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New FDA analysis says infant formula supply is safe after testing for potential contaminants
A new analysis of chemicals in U.S. infant formula found reassuringly low levels of heavy metals, pesticides and other potential contaminants, federal health officials said Wednesday. The review was conducted as part of the Food and Drug Administration’s Operation Stork Speed project — billed as the “largest and most rigorous”...
Trump says he’s weighing reducing American troop presence in Germany after Merz’s Iran commentsVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday leveled a new threat against NATO ally Germany, suggesting he could soon reduce the U.S. military presence there as he continues to feud with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the U.S-Israel war against Iran. Trump made the threat after Merz earlier this week said...
USS Ford aircraft carrier heading home after record-breaking deployment
WASHINGTON — The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included participating in the war against Iran and capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, two U.S. officials said Wednesday. The Ford will be leaving...
George Pickens signs $27.3M franchise tag with Cowboys
FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys receiver George Pickens signed his $27.3 million franchise tag Wednesday, making it almost certain the Pro Bowler will show up for mandatory offseason work while the club remains adamant it has no plans to trade CeeDee Lamb’s sidekick. Pickens informed the Cowboys just hours before...
10 current and former Mexican officials accused in U.S. indictment of aiding drug trafficking
NEW YORK — The governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former Mexican officials were charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a U.S. indictment unsealed Wednesday in New York, accused of aiding in the massive importation of illicit narcotics into the United States. Some officials were members...
Scott Wedgewood rises from career backup to Avalanche’s playoff rock
DENVER — Scott Wedgewood tends to notice just about everything happening around him, no matter the task. That traffic pattern five lights ahead while driving? He’s already planned for it. The people passing by while he’s walking in the airport or the mall with his family? He’s logged each detail....
Don Mattingly thought he was done, then Phillies pinned hopes on him
PHILADELPHIA — Don Mattingly thew in the towel on his managerial career and had all but retired from baseball after he left his bench coach job with the Toronto Blue Jays following the World Series. Prodded by his son, Mattingly decided to give baseball another go, and he accepted a...
Jerome Powell plans to remain on Fed board, cites legal actions by Trump administration
WASHINGTON — Jerome Powell said Wednesday he plans to remain on the board of the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends next month “for an undetermined period of time,” saying the “unprecedented” legal attacks by the Trump administration have put the independence of the nation’s central bank at...
Florida legislature approves new congressional map intended to boost Republicans in midterms
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans’ advantage in the state as part of the national redistricting battle that President Donald Trump launched ahead of this year’s midterms. The vote came just two days after Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his proposal and the...
Wild going home with chance to advance for 1st time since 2015
DALLAS — Mats Zuccarello and the Minnesota Wild are now in the position that they try to be in every season in the NHL playoffs. Things feel a bit different now, with the Wild going home for Game 6 on Thursday night with a chance to eliminate the Dallas Stars...
Panthers sign 5th-year option on QB Bryce Young’s contract
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers signed the fifth-year option on quarterback Bryce Young’s rookie contract Wednesday, keeping the 2023 No. 1 pick with the team through the 2027 season. General manager Dan Morgan first mentioned on SiriusXM’s “Mad Dog Sports Radio” that he was planning to sign the contract...
The 1st Kentucky Derby since the death of trainer D. Wayne Lukas has a different vibe
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — D. Wayne Lukas always talked up his latest crop of 2-year-old horses with an eye toward the next Kentucky Derby, telling his wife to get her dress for Oaks day. “This was what he lived for,” said Todd Pletcher, now an accomplished trainer himself after working for...
House approves bill to extend divisive surveillance program, but path forward uncertain
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House approved a three-year reauthorization of a divisive U.S. surveillance program ahead of its expiration on Friday, adding new oversight measures but stopping short of the warrant requirement that critics have demanded. A large group of Democrats joined most Republicans to pass the bill in a...
Appeals court rejects Trump’s no-bond immigration detentions, setting stage for Supreme Court review
A federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration cannot jail immigrants without the chance to seek bond, citing “serious constitutional questions” related to what it said would otherwise be the broadest mass-detention-without-bond mandate in the nation’s history for millions of noncitizens. The unanimous ruling from a panel of the...
PGA Tour returns to Trump Doral this week for Cadillac Championship, 1st time there since 2016
DORAL, Fla. — Scottie Scheffler doesn’t have much familiarity with Trump National Doral. Then again, neither do most of the players in the field this week for the Cadillac Championship. The PGA Tour is back in Doral for the first time in a decade, this time as a 72-player, $20...
Full federal appeals court won’t rehear $83 million defamation verdict against Trump
NEW YORK — A divided federal appeals court said Wednesday it will not grant a rare meeting of its active judges to hear an appeal of an $83 million verdict against President Donald Trump for defaming a magazine advice columnist over an encounter three decades ago. The 2nd U.S. Circuit...
Comey appears in court in Trump threat case that’s likely to pose a challenge for Justice Department
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former FBI Director James Comey appeared in court on Wednesday, kick-starting a criminal case against him that legal experts say presents significant hurdles for the prosecution and will likely be a challenge for the Justice Department to win. Comey, who didn’t enter a plea, was indicted in...
Man charged with trying to kill Trump took hotel room selfie before rushing gala, investigators say
The man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and kill President Donald Trump took a picture of himself in his hotel room just minutes earlier, outfitted with an ammunition bag, a shoulder gun holster and a sheathed knife, authorities said Wednesday in a new court...
Supreme Court weakens Voting Rights Act and aids GOP efforts to control the House
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday hollowed out a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and elsewhere, striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana and opening the door for more redistricting across the country that could aid Republican efforts to control the...
Supreme Court sides with anti-abortion center raising 1st Amendment fears about state investigation
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a faith-based pregnancy center that raised First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions. The high court’s unanimous ruling is a procedural victory for First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, which is challenging a New Jersey...
Anonymous tip system started in wake of Sandy Hook shooting has fielded nearly 400,000 reports
HANOVER, Mass. — Less than two years after her 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, Nicole Hockley was in an Ohio church basement teaching the first class of a program she hoped would help prevent future school shootings. The program, born in the grief of...
Russia to hold a Victory Day parade without military equipment for the 1st time in nearly 2 decades
Russia’s traditional parade marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II will take place next week without tanks, missiles and other military equipment, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. It will be the first time in nearly two decades — and in Russia’s 4-year-old war in...
Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists’ warnings
Backers of raw milk are pushing to make the potentially dangerous product more widely available and easier to obtain, even as a new outbreak — one of at least five in the past year — sickens U.S. children. More than three dozen bills supporting raw milk have been introduced in...
U.K. prime minister condemns attack after 2 stabbed in a Jewish neighborhood of London
LONDON — Two people were stabbed in a London neighborhood with a large Jewish community and a suspect was arrested, community groups said Wednesday. Political leaders condemned the stabbing, which follows a string of arson attacks on synagogues and other Jewish sites in the city. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said...
Environmental Protection Agency boss backs big budget cuts but Congress will get the final say
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats accused the Trump administration of abandoning the Environmental Protection Agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment at a congressional hearing Wednesday, slamming agency leadership over a proposal to cut its budget in half. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s appearance before the Senate environment committee was...
