UPS to cut 20K jobs as Amazon deal shrinks; customers face 'uncertainty'
UPS is holding off on confirming its prior annual financial projections “given the current macro-economic uncertainty” facing its customers. It also reported a drop in domestic package volumes in February and March ...Read more
David Perdue confirmed as ambassador to China with bipartisan support
WASHINGTON — Sixteen Democrats joined Republicans in voting to confirm former Georgia U.S. Sen. David Perdue as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to China.
Perdue is expected to be sworn in quickly, allowing him to ...Read more
First Amendment lawsuit targets immigration detentions in places of worship
A group of churches from California to Florida have sued the Trump administration over its historic policy change pushing for the arrest of undocumented immigrants at places of worship, saying it violates their First ...Read more
After protests, lawsuits and millions spent, Atlanta training center opens
ATLANTA — Atlanta’s public safety training center — an ambitious project announced on the heels of nationwide calls for police reform — will fully open Tuesday as officials cut the ribbon on the sprawling 85-acre ...Read more
Supreme Court decides Medicare reimbursement calculation
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided on Tuesday with the Department of Health and Human Services in a dispute over the rate under Medicare the government pays to hospitals that serve low-income patients.
The 7-2 ...Read more
New on DVD: 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' a powerful political drama
A claustrophobic thriller filmed secretly in Iran tops the DVD releases for the week of May 6.
"The Seed of the Sacred Fig": Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's latest movie, for which he was exiled, centers on a family...Read more
Canada Prime Minister-elect Mark Carney warns Trump to back off
Canada’s Prime Minister-elect Mark Carney is warning President Donald Trump to back off after scoring a convincing victory in an election driven by north-of-the-border anger over the mushrooming trade war and annexation ...Read more
Greater share of US losing faith in health guidance, poll says
WASHINGTON — About 44% of U.S. adults say they expect to lose trust in government health recommendations over the next four years because of federal leadership changes, according to a poll published Tuesday from Harvard ...Read more
Summer movies: 'Superman,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Freakier Friday' and more
OK, so there’s nothing YUGE. There isn’t that movie right around the corner that’s so big it’s all some folks will be talking about.
In May 2026, on the other hand, movie goers will be treated to the biggest ...Read more
Trump administration retreats from 100% withholding on Social Security clawbacks
The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them.
Instead, the agency ...Read more
Jeremy Renner chatted with 'imaginary Jamie Foxx' when on meds following snowplow crush
Jeremy Renner had conversations with an imaginary Jamie Foxx following his near-fatal snowplow accident.
The 54-year-old star was seriously injured after being run over by his snowplow in January 2023 and has recalled how...Read more
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex claims that her freckles cost her acting work
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex missed out on acting work because of her freckles.
The 43-year-old royal has recalled how she was constantly rejected for beauty and skincare advertisements as an aspiring actress because her ...Read more
ACLU sues to halt Trump administration attacks on Head Start child-care program
The American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of six early childhood organizations, including one in California, sued the Trump administration Monday to halt the dismantling of Head Start and restore cuts to the program, ...Read more
Two California judges file suit against LADWP, saying utility failed to prepare, respond to fire
LOS ANGELES — Two federal judges who lost their Pacific Palisades homes in the January firestorm have joined hundreds of their neighbors in suing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, claiming the utility failed...Read more
Four people killed when vehicle smashes through downstate Illinois after-school building, police say
CHATHAM, Ill. — Four people were killed and several others injured Monday afternoon when a vehicle plowed through an after-school program facility just outside Springfield.
The victims who died were two 7-year-olds, an ...Read more
Movie review: 'Thunderbolts*' a strong MCU entry but doesn't up the 'anti'
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a group of charming antiheroes with varying degrees of “super” qualities band together to form a team under the direction of a shadowy government organization. No, it’s not ...Read more
Beyoncé launches the Cowboy Carter tour at SoFi Stadium
LOS ANGELES — Beyoncé opened her Cowboy Carter world tour Monday night with the first of five shows at Inglewood's SoFi Stadium: a characteristically complicated pop spectacle that framed Black creativity as a ...Read more
Bob Filner, former mayor and lawmaker accused of harassment, dies at 82, leaving complicated legacy
SAN DIEGO — It was a new day in San Diego back in 2012, when voters elected a Democrat to the Mayor’s Office for the first time in a generation.
Ten-term Rep. Bob Filner had successfully traded a comfortable chair in ...Read more
Review: 'Wear Whatever the F You Want': Clinton Kelly and Stacy London return with new approach
Clinton Kelly and Stacy London are back together, and if that statement does not excite you, it can only be because you have never seen "What Not to Wear," the series they co-hosted from 2003 to 2013 on TLC. (There is no ...Read more
LA County inmate death marks 13th suspected homicide in California prisons this year
LOS ANGELES — A convicted Los Angeles County rapist was allegedly killed by a fellow inmate over the weekend amid a surge of prison violence that has claimed the lives of over a dozen incarcerated men in California this ...Read more
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