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In apparent flub, Energy Secretary Wright says U.S. heading ‘in the wrong direction’
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Chris Wright raised eyebrows Tuesday after saying the country “looks like we’re going in the wrong direction” in remarks hailing a new natural gas pipeline project. Speaking at a groundbreaking for a project that will transport natural gas from Pennsylvania into New York City and Long...
AI chatbots give misleading medical advice 50% of the time, study finds
Artificial intelligence-driven chatbots are giving users problematic medical advice about half the time, according to a new study, highlighting the health risks of the technology that’s becoming increasingly integral in day-to-day life. Researchers from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom evaluated five popular platforms — ChatGPT, Gemini, Meta...
Mexico’s Sheinbaum pushes back on Trump over migrant deaths and CubaVideo
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government on Tuesday protested the deaths of its citizens in U.S. immigration custody as President Claudia Sheinbaum pushes back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies on multiple fronts. The progressive Mexican leader has walked a careful line with Trump for more than a year, addressing...
How the rich shrink their tax burden
With the IRS expecting 164 million individual income tax returns this year, there’s a common conception that rich people pay less tax in the U.S. than what many would consider fair. It’s a sentiment that shows up in polling on Americans’ attitudes about the federal tax system and animates a...
Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist groups in attacking the U.S. Capitol to keep President Donald Trump...
Hampshire College, progressive liberal arts school in Massachusetts, closing later this year
AMHERST, Mass. — Hampshire College, which includes award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, announced on Tuesday that it was closing later this year. The school’s Board of Trustees voted to close after the fall semester over what its president and the board described as “increasingly complex” financial pressure....
California woman says she was raped by Rep. Eric Swalwell in 2018Video
LOS ANGELES — A California woman on Tuesday said she was raped by Rep. Eric Swalwell in 2018 and now plans to make a report to law enforcement. Lonna Drewes said during a news conference that the assault occurred at a hotel in Southern California. She said she had one...
Lebanon and Israel hold 1st direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington
WASHINGTON — Lebanon and Israel opened their first direct diplomatic talks in decades on Tuesday in Washington following more than a month of war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the mediation is a “process, not an event,” downplaying expectations for any...
Florida doctor faces manslaughter charge for allegedly removing wrong organ during surgery
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. — A grand jury indicted a Florida doctor on a manslaughter charge for allegedly removing a patient’s liver instead of his spleen during a 2024 surgery. The prosecutor for the First Judicial Circuit on Monday announced the charge of second-degree manslaughter against Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky. Prosecutors said...
Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of Trump administration deportation flights
WASHINGTON — A federal judge must end his “intrusive” contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to comply with an order over flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year, a divided appeals court panel ruled Tuesday. Chief Judge James Boasberg abused his discretion in forging ahead with...
Polling shows most Americans still think they’re overpaying on taxes
WASHINGTON — Most Americans still think their taxes are too high, according to recent polls, even after last year’s tax law fulfilled several of President Donald Trump’s tax-related campaign promises. In fact, a new Fox News poll indicates people are more upset about taxes than they were last year. The...
U.S. families contest Italian law restricting citizenship by descent in highest court
ROME — Two U.S. families went to Italy’s highest court Tuesday to challenge the scope of a year-old law passed by Giorgia Meloni’s government limiting citizenship claims to Italian descendants removed by more than two generations. Their lawyer, Marco Mellone, argued before the Cassation Court that the law should apply...
Harvey Weinstein is going on trial again in a New York rape case
NEW YORK — After years of #MeToo infamy, legal peril and prison, Harvey Weinstein is again going on trial on a rape charge in New York City. Jury selection is set to start as early as Tuesday in the onetime movie mogul’s latest retrial, where jurors will weigh — for...
Millions in the U.S. never finished college. With targeted help, reenrollments are ticking up
WASHINGTON — After several deaths in her family and an eviction that left her homeless, Jevona Anderson’s life began to unravel. By 2025, Anderson — then 59 and nearing completion of her bachelor’s degree — was failing classes and falling behind on bills. Eventually, she dropped out, joining a growing...
A 5.7 earthquake jolts rural Nevada near Carson City, causing some damage
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck a rural part of Nevada east of the state’s capital of Carson City on Monday. The temblor hit just before 6:30 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered 12.9 miles east of the town of Silver Springs at a depth of 3.1 miles....
Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds
A super typhoon with ferocious winds and heavy rains was battering a group of remote U.S. island in the Pacific Ocean late Tuesday, with people seeking shelter from flying tree limbs and collapsed buildings amid a combination of heavy rain, wind and flooding. The center of the monster storm Super...
Los Angeles schools avoid a strike as a last-minute deal is reached with staff
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles schools avoided a strike that would have impacted nearly 400,000 students in Southern California as the school district and the union representing support staff reached a tentative deal early Tuesday. Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union announced on social media that it won...
The Trump and Leo chronicles: A president and a pope square off over Iran and its aftermath
Pope Leo XIV, a studious and soft-spoken cleric, and Donald Trump, an unapologetically bellicose and pugilistic politician, have long been on a rhetorical collision course. Now their disagreement over the war in Iran has escalated in spectacular fashion, and their comments show how differently each see the conflict and its...
U.S. forces to join combat drills in Philippines to show commitment to Asia while fighting Iran
MANILA, Philippines — More than 17,000 American and Filipino military personnel will participate in one of their largest annual combat exercises in the Philippines that underscore the United States’ staunch commitment to Asia despite its preoccupation with the Middle East, a U.S. military official said Tuesday. During the April 20-May...
Pope Leo XIV in Algeria walks in footsteps of his spiritual father, St. Augustine
sANNABA, Algeria — Pope Leo XIV walked Tuesday in the footsteps of his spiritual father, St. Augustine, making a pilgrimage to the archaeological ruins in Algeria where the fifth-century titan of early Christianity lived, died and wrote some of the most important works in Western thought. Leo’s visit to Annaba,...
Diplomats try to arrange 2nd round of U.S.-Iran talks during 1st full day of American blockade
ISLAMABAD — Diplomats worked through back channels on Tuesday to arrange a new round of talks between the United States and Iran after Washington enacted its blockade of Iranian ports, while Tehran threatened to retaliate by striking targets across the war-weary region. U.S. President Donald Trump said a second round...
Hezbollah official says the group won’t abide by any agreements from Lebanon-Israel talks in the U.S.
BEIRUT — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah will not abide by any agreements that may result from the direct Lebanon-Israel talks in the United States, negotiations it firmly opposes, a senior Hezbollah official said Monday. Wafiq Safa, a high-ranking member of Hezbollah’s political council, spoke on the eve of the...
Dozens arrested as protesters demand Schumer and Gillibrand block sale of bombs to Israel
NEW YORK — Nearly 100 protesters were arrested during a demonstration Monday calling on Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of thousands of U.S. bombs to Israel. Led by the antiwar group Jewish Voice for Peace, the crowd of hundreds initially attempted to...
Many Catholics dismayed by Trump’s unprecedented broadside at the 1st American popeVideo
WASHINGTON — A majority of U.S. Catholic voters supported Donald Trump in his 2024 presidential victory. Yet across the broad Catholic political spectrum — even among conservative-leaning bishops — there is dismay over Trump’s unprecedented verbal assault on Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead their church. Leo says...
16-year-old from Florida charged with sexually assaulting and killing stepsister on cruise ship
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder and aggravated sexual abuse in Florida in the death of his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday. Timothy Hudson was initially charged in February and subsequently indicted on March 10. But the breadth of the...
