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Italy seeks man in viral video carving names into Rome’s ColosseumVideo
ROME — Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the Colosseum in Rome, a crime that resulted in hefty fines in the past. Video of the incident went...
U.K. was ill-prepared for pandemic because resources were diverted to Brexit, ex-health chief says
LONDON — Britain was ill-prepared for a pandemic partly because government resources had been diverted away from pandemic planning to brace for a possibly chaotic exit from the European Union without a deal, the U.K.’s former health secretary told an inquiry Tuesday. Matt Hancock also said officials had to scramble...
UN report: Russia tortured, executed civilians in Ukraine
BERLIN — Russian forces carried out widespread and systematic torture of civilians who were detained in connection with its attack on Ukraine, summarily executing dozens of them, the United Nations human rights office said Tuesday. The global body interviewed hundreds of victims and witnesses for a report detailing more than...
Philippine police raid alleged cybercrime buildings, rescue 2,700 workers
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine police backed by commandos staged a massive raid Tuesday and said they rescued more than 2,700 workers from China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and more than a dozen other countries who were allegedly swindled into working for fraudulent online gaming sites and other cybercrime groups. The...
Tape has Trump discussing ‘highly confidential’ document with interviewerVideo
An audio recording from a meeting in which former President Donald Trump discusses a “highly confidential” document with an interviewer appears to undermine his later claim that he didn’t have such documents, only magazine and newspaper clippings. The recording, from a July 2021 interview Trump gave at his Bedminster, N.J.,...
Witness list in Trump classified documents case should be public, press say
The judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents denied a government request to file under seal a list of dozens of potential witnesses who the former president has been barred from speaking to about the case. Special Counsel Jack Smith hasn’t...
Malaria cases in Texas, Florida are the first U.S. spread since 2003, CDC says
NEW YORK — The United States has seen five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos in the last two months — the first time there’s been local spread in in 20 years. There were four cases detected in Florida and one in Texas, according to a health alert issued Monday...
Prosecutors seeking death penalty against man accused of slaying of 4 University of Idaho students
BOISE, Idaho — Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year. Bryan Kohberger, 28, is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the Moscow, Idaho,...
Next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine
SEATTLE — The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine. After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be out in five years. These aren’t traditional vaccines that prevent disease, but shots to shrink tumors and...
San Antonio airport worker died, ‘ingested’ by Delta plane engine
A worker died last week after being “ingested” into an airplane engine at San Antonio International Airport. Shortly after Delta Flight 111 arrived at the airport from Los Angeles around 10:30 p.m. Central time, a worker on the tarmac was “ingested” into the plane’s engine as it was taxiing to...
White Florida woman charged with manslaughter in shooting of Black neighbor
A white woman accused of firing through her door and fatally shooting a Black mother in front of her 9-year-old son in central Florida was charged Monday with manslaughter and assault. Susan Lorincz was arrested earlier this month following the fatal shooting of Ajike Owens in Ocala, Fla. She was...
Putin thanks nation for unity after aborted rebellionVideo
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the nation on Monday for unity after an armed rebellion over the weekend was aborted less than 24 hours after it began. Earlier in the day, the mercenary chief defended his short-lived insurrection in a boastful statement. In his first appearance since the rebellion ended,...
A woman fatally shot an Uber driver. Police say she wrongly thought she was being kidnappedVideo
EL PASO, Texas — A Kentucky woman has been accused of fatally shooting her West Texas Uber driver after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, according to police. Phoebe Copas remained jailed Sunday in El Paso, Texas, after being charged with murder last week in the...
Hajj pilgrimage starts in Saudi Arabia, with 2 million expected after lifting of covid measures
MINA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims in Mecca circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, and then converged on a vast tent camp in the nearby desert, officially opening the annual Hajj pilgrimage on Monday, returning to its full capacity for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. So far, more...
Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show
WASHINGTON — You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk. A study published Monday found that female bottlenose dolphins change their tone when addressing their calves. Researchers recorded the signature whistles...
Civil rights icon James Meredith turns 90, urges people to fight crimeVideo
JACKSON, Miss. — James Meredith knew he was putting his life in danger in the 1960s by pursuing what he believes was his divine mission: conquering white supremacy in the deeply, and often violently, segregated state of Mississippi. A half-century later, the civil rights leader is still talking about his...
Supreme Court unfreezes Louisiana redistricting case that could boost power of Black voters
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its hold on a Louisiana political remap case, increasing the likelihood that the Republican-dominated state will have to redraw boundary lines to create a second mostly Black congressional district. The development revived Black Louisianans’ optimism of creating a second majority-Black district in...
For some states with transgender bathrooms laws, enforcement is an issue
BISMARCK, N.D. — When North Dakota restricted what bathrooms transgender students can use in public schools and universities this year, the school district in the state’s largest city promised to ignore the new rules. A Republican legislator then called for confiscating its state funding, but the law doesn’t include that...
Biden: U.S., NATO had no role in insurrection in Russia by mercenary force
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday said United States and NATO had no involvement in the short-lived insurrection in Russia by the Wagner Group mercenary force. He said it’s “too early” to assess the impact on the war in Ukraine. Biden said he held a video call with allies...
Colorado Springs mass shooter pleads guilty; victims call him a ‘monster’ who hunted LGBTQ+ patrons
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Victims called the Colorado Springs mass shooter a “monster” who hunted down LGBTQ+ patrons in a calculated attack last year that killed five people. Surviving victims and family members of those slain spoke during an emotional sentencing hearing Monday after shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty...
Supreme Court won’t let North Carolina charter school force girls to wear skirts to school
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place an appellate ruling barring a North Carolina public charter school from requiring girls to wear skirts to school. The justices declined without comment to hear an appeal from the Charter Day School in the eastern North Carolina town of Leland....
Tenants say a 3-year ban on evictions kept them housed. Landlords say they’re drowning in debt
SAN FRANCISCO — Retiree Pamela Haile has paid property taxes, insurance and other bills on a house she lets out in Oakland, but for more than three years her tenants have paid no rent thanks to one of the longest-lasting eviction bans in the country. The eviction moratorium in the...
NYC gets $25M for e-bike charging stations, seeking to prevent deadly battery fires
NEW YORK — After a series of fires involving faulty e-bike batteries including a recent blaze that claimed four lives, New York City officials announced Sunday that they are receiving a $25 million emergency grant from the federal government to fund scores of charging stations citywide. Mayor Eric Adams hopes...
With abortion rights on the line, an August special election has Ohio election offices scrambling
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A high-stakes August special election with national political implications is upending local election offices across Ohio, as already stressed election workers are suddenly faced with a mountain of logistical challenges after Republican lawmakers backtracked on their own law. Officials have to lure poll workers away from vacations,...
Coast Guard is investigating the loss of the Titan submersible to determine cause of implosion
The U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday it is leading an investigation into the loss of the Titan submersible that was carrying five people to the Titanic, to determine what caused it to implode. Capt. Jason Neubauer, chief investigator, said the salvage operations are ongoing, and they have mapped the accident...
