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Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport
WASHINGTON — The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans dead, according to the father of a Marine killed in the attack who was briefed Tuesday by military...
Tokyo company loses contact with moon lander in likely crash
A Japanese company lost contact with its spacecraft moments before touchdown on the moon Wednesday, saying the mission had failed. Communications ceased as the lander descended the final 33 feet (10 meters), traveling around 16 mph (25 kph). Flight controllers peered at their screens in Tokyo, expressionless, as the minutes...
Sen. Scott bill would fund armed officers in all U.S. schools
Money earmarked for thousands of new IRS employees would be transferred to a grant program allowing schools nationwide to hire armed law enforcement personnel under legislation outlined Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida. The School Guardian Act would take about $80 billion that Congress previously approved to expand...
U.S. consumer confidence falls for 3rd time in 4 months
Consumer confidence dipped again in April as anxiety over a slowing economy and possible recession weighed on American households. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 101.3 in April from 104 in March. It’s the third time in four months that overall U.S. consumer confidence...
Feds: Man tried to firebomb Ohio church to stop drag show
CLEVELAND — An eastern Ohio man told investigators that he tried to burn down an Ohio church because he wanted to prevent a drag show that was scheduled to take place there, federal prosecutors allege in newly unsealed charges. Aimenn Penny, a 20-year-old from Alliance who is a member of...
Trial opens in E. Jean Carroll’s rape lawsuit against Trump
NEW YORK — A nearly 30-year-old rape claim against Donald Trump went to trial Tuesday as jurors in the federal civil case heard a former advice columnist’s allegation of being attacked in a luxury department store dressing room. The former president says nothing happened between them. E. Jean Carroll will...
Coronation gives tourism boost, but U.K. economy still reeling
LONDON — Kelly Curto is taking her first trip outside the U.S., and the die-hard fan of the British royal family is making it the one at the top of her bucket list — heading to London for King Charles III’s coronation. After arriving on May 5, the 44-year-old school...
1 killed, 10 wounded as Russian forces hit Ukrainian museum
KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian missile hit a museum building in a Ukrainian city on Tuesday, killing one of its workers and wounding 10 other people, part of a relentless barrage that comes as Ukraine is readying its forces for an expected spring counteroffensive. Ukrainian officials said the Russian military...
Mexico finds 11,520 tequila bottles with liquid meth at port
MEXICO CITY — Mexican Navy inspectors have intercepted 11,520 tequila bottles bound for export that actually contained nearly 10 tons of concentrated liquid meth, the navy said Monday. The discovery was made Sunday at the Pacific coast seaport of Manzanillo, the navy said. It said the bottles contained approximately 19,000...
DA Fani Willis to decide on Georgia election probe charges in summerVideo
ATLANTA — The prosecutor in Atlanta investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia said Monday she expects to announce charging decisions in the case this summer and urged “heightened security.” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wrote in a letter to...
1 dead in Oklahoma college shooting, suspect in custody
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. — A man shot and killed another man Monday at Rose State College in Oklahoma, according to police, who reported no other injuries after the campus was briefly put on lockdown. Midwest City Police Chief Sid Porter said the men were “acquainted through a domestic situation,” but...
Favre remains in Mississippi welfare lawsuit, judge rules
JACKSON, Miss. — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will remain as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the United States, a Mississippi judge ruled Monday. Circuit Judge Faye...
Migrants walking through Mexico threaten road blockades
TAPACHULA, Mexico — Around 3,000 migrants walking through southern Mexico in a mass protest procession threatened Monday to block roads or harm themselves unless the government agrees to talks or provides them with buses. The migrants set out walking from the city of Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border, on Sunday...
Did Ed Sheeran hit pilfer Marvin Gaye classic? Trial to tell
NEW YORK — Jury selection began Monday in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer of the 1973 soul classic, sued Sheeran, alleging the English pop star’s hit 2014 tune has “striking similarities”...
Don Lemon, longtime CNN host, out at cable news network
NEW YORK — Longtime CNN host Don Lemon is out at the cable news network a little over two months after apologizing to viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, CNN announced Monday “CNN and Don have parted ways,” CNN chair Chris Licht said in a memo...
What’s behind sexual assault lawsuit against Donald Trump?
NEW YORK — As Donald Trump ran for and served as president, over a dozen women publicly accused him of sexual assault and harassment. Most of those claims — all denied by Trump — were never taken to court. None has gone to trial. But that is about to change....
High court denies energy companies’ appeals in climate suits
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from oil and gas companies that are fighting lawsuits from state and local governments over whether they can be held responsible for harms resulting from global warming. The justices handed the companies a setback in their legal fight with city, county...
Supreme Court takes social media cases with echoes of Trump
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that previously came up in a case involving former President Donald Trump. Two years ago the Supreme Court dismissed a case over Trump’s efforts to...
Drones attack Sevastopol, crashed drone found near Moscow
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian-appointed authorities in Crimea said the military fended off a Ukrainian strike on a main naval base on Monday, while an exploding drone was also reportedly found in a forest near Moscow — attacks that come as Ukraine is believed to be preparing for a major counteroffensive....
Prosecutor: Proud Boys viewed themselves as ‘Trump’s army’
WASHINGTON — Ready for “all-out war,” leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group viewed themselves as foot soldiers fighting for Donald Trump as the former president clung to power after the 2020 election, a prosecutor said Monday at the close of a historic trial over the U.S. Capitol insurrection....
The man in a hurry: King Charles III rushes to make a mark
LONDON — King Charles III is a man in a hurry. After waiting 74 years to become king, Charles has used his first six months on the throne to meet faith leaders across the country, reshuffle royal residences, stage his first overseas state visit and hold a sleepover at Windsor...
Cities reviving downtowns by converting offices to housing
NEW YORK — On the 31st floor of what was once a towering office building in downtown Manhattan, construction workers lay down steel bracing for what will soon anchor a host of residential amenities: a catering station, lounge, fire pit and gas grills. The building, empty since 2021, is being...
Probe ordered after Florida shooter fires at delivery driver
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida prosecutor has ordered an investigation in a confrontation in which a homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night grocery delivery. Police closed the case without consulting the state attorney’s office. No one was...
Dragon bursts into flames during popular Disneyland showVideo
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Spectators at Disneyland’s popular “Fantasmic!” show got a shock this weekend when the feature’s fire-breathing animatronic dragon suddenly burst into flames. No injuries were reported following the blaze Saturday night at the Southern California theme park, the Anaheim Fire Department said. Ryan Laux, a frequent Disneyland visitor,...
9 teenagers injured in a Texas prom after-party shooting
AUSTIN, Texas — Nine teenagers were shot in an east Texas residence early Sunday at a prom after-party attended by hundreds, local officials said a statement. Just after midnight, deputies responded to shots fired at a private residence in Jasper County where the party was held and found nine victims...
