.The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House in July, but it faces roadblocks in the Senate, where some Republicans are strongly opposed to it. Proponents, including the president and his administration, argue that the change would provide more daylight during the times that Americans are most active. Detractors said permanent daylight saving time would lead to darker and potentially more hazardous winter mornings when children will be waiting for school buses and parents will be driving to work in darkness. Continue reading...

Mariann Budde gained national attention for calling on US president to consider immigrants and LGBTQ+ peopleRev Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington DC who gained national attention when she called on Donald Trump to have mercy" on the country's immigrants and LGBTQ+ community after his second inauguration, is resigning.Budde shared in her resignation letter that she will be leaving her post on 3 June 2028 after the consecration and ordination of the new diocesan bishop. Continue reading...

How will the USA and Mexico fare today? Here is what to know, including kick-off time, TV channels and live stream optionsMauricio Pochettino's youthful revolution continued with a 4-2 win for the US men's national team over Chile in St Louis just a few days after an even more complete 4-2 victory against Peru. A high standard has been set by the next generation.A clash with Mexico, however, will be something the likes of Cavan Sullivan, Mathis Albert and Julian Hall have never experienced before. There is no such thing as a friendly match when the USA and El Tri meet. Continue reading...

Life onboard the aircraft carrier near the strait of Hormuz as it conducts military operations against Iranian targets Continue reading...

Frank Strada leaving position as state launches independent investigation into what went wrongTennessee's top prison official is stepping down in the aftermath of the failed execution of death row prisoner Christa Pike, the state's governor Bill Lee announced Saturday.Frank Strada, the department of correction commissioner, will leave his position later in October as the state launches an independent investigation into what went wrong during Wednesday's botched execution of Pike, according to Lee. Continue reading...

Roger Fortson was shot by deputy when he opened door with gun in hand after a false domestic disturbance callA Florida jury recently found former sheriff's deputy Eddie Duran not guilty of manslaughter with a firearm in the fatal shooting of Roger Fortson, a Black US air force airman who was killed inside his apartment after authorities responded to an unfounded report of a domestic disturbance.An Okaloosa county jury acquitted Duran, 38, on Thursday after about two hours of deliberations. He had faced up to 30 years in prison if convicted. Continue reading...

Eaton county prosecuting attorney's office had said court ruling forced removal of Nassar's name - but he wasn't on list because he was imprisoned out of stateMichigan has removed more than 20,000 entries from its sex offender registry, but convicted serial abuser Larry Nassar is not one of them - the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor was not in that system, as a local prosecutor's office claimed, because he was serving an out-of-state federal prison sentence, according to state police.On 9 September, the Michigan supreme court ruled that the state's Sex Offender Registration Act (Sora) cannot be applied retroactively to cases involving offenses committed before the law's relevant date. Michigan's state police, as a result, removed more than 20,000 people whose offenses occurred before 1 July 2011 from the agency's online sex offender database.Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organizations. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html Continue reading...

Rhonda Jewell was sentenced to 17 years for forgetting 10-month-old Ariya in car's back seat, leading to child's deathA state appeals court in Florida reversed the felony murder conviction of a woman who accidentally left a baby in her car, resulting in the child's death.In July 2023, while babysitting four children from two different families, 46-year-old Rhonda Jewell forgot 10-month-old Ariya Paige was in the back of her car, and went inside to care for the other kids. Strapped into her carseat in the Florida summer heat, Ariya died of hyperthermia before Jewell realized her mistake. Jewell was convicted the following year of third-degree felony murder, predicated on the underlying felony of leaving a child unattended in a vehicle. She was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Continue reading...

President says payments, to be sent in early October, are meant to offset cost of monthly insurance premiumsDonald Trump has said the US government will send a one-time $90 payment to more than 20 million Americans enrolled in Medicare, the health insurance program for elderly people, to help offset the cost of their monthly medical insurance premiums.The president said on social media late on Friday that the payments would come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, which he said was given $2bn by Congress to improve the Medicare fee-for-service program. Continue reading...

Temperatures expected to hover around 100F in downtown LA and even hotter inland, raising concerns about wildfiresSouthern California faced scorching heatwaves this summer that made locals wonder what happened to their famed Mediterranean climate.Now, the fall is bringing heatwaves too. Continue reading...

Fuel costs are biting for crop growers, trucking firms and a host of other industries as Iran war stokes record pricesJoe Hamilton farms corn and soybeans on 2,500 acres in Indiana's Delaware county. Next week, when his soybean harvest kicks off, four tractors, two combine harvesters and five semi-trucks will roar to life.And with that, a record bill for about 9,000 gallons of diesel awaits him. Continue reading...

