Wildfire destroys a historic Grand Canyon lodge and other structures
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A fast-moving wildfire destroyed a historic lodge and dozens of other structures on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, forcing officials to close access to the North Rim for the season, the park said Sunday. The Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging inside the park at the North...
Senate panel cites Secret Service lapses in Trump rally shootingVideo
A “cascade of preventable failures” within the U.S. Secret Service nearly cost President Donald Trump his life during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania last year, according to a Senate committee report released Sunday. The Republican-led Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the Secret Service, found that a...
Search for Texas flood victims paused as heavy rain brings new threat of high waters
KERRVILLE, Texas — More heavy rain in Texas on Sunday paused a weeklong search for victims of catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River and led to high-water rescues elsewhere as officials warned that the downpours could again cause waterways to surge. It was the first time a new round of...
Israeli strikes kill at least 30 in Gaza as Palestinian war deaths top 58,000
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 30 people on Sunday, including six children at a water collection point, while the Palestinian death toll passed 58,000 after 21 months of war, local health officials said. Israel and Hamas appeared no closer to a...
Trump to meet NATO secretary general as plan takes shape for Ukraine weapons sales
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Donald Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that it can then pass on to Ukraine. NATO announced on Sunday that Rutte will be in Washington on...
French President Macron announces 6.5 billion euros in extra military spending in next two years
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced 6.5 billion euros in extra military spending in the next two years because of new and unprecedented threats, from Russia to terrorists to online attacks. The French leader laid out the spending plans in a sweeping speech calling for intensified efforts...
Butler ‘united and stronger than ever’ year after Trump assassination attempt, Kelly says
A year ago today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly didn’t know what to make of the loud popping sounds he heard. Then, after hearing another burst, he realized they were gunshots. What to that point had been a jubilant campaign rally for Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show grounds was...
A year after Trump’s near-assassination, friends and allies see some signs of a changed man
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was on stage at the Iowa State Fairgrounds earlier this month, kicking off the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, when he heard what sounded like fireworks in the distance. “Did I hear what I think I heard?” Trump remarked as he spoke from behind a wall...
Trump says he’s considering ‘taking away’ Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he is considering “taking away” the U.S. citizenship of a longtime rival, actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a decades-old Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits such an action by the government. “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best...
Unexploded firework prompts safety warning at Gettysburg park
Officials with the Gettysburg National Military Park are warning the public about an unexploded commercial grade firework potentially located near Gettysburg Area Recreation Park. The unexploded firework is possibly located in wooded areas and fields west of Gettysburg Area Recreation Park and east of West Confederate Avenue. If you happen...
Gin Blossoms singer Robin Wilson talks collabs with Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors ahead of Pittsburgh tour stop
Over the course of their almost 40-year career, Arizona alternative rockers Gin Blossoms have hit the road extensively with Spin Doctors, but they’ve never toured with Blues Traveler. Until now. The trio of bands, which all scored huge radio hits in the 1990s, is together for a summer tour, which...
Fuel to Air India plane was cut off moments before crash, investigation report says
NEW DELHI — Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, starving both engines of fuel, a preliminary investigation report said early Saturday. The report, issued by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation...
Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin Aug. 1
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1, a move that could cause massive upheaval between the United States and two of its biggest trade partners. Trump detailed the planned tariffs in letters posted to...
Russian drone, cruise missile and bomb attacks kill at least 6 in Ukraine
Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles overnight and Saturday as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that killed at least six people and wounded dozens, officials said. Two people died and 26 were wounded when Russian forces overnight attacked the Bukovina area in the Chernivtsi region of...
Leaders of Azerbaijan and Syria discuss energy cooperation as they rebuild ties
The leaders of Azerbaijan and Syria on Saturday pledged to deepen their cooperation particularly in the energy sector, as they moved to revitalize the ties that had been strained under former Syrian President Bashar Assad. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed hope that the visit to Baku by Syria’s interim Ahmad...
52 Palestinians in Gaza are killed by Israeli airstrikes or shot dead while seeking aid
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians including four children in the Gaza Strip, while 24 others were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said Saturday. The children and two women were among at least 13...
Lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blockedVideo
OCHOPEE, Fla. — Democratic lawmakers condemned Florida’s new Everglades immigration detention center after visiting Saturday, describing it as crowded, unsanitary and bug-infested. Republicans on the same tour said they saw nothing of the sort at the remote facility that officials have dubbed “ Alligator Alcatraz.” The state-arranged tour came after...
Trump says he wants to deport ‘the worst of the worst.’ Government data tells another story
President Donald Trump has pledged to deport “the worst of the worst.” He frequently speaks at public appearances about the countless “dangerous criminals” — among them murderers, rapists and child predators — from around the world he says entered the U.S. illegally under the Biden administration. He promises to expel...
Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles. Immigrant advocacy groups filed the lawsuit last week accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during its ongoing...
Fallout over Epstein files cascades, roiling relations between AG Pam Bondi and FBI’s Dan Bongino
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and FBI are struggling to contain the fallout and appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities and influential members of President Donald Trump’s base after the administration’s decision this week to withhold records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation. The move, which included the...
Federal judge orders LAPD to stop shooting journalists with rubber bullets at protests
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Los Angeles police officers from using rubber projectiles and other so-called less-lethal munitions against reporters covering protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. In a ruling made public Friday, U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera said...
Northern Arizona resident dies from plague
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare to humans, with on average about seven cases reported annually in the U.S., most of them in the western states, according to federal health officials. The death in Coconino County,...
Son of ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in U.S. drug case, promising cooperation for lighter sentence
CHICAGO — A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, becoming the first of the drug lord’s sons to enter a plea deal. Prosecutors allege Ovidio Guzman Lopez and his brother, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, ran a faction of the Sinaloa cartel....
Elon Musk’s X platform investigated in France for alleged data tampering and fraud
PARIS — French prosecutors have launched a police investigation into alleged data tampering and fraud involving X, Elon Musk’s platform. The Paris prosecutor’s office, in a statement Friday, announced the opening of the investigation, and said that a branch of the French gendarmerie is conducting the inquiry. The investigation is...
Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks
WASHINGTON — A divided federal appeals court on Friday threw out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal that would have spared him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s 2001 attacks. The decision by a panel of the...
