The UAE says drones that targeted its Barakah nuclear power plant came from Iraqi territory
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The drones that targeted the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power plant all came from Iraq, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, an indication that Iraqi Shiite militias backed by Iran were likely behind the assault. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack...
Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war as Bill Cassidy, after primary loss, flips to support it
WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war, as a growing number of Republicans defied the president’s direction on a conflict that has spanned well over two months. Since Trump ordered the attack on Iran at the end...
The White House push for $1 billion in security funds is facing GOP oppositionVideo
WASHINGTON — A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president’s new ballroom is facing growing opposition from Republicans ahead of an expected vote this week, even as President Donald Trump and the U.S. Secret Service push for the money. Republicans are...
U.S. government agrees to drop tax claims against Trump in broadening of IRS lawsuit settlement
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will permanently drop tax claims against President Donald Trump, according to a settlement document that is part of a deal to resolve Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns. As part of the settlement agreement, the...
Woman dies after falling into an uncovered maintenance hole in New York City
NEW YORK — A 56-year-old woman fell into an open maintenance hole on a busy New York City street and died, police and utility officials said as they investigated how it could have happened. The woman parked her Mercedes-Benz SUV right next to the maintenance hole Monday night near the...
NATO’s top officer doesn’t expect more American drawdowns beyond the 5,000 troops Trump announced
BRUSSELS — NATO’s top military officer said Tuesday that he doesn’t expect any more drawdowns of American troops from Europe — at least not anytime soon — beyond the 5,000 that U.S. President Donald Trump announced would leave the continent. The remarks by U.S. Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich follow Trump’s...
San Diego mosque shooters met online and left writings expressing hate, FBI says
SAN DIEGO — Two teenagers who shot and killed three people in an attack on a California mosque were radicalized online where they first met and shared white supremacist views, according to authorities and writings they authored. The pair “didn’t discriminate on who they hated,” Mark Remily, the lead FBI...
Busiest U.S. commuter rail system resumes operations as deal reached to end strike
NEW YORK — Trains are rolling again on the Long Island Rail Road after a deal was reached to end a strike that had shut down the busiest commuter rail system in the country. The first trains departed from Manhattan’s Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal heading east toward Long...
NAACP calls for boycott of Southern college sports programs over voting rights
WASHINGTON — The NAACP is calling on Black athletes and fans to boycott the athletic programs of public universities in states that are taking steps that the nation’s oldest civil rights group says are restricting Black voting rights. Launched on Tuesday, the “Out of Bounds” campaign urges prospective Black athletes,...
Climate report says world won’t get as hot as feared but will pass warming limit
WASHINGTON — Scientists are jettisoning their worst and best case scenarios for a warming world as no longer plausible. That shows how modest gains in the fight to curb climate change have dialed back the most catastrophic of future heating but also confirmed that there’s no chance to limit warming...
More than 17,000 under evacuation orders as Southern California wildfire threatens homes
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — More than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in Southern California on Tuesday as a wildfire threatened suburban homes. The wind-driven Sandy Fire was reported Monday in the hills above Simi Valley, about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles. By Tuesday morning, it had consumed more...
Blanche doesn’t rule out considering payments for violent Jan. 6 rioters as he defends $1.8B fundVideo
WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday wouldn’t rule out the possibility that people who carried out violence during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol will be considered for payouts from a new $1.776 billion fund to pay individuals who believe they were targeted politically....
Affordable Care Act enrollment projected to plunge by 5 million as costs spike, analysis shows
NEW YORK — Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million people this year, shrinking the number of participants in the program by more than 20%, according to a new analysis from the healthcare research nonprofit KFF. Those who remain covered are...
Blast outside a Syrian defense ministry building kills a soldier, wounds 12 people
DAMASCUS, Syria — A bomb exploded outside a Defense Ministry building in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, killing one soldier and wounding about a dozen other people, the ministry and state media reported. The Defense Ministry said in a terse statement that soldiers discovered a bomb that was ready to...
Federal judge bans most arrests by federal agents in immigration courts in New York
NEW YORK — Federal agents can no longer make arrests without exceptional circumstances in and around three Manhattan buildings where immigration proceedings occur, a judge ruled. The decision by U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel on Monday brings an abrupt halt to a practice begun under the Trump administration that...
Woman dies after falling into an uncovered maintenance hole in New York City
NEW YORK — A 56-year-old woman fell into an open maintenance hole on a busy New York City street and died, police and utility officials said as they investigated how it could have happened. The woman parked her Mercedes-Benz SUV right next to the maintenance hole near the corner of...
Board of Peace will ask the UN Security Council to press Hamas to disarm
GENEVA — The body overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza will ask the United Nations Security Council to press the Hamas militant group to disarm, according to a report seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday. The report by the Board of Peace, an international body set up by U.S....
Police say dozens of people and organizations could be charged over deadly 2017 London fire
LONDON — British police said Tuesday they will ask prosecutors to consider charging 57 people and 20 organizations with criminal offenses over the Grenfell Tower blaze, almost a decade after the deadliest fire in Britain’s modern history killed dozens. The Metropolitan Police said files of evidence will be submitted to...
A de-extinction company has hatched live chicks from an artificial eggshell
NEW YORK — A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics of its de-extinction mission. Twenty-six baby chickens — ranging from a few days to...
NATO fighter jet shoots down a Ukrainian drone over Estonia
TALLINN, Estonia — A NATO fighter jet shot down a Ukrainian drone over southern Estonia on Tuesday, authorities said. It was the latest in a string of similar incidents in recent months, in which Ukrainian drones aimed at Russia have crossed or come down in NATO territory. Western officials previously...
Libyan detention facility head known as ‘Angel of Death’ faces International Criminal Court
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court told judges on Tuesday how the senior commander of a Libyan prison murdered and raped his prisoners, sometimes in front of their children, earning the nickname “Angel of Death.” The court in The Hague is holding pretrial hearings for its...
Russia holds massive drills of its nuclear forces as Ukraine steps up its drone attacks
MOSCOW — Russia on Tuesday began massive maneuvers of its nuclear forces featuring practice launches of nuclear-capable ballistic and cruise missiles in drills that come amid surge in Ukrainian drone strikes. The three-day exercise will involve 64,000 troops, over 200 missile launchers, more than 140 aircraft, 73 surface warships and...
Animal welfare groups say 3 South African zoo elephants are depressed and sue to move them
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The mental well-being of three elephants in a zoo in South Africa is the subject of an unusual court case, with animal welfare groups saying they are depressed and should be moved to a larger conservation park where they can be happy. The case this...
Putin visits China to reaffirm Russia ties as Xi also seeks stable U.S. relations after Trump summit
BEIJING — Russian President Vladimir Putin is traveling to China to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his own trip to Beijing. Putin is scheduled to be in China on Tuesday and Wednesday in a visit likely to be...
Minnesota county charges ICE officer in a nonfatal shooting during Trump’s immigration crackdown
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota county prosecutor on Monday announced charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s crackdown in the state. The officer, Christian Castro, is charged with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely...
