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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...
Girl body-slammed by San Bernardino police officer speaks out
A 17-year-old girl said she was “hurt everywhere” after a San Bernardino, Calif., police officer threw her to the ground in a filmed arrest that has gone viral. The teenager, identified only as Erin, showed wounds to her face and chin at a news conference Sunday. “I’m just in a...
Israeli military aims to take over 75% of Gaza in 2 months
Israel aims to take control of 75% of the Gaza Strip and move its 2 million inhabitants into three designated areas as part of a new military offensive in the coastal strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the 10-day-old operation, codenamed Gideon’s Chariots, is intended to defeat Hamas and...
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...
King Charles III arrives in Canada to underscore its sovereignty after Trump annexation threats
OTTAWA, Ontario — Britain’s King Charles III arrived Monday in Ottawa on a visit Canada’s leader says will underscore his nation’s sovereignty amid President Donald Trump’s talk of the United States annexing its northern neighbor. Trump’s repeated suggestion that the U.S. annex Canada prompted Prime Minister Mark Carney to invite...
Egyptian archaeologists discover 3 tombs in Luxor
CAIRO — Egypt unveiled three new tombs of prominent statesman in the Dra Abu al-Naga necropolis in Luxor, officials said Monday. Egyptian archaeologists have discovered tombs dating back to the New Kingdom period (1550—1070 B.C.) and identified the names and titles of their owners through inscriptions found within, according to...
Driver arrested after his minivan plows through soccer fans celebrating in Liverpool
LONDON — A 53-year-old British man plowed his minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who had been celebrating the city team’s Premier League championship on Monday and was arrested, police said. There was no immediate word from authorities on how many people were injured. An air ambulance and...
Trump honors fallen soldiers at Arlington, calling them ‘America’s best and bravest’
ARLINGTON, Va. — President Donald Trump paid tribute to fallen service members during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, in an address that honored the “great, great warriors” yet also briefly veered into politics as he boasted of a nation he is “fixing after a long...
Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has died at age 94
NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died Monday at age 94. His family confirmed the death in a statement provided by City...
Duck Dynasty patriarch and conservative cultural icon Phil Robertson dies
WEST MONROE, La. — Phil Robertson, who turned his small duck calling interest in the sportsman’s paradise of northern Louisiana into a big business and conservative cultural phenomenon, died Sunday, according to his family. He was 79. Robertson’s family announced in December on their Unashamed With the Robertson Family podcast...
Israeli strikes kill 52 in Gaza including 36 in a school-turned-shelter, medics say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the Gaza Strip on Monday, including 36 in a school-turned-shelter that was struck as people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, according to local health officials. The military said it targeted militants operating from the school. Israel renewed...
10 people shot at holiday weekend South Carolina boat party
LITTLE RIVER, S.C. — Ten people were shot during a fight that started after a private boat hosting a holiday weekend party arrived at a dock Sunday night on the South Carolina coast, authorities said. No one died in the shooting in Little River around 9:30 p.m., although some of...
WWII bomber crash left 11 dead and ‘non-recoverable.’ 4 are finally coming home
WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in an adjacent plane before crashing into the water. All 11 men aboard...
President Donald Trump hints at an announcement in the ‘next two days’ on Iran nuclear talks
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday indicated there was progress with Iran on its nuclear program and hinted that an announcement could come in the “next two days.” He was notably more upbeat than the Omani mediator of the talks between the United States and Iran, who said Friday...
President Donald Trump says Russian leader Vladimir Putin ‘has gone absolutely CRAZY!’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made it clear he is losing patience with Vladimir Putin, leveling some of his sharpest criticism at the Russian leader as Moscow pounded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles for a third straight night. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with...
Report: EPA wants to end greenhouse gas limits on power plantsVideo
The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted plans to remove limits on greenhouse gases from fossil fuel-fired power plants in the United States, the New York Times reported, citing internal agency documents. The draft was sent to the White House for review on May 2 and could be changed before its...
Israel’s latest strikes in Gaza kill 38 people including childrenVideo
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours killed at least 38 people in Gaza, including children, local health officials said Sunday, with no data available for a second straight day from now-inaccessible hospitals in the north. Further details emerged of the Palestinian doctor who lost...
Trump claims he’ll delay a threatened 50% tariff on the European Union until July
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy time for negotiations with the bloc. That agreement came after a call Sunday with Ursula von der Leyen, the...
Newark airport struggles with more delays over Memorial Day weekend
NEW YORK — Newark’s airport was again plagued by delays over Memorial Day weekend, with more than 150 flights in and 230 flights out delayed on Saturday, according to flight-tracking data. With more than 380 delays, Newark Liberty International Airport saw the second most delays in the nation Saturday, trailing...
The U.S. military spent $6 billion in the past 3 years to recruit and retain troops
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls. The financial incentives to reenlist in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines increased dramatically from 2022 through...
In an uneasy climate, diverse pride groups converge on DC with differing interests but common goals
WASHINGTON — You’ve heard of twofers. Kenya Hutton is a “threefer.” His parents are immigrants, he’s a Black man and he’s gay — at a moment in history when anti-immigrant fervor, racism and anti-LGBTQ feelings are rampant and amplified by Trump administration policies. Hutton is hardly alone. As members of...
Pope prays for Chinese Catholics to be in communion with Rome in first comments on thorny issues
ROME — Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing his new pontificate. History’s first American pope recalled that on Saturday the Catholic Church...
Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP
TEL AVIV, Israel — The only time the Palestinian man wasn’t bound or blindfolded, he said, was when he was used by Israeli soldiers as their human shield. Dressed in army fatigues with a camera fixed to his forehead, Ayman Abu Hamadan was forced into houses in the Gaza Strip...
Russia and Ukraine complete prisoner swap hours after Moscow launches major aerial assault
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners on Sunday, the third and last part of a major exchange that reflected a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the more than three years of war. Hours earlier, the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv,...
