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Kim Kardashian will testify in a trial over a 2016 robbery that targeted her in Paris
PARIS — Kim Kardashian will testify in person at an upcoming trial over a 2016 heist in Paris in which armed robbers allegedly tied her up and locked her in a bathroom while they stole millions of dollars’ worth of jewelry, her lawyer said Tuesday. Ten suspects accused of armed...
Wall Street drifts in a rare quiet day following weeks of tariff turmoil
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are drifting Tuesday in a rare quiet day for financial markets worldwide, for now at least. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% in early trading, though it’s been prone to huge swings not just day to day but also hour to hour. It’s regularly careened...
The great Easter basket question — to Peep or not Peep
BETHLEHEM — Love them or hate them, those marshmallow Peeps that come in blindingly bright colors and an array of flavors are inescapable around the Easter holiday. Millions are made daily in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, by Just Born Quality Confections, a family-owned candy manufacturer that also churns out Hot Tamales, Mike...
Israeli airstrike hits hospital entrance in Gaza, killing medic and wounding 9
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike hit the northern gate of a field hospital in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing a medic and wounding nine other people, a spokesman for the hospital said. The strike hit the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in the Muwasi area, where hundreds of...
As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital emergency rooms are underprepared
AURORA, Ill. — At her mother’s home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he’s smiling in front of a bucket of sweating beers and wearing a blue T-shirt that reads, “Pops. The man. The myth. The legend.” Balhan’s father died last...
Millions tune in for 24-hour live coverage of Sweden’s epic moose migration
Before Swedish slow TV hit “The Great Moose Migration” began airing Tuesday, Ulla Malmgren stocked up on coffee and prepared meals so she doesn’t miss a moment of the 20-day, 24-hour event. “Sleep? Forget it. I don’t sleep,” she said. Malmgren, 62, isn’t alone. The show, called ” Den stora...
Xi makes a case for free trade, presenting China as a source of ‘stability and certainty’
BANGKOK — China’s Xi is making the case for free trade as he tours Southeast Asia this week, presenting China as a source of “stability and certainty.” On Monday, he was welcomed to Hanoi with pomp and ceremony by Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong. He arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital,...
Iranian supreme leader expresses endorsement of talks with U.S.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader said Tuesday that the first round of talks with the United States went “well,” in his first public comment on the negotiations, state television reported. The comments by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while couched, represented his endorsement of the talks so...
Japan’s chief trade negotiator to visit Washington for tariff talks this week
TOKYO — Japan’s chief trade negotiator will visit the United States this week for talks aimed at convincing U.S. President Donald Trump to remove tariff measures against the East Asian country, officials said Tuesday. Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa will be in Washington from Wednesday to Friday for talks with...
Officials work to uncover the motive for fire set at Pa. governor’s residence
HARRISBURG — Investigators worked Tuesday to uncover the motive behind an arson fire over the weekend at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mansion, the latest act of political violence in the U.S. They dug into Cody Balmer’s background after, authorities say, he scaled an iron security fence in the middle of...
South Korea to boost support of semiconductor industry in the face of Trump’s tariffs
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Tuesday it will expand its financial support package for its crucial semiconductor industry to about $23 billion in part of efforts to address uncertainties posed by the Trump administration’s tariff hikes. The package represents roughly a 26% increase from the nearly $18 billion...
Biden warns that Trump administration ‘taking hatchet’ to Social Security
CHICAGO — Former President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has “taken a hatchet” to Social Security, weighing in on a critical issue for millions of Americans as the 82-year-old Democrat briefly returned to the national stage. Biden, who has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the...
Jury begins in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial, a year after court overturned landmark #MeToo verdict
NEW YORK — The last time a New York City jury sat in judgment of Harvey Weinstein, the ex-movie studio boss was convicted of rape and sentenced to 23 years in prison. Five years later, that landmark #MeToo verdict is gone — wiped away on appeal — and Weinstein is...
Former NFL tight end Don Hasselbeck dies at age 70
Former NFL tight end Don Hasselbeck, who won a Super Bowl in his nine-year career and was the father of two NFL quarterbacks, died Monday. He was 70. Hasselbeck’s son, Matt, said his father died after going into cardiac arrest at his home. “He was a great husband, father, grandfather,...
Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event
Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from the Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename...
JD Vance fumbles Ohio State’s NCAA football championship trophy as Buckeyes visit the White HouseVideo
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance ended the Ohio State football team’s visit to the White House on Monday by fumbling the team’s national championship trophy. After laudatory speeches by President Donald Trump, Buckeye coach Ryan Day and Vance on the South Lawn, the vice president — an Ohio State...
Sharks’ Logan Couture expected to announce end of career because of an injury
SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks captain Logan Couture is expected to announce he will end his playing career because of a debilitating injury that has sidelined him for more than 15 months. The Sharks announced Monday that Couture and general manager Mike Grier will hold a news conference...
White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for U.N., NATO and other groups
WASHINGTON — The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has proposed gutting the State Department’s budget by almost 50%, closing a number of overseas diplomatic missions, slashing the number of diplomatic staff, and eliminating funding for nearly all international organizations, including the United Nations, many of its agencies and...
College baseball notebook: 30-4 Mountaineers build nation’s best record with rebuilt pitching staff
West Virginia has the best overall and road records in Division I baseball, and the Big 12-leading Mountaineers are doing it with a first-year coach and a No. 1 pitcher who spent his first four seasons at a Division II school in Illinois. The Mountaineers have won 10 straight and...
Projected top picks Cam Ward, Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter will attend NFL DraftVideo
NEW YORK — Top prospects Cam Ward, Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter will attend next week’s NFL Draft in person. The league announced Monday that 17 players have been confirmed to attend the draft in Green Bay, Wis. The draft will be held from April 24-26, with Ward, Hunter and...
Play-in time as NBA postseason begins with Magic-Hawks, Warriors-GrizzliesVideo
Steve Kerr, the basketball fan, raves about the play-in tournament and the drama it creates down the stretch of the NBA’s regular season and leading into the official start of the playoffs. Kerr, the basketball coach, doesn’t like it so much. “I haven’t loved it because we’ve been on the...
Paige Bueckers is No. 1 pick in WNBA Draft, going to Dallas Wings
NEW YORK — Paige Bueckers is headed to Dallas as the first pick Monday night in the WNBA Draft. The versatile UConn star is the latest Huskies standout to go No. 1, joining former greats Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart. “Dallas I’m so excited, a new...
Trump criticizes Iran for ‘tapping us along’ with second round of nuclear talks set for Saturday
ROME — President Donald Trump complained Monday about the pace of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran as the two countries start a new round of pivotal negotiations. “I think they’re tapping us along,” he said in the Oval Office during a meeting with El Salvador’s president. The...
Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89
LIMA, Peru — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday. He was 89. He was a prolific author and essayist with such celebrated novels as “The Time of the Hero” (La Ciudad y los Perros) and “Feast of the Goat,”...
Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events, seen as a major blow to rights
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s parliament Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government. The amendment, which required a two-thirds vote, passed along party lines...
