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Supreme Court denies appeal of ex-Ohio House speaker’s and lobbyist’s convictions in $60M scheme
COLUMBUS — The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal racketeering convictions Monday of imprisoned former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-lobbyist Matt Borges in the state’s long-running $60 million bribery scheme With his last legal option exhausted, Householder will return to his efforts to seek a presidential pardon, his...
King Charles III arrives in United States on a delicate mission to restore U.K.-U.S. relationship
WASHINGTON — Two and a half centuries after the American colonies declared independence from Britain under King George III, his descendant King Charles III arrived in the United States on Monday with trans-Atlantic ties under strain and security in the spotlight. A shooting at a Washington dinner attended by President...
Trumps call for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel — again — after morbid joke about first lady
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump both called for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel on Monday after a joke last week in which the late-night comic described the first lady as having “the glow of an expectant widow.” The remark about the president’s wife was part of a...
Man pleads guilty in the 2002 killing of Jam Master Jay of rap pioneers Run-DMC
NEW YORK — Nearly a quarter-century after rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot to death, a man admitted in court Monday to a role in a killing that stymied investigators for decades. Jay Bryant pleaded guilty to a federal murder charge, telling a judge that he helped...
National Trust says it won’t drop suit against Trump’s $400M White House ballroom after DOJ request
WASHINGTON — Preservationists are pressing ahead with their lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom, declining a request by the Department of Justice to withdraw the complaint following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday. Trump and other conservatives have made a renewed...
Prosecutors say suspect in missing students’ killings asked ChatGPT about disposing of a body
ORLANDO, Fla. — The suspect in the killings of two University of South Florida doctoral students from Bangladesh had asked ChatGPT what would happen if a human body was put in a garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster, days before they went missing, according to a report filed by...
Plane crashes on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital, killing 14 people
JUBA, South Sudan — A Cessna aircraft crashed Monday on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital, killing all 13 passengers and the pilot, the civil aviation authority said. The authority said preliminary reports indicate that the plane arriving from Yei town may have crashed due to weather conditions that caused...
Archaeologists at Pompeii use artificial intelligence to reveal the face of one of the victims
ROME — Archaeologists at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a victim of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that smothered the city, offering a new way to understand one of history’s most famous natural...
At least 42 people killed in eastern Chad during clashes over water resources
N’DJAMENA, Chad — At least 42 people were killed in eastern Chad after a clash between two families over a water point escalated into a cycle of reprisals, the country’s deputy prime minister said late Sunday. Limane Mahamat said during a visit to the village of Igote, in the Wadi...
Russian drone attack wounds 14 while Ukrainian drones kill 2 in Russia-held area
KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone attack before dawn on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa wounded 14 people, including two children, authorities said Monday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas that have been a hallmark of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone strike killed two...
Pope prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter, vows dialogue
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday in the Vatican with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, and vowed to keep working to overcome differences “no matter how intractable they may appear,” in a historic meeting with the first female leader of the Church of England and spiritual leader...
Prime Minister Mark Carney unveils $18 billion Canadian investment fund
TORONTO — Canada is developing a government-owned investment fund, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Monday. Carney said the fund will invest in major Canadian industrial projects in areas such as energy, infrastructure, mining, agriculture and technology. It will begin at 25 billion Canadian dollars ($18 billion). The prime minister said...
Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
TORRANCE, Calif. — The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump as federal authorities suggested an attack that disrupted one of Washington’s glitziest events had been planned for at...
Trump’s many upcoming large, public events may present fresh security challenges after latest attack
WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials are evaluating how to proceed with a number of high-profile public events featuring President Donald Trump after the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The third violent assault in the vicinity of Trump in less than two years is renewing the central tension...
Farmers in Vermont expected a sheep to have twins. She ended up having rare sextuplets
UNDERHILL, Vt. — Anne O’Connor just kept counting sheep, and it made her anything but sleepy. A sheep owned by O’Connor, who runs Clover & Bee Farm in Underhill, Vermont, with her husband, Gunnar, gave birth to a rare batch of six lambs earlier this month. The sextuplets and their...
Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if U.S. lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say
CAIRO — Iran offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, two regional officials said Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump seems unlikely...
Death toll from bus bombing in southwest Colombia rises to 20 during a wave of violence
BOGOTA, Colombia — The number of people killed in a bombing in a volatile region in southwest Colombia rose to 20, officials said Sunday. The attack happened Saturday when an explosive device was detonated on a bus traveling along the Pan-American Highway in the municipality of Cajibio. So far, 15...
Critics slam Trump’s purge of National Science Board: ‘Wholesale evisceration of American leadership in science’
The future of the National Science Foundation is in question after a slew of scientists who serve on the National Science Board, an independent body that promotes the progress of American science and provides advice to the U.S. president and Congress, were abruptly dismissed from their positions Friday by the...
Tornado in northern Texas leaves at least 2 dead and destroys multiple homesVideo
RUNAWAY BAY, Texas — A tornado-producing thunderstorm left at least two people dead in northern Texas and displaced at least 20 families, with many homes sustaining major damage, authorities said Sunday. Emergency responders worked through Saturday night and Sunday in the town of Runaway Bay to clear debris in order...
What happened inside the ballroom when a gunman tried to breach Trump’s night with the press
WASHINGTON — The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is one of Washington’s enduring, if somewhat awkward, rituals. There is inherent tension in the room, with journalists dressed in finery sharing drinks and food with many of the subjects they cover. That friction was starkly evident this year given President Donald...
D.C. gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family
WASHINGTON — The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner railed against Trump administration policies and referred to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” in writings sent to family members minutes before an attack that authorities increasingly believe was politically motivated, according to a message...
2 former Israeli prime ministers agree to merge parties against Netanyahu
JERUSALEM — Two Israeli political heavyweights on Sunday said they would join forces in upcoming elections in a shared effort to unseat longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid served as prime ministers in a rotation agreement as part of a coalition government they formed in 2021....
Tillis says he’s ready to move ahead with confirming Warsh as Trump’s pick as Fed chair
WASHINGTON — The Republican senator who had effectively blocked confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve said Sunday he was dropping his opposition after the Department of Justice ended its investigation of the current central bank chair. The announcement by Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina...
At least 16 dead in strikes as Chernobyl anniversary highlights nuclear risks of Russia-Ukraine war
KYIV, Ukraine — Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia killed at least 16 people, authorities said, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted fresh warnings about the risks posed by attacks near the plant during Russia’s more than four-year invasion of its neighbor. The death toll...
Despite Russia’s war, 1 Ukrainian city still gathers for midnight Chernobyl vigil
SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine — People streamed into the central square of Slavutych in the early hours of Sunday, placing candles on a large radiation hazard symbol laid out on the ground as a midnight commemoration began for those killed in the Chernobyl disaster 40 years ago and the thousands who risked...
