News - Friday, August 29, 2025

Dr. Ray Tabibiazar stands at Ross’s Landing watching a riverboat glide along the Tennessee River. When its horn cuts through the air, people nearby lift their hands to wave in response. He watches the simple gesture – strangers greeting strangers – and, in an instant, his mind travels 7,000 miles away and 40 years into the past.

Walking into Bunny Hive, it’s not the toys, the climbing blocks or even the soft color palette that stands out. It’s the calm.

There’s no overly stimulating noise or neon chaos. Instead, there’s a scent of bamboo in the air, children laughing on a plush mat and parents actually relaxing. This is a place where toddlers tumble and babies shake tambourines – but it’s also a place where moms and dads exhale.

When it comes to helping veterans and active-duty service members become homeowners, few programs are as impactful as the VA Home Loan Guaranty. Backed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, this benefit is designed to remove common barriers to homeownership and provide well-earned financial flexibility. In a recent Consumer Guide from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), veterans and their families can explore how VA loans work, who qualifies and how a Realtor can support them every step of the way.

The city of East Ridge has installed a new Driver Services Self-Service Kiosk at City Hall, offering residents a quicker and more convenient way to complete many driver’s license and identification transactions.

Located in the City Hall lobby at 1517 Tombras Avenue, the kiosk is available Monday through Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The Chattanooga Market will serve up a feast this Labor Day weekend as the annual Fall Food Truck Rally rolls into First Horizon Pavilion. Featuring more than three dozen food trucks, live music and local brews, the event is expected to draw thousands of visitors. Festivalgoers can expect everything from tacos, Thai and Cajun favorites to burgers, paninis, doughnuts, empanadas and more. Returning favorites include Mimi and Papa’s Crepes, which offers sweet and savory options; Johnny Popper’s, known for its crowd-pleasing burgers; and Chef Chasty Seafood and More, helmed by recent FiveStar Food Fight winner chef Chasty Lane. Adventurous eaters can try new arrivals like Wei To Go, a Chinese food truck, while vegan visitors can enjoy dishes from the Chubby Vegan. Dessert lovers will find plenty to savor, too, including treats from Wally’s Fro-Yo, which serves a variety of frozen yogurts – including sugar-free and dairy-free options. The festival will also feature live performances by singer-songwriter Katie Cosentino, who will take the Lodge Cast Iron Sizzle Stage for two sets starting at 12:30 p.m. Local breweries will also be on hand. The Chattanooga Market opens at 11 a.m.

HHM Wealth Advisors has announced the promotion of Josh Cropp to chief investment officer, a role in which he will lead the firm’s investment strategy, chair the investment committee and oversee portfolio construction and trading.

Cropp, who joined HHM Wealth in 2017, brings more than a decade of experience in the wealth management industry. Over the years, he has spearheaded initiatives in manager due diligence, asset allocation policy and market research.

Welcome back to Flick Picks, your twice-monthly movie fix.

This time around, I’m taking a quick spin through three very different films: the action sequel “Nobody 2,” the supernatural family drama “Presence” and the emotional powerhouse “The Green Mile.” And don’t forget to check out the snack recipe at the end.

No matter what stage of your life you’re in – caring for children, working toward retirement or planning your legacy – unforeseen events like a job loss, a major illness or even a stock market drop could derail what you’re working so hard to achieve financially. 

Your morning started out all wrong. You couldn’t find your favorite kind of toothbrush, so you had to buy an alternate-brand replacement and it just threw off the rest of your day. Kind of odd, isn’t it, how such a little thing matters and how we rely on familiarity? 

Detectives with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) have recovered more than $200,000 in two separate fraud investigations, one involving a federal treasury scam and the other a monthslong online romance scam.

Treasury scam

On March 25, HCSO detectives launched an investigation after receiving a report of a $54,000 fraud. The victim said they had been contacted by someone posing as a U.S. Department of Treasury representative.

Follow these tips from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office to help keep you and your family safe from fraud.

Pause before acting

Scammers create a false sense of urgency – “act now,” “limited-time offer,” “your account will be locked.” Stop and think before responding, and talk with someone you trust.

