‘It feels like a fairy tale’: American Paula Moltzan wins first World Cup race by 0.01sec

American, 32, wins season-opening giant slalom Moltzan edges Albania’s Lara Colturi by 0.01sec Mikaela Shiffrin drops from first to seventh place American Paula Moltzan became the oldest woman to claim her first Alpine skiing World Cup victory on Saturday, edging Albania’s Lara Colturi by just one-hundredth of a second in a thrilling season-opening giant slalom … Read more

Trump’s war on drug cartels could gain powerful new ally after pivotal election

EXCLUSIVE: Brazil could join the U.S.-led effort to combat drug cartels if presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro wins the country’s Oct. 25 runoff election, according to his brother, Brazilian politician Eduardo Bolsonaro. The initiative, known as the Shield of the Americas, is designed to expand security cooperation among countries in the Western Hemisphere, including intelligence sharing, … Read more

Canada is feeling the pain from Trump’s tariffs — but the trade fight didn’t start overnight

President Donald Trump’s escalating trade fight with Canada is squeezing the economy north of the border, threatening jobs and adding to families’ financial strain as steep U.S. tariffs on roughly $20 billion in goods remain in place. U.S. tariffs have hammered the country’s steel, aluminum, lumber and automobile producers that depend heavily on the American … Read more

Epstein files take back seat in midterms but experts say issue has not gone away

Other voter concerns have prevailed but return of Congress likely to see renewed focus on late sex offender’s activities As US voters head to the polls for crucial and fraught midterm elections, some survivors’ advocates in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation have expressed concern that the scandal could recede into the background. Political experts believe, however, … Read more

The Great Schlep

Tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad are flying back to cast votes in what many describe as the most pivotal election in the country’s history.

Minnesota candidate ‘stress tests’ state’s new fraud law — what she found raised major red flags

A Minnesota state Senate candidate revealed she found several vulnerabilities in a fraud prevention law signed by Gov. Tim Walz after testing it against the state’s previous fraud scandals to see whether it could have caught them sooner. The measure in question, the Office of the Inspector General law, creates an independent statewide watchdog that … Read more