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China hits back with tariffs on U.S. products; launches investigation into Google
BEIJING — China announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google on Tuesday, just minutes after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect. American tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico were also set to go into effect...
A 1714 Stradivarius violin up for auction could become most expensive music instrument ever sold
NEW YORK — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby’s in New York. The auction house is estimating the value of the “Joachim-Ma Stradivarius” at...
How Trump’s pledge to punish South Africa reflects Elon Musk’s criticism of his homeland
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — U.S. President Donald Trump said he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a human rights violation, a move that reflects Elon Musk’s repeated and false claims over the years that authorities in his country of birth are anti-white and even...
New York shields abortion pill prescribers after doctor was indicted in Louisiana
ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a physician in the state was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana. The new law, which took effect immediately, allows doctors...
Lawsuit blames deaths on Ohio train derailment as JD Vance says U.S. needs ‘to do better on rail safety’
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment was announced on Monday’s second anniversary of the toxic crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border amid a flurry of new litigation. On Monday, Vice President JD Vance visited...
Ex-deep-sea treasure hunter jailed for nearly 10 years scores a legal win but won’t be freed
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former deep-sea treasure hunter who has served nearly a decade in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of missing gold coins has had that term ended by a federal judge in Ohio, but he will remain behind bars for now. U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley...
Pacific Coast Highway reopens nearly a month after devastating Southern California wildfires
LOS ANGELES — The Pacific Coast Highway reopened Monday, nearly a month after it was closed when flames from the deadly Palisades Fire ripped through hillside Los Angeles neighborhoods, destroying properties all the way down to the beach. Traffic along the scenic shoreline route began moving again at 8 a.m....
New York attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday told hospitals that they would be violating state law if they stop offering gender-affirming care for people under age 19 in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at curtailing federal funding for such treatments. In...
What is USAID? Explaining the U.S. foreign aid agency and why Trump and Musk want to end it
WASHINGTON — Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance to other countries. Over the past two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. agency charged with delivering humanitarian assistance overseas...
Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico, but import taxes still in place for Canada and China
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum put their planned tariffs on hold Monday for a month to give time for further negotiations, and Mexico said it planned to deploy 10,000 members of its national guard to address drug trafficking. Trump’s tariffs against Canada and China...
Salvage crews recover engine, large portion of jet from river after deadly air collision near D.C.
ARLINGTON, Va. — Salvage crews have recovered an engine and large pieces of fuselage and are working to retrieve a wing from the wreckage of a commercial airliner involved in last week’s midair collision near Washington’s Reagan National Airport, officials said Monday. They also recovered more human remains from the...
Investors are betting Musk and Tesla will make a fortune under Trump even as threats mount
NEW YORK — For Elon Musk fans, it’s the half a trillion-dollar bet. That is how much the stock market value of Tesla has rocketed since the presidential election, a vertiginous climb uninterrupted in recent days despite a disappointing financial report that would have sunk the stock of nearly any...
American bald eagles are having a moment, ecologically and culturally
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue sky — is having a moment. The eagles find themselves in an environmental updraft of sorts...
What to know about Trump’s tariffs targeting Canada, Mexico and China
ATLANTA — President Donald Trump has taken executive action to impose new tariffs on imports from Canada, China and Mexico. The move fulfills campaign promises but also sparked retaliatory moves that could signal an extended trade war with key trading partners and, in the case of Mexico and Canada, the...
China renews threat to retaliate against U.S. tariffs
TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada, Mexico and China is ramping up over the production and importation of the opiate fentanyl, along with trade surpluses and illegal border crossings by migrants from across the globe. Here is what Beijing says about it: What has been...
Trump’s trade war among allies triggers retaliation from Canada and Mexico
TORONTO — Canada and Mexico ordered retaliatory tariffs on American goods in response to sweeping tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, and businesses and consumers in both countries questioned Sunday how the new trade war might affect them. Canada initially ordered tariffs of 25% on American imports starting Tuesday, including...
Sweden rules out sabotage in Baltic undersea data cable rupture and releases a ship
STOCKHOLM — Swedish prosecutors decided Monday to release a vessel belonging to a Bulgarian shipping company after ruling out initial suspicions that sabotage caused damage to an undersea fiber-optic cable between Sweden and Latvia. Damage to the cable running between the Latvian city of Ventspils and the Swedish island of...
At least 19 killed, mostly women, in a car bomb explosion in northern Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria — A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city on Monday, killing at least 19 people, all but one of them women, and leaving more than a dozen wounded, hospital workers said. The car detonated next to a vehicle carrying mostly female agricultural workers...
Man falls 20 feet after ski lift chair dislodges at New Hampshire resort
BARTLETT, N.H. — A man riding a ski lift fell about 20 feet to the ground after his chair detached and he suffered non-life-threatening injuries, New Hampshire authorities said. Witnesses said the man was conscious following the fall at the Attitash Mountain Resort in Bartlett about 12:15 p.m. Sunday. He...
Democrats push back after Musk says Trump agrees to close USAID and workers are kept out
WASHINGTON — Democrats have delivered a strong rebuke against the Trump administration’s attempts to gut an agency they say provides crucial aid overseas to fund education and fight starvation and disease, calling it illegal, vowing a court fight and lambasting billionaire Elon Musk for wielding so much power in Washington....
Trump plans to cut U.S. funding to South Africa over land law; Musk has also criticized the country
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation into the country’s policies, claiming that a “massive” human rights violation against white people is happening over a new land expropriation law. Trump made the pledge...
United Airlines flight evacuated after engine sparks fire on wing during takeoff at Houston airport
HOUSTON — Passengers were evacuated via slides and stairs from a jetliner at Houston’s main airport on Sunday after an engine problem during takeoff caused smoke and fire on the right wing. United Airlines flight 1382 to New York City was halted while still on the runway shortly after 8:30...
Trump administration ends deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans
The Trump administration has eliminated deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the United States, making them vulnerable to be sent back to the South American country in 60 days when the protection expires, according to an official from the Department of Homeland Security. The development comes days...
Officials say remains of 55 of 67 victims of midair collision have been recovered and identified
ARLINGTON, Va. — Authorities said Sunday they have recovered the remains of 55 of the 67 people killed in the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001. Washington, D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said at a news conference that divers still need to find the bodies of 12 more...
Fans at Raptors game continue trend of booing U.S. national anthem at pro sporting events in CanadaVideo
TORONTO — Fans at a Toronto Raptors game continued an emerging trend Sunday of booing the American national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada. Fans of the NBA’s lone Canadian franchise booed the anthem after similar reactions broke out Saturday night at NHL games in Ottawa, Ontario, and Calgary,...