Black voters reveal a generational divide, with younger voters drawn to the Democratic Socialists of America, and older voters focused on what can realistically be achievedOne of the most heated debates in the Democratic party is how left it should go - especially after a year that has seen several democratic socialists win their primary races. Moderate Democrats worry that left-wing candidates will struggle to win general elections, while progressive voters want fresh solutions to healthcare and the rising cost of living. But largely left out of this debate is one of the most critical bases of the party: Black voters.A Pew Research Center study found that among Democrats, only 21% of Black voters are likely to positively view candidates who align with democratic socialists, compared to 40% of white, 30% of Asian, and 20% of Hispanic voters. Continue reading...

President's popularity has plummeted in solidly Republican state - will his presence at midterm rallies help or hinder?Kelly Savage-Radich grew up in a Republican-supporting Ohio family and voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. But today the mother of three, who lives in a Montgomery county suburb of Dayton, is facing the prospect of having to sell one of her family's vehicles due to the high cost of gas. Her grocery bill has gone up about $100 a week.She lays the blame squarely at the Trump administration's door. Continue reading...

The US defense secretary who hates beardos, weirdos and wimps' has announced an Office of Religious Affairs at the PentagonApart from money and McDonald's, there's nothing Donald Trump seems to love more than a big, beautiful" wall. The government is currently spending billions of taxpayer dollars to fulfill the president's fantasy of lining the US-Mexico border with 30ft steel bollard walls and high-tech surveillance.What the Trump administration is apparently not so keen on is the wall of separation between church and state. While the president may hawk bibles as a side hustle, he is not exactly devout; he serves only mammon. The top levels of his government, however, are stuffed full of religious fanatics who appear hellbent on remaking the country as a Christian theocracy.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Congress members say pricing practices at 7-Eleven and Circle K stores underscore everyday Americans' affordability strugglesFive US House members have called out pricing practices at the US's two largest convenience store chains in response to an investigation by the Guardian.The Guardian found that 7-Eleven and Circle K stores frequently charge customers more at the register or pump for snacks, gas and other items than the prices they promise on the shelf or on outdoor fuel signs. Continue reading...

As the Illinois governor seeks a third term, his growing national profile has fueled speculation about a possible White House bid

Frank Strada facing mounting questions after Pike survives injection with lethal drugs in TennesseeTennessee's prison chief is under fire for the failed execution of Christa Pike, which lawyers say was the fifth botched" execution under his leadership across two states since 2022.Frank Strada, the commissioner of the Tennessee department of correction, has faced mounting questions about the state's highly secretive death penalty protocols since Wednesday evening when Pike became the first death row prisoner in the US to to be injected with lethal drugs and survive. Continue reading...

Public outcry to punish the alleged perpetrators in the Cornell case misses the point - the only solution is political, legal and cultural equality of womenSometimes a story is so so appalling, it captures the public's attention, including the attention of people who don't focus on the issue otherwise. Such is the case with the alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University.For feminists who focus on violence against women or anyone who has ever cared about campus rape, the claims made in Jane Doe's civil lawsuit against the alleged perpetrators may be unusual in its severity - but we know the statistics that show that somewhere between 20% and 25% of women college students will be the victim of a sexual assault (no statistics tell us what percentage of men students will be rapists). Continue reading...

Sailors' relatives are relieved as the ship is expected to dock in San Diego this week after a record-breaking 250-plus days at seaA mother in San Diego is counting down the days until her son comes home.I had a big sign made, welcoming him back," she said. I can't wait to see him." Continue reading...

John Steinbeck's hometown of Salinas is the least affordable city in the US for the middle class, a recent Brookings Institution analysis foundNestled between two mountain ranges at the crook of central California's coastline sits a valley known as the salad bowl of the world".Farm workers stoop over neatly lined rows of crops off Highway 101 to harvest more than half of the nation's supply of lettuce and nearly a third of its strawberries. The soil here is so rich that author John Steinbeck made the Salinas valley the promised land in his literary depictions of people chasing the American dream: immigrants, farm workers, westward-moving hopefuls, hungering for a better life. Continue reading...

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Announcement from US officials comes after CDC declared end to outbreak that infected nearly 13,000 peopleThe Food and Drug Administration said on Friday its inspectors had detected cyclospora at the Mexican farm blamed for the largest foodborne illness outbreak of the parasite in US history.FDA inspectors said Friday they found cyclospora in two places: a wastewater tank and a drainage ditch used for lettuce cultivation. They said it was unclear how the lettuce became infected. Continue reading...

