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War in the Mideast widens as Trump claims strikes on Iran could last several weeksVideo
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel and the United States pounded Iran on Monday in a campaign that U.S. President Donald Trump said would likely take several weeks. Tehran and its allies hit back against Israel, Gulf states and targets critical to the world’s energy production. The intensity of the...
Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame art appears in Washington park
A new art installation appeared Monday in Washington, D.C.’s Farragut Square — a “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame.” Inspired by the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the art installation features replicas of the well-known stars, but instead of those who have impacted the entertainment industry, the stars features names of politicians,...
FBI joins Cincinnati police search for suspect after 9 wounded in nightclub shooting
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Federal authorities joined local police Monday in the search for a suspect in a weekend nightclub shooting in Cincinnati that wounded nine people. The nine were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after shots rang out around 1 a.m. Sunday inside the music venue Riverfront Live. Interim Cincinnati...
Bill Clinton tries to distance himself from Epstein in videos released from his testimony last week
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton distanced himself themselves from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in closed-door depositions with lawmakers, according to videos that were released Monday by a House committee. The recordings of the depositions, which spanned hours over two days last week, show how Bill Clinton told the...
Welcome to Wyoming, the frontier of America’s new gilded age
JACKSON, Wyo. — At his childhood home in Nebraska that lacked the comforts of television and air conditioning, Joe Ricketts learned that honest work and neighborly values were keys to success. After graduating college, he persuaded friends and family to lend him $12,500 in seed money for what became Ameritrade,...
How Trump decided to go to war
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel walked into the Oval Office on the morning of Feb. 11, determined to keep the American president on the path to war. For weeks, the United States and Israel had been secretly discussing a military offensive against Iran. But Trump administration officials...
Triceratops skeleton ‘Trey’ to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars
A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the prehistoric giants has hit record highs. The fossil, dubbed “Trey,” will be open for bidding from March...
Where things stand after the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran
The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of other senior figures and kicked off a furious Iranian response that was expanding into a wider regional war. Allies of the U.S. pledged to help stop Iran’s...
What to know before asking an AI chatbot for health advice
WASHINGTON — With hundreds of millions of people turning to chatbots for advice, it was only a matter of time before tech companies began offering programs specifically designed to answer health questions. In January, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Health, a new version of its chatbot that the company says can analyze...
Travelers stranded as Middle East conflict spreads as governments scramble to bring citizens home
LONDON — Global air travel chaos intensified Monday as the U.S. and Israel continued to bombard Iran, which struck back at targets across the Middle East, leaving airports closed and stranding travelers including those in faraway areas who were scheduled to transit through the region. Governments were scrambling to help...
Pete Hegseth insists the Iran conflict is ‘not endless’ while warning more casualties are likely
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke Monday to widening concerns that the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring, “This is not Iraq. This is not endless,” even as he warned that more American casualties are likely in the weeks ahead. Hegseth, along...
FBI investigates Texas bar shooting that killed 2 and wounded 14 as possible terrorist act
AUSTIN, Texas — A gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words “Property of Allah” killed two people and wounded 14 early Sunday at a Texas bar, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The FBI is investigating the shooting, which erupted a day after the...
World leaders react to U.S. and Israeli strikes, death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei
TOKYO — As the war in the Middle East escalated broadly Monday, fear, anger and confusion echoed across the globe as leaders reacted to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. President Donald Trump, announcing the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, called the strikes in Iran “the single greatest...
Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state
COLUMBIA, S.C. — After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home for one last time to lie in state at the South Carolina Capitol on Monday. The final full honors from the state where he was born is a far...
Energy prices surge as tanker disruptions and facility shutdowns rattle global supply
FRANKFURT, Germany — Energy prices rose sharply Monday as disruptions to tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and damage to production facilities raised uncertainty about how U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran would affect supply to the world economy. The biggest shock was to natural gas prices, which rose...
War widens to include Iranian-backed militias as Israeli and American planes pound Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states Monday, apparently hitting the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait, while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran as the war expanded with statements of defiance and increasing casualties. At least 555 people...
Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’: The proxy forces shaping Mideast conflicts
In his announcement unveiling U.S. attacks on Iran, President Donald Trump assailed the Islamic Republic’s “proxies” in the region. “From Lebanon to Yemen and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, trained and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with blood and guts,” Trump declared Saturday. The United...
Strike on girls’ school kills 115, Iranian state media says
At least 115 people, most of them likely children, were killed Saturday in a strike on a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran, health officials and Iranian state media said. The search for survivors in the rubble of the Shajarah Tayyebeh school in the southern town of Minab ended Sunday,...
3 U.S. troops killed, 5 seriously wounded during Iran attacks, military says
WASHINGTON — Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. attacks on Iran, the military announced Sunday, marking the first American casualties in a major offensive that President Donald Trump said could likely lead to more losses in the coming weeks. U.S. Central...
What to know about the latest U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran
The U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, triggered retaliatory strikes on multiple countries in the region and is reverberating around the world. Related violence expanded Sunday to a growing number of places, with a rising death toll. Israeli strikes targeted Tehran. Iran fired drones...
American farmers see new Trump tariffs as yet another round of instability
U.S. farmers have been looking for some stability after a mercurial year under President Donald Trump’s tariffs. But after new trade upheaval last week, it’s becoming increasingly clear that uncertainty is the only constant. “One of the things in this industry is that there’s always uncertainties,” Krista Swanson, chief economist...
Trump, the self-declared peace president, goes to war seeking regime change
(News Analysis) WASHINGTON — When he first ran for president in 2016, Donald Trump disavowed the military adventurism of recent years, declaring that “regime change is a proven, absolute failure.” He promised to “stop racing to topple foreign regimes.” When Trump ran for president in 2024, he boasted of starting...
Photos show global reaction to attack on Iran and death of Supreme Leader Khamenei
Demonstrators took to the streets in cities around the world after the United States and Israel launched a major strike on Iran. Many rallies voiced strong support for the military action, while opposing protests condemned the attacks and warned of wider regional consequences. [gps-image...
At least 22 people killed in Pakistan as protesters try to storm U.S. Consulate
KARACHI, Pakistan — Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi and in the country’s north left at least 22 people dead and more than 120 others injured as demonstrators supportive of the Iranian government attempted to storm a U.S. Consulate on Sunday, authorities...
CIA tracked Iranian leaders for months before strikes, AP source says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The CIA had been tracking the movements of senior Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for months. That’s according to a person familiar with the operation who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity. The intelligence was...
