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Iran and U.S. hold indirect talks in Oman with America’s military leader in Mideast joining talks
MUSCAT, Oman — Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman on Friday, negotiations that appeared to return to the starting point on how to approach discussions over Tehran’s nuclear program. But for the first time, America brought its top military commander in the Middle East to the...
Colorado funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, decried as a ‘monster’
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday. During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had recurring nightmares...
Sheriff searching for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom calls lack of video a disappointing setback
TUCSON, Ariz. — The sheriff investigating the apparent abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother said Friday he was frustrated that a camera at Nancy Guthrie ‘s home wasn’t able to capture images of anyone the day she went missing. Investigators have found that the home’s doorbell camera was...
TrumpRx aids some who seek lower drug prices, but experts say impact is limited
President Donald Trump is touting the federal government’s new direct-to-consumer drug platform, TrumpRx, as a health care revolution. The reality is more complicated, with only a narrow set of consumers poised to benefit from reduced prices on dozens of medications. Some of the markdowns are eye-popping. Injectable weight-loss drug Ozempic...
Trump says he won’t apologize for deleted racist post about Obamas
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday after a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats who criticized the video as offensive. Trump said later Friday that he won’t apologize for...
In Minnesota, sending a child to school is an act of faith for immigrant families
MINNEAPOLIS — In some ways, 10-year-old Giancarlo is one of the lucky ones. He still goes to school. Each morning, he and his family bundle up and leave their Minneapolis apartment to wait for his bus. His little brother hefts on his backpack, even though he stopped going to day...
Trump’s aggressive tactics force a reckoning between local leaders and Washington
WASHINGTON — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston regularly games out responses to threats like destructive tornadoes or hazardous waste leaks. He’s added a new potential menace: the federal government. When President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops to some U.S. cities last year over the objection of local leaders, Johnston said...
Census Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question as part of its practice test of the 2030 census, raising questions about whether the Trump administration might try to make a significant change to the once-a-decade headcount that failed during the president’s...
U.S. strikes another alleged drug-trafficking boat in Eastern Pacific
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Thursday that it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat “was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged...
Man pardoned in U.S. Capitol riot pleads guilty to threatening Hakeem Jeffries
CLINTON, N.Y. — A New York man accused of threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries pleaded guilty Thursday, a year after President Donald Trump pardoned him for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Christopher P. Moynihan, 35, also agreed to serve three years of probation. During...
Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs
NEW YORK — The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are growing concerns for Americans. “You’re going to save a fortune,” President Donald Trump...
Republicans reject complaint about Tulsi Gabbard as Democrats question time it took to see it
WASHINGTON — The Republican leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees have rejected a top-secret complaint from an anonymous government insider alleging that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard withheld classified information for political reasons. The responses this week from Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Rick Crawford mean the...
Chairman of prominent law firm Paul Weiss resigns after release of emails linking him to Epstein
Brad Karp, chairman of one of the country’s most prestigious law firms, has resigned from his position after the release of emails revealing his exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein, a high-profile departure in the fallout among those with ties to the late convicted sex offender. A statement Wednesday from Paul, Weiss,...
3 dead, 6 hurt after car hits bicyclist and crashes into Los Angeles grocery storeVideo
LOS ANGELES — Three people were killed and six others were hurt after a car collided with a bicyclist and then slammed into a grocery store Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles, authorities said. The crash was reported shortly after noon at a 99 Ranch Market in the city’s Westwood neighborhood,...
What to know about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of ‘Today’ show’s Savannah Guthrie
There was no public response to an emotional plea from “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie after her mother’s apparent kidnapping, as authorities hunt for whomever might have forcibly taken Nancy Guthrie from her home in Tucson, Arizona, over the weekend. The case is urgent because the 84-year-old has a pacemaker...
Explosion in illegal coal mine kills at least 18 workers in India’s Meghalaya state
GUWAHATI, India — An explosion ripped through an illegal coal mine in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya on Thursday, killing at least 18 workers and injuring another, authorities said. Police officer Vikash Kumar said rescue teams recovered 18 bodies from the site of the explosion in a remote area of...
Morocco evacuates 140,000 people as torrential rains and dam releases trigger floods
RABAT, Morocco — More than 140,000 people were evacuated from their homes in northwestern Morocco as heavy rainfall and water releases from overfilled dams led to flooding, the Interior Ministry said. Stormy weather also disrupted maritime traffic between Morocco and Spain. Torrential rains and water releases from overfilled dams raised...
Pandemic disruptions to health care worsened cancer survival, study suggests
NEW YORK — During the early years of the covid-19 pandemic, experts worried that disruptions to cancer diagnosis and treatment would cost lives. A new study suggests they were right. The federally funded study published Thursday by the medical journal JAMA Oncology is being called the first to assess the...
U.K.’s Starmer didn’t know Jeffrey Epstein. But the PM’s job is under threatVideo
LONDON — Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein. But the British prime minister’s job is under threat because of the fallout from the late sex offender’s global web of relationships. Friendship with Epstein has already brought down a British royal — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew — and...
Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter crash kills pilot and trooper during shooter responseVideo
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter crashed in an accident, killing the pilot and a trooper who was on board, after responding to a gun battle between police and a suspect who fired on officers from rooftops, authorities said Thursday. The confrontation began when law enforcement...
Nigeria sets up new military command to slow spread of Islamic militants after deadly attack
LAGOS, Nigeria — The Nigerian government has announced a new military operation to tackle Islamic militants following the killing of more than 160 people in western Kwara state, many of them reportedly for resisting extremist ideology. Local officials said 162 people were killed during the Tuesday attack in the villages...
Famine spreads to more towns in Sudan’s Darfur region, hunger experts warn as war rages on
CAIRO — Famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there, a global hunger monitoring group said Thursday. The announcement came after the group said last year that people in Darfur’s major city of el-Fasher, overrun by the paramilitary forces after an...
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats’ ICE demands
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House. Democrats say they...
The last U.S.-Russia nuclear pact expires, prompting fears of a new arms race
MOSCOW — The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States expires Thursday, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century. The termination of the New START Treaty could set the stage for what many fear could...
A newborn’s death likely linked to the mom drinking raw milk while pregnant
A newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child’s mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy, health officials said. New Mexico officials this week warned people to avoid consuming unpasteurized dairy products following the death. Interest in and sales of raw milk have been rising in recent...
