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The Supreme Court tackled race, history and the law in fraught and reflective major rulings 07/02/2026 10:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court just wrapped up a term that yielded significant rulings in cases involving race and discrimination that could have lasting effects on U.S. politics and society. Justices were at times bitterly divided — and critical of one another — in rulings that winnowed DC's World Central Kitchen helps feed Venezuelans after earthquake 07/02/2026 10:03am • Hours after back-to-back earthquakes hit northern Venezuela, volunteers with World Central Kitchen, the nonprofit founded by chef José Andrés in D.C., mobilized to help distribute food to people who are in a desperate situation. As work continued to rescue trapped people, the nonprofit was busy Trump and Republicans return to communist attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterm elections 07/02/2026 09:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They're communists. In just the past week, Trump has issued dark warnings that members of the Democratic Party's ascendant left are communists wh Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 07/02/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Jul. corn rose by 1 cent at $4.22 a bushel. Jul. wheat was off 1.25 cents at $5.91 a bushel. Jul. oats fell by 2.75 cents at $2.69 a bushel. Jul. soybeans was unchanged at $11.26 a bushel. Beef wa Belarus convicts a journalist and sentences him to 3.5 years in prison 07/02/2026 09:42am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has convicted a journalist and sentenced him to 3 1/2 years in prison in the latest step against free speech in the country, the Belarusian Association of Journalists reported Thursday. Kiryl Pazniak, 49, who hosted a popular political show on YouTube, h Security guard rescued from a collapsed shopping mall eight days after earthquakes in Venezuela 07/02/2026 09:27am • CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela (AP) — Security guard rescued from a collapsed shopping mall eight days after earthquakes in Venezuela. By the numbers: More than 1 million immigrants apply to legalize their status in Spain 07/02/2026 09:16am • MADRID (AP) — More than 1 million immigrants in Spain sought to legalize their status after the Southern European nation launched an initiative earlier this year to integrate foreigners living and working in the country without authorization. The window to apply for the program, which was announce Real Madrid basketball team parts ways with former Spain coach Sergio Scariolo 07/02/2026 09:11am • MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid and Sergio Scariolo have mutually agreed to end the coach's tenure with the Spanish basketball club. Madrid made the announcement on Thursday and thanked Scariolo, who took over at the club last year after a stint with Spain's national team. He replaced Chus Mateo, who be Top EU court dismisses Google appeal of $4.5 billion antitrust fine 07/02/2026 09:09am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Judges at the European Union's top court dismissed an appeal by Google over a landmark, 4.1 billion euro ($4.5 billion) antitrust fine imposed for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system. The case has been tan Real Madrid decides not to join investment deal by Gasol in Spanish women's league 07/02/2026 09:02am • MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid is not participating in the agreement made by the Spanish women's soccer league with former NBA player Pau Gasol and other investors. The club said “this agreement does not align with the growth model of women’s football, which is based on sustainability, transparency U.S. filings for jobless aid fall to 215,000 as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels 07/02/2026 09:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for jobless aid inched down last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 27 fell by 1,000 to 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the Tottenham signs Fernandes for reported club-record $113M and Tonali could be next arrival 07/02/2026 08:46am • Tottenham signed Portugal midfielder Mateus Fernandes from West Ham for a reported club-record fee of 85 million pounds ($113 million) on Thursday and looked set to add Italian international Sandro Tonali in a huge recruitment drive. The 21-year-old Fernandes, who wasn't picked to play at the World More than 1 million immigrants apply to legalize their status in Spain, the government says 07/02/2026 08:38am • MADRID (AP) — More than 1 million immigrants apply to legalize their status in Spain, the government says. U.S. filings for jobless aid fell to 215,000 last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels 07/02/2026 08:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. filings for jobless aid fell to 215,000 last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels. America 250: More than 15 years later, a landmark cyberattack is still a cautionary tale 07/02/2026 08:28am • In the history of cyberattacks, one stands out above the rest. "Stuxnet was a digital weapon designed to sabotage Iran's nuclear program by targeting industrial control systems at its uranium enrichment plant, Natanz," journalist and Georgetown University professor Kim Zetter said in testimon