'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu on 'shooting the moon,' casting Ariana Grande and growing 9M tulips
โMusicalโ has been a dirty word in marketing some recent song-and-dance studio films, but thereโs no avoiding it in bringing โWickedโ to the big screen.
Dรญaz brothers pitch in same game for 1st time as Mets top Reds in front of family at Citi Field
New York Mets closer Edwin Dรญaz and younger brother Alexis, the Cincinnati Redsโ ace reliever, have pitched in the same game for the first time in their All-Star careers.
Stakeholder in Trump's Truth Social parent company wins court ruling over share transfer
A federal judge in Delaware has ruled in favor of a firm seeking assurance that it will be able to sell its minority stake in the parent company of former president Donald Trumpโs Truth Social platform.
Taylor Fritz beats Frances Tiafoe to become the first American man in a US Open final since 2006
Taylor Fritz has defeated a fading Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in an all-American matchup at the U.S. Open to reach his first Grand Slam final.
Mexican drug cartel leader will be transferred from Texas to New York
A federal judge says that a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who was arrested over the summer in the U.S. can be transferred from Texas to New York to face charges there.
Autopsy performed on rapper Rich Homie Quan, but cause not yet revealed
An autopsy has been performed on rapper Rich Homie Quan, but his cause of death wonโt be given until further tests are completed.
'Demon Copperhead' author Barbara Kingsolver to receive National Book Award for lifetime achievement
The National Book Foundation has awarded Barbara Kingsolver a medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (DCAL), which has previously been given to Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Joan Didion among others.
Stock market today: Wall Street falls sharply to close its worst week in nearly 18 months
Another rout hit Wall Street after an update on the U.S. job market came in weak enough to add to worries about the economy.
Trump says he'd create a government efficiency commission led by Elon Musk
Former President Donald Trump says he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government.
Fictional sleuth Sam Spade will be back on the job in upcoming novel by Max Allan Collins
The story of one of the great fictional sleuths, Dashiell Hammettโs Sam Spade, will be continued by prize-winning crime writer Max Allan Collins.
A 13-foot (and growing) python was seized from a New York home and sent to a zoo
A 13-foot (4-meter) Burmese python was confiscated from an upstate New York man who was keeping the still-growing snake in a small tank.
Why is Beijing interested in a mid-level government aide in New York State?
The decision by New York prosecutors to charge a former aide to the New York governor this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government has raised concerns about Chinaโs efforts to influence U.S. politics.
New York seeking to charge Harvey Weinstein with more sex crimes as Britain drops its case
Britainโs Crown Prosecution Service has decided to discontinue criminal proceedings against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
Stock market today: Most of Wall Street slips as S&P 500 stays on track for worst week since April
Most U.S. stocks fell following a mixed round of data on the economy, keeping them on track for their worst week since April.
US Open: No. 1 Jannik Sinner beats Daniil Medvedev to reach the semifinals
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time by getting past 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.
The arrest of a former aide to NY governors highlights efforts to root out Chinese agents in the US
The arrest of a former aide to two New York governors highlights a broad effort by the federal government to root out covert agents advancing Chinaโs interests on American soil.
US Open: Tiafoe, Fritz, Pegula and Navarro reach the semifinals and make US tennis matter again
It's been 21 years since an American man won a Grand Slam title, but the country is guaranteed a male finalist at the U.S. Open this weekend.
US Open: Jessica Pegula upsets No. 1 Iga Swiatek to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal
Jessica Pegula has pulled off a major upset at the U.S. Open by beating No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek 6-2, 6-4 to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal.
Anthony Roth Costanzo sings 7 roles in madcap `Marriage of Figaro' at New York's Little Island
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo sings Figaro, Susanna, the Count, Countess, Cherubino, Antonio and Barbarina in Mozartโs โThe Marriage of Figaroโ at New Yorkโs Little Island, stretching his voice 3 1/2 octaves.
The Nordstrom family teams up with a Mexican retail group to bid for its namesake retailer
Members of the Nordstrom family are teaming up with a Mexican retail group and are offering to take the department store retailer private at $23 per share cash, months after first expressing interest in a buyout.
Daddy Yankee's memoir, 'ReaDY! The Power To Change Your Story,' will be out in April
Latin music superstar Daddy Yankee, the Grammy winning โKing of Reggaeton,โ hopes his own story will inspire others to believe in themselves.
US Open: Navarro's first Grand Slam semifinal will be against Sabalenka. Fritz and Tiafoe win, too
Emma Navarro's first Grand Slam semifinal will come at the U.S. Open against Aryna Sabalenka.
Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's request to intervene in wake of hush money conviction
A federal judge has rejected Donald Trumpโs request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, thwarting the former presidentโs latest bid to overturn his felony conviction and delay his sentencing.
Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over 'illegal database' of faces
The Dutch data protection watchdog has issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of 30.5 million euros or $33.7 million over its creation of what the agency called an โillegal databaseโ of billion of photos of faces.