The quarterback question consumed most of the offseason for the University of Tennessee football team. From surprising spring drama to an unexpected arrival, the attention was largely focused on who would be throwing the ball.

Veteran graduate transfer Joey Aguilar won the quarterback competition to replace Nico Iamaleava, who abruptly left UT during the spring and transferred to UCLA. In a bit of a QB swap, Aguilar left UCLA once Iamaleava arrived and headed to Knoxville.

Young drivers today are facing financial pressures their parents never imagined. Recent research shows that nearly half (41%) of Gen Z run out of money each month, with less than 25% considering themselves financially stable. About 29% have nothing left by month’s end, and 34% have less than $100 remaining. In addition, 20% juggle multiple jobs just to make ends meet.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has sued the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president's attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed's longstanding political independence.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" must keep moving toward shutting down operations by late October, a judge has ruled, even as the state and federal governments fight that decision.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department wants U.S. financial institutions to monitor for suspected Chinese money laundering networks handling funds that are used to fuel the flood of fentanyl across American communities.

An advisory Thursday to banks, brokers and others highlights how such operations are working with Mexican drug cartels.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, the base said Thursday, offering a clue of what an expanded law enforcement crackdown might look like in the nation's third-largest city.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation's largest immigration detention complex, it didn't turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy rebounded this spring from a first-quarter downturn due to fallout from President Donald Trump's trade wars.

In an upgrade from its first estimate in July, the Commerce Department said Thursday that U.S. gross domestic product — the nation's output of goods and services — expanded at a 3.3% annual pace from April through June after shrinking 0.5% in the first three months of 2025. The department had initially estimated second-quarter growth at 3%.

NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy posted a solid second quarter that exceeded Wall Street expectations, but that was overshadowed by an outlook that has grown cloudy due to massive tariffs the U.S. is imposing on imported goods.

Company shares slid more than 6% Thursday after the company stuck to 2025 guidance it had issued earlier this year despite the big quarterly beat. The Richfield, Minnesota, company cited the potential impact of tariffs on its business and customers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from removing Michael Abramowitz as director of Voice of America, the government-run news outlet that the White House has targeted for deep staffing cuts.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, who was nominated to the bench by Republican President Ronald Reagan, ruled that Abramowitz cannot be removed from his position without the approval of the majority of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board.

NASHVILLE (AP) — A panel of Tennessee judges has ruled against two state restrictions on carrying guns, including in public recreational areas such as playgrounds and parks.

The case has been another test of the limits of a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has allowed gun rights advocates to take aim at more Second Amendment restrictions nationwide.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has sued the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president's attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed's longstanding political independence.

NEW YORK (AP) — Europeans angry at Elon Musk still aren't buying his cars months after the billionaire predicted a "major rebound" in Tesla sales, data released Thursday shows.

Tesla sales plunged 40% in July in the 27 European Union countries compared with the year earlier even as sales overall of electric vehicle soared, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association. Meanwhile sales of Chinese rival BYD continued to climb fast, grabbing 1.1% market share of all car sales in the month versus Tesla's 0.7%.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will stop providing a print edition at the end of the year and go completely digital, marking a dramatic change for a storied newspaper that was founded just a few years after the end of the Civil War.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton lead a protest march Thursday through Manhattan's Financial District to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration's campaign to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

The New York civil rights leader was joined by clergy, labor and community leaders in a demonstration dubbed the "March on Wall Street" that was timed with the anniversary of the Civil Rights-era March on Washington in 1963.

NEW YORK (AP) — When the White House fired Susan Monarez as director of the premier U.S. public health agency, it was clear to two of the scientific leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the political meddling would not end and it was time to quit.

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans are banking their rebuild around quarterback Cam Ward, and the No. 1 overall draft pick is showing quick results at least inside the locker room.

Ward is one of seven Titans voted as team captains for this season, and coach Brian Callahan said the vote was pretty close to unanimous for Ward.

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Tennessee wants to make sure Rick Barnes stays with the Volunteers as long as he wants to coach the men's basketball team.

