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Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge’s decision to block X nationwide
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian Supreme Court panel on Monday unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide, according to the court’s website. The broader support among justices undermines the effort by Musk and his supporters to cast...
2 dead, 4 injured after man drives his car through restaurant patio in MinnesotaVideo
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — A man drove his car through a restaurant patio where a group of medical workers were celebrating on Sunday in a Minneapolis suburb, killing two of them and injuring at least four, police and hospital officials said. Surveillance footage captured a man, whom police did...
How proposed rules could protect U.S. workers from heat
The first federal legal protections for indoor and outdoor workers exposed to heat could go into effect next year following decades of activism by medical experts, unions and labor advocates. The rule would, among other things, require employers across the U.S. to create heat safety plans and provide water and...
Police say 4 people fatally shot on Chicago-area subway trainVideo
FOREST PARK, Ill. — A shooting on Labor Day morning on a subway train outside Chicago left four people dead, police said. Three people were pronounced dead at the Forest Park station, an above-ground stop on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line. The fourth victim died at a hospital. The...
U.S. government seizes plane used by Venezuelan president, citing sanctions violationsVideo
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States in violation of sanctions and export control laws. The Dassault Falcon 900EX was seized in the Dominican Republic...
Turkey detains 15 members of anti-American youth group for assaulting 2 U.S. servicemenVideo
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities on Monday detained 15 members of an anti-American youth organization who physically assaulted two U.S. military personnel in the city of Izmir, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. The agency said members of the Turkish Youth Union, which is affiliated with the Patriotic Party —...
Netanyahu pushes back against new pressure over Gaza and hostages: ‘No one will preach to me’
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pushed back against a new wave of pressure to reach a cease-fire deal in Gaza after hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested and went on strike and U.S. President Joe Biden said he needed to do more after nearly...
Investigators gather evidence at scene of Mississippi bus crash that killed 7, injured dozens more
BOVINA, Miss. — Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board were collecting evidence Sunday at the scene of a commercial bus crash in Mississippi that killed seven people and injured dozens of others. The 2018 Volvo bus was traveling westbound on Interstate 20 near Bovina early Saturday when a left...
Trump issues statement from Gold Star families defending Arlington Cemetery visit and ripping Harris
ATLANTA — Donald Trump’s campaign issued a statement Sunday from the Gold Star military families who invited him to Arlington National Cemetery as they defended the Republican presidential nominee and insisted that Vice President Kamala Harris is the candidate politicizing fallen U.S. service members. It’s the latest volley in an...
Fentanyl vaccine heads for clinical trials, with goal of saving lives
A fentanyl vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Houston is expected to head to clinical trials sometime in the middle of next year, with the hope of being a groundbreaking solution to a deadly crisis. The vaccine, which has shown success in animal studies, is designed to stop...
Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia, with China in the background
VATICAN CITY — If any evidence were needed to underscore that Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Asia and Oceania is the longest, farthest and most challenging of his pontificate, it’s that he’s bringing along his secretaries to help him navigate the four-country program while keeping up with work back home....
Helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president was caused by climatic conditions, report finds
TEHRAN, Iran — An official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people found challenging climatic and atmospheric conditions caused it, Iranian state TV reported Sunday. The final report of the Supreme Board of the General Staff of the Armed Forces...
Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after first case in 25 years
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the Israel-Hamas war. Authorities plan to vaccinate children in central Gaza...
Poland marks the 85th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion at the start of World War II
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s leaders stressed the need for a strong defense in the face of war in neighboring Ukraine and redress as they led solemn ceremonies early Sunday to mark the 85th anniversary of German Nazi forces invading and bombing Polish territory at the start of World War II....
Israelis erupt in protest to demand a cease-fire after 6 more hostages die in Gaza
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of grieving and angry Israelis surged into the streets Sunday night after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza, chanting “Now! Now!” as they demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a cease-fire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home. The mass outpouring...
California lawmakers pass ambitious bills to atone for legacy of racism against Black residents
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers this week passed some of the nation’s most ambitious legislation aimed at atoning for a legacy of racist policies that drove disparities for Black people, from housing to education to health. But they left out two bills that would have created a fund aimed at...
Federal probe into Diddy allegations now focused on Miami hotel
NEW YORK — The federal investigation into Sean “Diddy” Combs’ alleged sex and narcotics trafficking is now focused on a ritzy Miami hotel. According to recently filed legal documents obtained by TMZ, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York obtained a subpoena, demanding that the unnamed Florida hot...
Hip-hop artist Fatman Scoop dies at 53 after collapsing on stage in Connecticut
NEW YORK — Fatman Scoop, the hip-hop artist who topped charts in Europe with “Be Faithful” in the early 2000s and later lent his distinctive voice and ebullient vibe to hits by artists including Missy Elliott and Ciara, died after collapsing on stage at a show in Connecticut, according to...
A Norwegian princess marries an American self-styled shaman in front of a star-studded audience
HELSINKI — Social media influencers, reality stars and TV personalities were among the guests as the Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, married an American self-professed shaman Saturday in a wedding ceremony following three days of festivities. The 52-year-old princess and Durek Verrett, who claims to be a sixth-generation...
Mexico offers escorted rides north from southern Mexico for migrants with US asylum appointments
MEXICO CITY — Mexico will offer escorted bus rides from southern Mexico to the U.S. border for non-Mexican migrants who have received a United States asylum appointment, the government announced Saturday. The National Immigration Institute said the buses will leave from the southern cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula. It appeared...
Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before fighting is expected to pause
JERUSALEM — A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus has begun, the Health Ministry said Saturday, as Palestinians in the Hamas-governed enclave and the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel’s military offensives. Meanwhile, Israel’s military late Saturday in a terse announcement...
Hurricane center tracks 3 systems with tropical development potential
ORLANDO, Fla. — As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season begins to pick up steam, the National Hurricane Center continues to track three systems among the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm. The closest to the U.S. is a...
Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek
TOKYO — Japan, a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally working oneself to death, is trying to address a worrisome labor shortage by coaxing more people and companies to adopt four-day workweeks. The Japanese government first expressed support for a shorter working week in 2021, after...
Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When she was in fifth grade, Scarlett Goddard Strahan started to worry about getting wrinkles. By the time she turned 10, Scarlett and her friends were spending hours on TikTok and YouTube watching influencers tout products for achieving today’s beauty aesthetic: a dewy, “glowy,” flawless complexion. Scarlett...
7 U.S. troops hurt in a raid with Iraqi forces that left 15 suspected militants dead
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country’s western desert that killed at least 15 people and left seven American troops hurt, officials said Saturday. For years after dislodging the militants from their self-declared...