Kenan Ken' Urker, 34, who died of apparent drug overdose, was partner of woman convicted of murder of motherThe on-and-off partner of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who spent time in prison for her role in the murder of her abusive mother, was found dead inside his Louisiana home on his 34th birthday on Thursday in what authorities described as an apparent drug overdose.The sheriff's office in Lafourche parish, Louisiana, confirmed Kenan Ken" Urker - the father of Blanchard's daughter - was discovered on Thursday after relatives asked police to conduct a welfare check at his residence. Continue reading...

Plan to install barriers through popular national park sparked outrage from advocates and politicians alikeA federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from expanding the border wall and other security infrastructure across the Big Bend region of west Texas, where contentious plans to build roads and vehicle barriers through a popular national park have led to furious backlash and public protests.US district judge Kathleen Cardone's ruling after a Friday hearing in El Paso deals a major blow to the Trump administration's efforts to expand the border wall through west Texas at breakneck pace, while riding roughshod over the objections of local business owners, landowners, public land advocates and politicians from both parties. Continue reading...

Kevin Warsh's predecessor had been investigated over cost overruns related to central bank renovation projectThe US justice department is not reopening a criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell for cost overruns related to the central bank's building renovation project, a department spokesperson said on Friday.Attorney general Todd Blanche - in comments to Bloomberg News, which first reported the development - said he has not ruled out continuing to look into the project's oversight and potentially take action if evidence of wrongdoing came to light. Continue reading...

The justice and treasury departments said they sent $2m to Hamas through charities and cryptocurrency, while six people were arrested across the US and FranceThe Trump administration on Friday unveiled sanctions against three individuals allegedly related to the Islamist militant group Hamas and against two charities based in France while also announcing six arrests - actions that the government called an extraordinary counter-terrorism work" to expose a sophisticated, multiyear financing architecture".Investigators alleged that the network moved more than $2m to Hamas through deceptive charitable fronts and cryptocurrency channels". Continue reading...

Judge unseals bodycam footage from officers who responded to 911 from McDonald's in PennsylvaniaPolice bodycam footage released Friday shows the moment officers located and arrested Luigi Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald's in connection with the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.In one video, officers ask Mangione to lower the face mask he was wearing to hide his identity. Continue reading...

Newly released police bodycam footage shows officers in Altoona, Pennsylvania, approaching, searching and arresting Luigi Mangione at a McDonald's on 9 December 2024 in connection with the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The Guardian has edited the video from multiple cameras to show the moments of the arrest Continue reading...

Attorneys say hospital staff are working to clear pentobarbital she was administered from her systemChrista Pike remained hospitalized, unconscious and on a machine helping her breathe after her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday.The attorneys said hospital staff were working to save Pike's life and clear the pentobarbital she was administered from her system as of late Thursday. Continue reading...

Ceremony will not be hosted at its traditional home for the first time since awards began in 1978The Kennedy Center Honors will take place away from its traditional home this year for the first time in its history as the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts remains in jeopardy amid Donald Trump's ongoing battle to have it named after himself.The Capital One Arena in Washington DC is now set to host the ceremony on 7 December, a Kennedy Center spokespersonsaid. The list of honorees this year has not yet been announced. Continue reading...

University denies allegations, saying it is committed to making admissions decisions in compliance with all lawsThe Department of Justice said on Thursday that the law school at the University of California, Los Angeles illegally considered race in admissions.The announcement follows a similar accusation against the university's medical school and comes as the Trump administration ramps up scrutiny of colleges' processes for selecting students. Continue reading...

A decade after his infamous Access Hollywood tape, the gender divide is again shaping a pivotal midterm electionA decade ago, Donald Trump's improbable presidential campaign was rocked - and nearly derailed - by the now-infamous Access Hollywood tape, a 2005 recording in which the real estate developer turned reality TV star boasted about kissing and grabbing women without their consent.When you're a star, they let you do it," he said, a remark he later downplayed as locker-room talk" before musing that the tape might be fake. (It wasn't.)Of course I'm the underdog': the British former spin doctor trying to turn California redA fake image of a Georgia mayor kissing a person went viral. Can US voters trust everything they see?Most Americans don't know Hasan Piker. The rest say he is changing this year's electionsTrump campaign ads paid with public money violate federal law, critics sayTrump allies could use midterms counting window' to disrupt results, experts warnWhat Democrats are getting right - and wrong - in run-up to midterms: We can't just be anti-Trump' Continue reading...