Athletic director Danny White announced Thursday that Barnes has signed essentially a lifetime contract with Tennessee.

MEMPHIS (AP) — A judge ordered a new trial Thursday for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, after defense lawyers argued that another judge who presided over their trial was biased in his belief that at least one of the men was in a gang.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man captured on camera hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in D.C. has been charged with a misdemeanor offense after prosecutors failed to convince a grand jury to return a more serious felony indictment, according to court papers filed Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected Saudi Arabia's latest effort to dismiss civil claims that it supported the 9/11 hijackers.

Judge George B. Daniels said in a written opinion that his decision pertained to jurisdiction rather than the merits of the claims against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

NEW YORK (AP) — The CDC is in chaos and some groups are starting to step in and take over work the agency was doing.

The moves come in response to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s extensive — and some say illegal — restructuring and downsizing of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

TORONTO (AP) — At 77 years old, Geoffrey Hinton has a new calling in life. Like a modern-day prophet, the Nobel Prize winner is raising alarms about the dangers of uncontrolled and unregulated artificial intelligence.

NEW YORK (AP) — Low-value imports lost their duty-free status in the United States on Friday as part of President Donald Trump's agenda for making the nation less dependent on foreign goods and resetting global trade with tariffs.

An executive order eliminated a widely used customs exemption for international shipments worth $800 or less as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, nearly two years earlier than the deadline set in the tax cuts and spending bill approved by Congress.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge mostly held steady last month despite President Donald Trump's broad-based tariffs, but a measure of underlying inflation increased.

Prices rose 2.6% in July compared with a year ago, the Commerce Department said Friday, the same annual increase as in June. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, prices rose 2.9% from a year earlier, up from 2.8% in the previous month and the highest since February.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's government has banned the export of raw shea nuts, an essential raw material in many cosmetic products, in a bid to grow the country into a global supplier of refined shea butter and other skincare ingredients.

The immediate ban on the crop will be in place for six months and then reviewed, Vice President Kashim Shettima said.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain more seats in the 2026 midterm elections, delivering a win for President Donald Trump and his desire to hold onto a slim GOP majority in the U.S. House.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has told House Speaker Mike Johnson that he won't be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch.

Trump, who sent a letter to Johnson, R-La., on Thursday, is using what's known as a pocket rescission — when a president submits a request to Congress to not spend approved funds toward the end of the fiscal year, so that Congress cannot act on the request in the 45-day timeframe and the money goes unspent as a result. It's the first time in nearly 50 years a president has used one. The fiscal year draws to a close at the end of September.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, a senior White House official said on Friday.

Former vice presidents typically get federal government protection for six months after leaving office, while ex-presidents do so for life. But then-President Joe Biden quietly signed a directive that had extended protection for Harris beyond the traditional six months, according to another person familiar with the matter. The people insisted on anonymity to discuss a matter not made public.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration's plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the United States.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that maintained temporary protected status for Venezuelans while the case proceeded through court.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was killed at 35 by an officer in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Babbitt was a U.S. Air Force veteran from California who was shot dead wearing a Trump campaign flag wrapped around her shoulders while attempting to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker's Lobby inside the Capitol.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida could be on the hook for $218 million the state spent to convert a remote training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center dubbed " Alligator Alcatraz."

The center may soon be completely empty as a judge upheld her decision late Wednesday ordering operations to wind down indefinitely.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration plans to surge officers to Chicago for an immigration crackdown in its latest move to expand the federal law enforcement presence in major Democratic-run cities, according to two U.S. officials.

DETROIT (AP) — This could buy a lot of Labor Day weekend sunblock: Saturday's Powerball jackpot is estimated at $1 billion, the sixth-largest prize in the game's history.

Powerball, which costs $2 per ticket, is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The jackpot has been growing each week because no one has matched all six numbers since May 31.

More companies are recalling tens of thousands of packages of imported shrimp sold at Walmart, Kroger and other U.S. stores because they may contain radioactive contamination, according to federal notices.

