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G7 leaders try to salvage their summit after Trump’s early exit
KANANASKIS, Alberta — Six of the Group of Seven leaders are trying on the final day of their summit Tuesday to show the wealthy nations’ club still has the clout to shape world events despite the early departure of U.S. President Donald Trump. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his...
‘Purgatory’: Fed officials left in limbo as tariffs complicate this week’s rate decision
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy is mostly in good shape but that isn’t saving Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell from a spell of angst. As the Fed considers its next moves during a two-day meeting this week, most economic data looks solid: Inflation has been steadily fading, while the unemployment...
Trump says U.S. knows where Iran’s Khamenei is hiding and urges Iran’s unconditional surrender
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. knows where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding during the Israel-Iran conflict but doesn’t want him killed “for now.” Trump urged, in a social media posting, Iran’s “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” as the five-day conflict continues to escalate. “We know exactly...
Israel’s strikes against Tehran broaden as Trump issues ominous warning
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel appeared to be expanding its air campaign against Tehran five days after its surprise attack on Iran’s military and nuclear program, as U.S. President Donald Trump posted an ominous message warning residents of the capital to evacuate. “IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON,”...
At least 51 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid trucks in Gaza, health officials say
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — At least 51 Palestinians were killed and more than 200 wounded in the Gaza Strip while waiting for U.N. and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry and a local hospital. Palestinian witnesses told The Associated Press...
New Jersey can have grand jury investigate clergy sex abuse allegations, state high court rules
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey can have a grand jury examine allegations of clergy sexually abusing children, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Monday, after a Catholic diocese that had tried for years to block such proceedings recently reversed course. The Diocese of Camden previously had argued that a court rule...
Jury finds MyPillow founder defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company
DENVER — A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation’s most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company after the 2020 presidential election. The employee, Eric Coomer, was awarded $2.3 million in damages. He...
Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he’s never seen such discrimination in 40 years
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Monday it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants, adding that the cuts raise serious questions about racial discrimination. U.S. District Judge William Young in Massachusetts said the administration’s process was “arbitrary and capricious” and that it did not...
Officers who cover their faces could be charged with a misdemeanor under California proposal
SAN FRANCISCO — Local, state, and federal law enforcement officers who cover their faces while conducting official business could face a misdemeanor charge in California under a new proposal announced Monday. The bill would require all law enforcement officials show their faces and be identifiable by their uniform, which should...
U.S. and U.K. announce trade deal, but steel imports still being negotiated
BANFF, Alberta — U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that they had signed a trade deal that will slash tariffs on U.K. auto and aerospace industry imports — but they are still discussing how to handle steel production. The pair spoke to reporters at...
Donald Trump is the 1st president in 116 years to not be invited to NAACP convention
The NAACP announced Monday the group will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina, the first time the prominent civil rights organization has opted to exclude a sitting president in its 116-year history. NAACP President Derrick Johnson announced the move at an...
‘Mother Nature at its worst:’ Death toll from flash floods climbs to 6 in West VirginiaVideo
WHEELING, W.Va. — The death toll from weekend flooding in West Virginia rose to six as residents tried to clean up with the threat of more rain on the way. At least two people remained missing in the state’s northern panhandle after torrential downpours Saturday night, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said...
Trump to depart the G7 early as conflict between Israel, Iran shows signs of intensifying
KANANASKIS, Alberta — President Donald Trump is abruptly leaving the Group of Seven summit, departing a day early Monday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies and the U.S. leader has declared that Tehran should be evacuated “immediately.” World leaders had gathered in Canada with the specific goal of...
Death toll from attack by gunmen in north-central Nigeria reaches 150, survivors say
DAKAR, Senegal — The death toll from an attack by gunmen over the weekend in north-central Nigeria has climbed to 150, survivors said Monday as the villagers were still digging through burned homes, counting their dead and looking for dozens of people still missing. Assailants stormed Benue state’s Yelewata community...
A look at the first artificial solar eclipses created by 2 European satellites
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, providing hours of on-demand totality for scientists. The European Space Agency released the eclipse pictures at the Paris Air Show on Monday. Launched late last year, the...
Suspect in shooting of Minnesota state lawmakers targeted 2 others that night, prosecutors say
MINNEAPOLIS — The man charged with killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another meticulously planned the shootings and intended to inflict more carnage against those on his hit list, driving to the homes of two other legislators on the night of the attacks, a federal prosecutor said Monday. But one...
What to know about the conflict between Israel and Iran
ATHENS, Greece — Israel’s blistering attack with warplanes and drones against Iran’s nuclear and military structure has sparked an open conflict between the two long-time foes that threatens to spiral into a wider, more dangerous regional war. Since Friday, Israeli strikes have killed more than 200 people in Iran, including...
Americans want Medicaid and food stamps funding maintained or increased, AP-NORC poll shows
WASHINGTON — As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and extend tax cuts, a new survey shows most U.S. adults don’t think the government is overspending on the programs the GOP has focused on cutting, like Medicaid and food stamps. Americans broadly support...
34 Palestinians killed in new shootings near food distribution centers, medics say
DEIR AL-B, Gaza Strip — At least 34 Palestinians were killed Monday in new shootings in areas of Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution centers in the south of the Gaza Strip, the local Health Ministry said. The toll was the deadliest yet in the near-daily shootings that have taken place...
Overwhelmed and understaffed, the Louvre shuts its doors — a warning sign for global overtourism
PARIS — The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday — not by war, not by terror, but by its own exhausted staff, who say the institution is crumbling from within. It was an almost unthinkable sight: the home to...
A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In...
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Austria for first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of his country
VIENNA — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Austria on Monday in his first trip to the European Union member country since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Austria is famously neutral — a stance it declared in 1955 after World War II — and Vienna has come under...
Infant among 3 people fatally shot at Utah carnival after argument and a teen is in custody
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Three people, including an 8-month-old infant, were fatally shot at a Utah carnival after two groups got into an argument, police said. Police officers working at WestFest at Centennial Park in West Valley City saw the two groups Sunday night. “As they approached to break...
Nuclear agency head warns of radiological and chemical contamination inside Iran’s main nuclear site
VIENNA — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that there is a possibility of both radiological and chemical contamination within Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz following Israeli strikes, although radiation levels outside the complex are presently normal. IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi said...
Israel strikes state-run Iranian TV during broadcast; Trump issues warning to Tehran
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel struck Iran’s state-run television station Monday during a live broadcast, forcing a reporter to run off camera following an explosion, after Iran fired a new wave of missiles at Israel that killed at least eight people. In other developments, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the...