US Open: No. 1 Jannik Sinner gets past Tommy Paul to set up a quarterfinal against Daniil Medvedev
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner has reached the U.S. Open quarterfinals by beating No. 14 Tommy Paul 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-1.
Rafael Nadal tells a Spanish TV show he doesn't think Jannik Sinner intended to dope
Rafael Nadal has told a Spanish television show that he doesnโt think Jannik Sinner intended to use a banned substance and that the current No. 1-ranked man didnโt receive preferential treatment when he was cleared of doping after testing positive twice in March for trace amounts of an anabolic steroid.
In latest-ending women's match in US Open history, Zheng beats Vekic again in Olympic rematch
Zheng Qinwen beat Donna Vekic in a rematch of their Olympic final, advancing to the U.S. Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2 victory in the latest finish of a womenโs match in tournament history.
US Open: Who is Emma Navarro, the woman who beat defending champion Coco Gauff?
Emma Navarroโs 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over defending champion Coco Gauff at the U.S. Open has earned her a trip to the quarterfinals for the second consecutive Grand Slam tournament.
A wrong replay at the US Open leads a chair umpire to get a call wrong on a video review
The U.S. Tennis Association has acknowledged the wrong call was made during a third-round U.S. Open match between Anna Kalinskaya and Beatriz Haddad Maia because the chair umpire was not given every relevant replay of the point by the video review official.
Coco Gauff loses at the U.S. Open to Emma Navarro, ending her title defense with 19 double-faults
Defending champion Coco Gauff has lost in the U.S. Open's fourth round to Emma Navarro 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in an all-American matchup.
Djokovic's US Open loss makes 2024 the first year since 2002 without a Slam title for the Big Three
Novak Djokovic wrapped up his first Grand Slam season since 2017 without at least one major championship.
Sabalenka wins latest-starting match in US Open history that finally begins after midnight
Aryna Sabalenka finally got rolling after a bad beginning to the latest-starting match in U.S. Open history and beat No. 29 Ekaterina Alexandrova 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 to reach the fourth round.
Trump says he'll vote to uphold Florida abortion ban after seeming to signal he'd support repeal
Donald Trump now says he will vote no on a Florida ballot measure that would repeal the stateโs six-week abortion ban, a day after he seemed to indicate he would vote in favor of the measure.
Trump film 'The Apprentice' finds distributor, will open before election
After struggling to drum up interest following its Cannes Film Festival premiere, โThe Apprentice,โ starring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump, has found a distributor that plans to release the film shortly before the election in November.
Stock market today: Wall Street climbs as S&P 500 closes out fourth straight winning month
Stocks on Wall Street bounced back from a midafternoon fade Friday, and the market closed out its fourth straight winning month with solid gains.
A centuries-old cemetery for people who were enslaved is reclaimed in New York
A historic cemetery for African Americans in Kingston, New York, is being reclaimed as the Pine Street African Burial Ground.
Naomi Osaka's forehand goes awry and she loses in the US Open's second round to Karolina Muchova
Karolina Muchova has eliminated two-time U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the second round at Flushing Meadows.
No. 1 seeds Sinner, Swiatek move into the third round at the US Open; Alcaraz, Osaka eliminated
Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner have flashed their No. 1 form with powerful performances that moved them into the third round of the U.S. Open.
ABC's rules for the Harris-Trump debate include muted mics when candidates aren't speaking
Next monthโs debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump wonโt have an audience, live microphones or written notes.
Novak Djokovic reaches US Open third round after opponent stops in 3rd set due to injury
Defending champion Novak Djokovic has reached the third round of the U.S. Open after his opponent had to stop in the third set of their match with an injury.
Marathon Match: Longest US Open match since at least 1970 goes a grueling 5 hours, 35 minutes
Dan Evans has won the longest match at the U.S. Open since tiebreakers were introduced in 1970, beating Karen Khachanov 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 in 5 hours, 35 minutes.
Jannik Sinner starts poorly at the US Open but wins his first match since his steroids case emerged
Jannik Sinner has overcome a poor start at the U.S. Open and won his first match since news of his doping case emerged a week ago.
Stock market today: Dow Jones Industrial Average inches up to another record high in mixed trading
The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up to another record high on a mixed day of trading for Wall Street.
Judge orders Martin Shkreli to turn over all copies of unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album
โPharma Broโ Martin Shkreli has been ordered to turn over copies of Wu-Tang Clan's unreleased โOnce Upon a Time in Shaolin'โ album to his lawyers by Friday.
Stock market today: Dow closes at a record even as losses for Big Tech pull S&P 500 and Nasdaq lower
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high on Wall Street, even as losses for Big Tech companies pulled the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite lower.
US Open 2024: Even the players aren't sure who will be at their best on New York's hard courts
Tennis fans who canโt decide which players have the best shot at doing well at the U.S. Open aren't the only ones.
Plate umpire Nick Mahrley exits game between Rockies and Yankees after broken bat hits his neck
Plate umpire Nick Mahrley exited in the fifth inning of the Rockies-Yankees game when he was hit in the neck by Giancarlo Stantonโs shattered bat.
