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California is 1st state to ban school rules requiring parents get notified of child’s pronoun change
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — 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 bans school rules requiring teachers and other staff to disclose a student’s gender identity...
Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago, and suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts. An Italian-led team reported Monday that there’s evidence for a sizable cave accessible from...
Georgia county says slave descendants can’t use referendum to challenge rezoning of island community
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Zoning changes by a Georgia county that some residents say threaten one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants can’t be challenged with a referendum, an attorney said Monday in a letter to the judge considering a petition by local voters. Though Georgia’s state...
T-shirts with image of Trump raising his fist after assassination attempt are for sale in China
BANGKOK — Images of the moment have already been splashed across the world’s front pages and papered many corners of the internet — former President Donald Trump, ear bleeding, with his right hand clenched in a fist above the Secret Service agents surrounding him after he was shot. And now...
Ruling keeps abortion question on ballot in South Dakota
A state court judge’s ruling Monday keeps an abortion-rights question on the November ballot in South Dakota. Judge John Pekas dismissed a lawsuit filed by an anti-abortion group, Life Defense Fund, that sought to have the question removed even though supporters turned in more than enough valid signatures to put...
Jury finishes 2nd day of deliberations without a verdict at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial
NEW YORK — A jury deliberating over 18 charges at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez in New York City asked the judge on Monday if unanimity is required to acquit “on a single count.” Hours later they recessed for the day without reaching a verdict. The jurors sent...
U.N. body that regulates the deep sea tackles proposed mining code amid growing concerns
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Tense deliberations over how and if to allow deep sea mining unfolded Monday in Jamaica as at least one company threatened to apply for permission before rules and regulations are in place. More than two dozen countries have called for a ban, pause or moratorium...
New York county’s latest trans athlete ban draws lawsuits from attorney general, civil rights group
MINEOLA, N.Y. — The New York attorney general and the New York Civil Liberties Union on Monday sued a county on Long Island over its latest move to ban transgender females from playing on women’s sports teams at county facilities. The separate lawsuits came on the same day Nassau County...
Biden orders Secret Service to protect RFK Jr. after attempt on Trump’s life
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has directed the U.S. Secret Service to protect independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the Homeland Security secretary said Monday. Kennedy is a longshot to win Electoral College votes, much less the presidency. But his campaign events...
Cheering GOP delegates nominate Trump for president as he announces Vance as running mate
MILWAUKEE — Cheering GOP delegates formally nominated Donald Trump for president at Monday’s Republican National Convention kickoff, less than two days after an assassination attempt on the former president and shortly after he announced Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate. Their vote makes it official that...
Wiz Khalifa arrested after smoking cannabis in Eastern European country
Wiz Khalifa was arrested in Romania on July 14 on illegal drug possession charges. The Pittsburgh rapper was found with “over 18 grams” of cannabis, according to the translated official press release from the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism in Romania. Cannabis is considered a “risk...
Podcast: TribLive photographer recounts Saturday’s Trump rally shooting
A gunman shot at former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening at the Butler Farm Show grounds, killing one spectator and injuring two others before being killed, according to the Secret Service. When Trump emerged from behind the podium, surrounded by Secret Service agents, blood could be seen on his...
What to watch as the Republican National Convention kicks off days after Trump assassination attempt
MILWAUKEE — The Republican National Convention starts Monday in Milwaukee, two days after Donald Trump was injured in an assassination attempt, with the violent scene at his campaign rally horrifying the country and amplifying already intense political divisions. Trump and his advisers are pledging resilience in the face of the...
Minutes after Trump shooting, misinformation started flying. Here are the facts
WASHINGTON — Within minutes of the gunfire, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump spawned a vast sea of claims — some outlandish, others contradictory — reflecting the frightening uncertainties of the moment as well as America’s fevered, polarized political climate. The cloudburst of speculation and conjecture as Americans...
2nd phase of NRA civil trial over nonprofit’s spending begins in NYC
NEW YORK — The second phase of the civil trial against the National Rifle Association and its top executives began Monday in Manhattan, with New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking an independent monitor to oversee the powerful gun rights group. The Democrat also is seeking to ban Wayne LaPierre,...
Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns with prosecutor’s appointment
WASHINGTON — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday, siding with defense lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. The decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen...
Suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels strikes a ship in the Red Sea
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the Red Sea on Monday, as a new U.S. aircraft carrier approached the region to provide security for the key international trade route that has been under assault since the Israel-Hamas war erupted nine...
Azerbaijan reopens its embassy in Iran as the countries try to ease tensions
TEHRAN, Iran — The embassy of Azerbaijan in Tehran resumed its work Monday after more than a year of negotiations between the two countries to ease tensions, Iran’s semi-official media outlets reported. A source in the Azeri embassy in Tehran told The Associated Press that the embassy has resumed its...
World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach, possibly shedding clues on species
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast expanse of the southern Pacific Ocean. However, scientists in New Zealand may have finally caught a...
Conspiracy theories spread wildly online after Trump shooting — including by members of Congress
Misinformation has spread widely in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. A whirlwind of conflicting conspiracy theories has blown across social media since the shooting Saturday by gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park. Right-wing social media users claimed baselessly that Biden and the...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demands answers as customers remain without power after Beryl
DALLAS — With around 350,000 homes and businesses still without power in the Houston area almost a week after Hurricane Beryl hit Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday said he’s demanding an investigation into the response of the utility that serves the area as well as answers about its preparations...
Trump to attend RNC event with security ramped up after shooting
Former President Donald Trump confirmed that he will be attending the Republican National Convention, hours after he was shot at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. “President Trump looks forward to joining you all in Milwaukee as we proceed with our convention to nominate him to serve as the 47th president...
Secret Service is investigating how a gunman who shot and injured Trump was able to get so close
WASHINGTON — Calls for an investigation into the U.S. Secret Service came from all sides Sunday in the wake an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump — a devastating failure of one of the agency’s core duties. The Secret Service is investigating how a gunman — identified by...
In prime-time address, Biden warns of election-year rhetoric, saying ‘it’s time to cool it down’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden warned Sunday of the the risks of political violence in the U.S. after Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, saying, “It’s time to cool it down.” In a prime-time national address from the Oval Office, Biden said political passions can run high but...
Photo gallery: Trump rally in Butler
A gunman shot at former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening, July 13, 2024, at the Butler Farm Show grounds, killing one spectator and critically injuring two others before being killed, according to the Secret Service. When Trump emerged from behind the podium, surrounded by Secret Service agents, blood could...