AquaStar USA Corp. of Seattle is recalling more than 26,000 packages of refrigerated cocktail shrimp sold at Walmart stores in 27 states between July 31 and Aug. 16. The company is also recalling about 18,000 bags of Kroger-branded cooked, medium peeled, tail-off shrimp sold at stores in 17 states between July 24 and Aug. 11.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is planning to remove nearly 700 Guatemalan children who had come to the U.S. without their parents, according to a letter sent Friday by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon.

The removals would violate the Office of Refugee Resettlement's "child welfare mandate and this country's long-established obligation to these children," Wyden told Angie Salazar, acting director of the office within the Department of Health and Human Services that is responsible for migrant children who arrive in the U.S. alone.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of a number of Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization officials ahead of next month's annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, where the groups previously have been represented.

LEBANON (AP) — Josef Newgarden salvaged his miserable year by winning his first race of the season Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway — his home track — in the IndyCar finale.

He celebrated the recovery the exact same way he did after his two Indianapolis 500 victories — Newgarden climbed through a hole in the fence and entered the grandstands, where he triumphantly raised his arms in the air in front of a gaggle of friends and family.

LONDON (AP) — When pop groups and rock bands practice or perform, they rely on their guitars, keyboards and drumsticks to make music. Oliver McCann, a British AI music creator who goes by the stage name imoliver, fires up his chatbot.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball players will get another chance Monday at a jackpot estimated at over $1 billion, after no one won the big prize Saturday night.

No one has matched all six numbers since May 31, allowing the jackpot to swell to $1.1 billion, which would be the fifth-largest prize in the game's history. Payments would be spread over 30 years, or a winner could choose an immediate lump sum of an estimated $498.4 million, again before taxes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has plastered tariffs on products from almost every country on earth. He's targeted specific imports including autos, steel and aluminum.

But he isn't done yet.

Trump has promised to impose hefty import taxes on pharmaceuticals, a category of products he's largely spared in his trade war. For decades, in fact, imported medicine has mostly been allowed to enter the United States duty free.

Heather Colley and her two children moved four times over five years as they fled high rents in eastern Tennessee, which, like much of rural America, hasn't been spared from soaring housing costs.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For a few hopeful weeks this summer, a bright billboard on the major highway linking Toronto to New York greeted Canadian drivers with a simple message: "Buffalo Loves Canada."

The marketing campaign, which included a $500 gift card giveaway, was meant to show Buffalo's northern neighbors they were welcome, wanted and missed.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said that the Trump administration will soon expand immigration operations in Chicago, confirming plans for a stepped up presence of federal agents in the nation's third-largest city as President Donald Trump continues to lash out at Illinois' Democratic leadership.

It's tomato season and Lidia is harvesting on farms in California's Central Valley.

She is also anxious. Attention from U.S. Immigration Control and Enforcement could upend her life more than 23 years after she illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border as a teenager.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's attempt to fire a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board has raised alarms among economists and legal experts who see it as the biggest threat to the central bank's independence in decades.

The consequences could impact most Americans' everyday lives: Economists worry that if Trump gets what he wants — a loyal Fed that sharply cuts short-term interest rates — the result would likely be higher inflation and, over time, higher borrowing costs for things like mortgages, car loans and business loans.

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday appointed economist and former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik as his chief economic adviser. It's part of a staff shakeup aimed at strengthening the government's response to a sluggish economy and a heated political debate over immigration.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first term, Donald Trump's favorite president, other than himself, was Andrew Jackson, the hatchet-faced, self-made populist who relished turning Washington upside down.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 22-year-old philosophy student from China did not expect any problems after his 29-hour flight arrived at a Texas airport this month as he was on his way to study at the University of Houston.

His paperwork was in order. He was going to study humanities — not a tech field that might raise suspicions. He had a full scholarship from the U.S. school and had previously spent a semester at Cornell University for an exchange program with no issues.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Eric McWilliams doesn't approve of Donald Trump sending National Guard troops to cities like Washington, D.C. And he's certainly not supportive of most of the president's policies.

But the 63-year old retired handyman and U.S. Navy veteran does praise Trump for one thing. "When it comes to crime," he said, "He's alright. He's doing pretty good. How he's doing it is another matter."

