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NYC doctor pleads guilty to sexually abusing patients in hospital, his home
NEW YORK — A doctor pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing sedated patients at his New York City hospital and raping women who were unconscious at his home. Zhi Alan Cheng admitted to abusing seven women, including three female patients he was treating at New York-Presbyterian Queens hospital, the Queens...
2-time MVP Bryce Harper returns from wrist injury to give Phillies boost in NL East raceVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Phillies slugger Bryce Harper got to a point where the condition of his right wrist — bothered by inflammation that stuck him on the injured list — was pretty much as good as it gets. So it’s time to play. Harper returned from a nearly monthlong layoff with...
Rookie Paige Bueckers named WNBA All-Star starter; Nneka Ogwumike picked for 10th timeVideo
NEW YORK — Paige Bueckers will play in her first WNBA All-Star Game, and Nneka Ogwumike earned her 10th selection, the league announced Monday as it named the players who will join Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier as All-Star starters. Bueckers, who was the No. 1 overall draft pick by...
Netanyahu to head to Washington next Monday as Trump presses for ceasefire in Gaza
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House next Monday, according to two U.S. administration officials. The visit comes as the U.S. leader has begun stepping up his push on the Israeli government to broker a ceasefire and hostage agreement...
U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans of Philadelphia says he won’t run for reelection
HARRISBURG — U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans said Monday that he will not seek reelection to his Philadelphia seat, capping a career in public office that stretches back 45 years. Evans, a Democrat, said in a statement that he decided that “the time is right” to retire after his term is...
Carlos Alcaraz needs 5 Wimbledon sets to beat Fabio Fognini
LONDON — Carlos Alcaraz, locked in a five-set struggle at Centre Court, looked toward his coach Monday and shouted something about how Fabio Fognini — 38, retiring after this season, winless in 2025 — looked as if he could keep playing until he’s 50. “I don’t know why it’s his...
Judges consider whether Trump can use wartime act against Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua
Immigration and administration lawyers on Monday battled over whether President Donald Trump can use an 18th century wartime act against a Venezuelan gang in a case that is likely to ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. The attorneys sparred before a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court...
U.S. stocks push further into record heights
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market added to its record on Monday as Wall Street closed out a second straight winning month. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% in its first trading after completing a stunning recovery from its springtime sell-off of roughly 20%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added...
Man lured Idaho firefighters to a mountain with a fire then shot and killed 2, officials sayVideo
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — As a wildfire began to sow panic in a small northern Idaho mountain community, a group of firefighters who rushed to put out the blaze instead found themselves in an unexpected shootout. A man who had intentionally set the fire to ambush the crew on Sunday...
More than 300 charged in $14.6 billion health care fraud schemes takedown, Justice Department says
WASHINGTON — State and federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 people and uncovered nearly $15 billion in false claims in what they described Monday as the largest coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes in Justice Department history. Law enforcement seized more than $245 million in cash, luxury vehicles,...
Senate GOP tax bill could crush wind and solar power, advocates say
WASHINGTON — Clean energy advocates were already bracing for a Republican-led bill that would phase out tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable energy as President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers moved to dismantle the 2022 climate law passed by Democrats under former President Joe Biden. But a proposal...
Disney cruise ship rescue team saves girl and father after overboard fallVideo
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Crew members from a Disney cruise ship saved a girl who fell overboard and her father who jumped in after her. The Disney Dream rescue team pulled the girl and her father into a small boat on Sunday as the cruise ship was returning to Fort...
6 killed in a crash of a small plane in near Youngstown
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Six people were killed when a small plane crashed minutes after taking off from an Ohio airport, officials said. The Cessna 441 with six people on board crashed near Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport on Sunday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Agency records show it was registered...
A week into the fragile Israel-Iran peace agreement, here’s what we still don’t know
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — It’s been a week since the United States pressed Israel and Iran into a truce, ending a bloody, 12-day conflict that had set the Middle East and globe on edge. The fragile peace, brokered by the U.S. the day after it dropped 30,000-pound “bunker-busting” bombs...
Is EA Sports reviving its college basketball video game franchise?
EA Sports sent a cryptic tweet on Monday that hints at the revival of its college basketball video game franchise. Although not as popular as its college football franchise that was revived last year, EA was among the industry’s leaders in basketball gaming in the early 2000s. Its NCAA Basketball...
Who’s calling? A reporter, and it’s often President Donald Trump answering
For reporters, it’s hardly unusual to call sources on the phone to learn details or get quotes that will enliven their stories. Sometimes people will talk, sometimes they won’t. But the president of the United States? In an almost unfathomable level of access, reporters who call President Donald Trump on...
Jury begins deliberating in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK — Jurors started deliberating Monday at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial, weighing charges that could put the hip-hop mogul in prison for life. After more than two hours of legal instructions from federal Judge Arun Subramanian, the jury of eight men and four women headed behind...
Survivor of Israel’s attack on Iran’s Evin prison describes a ‘slow death’ after 12-day war
BEIRUT — Sayeh Seydal, a jailed Iranian dissident, narrowly escaped death when Israeli missiles struck Tehran’s Evin Prison, where she was held. She had just stepped out of the prison’s clinic moments before it was destroyed. The June 23 strikes on Iran’s most notorious prison for political dissidents killed at...
Trump administration finds Harvard failed to protect Jewish students, threatens to cut all funding
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration intensified its battle with Harvard University, formally finding the school tolerated antisemitism — a step that could jeopardize all of Harvard’s federal funding, including federal student aid. In a letter sent to Harvard on Monday, a federal task force said its investigation had found...
Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia set to join WNBA as expansion franchises starting in 2028
NEW YORK — The WNBA is expanding to 18 teams over the next five years, with Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia all set to join the league by 2030. Cleveland will begin play in 2028, Detroit in 2029 and Philadelphia the season after, assuming they get approval from the NBA and...
22 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israeli forces fire on crowds at food aid sites, medics say
CAIRO — Israeli forces killed at least 22 people and wounded 20 others, many while attempting to get desperately needed food aid in southern Gaza on Monday, according to witnesses, hospitals, and Gaza’s Health Ministry. Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said it received the bodies of 11 people who were...
Germany to help Ukraine make more weapons faster to strengthen its hand in peace talks with Russia
KYIV, Ukraine — Germany aims to help Ukraine manufacture more weapons more quickly as Kyiv looks to strengthen its negotiating position in peace talks with Russia about ending their more than three-year war, the top German diplomat said Monday. “We see our task as helping Ukraine so that it can...
National pride is declining in America. And it’s splitting by party lines, new Gallup polling shows
WASHINGTON — Only 36% of Democrats say they’re “extremely” or “very” proud to be American, according to a new Gallup poll, reflecting a dramatic decline in national pride that’s also clear among young people. The findings are a stark illustration of how many — but not all — Americans have...
Senate Republicans are in a sprint on Trump’s big bill after a weekend of setbacks
WASHINGTON — After a weekend of setbacks, the Senate will try to sprint ahead Monday on President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts despite a series of challenges, including the sudden announcement from one GOP senator that he won’t run for reelection after opposing the package...
U.K. police probe Bob Vylan’s festival chants against Israeli military, as U.S. revokes band’s visas
LONDON — British police launched a criminal investigation Monday into a televised performance at the Glastonbury Festival by rap punk duo Bob Vylan, who drew intense criticism after they led crowds of music fans in chanting “death” to the Israeli military. Meanwhile. the U.S. State Department said it has revoked...
