HONOLULU The Central Pacific Hurricane Center on Monday issued a hurricane watch for the Big Island of Hawaii, saying Hurricane Madeline could pass “dangerously close.” The storm should be near or over the Big Island by Wednesday, said forecaster Derek Wroe. At 11 p.m. Monday, the center said the storm had strengthened to a Category […]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. There they are: the 52 Miss America contestants, on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. The hopefuls will be welcomed to the seaside resort this afternoon to kick off two weeks that will culminate in the crowning of the 2017 Miss America on Sunday Sept. 11. The contestants from all 50 states, the District […]

SEATTLE Donald Trump and his aides used to say that voters didn’t care about the nitty-gritty of policy details. But now those details are tripping up his campaign. For more than a week now, as he’s tried to shine the spotlight on his rival, Trump has appeared to wrestle with one of his signature proposals: […]

SEATTLE Seattle leaders have proposed new rules for retail and food-service businesses with hourly employees, including requiring them to schedule shifts two weeks in advance and compensate workers for some last-minute changes — the latest push by a city that has led the nation in mandating worker benefits. Seattle was among the first to phase […]

LOS ANGELES In the moments before reports of gunshots spread panic at Los Angeles International Airport, police with weapons drawn had confronted a masked man outside a terminal who was carrying a plastic sword and dressed like Zorro. Authorities have now determined there were no gunshots. The only people at the airport with guns Sunday […]

BRASILIA, Brazil On what could prove to be her last day as Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff mounted a forceful defense of her time leading Latin America’s most populous nation, warning senators that ousting her would hurt a young democracy while defiantly promising to go down fighting in what many see as a losing battle. Rousseff, […]

BERLIN Scientists have found evidence to support what many dog owners have long believed: man’s best friend really does understand some of what we’re saying. Researchers in Hungary scanned the brains of dogs as they were listening to their trainer speaking to determine which parts of the brain they were using. They found that dogs […]

PARIS French President Francois Hollande has criticized Turkey’s “contradictory” military intervention in Syria and warned Russia not to become a “protagonist” in the war. Hollande, in a diplomatic speech today, said “multiple, contradictory interventions carry the risk of a general inflammation” of the fighting that has devastated the country. He said he could understand Turkey’s […]