Raducanu is back at the US Open and the 2021 champion doesn't question whether she's ready
Emma Raducanu finished up practice at the U.S. Open by hitting with a young girl she asked fans on social media to help her find after they couldnโt connect a day earlier.
Judge declines to order New York to include โabortionโ in description of ballot measure
A New York judge says he wonโt force state election officials to tell voters that a proposed antidiscrimination amendment to the stateโs constitution would protect abortion rights.
Stock market today: Wall Street rallies near its record heights as 'time has come' for cuts to rates
U.S. stocks rallied closer to their records after the head of the Federal Reserve finally said out loud what Wall Street has been expecting for a while: Cuts to interest rates are coming soon to help the economy.
With their massive resources, corporations could be champions of racial equity but often waver
A Missouri nonprofit founded in 2015 to help address the issues that contributed to the police shooting death of Michael Brown Jr. and the riots that followed has faced the same lament many philanthropies face.
Stock market today: Wall Street weakens ahead of a highly anticipated speech
U.S. stocks closed lower as Wall Street counted down to its main event for the week, a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell coming up on Friday.
Shein sues Temu over copyright infringements as the legal feud between the two companies heats up
Online fast-fashion giant Shein is suing its competitor Temu once again, accusing the China-founded shopping platform of stealing its designs, product images and engaging in other types of fraud.
A tale of two retailers: Target reverses sales slump while Macy's reports another quarterly decline
Grocery aisle deals for cash-strapped customers and an emphasis on affordable but stylish clothes has helped Target reverse a year-long sales slump.
Guardians outlast Yankees 9-5 in 12 innings to win longest MLB game this season
Pinch-hitter Lane Thomas delivered a tiebreaking double to spark a six-run 12th inning, and the Cleveland Guardians outlasted the New York Yankees 9-5 in the longest major league game this season.
Stock market today: Wall Street pulls closer to records after retailers top profit forecasts
U.S. stocks ticked higher after more big companies delivered profit reports that topped analystsโ expectations.
3 people charged after death of federal prison worker who opened fentanyl-laced mail
A federal prison inmate and two other people are facing charges of conspiring to mail drugs to a penitentiary in California where a mailroom supervisor died last week after opening a letter that prosecutors say was laced with fentanyl and other substances.
WNBA players would like more time off after the Olympics are over before league play resumes
WNBA players would like more of a break after the All-Star Game and Olympics before league play resumes.
New surveys show signs of optimism among small business owners
Small business owners overall are feeling positive about their business and achieving the goals they set for this year despite inflation and high labor costs, according to two new surveys.
Floods from 'training thunderstorms' lead to dramatic rescues and 2 deaths in Connecticut
Officials in Connecticut say two women died after being swept away by floodwaters brought by torrential rains that fell there and on New York's Long Island.
Jailed Chinese activist faces another birthday alone in a cell, his wife says
Ding Jiaxi knew he would spend his 57th birthday alone in a Chinese prison cell, without a phone call from family or a chance to stretch in the sunlight.
Why the progressive 'Squad' is getting smaller after defeats this primary cycle
The โSquad,โ a group of progressive lawmakers in the House, is set to shrink next year after two members suffered primary defeats after an unprecedented deluge of special interest spending.
Florida election officials warn of false rumor about ballot markings days before the stateโs primary
An unfounded claim that election workers will invalidate ballots by writing on them is prompting election clerks in Florida to correct the record ahead of next weekโs state primary.
Stock market today: Wall Street leaps, and S&P 500 rallies 1.6% as US shoppers drive the economy
Wall Street rallied close to its record heights after data showed the U.S. economy is holding up better than expected.
Stock market today: Wall Street ticks higher after inflation data clears the way for cuts to rates
Wall Street ticked higher after the latest update on inflation came in almost exactly as economists expected.
Nebraska is the latest state to add abortion to November ballots. What would the measures do?
Voters in at least nine states will decide in November whether they want to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitutions.
A proposed amendment lacks 1 word that could drive voter turnout: โabortionโ
A proposed amendment to New York's constitution meant to protect abortion access is a crucial part of Democrats' plans to drive voter turnout in the state this fall and potentially flip vital congressional districts.
Spending at small businesses rose in July as consumers spend more on general merchandise
Consumers spent more at small businesses in July, a rebound fueled by strong sales of general merchandise and health and personal care products.
Jordan Chiles medal inquiry: USA Gymnastics says arbitration panel won't reconsider decision
USA Gymnastics officials say an arbitration panel wonโt reconsider a decision asking gymnast Jordan Chiles to return the bronze medal she was awarded in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics.
Why Trump's and Harris' proposals to end federal taxes on tips would be difficult to enact
If nothing else, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris agree on one thing, at least: Both say they want to eliminate federal taxes on workersโ tips.
Former Cornell student gets 21 months in prison for posting violent threats to Jewish students
A former Cornell University student arrested for posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus last fall after the start of the war in Gaza has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.
MTV Video Music Awards move back a day because of US presidential debate and will air on Sept. 11
The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards have moved to a new date because of the forthcoming U.S. presidential debate.