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans knew if they drafted a quarterback with the No. 1 pick overall that they would have to improve the offensive line.

The time has arrived that they start finding out just how well the renovation turned out.

NASHVILLE (AP) — Vanderbilt coach Shea Ralph announced Monday that guard Madison Greene will miss the upcoming season due to an injury suffered during practice last week.

"Madison is in great hands with our medical team, and we will fully support her through the recovery process and her return to the court," Ralph said in a statement.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to Southern California during immigration enforcement operations and accompanying protests, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco did not require the several hundred remaining troops to be withdrawn and set his order to go into effect Sept. 12.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot rose to an estimated $1.3 billion Monday night after the winning numbers failed to appear.

The numbers drawn were 8, 23, 25, 40, 53 with the Powerball 5.

No one has matched all six numbers since May 31, allowing the jackpot to swell to $1.3 billion, which would be the fifth-largest prize in the game's history if there is a winner in the drawing Wednesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Wintour ended weeks of fashion-world speculation Tuesday when she named Chloe Malle her successor as head of editorial content at Vogue — but the most powerful person in the business isn't going anywhere.

Wintour, 75, remains chief content officer for Condé Nast and global editorial director of American Vogue and its 28 other editions around the globe. Malle may be stepping into Wintour's low-heeled slingbacks, but she'll report to the original wearer while taking over day-to-day operations at the U.S. edition. And gone is the storied "editor-in-chief" title that Wintour held for nearly 40 years.

MIAMI (AP) — Cindy Eggleton has always believed in the power of a story.

But the CEO and co-founder of Brilliant Cities, a Detroit-based early childhood development nonprofit that supports learning in underserved communities, never expected someone to tell hers. And definitely not in a sleek documentary with a slick soundtrack and plenty of images of other Detroit institutions, such as General Motors, Diana Ross, and the historic Fox Theatre.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than 14,000 mainly Venezuelan migrants who hoped to reach the United States have reversed course and turned south since U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown began, according to a report published Friday by the governments of Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft Heinz is splitting into two a decade after a merger of the brands created one of the biggest food companies on the planet.

One of the companies, currently called Global Taste Elevation Co., will include shelf stable meals and include brands such as Heinz, Philadelphia cream cheese and Kraft Mac & Cheese, Kraft Heinz said Tuesday. The other, currently called North American Grocery Co., will include brands such as Oscar Mayer, Kraft Singles and Lunchables. The official names of the two companies will be released later.

TOKYO (AP) — Takeshi Niinami, chief executive of Japan's major beverage maker Suntory, resigned Tuesday to take responsibility for being under investigation for alleged possession of an illegal drug.

Suntory Holdings President Nobuhiro Torii, who is from the company's founding family, told reporters the company had accepted Niinami's resignation.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traveled to China by train Tuesday to attend a military parade with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, North Korea's state media reported. The event could potentially demonstrate three-way unity against the United States.

SHENYANG, China (AP) — Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese army veteran, remembers the troops on horseback and the handful of planes that marked the founding of communist China in 1949.

It was a far cry from the military might the country will display Wednesday in a parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. A Japanese invasion before and during the conflict devastated China and left millions of people dead.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case has withdrawn a subpoena to former FBI Director Robert Mueller, citing the state of his health.

Ohio State climbed to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll on Tuesday, LSU and Miami moved into the top five, and Florida State jumped back into the rankings at the expense of Alabama, which plummeted to its lowest spot in 17 seasons.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell acknowledged Tuesday that quarterback Billy Edwards Jr.'s knee injury likely will prevent him from playing Saturday against Middle Tennessee.

Edwards left the Badgers' season-opening 17-0 victory over Miami (Ohio) on Thursday in the second quarter, with San Diego State transfer Danny O'Neil filling in for him the rest of the way. Initial reports have indicated Edwards has a sprained knee that has left his status as week to week.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a major makeover of Google's search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly, but rebuffed the U.S. government's request to break up the company.

