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Analysis suggests school was hit amid U.S. strikes on Iranian naval base
The strike that hit an elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab is the deadliest known episode of civilian casualties since the United States and Israel attacked Iran — and no side has yet taken responsibility. But a body of evidence assembled by The New York Times —...
U.S., Venezuela agree to restore diplomatic ties, 7 years after they were cut off
The United States and Venezuela have agreed to restore diplomatic and consular relations, reopening a formal channel between Washington and Caracas for the first time since ties were severed in 2019. The decision marks a significant step in the cooperation framework that has emerged between the two governments following the...
Iowa man charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of 3 women found in Utah
TORREY, Utah — An Iowa man faces three counts of aggravated murder in southern Utah where authorities said Thursday that he killed a woman, stole her vehicle and drove it to a nearby trailhead where he killed two more women before fleeing in one of their vehicles. The series of...
Mother of 2 girls found in shallow graves in Cleveland charged with murder
CLEVELAND — The mother of two young girls found buried inside suitcases in Cleveland was charged Thursday with two counts of aggravated murder, police said. Aliyah Henderson, 28, is accused of killing Mila Chatman and Amor Wilson, whose remains were recovered after a dog walker led authorities to the suitcases...
Study suggests Trump’s unproven autism claims influenced care
Last year, President Donald Trump told pregnant women not to take Tylenol as he promoted unproven ties between the fever reducer and autism and touted an old generic drug as a treatment for the developmental condition. For nearly three months after that, new research found, Tylenol orders for pregnant women...
Justice Department publishes missing Epstein files involving uncorroborated claim about Trump
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday released additional Jeffrey Epstein files involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against President Donald Trump that the department said had been mistakenly withheld during an earlier review. The department said last week that it was working to determine if any records were...
Panel reviewing Trump’s White House ballroom project gets deluge of public criticism
WASHINGTON — A federal panel reviewing President Donald Trump’s plans to build a ballroom at the White House got an earful Thursday from members of the public. Most speakers said they opposed the project and criticized it as too big and unnecessary. Only one of the 28 people who addressed...
U.S. Postal Service expects to run out of cash in a year without help from Congress, postmaster says
The U.S. Postal Service will run out of cash within a year unless Congress lifts a decades-old cap and allows the agency to borrow more money, the new postmaster general warned in an interview. If it doesn’t, the Postal Service might not be able to pay its employees or vendors...
House narrowly rejects Iran war powers resolution in early test of Trump’s strategy
WASHINGTON — The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution Thursday to halt President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that is reordering U.S. priorities at home and abroad. It’s the second vote in as many days, after the...
Capitol rioter who was pardoned by Trump gets life sentence for molesting 2 children in Florida
WASHINGTON — A Florida handyman who was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but was pardoned by President Donald Trump. Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, is among several Jan. 6 defendants who have been charged...
Montana senator helps officers forcibly remove protesting veteran from hearingVideo
Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., helped Capitol Police officers forcibly remove an anti-war protester from a Senate hearing in a physical struggle that was captured on video. The protester, Brian McGinnis, a Marine Corps veteran and a Green Party candidate for Senate in North Carolina, said on social media that his...
More than 20 states sue over new global tariffs Trump imposed after his stinging Supreme Court loss
WASHINGTON — Some two dozen states challenged President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs on Thursday, filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court. The Democratic attorneys general and governors in the lawsuit argue that Trump is overstepping his power with planned 15%...
House Republican leaders urge Tony Gonzales to end reelection bid after he admitted to affair with aide
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP leadership are calling for Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas to withdraw from his reelection race after he admitted having an affair with a former staff member who later died by suicide. The Republican leadership announced its decision Thursday, a day...
Intense Israeli strikes target Iran and Lebanon as U.S. warns bombardment to ‘surge dramatically’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Intense Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon early Friday as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships. Iran launched new retaliatory attacks in the Middle East at the end...
Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem after mounting criticism over her leadershipVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling of the administration’s immigration crackdown and disaster response. Trump, who said he would nominate Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin in her place, made...
Wisconsin man accused of setting fire to congressman’s office over TikTok ban gets 7 years in prison
MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to set fire to a Republican congressman’s office last year because he was angry that the lawmaker backed a bill requiring TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell off its U.S. operations was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison....
Stranded in Dubai, Western Pa. residents await uncertain departure
The attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel has left some Western Pennsylvania residents stranded in Dubai as escalating tensions in the Middle East disrupt international travel. Jackie Graham of Marshall and Karen Hasenkopf of Brookline received the news of the attack while on a tour in the middle...
No chance asteroid will slam into the moon in 2032, NASA says
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there’s now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032. The space agency had been predicting a 4.3% chance of a direct hit. But observations by the Webb Space Telescope in February helped scientists...
Stranded travelers share firsthand accounts from the Middle East
Hundreds of thousands of people have been stranded across the Middle East amid the U.S. and Israel’s joint war against Iran. And between swaths of flight cancellations and airspace closures, many are still scrambling for next steps. In a matter of days, the conflict has continued to escalate — particularly...
Hegseth urges Latin American allies to go on offense against drug cartelsVideo
MIAMI — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday urged Latin American countries to take a more aggressive approach against drug cartels, warning that the Trump administration would be forced to act by itself if governments fail to effectively combat criminal organizations that directly threaten the United States and border security....
Smoothie King fires 2 Michigan workers after they refused to serve Trump supporter
Two workers were fired from working at a Smoothie King shop in Michigan after they refused to serve a Trump supporter. The incident took place at an Ann Arbor location and was posted Monday on TikTok, the Detroit Free Press reported. The video shows what appears to be a couple...
Blackout is still on in western Cuba as crews rush to repair damaged thermoelectric plant
HAVANA — Swaths of Cuba remained without power on Thursday nearly a day after a massive blackout hit the western part of the island in the latest outage blamed on a fragile electric grid and a lack of fuel. Crews worked overnight to repair a broken boiler at one of...
Chaos sown by Iran’s attacks across the Persian Gulf is key to its strategyVideo
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — For years, Iran’s theocratic government warned it would blanket the Middle East with missile and drone fire if it felt its existence was threatened. Now, the Islamic Republic is doing just that. Since the U.S. and Israel launched the war Saturday and killed Iranian Supreme...
Whose airstrike hit a girls school in Iran? The U.S. says it’s still investigating
WASHINGTON — Top Trump administration officials said Wednesday that they were still investigating whether it was a U.S. airstrike that hit a girls elementary school in Iran on the opening day of the war. The strike was one of the deadliest attacks of the American-Israeli campaign against Iran so far,...
Trump’s White House ballroom is too big, architect says, as 2nd panel prepares to vote on it
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ‘s White House ballroom project is way too big and should be scaled back, an architect and member of the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation said Wednesday — one of a number of changes he has suggested for a project he says...
