By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers paused their spending in June from May, defying economic forecasts for a pullback and proving their resilience in the face of an uncertain economy Retail sales were unchanged in June from May, after being revised upward to a ...

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man whose 750-pound alligator was seized is suing the state Department of Environmental Conservation in an effort to get him back, saying the agency was wrong not to renew a license for the pet he looked after ...

By LISA MASCARO and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A contingent of House Democrats is wary of swiftly nominating President Joe Biden as the party's pick for reelection, circulating a letter Tuesday raising "serious concerns" about plans for a virtual roll call as soon ...

By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The president of Florida's only public historically Black university is resigning amid backlash over the school's apparent failure to properly vet a multi-million dollar donation from a dubious donor. Larry ...

Royal and Ancient Golf Club BRITISH OPEN Site: Troon, Scotland. Course: Royal Troon GC. Yardage: 7,385. Par: 71. Prize money: $17 million. Winner's share: $3.1 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 1:30-4 a.m. (Peacock); 4 a.m. to 3 p.m. (USA Network); 3-4:15 p.m. (Peacock); ...

Few people ultimately opted out of the $600 million class action settlement Norfolk Southern offered to people affected by last year's disastrous East Palestine train derailment despite the questions residents raised about the deal, lawyers said. The plaintiffs' attorneys said only 22 of the ...

Thousands of Philadelphia city employees are back in their offices full time after a judge rejected a union's request to block Mayor Cherelle Parker's requirement that they return. District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees had sued the city, ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, the father of the late Basketball Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, has died, his alma mater announced Tuesday. Bryant, who spent eight seasons in the NBA with three different franchises, was 69. The Philadelphia Inquirer, citing La Salle coach Fran ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Three hikers died over the weekend in suspected heat-related cases at state and national parks in Utah, including a father and daughter who got lost on a strenuous hike in Canyonlands National Park in triple-digit temperatures. The daughter, 23, and her father, 52, ...

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — The bystander killed when a sniper opened fire at a rally for former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania was a beloved family man and girl dad who served his community with "quiet resilience," his loved ones said Monday. Corey D. Comperatore, 50, of Sarver, raised two ...

By BILL BARROW, STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican National Convention resumes Tuesday, when the focus shifts to immigration, an issue central to former President Donald Trump's political brand that helped endear him to the GOP base when he ...

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Three hikers died over the weekend in suspected heat-related cases at state and national parks in Utah, including a father and daughter who got lost on a strenuous hike in Canyonlands National Park in triple-digit ...

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican National Convention heads into its second day Tuesday in Milwaukee — now with Donald Trump officially as its presidential nominee. Trump energized the crowd Monday night by entering the arena with a bandage on his right ...

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At the heart of JD Vance's swift journey from venture capitalist to vice presidential candidate is a memoir he first thought of in law school, "Hillbilly Elegy." Vance's bestseller about his roots in rural Kentucky and blue-collar ...

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida dismissed the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump on Monday, siding with defense lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed by the Justice ...

By SEUNG MIN KIM, AAMER MADHANI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told NBC News in an interview Monday that it was a "mistake" to say he wanted to put a "bull's-eye" on Republican nominee Donald Trump, but argued that the rhetoric from his ...

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Several commercial fishermen in New England have been sentenced in a fraud scheme that centered on a critically important species of bait fish and that prosecutors described as complex and wide-ranging. The fishermen were ...

By MARK SCOLFORO, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Signs of trouble were evident in the minutes before shots rang out at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania: Police had a report of a suspicious man pacing near the magnetometers and were apparently ...

By JIM VERTUNO and NADIA LATHAN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed within the next two days, the city's main utility company said Monday as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy ...

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California became the first U.S. state to bar school districts from requiring staff to notify parents of their child's gender identification change under a law signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law ...