The 226-page decision made by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., will likely ripple across the technological landscape at a time when the industry is being reshaped by artificial intelligence breakthroughs — including conversational "answer engines" as companies like ChatGPT and Perplexity try to upend Google's long-held position as the internet's main gateway.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury has refused to indict an Indiana woman accused of threatening to kill President Donald Trump, another sign of a growing backlash against Trump's law enforcement crackdown in the nation's capital.

Nathalie Rose Jones was arrested on Aug. 16 in Washington, D.C., on charges that she made death threats against Trump on social media and during an interview with Secret Service agents.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Five men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge or explanation and with no access to legal counsel, their lawyers said Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration "willfully" violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area in early June after immigration raids prompted days of protests, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration was handed a win by a federal appeals court on Tuesday in its effort to freeze billions of dollars and terminate contracts for nonprofits to run a "green bank" aimed at financing climate-friendly projects.

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is ending a program that allows members of its Prime membership subscription program to share their free shipping benefits with people who don't have the same primary address.

In an update to the customer service section of its website, the online behemoth says it will eliminate the sharing on Oct. 1 and is encouraging users outside the household of the account holder to sign up for their own Prime subscription.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.

The military will begin sending groups of 150 attorneys — both military and civilians — to the Justice Department "as soon as practicable" and the military services should have the first round of people identified by next week, according to the memo, dated Aug. 27.

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has started requiring parents looking to reunite with their children who crossed into the U.S. alone to show up for interviews where immigration officers may question them, according to a policy memo obtained by The Associated Press.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado.

The long-expected decision from Trump caps a four-year tug of war between two states and opposing administrations about where to locate U.S. Space Command, an intense fight because the headquarters would be a significant boon to the local economy. Alabama and Colorado have long battled to claim Space Command, with elected officials from both states asserting their state is the better location.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to combat crime in Chicago and Baltimore, despite staunch opposition from state and local officials in both cities.

Asked by reporters in the Oval Office about sending National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump said, "We're going in," but added, "I didn't say when."

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz plans to call a special legislative session to consider tougher gun laws following a shooting last week at a Catholic school in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 21 people injured.

The Democrat told reporters Tuesday, after welcoming children back to a public school in the Minneapolis suburb of Eagan, that he'll be making calls to lawmakers and working on a plan over the next couple of days. Walz said he intends to propose a "very comprehensive" package that could include an assault-weapons ban.

NASHVILLE (AP) — Vanderbilt linebacker Langston Patterson and former Hawaii quarterback Brayden Schager are among 10 plaintiffs suing the NCAA over its redshirt rule that puts restrictions on the five years the athletes have to practice, play and graduate from college.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shake-up of Google's search engine in an attempt to curb the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the U.S. government's attempt to break up the company and impose other restraints.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Families of some of the 346 people killed in crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners held photos of their dead loved ones Wednesday outside a federal court in Texas, where a judge was hearing arguments on the U.S. government's motion to dismiss a felony conspiracy charge against the aerospace company in connection with the twin disasters.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang, blocking a signature administration push that is destined for a final showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal grand jurors in the nation's capital have refused to indict two people who were charged separately with threatening to kill President Donald Trump, more evidence of a growing backlash against Trump's law enforcement intervention in Washington, D.C.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An estimated $1.4 billion lottery jackpot will be up for grabs Wednesday night thanks to dozens of drawings without a big winner.

The massive Powerball prize is the sixth-largest U.S. lottery jackpot. It's a result of 40 consecutive drawings stretching over the summer without anyone matching all of the game's six numbers.

NEW YORK (AP) — C-SPAN said Wednesday that it had reached a deal to have its three channels air on YouTube TV and Hulu's live television feed, ending a dispute that had led to a revenue squeeze for the public affairs network in the cord-cutting era.

Early in Donald Trump's news conference Tuesday, Fox News' Peter Doocy asked a question that surely baffled people who avoided social media for Labor Day.

"How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead?" Doocy said to the president.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. will pay a $10 million fine to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging it allowed personal data to be collected on kids under 13, violating federal law.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Parliament's trade committee said Wednesday he has "doubts" about aspects of the EU's trade deal with the Trump administration and predicted the deal could be amended during the legislative approval process.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted 7.2 million job vacancies in July as the American labor market continues to cool.

