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U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville announces 2026 bid for Alabama governor
AUBURN, Ala. — Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who entered politics after a successful career as a head football coach at Auburn and three other major college programs, announced Tuesday that he is running for governor of Alabama next year. His announcement on the Will Cain Show on Fox News...
U.S. government to have control in Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal, Trump and Sen. McCormick say
HARRISBURG — U.S. Sen. David McCormick said Tuesday that an arrangement that will allow Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. Steel will guarantee an American CEO, a majority of board members from the United States and U.S. government approval over certain corporate functions. The Pennsylvania senator spoke on CNBC,...
Trump administration orders Michigan coal plant to stay open
DETROIT — The U.S. Energy Department ordered a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain open, at least until late August, citing possible electricity shortfalls in the central U.S. State regulators immediately fired back, saying it’s unnecessary to keep Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell plant open. It was supposed to close May...
Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that’s sacred to Apaches
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Apaches who are fighting to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred. The justices left in place lower court decisions allowing the transfer of the Tonto National Forest land, known as...
Kennedy says COVID vaccines no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women
NEW YORK — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that covid-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. In a 58-second video posted on the social media site X, Kennedy said he removed covid-19 shots from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...
Supreme Court rejects appeal of Massachusetts student who wanted to wear ‘only two genders’ T-shirt
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of a Massachusetts student who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school proclaiming there are only two genders. The justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling that said it would not second-guess the decision of educators in...
Escape of ex-police chief known as ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ has Arkansas residents on edge
As law officers search Arkansas’ rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer, the sister of one of his victims is on edge. Grant Hardin, the former police chief in the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape...
Berlin presents bid to rehost Olympics with 100th anniversary of 1936 Games looming
BERLIN — Berlin has formally presented its bid to rehost the Olympics in the same stadium where Jesse Owens starred during the 1936 Games under the Nazis. Berlin sports minister Iris Spranger on Tuesday said the city wants to put on a sustainable Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2036, 2040...
U.S. measles case count climbs slightly to 1,046 cases, while Indiana’s outbreak ends
The U.S. saw a small increase in measles cases last week, an indicator that outbreaks are slowing down, though exposures at a busy airport in Colorado and a Shakira concert in New Jersey are keeping public health experts on their toes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday...
Trump Media says investors will fund a company ‘bitcoin reserve’ through share purchases
President Donald Trump’s media company said Tuesday that institutional investors will buy $2.5 billion in the company’s stock with the proceeds going to build up a bitcoin reserve. About 50 institutional investors will put up $1.5 billion in the private placement for common shares in the company and another $1...
South Africa denies bending the rules to give Musk’s Starlink preferential treatment
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s minister of communications on Tuesday denied accusations that a draft policy watering down Black ownership requirements for tech firms was not proposed to benefit the Starlink business of white South African-born tech billionaire Elon Musk. Under South African law, foreign-owned companies are required to sell 30%...
King Charles III says Canada facing unprecedented challenges as Trump threatens annexation
OTTAWA, Ontario — King Charles III said Canada is facing unprecedented challenges in a world that’s never been more dangerous as he opened the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday with a speech widely viewed as a show of support in the face of annexation threats by U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump’s...
Scientists date the oldest known tools made from whale bones to 20,000 years ago
NEW YORK — Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone. The bones, fashioned into narrow projectiles for hunting, had been uncovered in excavations dating back over a century in the Bay of Biscay near Spain and France. Scientists figured the tools were quite...
65 people injured after Liverpool car ramming. Driver suspected of attempted murder
LIVERPOOL, England — A 53-year-old British man who injured 65 people when he plowed his vehicle into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans celebrating their team’s Premier League championship has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said Tuesday. The driver was also being held on suspicion of dangerous...
Final boarding call for free bags at Southwest as airline abandons a cherished perk
It’s the last day to book a flight on Southwest Airlines without being hit with a fee to check bags after the airline abandoned a decades-long luggage policy that executives once described as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals. The airline announced the change in March, saying...
Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for HarvardVideo
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked federal agencies Tuesday to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, intensifying the president’s clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the Ivy League school, which has...
NPR sues Trump administration over executive order to cut federal funding to public media
NEW YORK — National Public Radio and three of its local stations sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, arguing that his executive order cutting funding to the 246-station network violates their free speech and relies on an authority that he does not have. Earlier this month, Trump instructed the Corporation...
Tesla’s monthly sales in Europe plunge by half, signaling backlash against Musk runs deep
LONDON — Tesla sales across Europe plunged by half last month even as growth in the electric car market picked up pace, according to data released Tuesday. The numbers are the latest indication of how much the Tesla brand is suffering because of the backlash against billionaire CEO Elon Musk...
Marcel Ophuls, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who forced France to face its WWII past, is dead at 97
PARIS — Marcel Ophuls, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose landmark 1969 documentary “The Sorrow and the Pity” shattered the comforting myth that most of France had resisted the Nazis during World War II, has died at 97. The German-born filmmaker, who was the son of legendary filmmaker Max Ophuls, died...
Demi Lovato marries singer-songwriter Jordan ‘Jutes’ Lutes in California
She’s more than just cool for the summer — Demi Lovato is officially married. The musician-actor, 32, tied the knot with Canadian singer-songwriter Jordan “Jutes” Lutes, 34, on Sunday in California, as first exclusively reported by Vogue. The couple met while working on Lovato’s last album, 2022’s “Holy Fvck,” and...
Meet Hercules and Ned, the border collies fending off wildlife at West Virginia’s busiest airport
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hercules and Ned have quite the spacious office at West Virginia’s busiest airport. The border collies and their handler make daily patrols along the milelong airfield to ensure birds and other wildlife stay away from planes and keep passengers and crew safe. Hercules is also the chief...
Sub-.500 Braves remain optimistic thanks to Ronald Acuna’s return
ATLANTA — The restored health of Ronald Acuna Jr. gives the Atlanta Braves reason for optimism despite again falling two games under .500 after losing two of three to the San Diego Padres. Acuna played all three games against the Padres and immediately flashed his all-around athleticism in his return...
Novak Djokovic thought about retirement at Rafael Nadal’s farewell ceremony at French Open
PARIS — As Novak Djokovic chatted at Court Philippe-Chatrier with his greatest rivals in tennis — Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray, all of whom have retired — he couldn’t help but think about when his day to walk away might arrive. “Well, I mean, honestly, I was thinking...
Wildfire damages Civil War-area historical site in New Mexico as campgrounds are evacuated
SANTA FE, N.M. — A wildfire swept through portions of a Civil War-era fort and historical site in southern New Mexico, forcing the evacuations of campgrounds and a horse ranch, authorities said Monday. The fire damaged structures at Fort Stanton Historical Site built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the...
3 more of the 10 escapees from a New Orleans jail are captured, leaving 2 on the run, officials say
NEW ORLEANS — Three more of the 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail earlier this month were re-arrested Monday in two different states after more than a week on the lam, authorities said. One of the men was arrested in Baton Rouge, La., by local police and...
