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This Best Buy store in Richfield, Minn., near the retailer's corporate headquarters, is getting remodeled as part of a pilot project in the Twin Cities and San Antonio, Texas. The new store, part of Best Buy's "connected store" concept, will be smaller and emphasize portable electronics, such as tablets and e-readers.

More and more consumers are buying electronics online instead of at Best Buy's sprawling showrooms. So the struggling electronics retailer is shifting strategy: closing some of its giant stores, opening smaller ones and cutting 400 jobs.

Signs That College Tuition Hikes May Ease a Bit

The double-digit tuition hikes of recent years have slowed, though tuition is still rising faster than the inflation rate in some places, according to the College Board. The group has released its new report on tuition increases at U.S. public and private universities.

Bush U.N. Speech to Focus on Middle East

President Bush addresses the United Nations General Assembly with a speech advocating the spread of democracy in the Middle East. But he's likely to face a skeptical audience that is critical of the U.S. policies in Iraq and Iran.

GOP Senators Break with President over Detaineess

Four Republican senators are at odds with the White House over proposed legislation on terrorism suspects. The White House does not like a version of the bill passed by the GOP-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee. The Bush administration's goal of signing a measure into law before mid-term elections now seems in doubt.

FDA Links Spinach E. Coli Risk to Calif. Company

The FDA says it has linked the E. coli outbreak from bagged, pre-washed spinach to Earthbound Farms of California, which has decided to voluntarily pull all of its spinach from store shelves. Its products are sold under various names, including Selection Foods, Rave Spinach, Dole, Earthbound Farm, Trader Joe's and Ready Pac.

Sen. Orrin Hatch's social media team offered many examples of "proof of life" on Monday night.

Orrin Hatch Would Like You To Know He's Still Alive

After Google search results erroneously said the Utah senator had died in 2017, Hatch's staff had fun on social media showing that their boss was alive and well.

"I do not cry for a perfect man," Sen. Lindsey Graham said in his farewell to McCain. "I cry for a man who had honor and always was willing to admit to his imperfection."

McCain Honored By Best Friend Graham In Emotional Senate Speech

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said that Sen. John McCain, who died on Saturday, was successful in spite of his political failures.

Investigators work the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y. on Monday.

Parts of the Buffalo shooter's alleged screed were copied from other sources

The 180-page document allegedly crafted by the Buffalo gunman included parts lifted from other sources, which experts say is common amongst mass shooters.

Walter Shaub Jr., director of the United States Office of Government Ethics.

White House To Provide Ethics Agency With Info On Waivers For Ex-Lobbyists

The tiny Office of Government Ethics, led by Walter Shaub Jr., has scored a victory in its effort to gather information about Trump administration employees who were previously lobbyists.

Foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles on Feb. 7, 2017.

Justice Department Sues California Over Impeding Immigration Enforcement

The new federal lawsuit against California escalates a long-running battle between the Trump administration and state officials on matters from immigration to climate change.

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