The Labor Department reported Wednesday that job openings fell from 7.4 million in June and came in modestly below what economists had forecast. Healthcare and social assistance companies cut openings by 181,000 and retailers by 110,000.

NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's profit and sales slipped in the second quarter with the department store grappling with customers that have grown cautions about spending, as well as higher costs from President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Yet the New York retailer raised its outlook for the year after beating Wall Street expectations and it posted its best comparable store sales in three years. Those surprisingly strong sales underscore Macy's efforts to improve both the experience of its customers and the merchandise on shelves.

TOKYO (AP) — The former chief executive of Japanese beverage giant Suntory acknowledged he was investigated on suspicion of possessing an illegal drug but asserted his innocence despite resigning from his position.

"I have not broken the law. I believe I am innocent," Takeshi Niinami told reporters Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometimes it feels like barely an hour can go by without hearing from President Donald Trump. So when he didn't appear for one day, then two, then three, speculation started to swirl online about his health.

Not even a few glimpses of the president visiting his golf course over the weekend were enough to stanch the social media rumor mill fueled by political opponents. Trump was asked directly about it Tuesday at his first public event in a week.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Poland's new president, Karol Nawrocki, is set to visit the White House on Wednesday, looking to strengthen his relationship with President Donald Trump and make the case that the United States needs to maintain its robust military presence in his country.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela and was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang.

The president said in a social media posting that 11 people were killed in the rare U.S. military operation in the Americas, a dramatic escalation in the Republican administration's effort to stem the flow of narcotics from Latin America. Trump also posted a short video clip of a small vessel appearing to explode in flames.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, responding to mounting pressure in Congress to force more disclosure in the case.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a video circulating online that showed items being tossed out of an upstairs window of the White House was created with artificial intelligence, despite his press team seeming to confirm the veracity of it hours earlier.

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have done everything possible so that rookie quarterback Cam Ward is as ready as possible to start the season opener against the Denver Broncos.

Time's up Sunday.

"All that's left to do is to go do it and prove it, and I'm looking forward to that," coach Brian Callahan said of the No. 1 overall draft pick.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump will soon ask the Supreme Court to throw out a jury's finding in a civil lawsuit that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her, his lawyers said in a recent court filing.

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee officials said Wednesday they are appealing a recent court ruling that invalidated two state gun laws, saying that if the ruling is left unchallenged, it would appear to allow guns to be possessed by minors and people unfit to carry in public places.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of being in a Venezuelan gang. The decision blocking an administration priority is destined for a showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court.

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials have agreed to restore health- and science-related webpages and data under to a lawsuit settlement with doctors groups and other organizations who sued.

The settlement was announced this week by the lead plaintiffs in the case, the Washington State Medical Association.

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil giant ConocoPhillips is planning to lay off up to a quarter of its workforce, amounting to thousands of jobs, as part of broader efforts from the company to cut costs.

A spokesperson for ConocoPhillips confirmed the layoffs on Wednesday, noting that 20% to 25% of the company's employees and contractors would be impacted worldwide. ConocoPhillips currently has a global headcount of about 13,000 — meaning that the cuts would impact between 2,600 and 3,250 workers.

NEW YORK (AP) — The conservative news network Newsmax filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, saying Fox has sought to maintain its market dominance through intimidation and exclusionary business practices designed to stifle competition.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Golf caddies, blackjack dealers and house painters are among the jobs covered under the Trump administration's preliminary list of occupations not required to pay income tax on their tips under Republicans' new tax cuts and spending bill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse made their voices heard Wednesday on Capitol Hill, pressuring lawmakers to force the release of the sex trafficking investigation into the late financier and pushing back President Donald Trump's effort to dismiss the issue as a "hoax."

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime, potentially expanding the number of cities around the nation where he may send federal law enforcement.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and the United States on Wednesday agreed during U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to keep collaborating on cross-border security, including the trafficking of drugs, guns and fuel, but made clear it would be done from their respective sides of the border, respecting each other's sovereignty.