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Mississippi woman kills escaped monkey fearing for her children’s safety
One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi roadway was shot and killed early Sunday by a woman who says she feared for the safety of her children. Jessica Bond Ferguson said she was alerted early Sunday by her 16-year-old son who said...
U.S. not planning nuclear explosions at this time, energy secretary says
WASHINGTON — The nuclear weapons testing ordered by President Donald Trump will not involve nuclear explosions at this time, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday. “I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests,” Wright said in an interview with Fox News. “These are not nuclear...
November’s closest Supermoon to appear even grander. Here’s what to know
A super close Supermoon will occur this week. The moon will be as close to Earth as it can get this month, fully illuminated for skywatchers, according to the Earth Sky, a science website that provides daily news and information on astronomy and space. The supermoon is set to rise...
Nigeria says U.S. help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty
ABUJA — Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as its territorial integrity is respected, responding to threats of military action by President Donald Trump over what he said was the ill-treatment of Christians in the West African country. Trump said on...
Trump administration must pay food aid benefits within days, judge says
NEW YORK — A federal court in Rhode Island on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to make full food aid benefit payments by Monday, or partial payments by Wednesday, while acknowledging the “irreparable harm” that exists without their timely payment. The Rhode Island case is one of two lawsuits filed...
10 people hospitalized in train stabbing attack, U.K. police say
LONDON — British police said 10 people have been hospitalized, nine with life-threatening injuries, following a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train Saturday evening, and that counterterrorism police are supporting the investigation. In a statement early Sunday, British Transport Police, which took the lead in the response given that...
Trump threatens U.S. military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government “continues to allow the killing of Christians.” The U.S. government will also immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, Trump said in a post...
South Korean president Lee asks China’s Xi for help engaging North Korea
GYEONGJU, South Korea — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi Jinping’s help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbor North Korea on Saturday, while Xi told Lee he was willing to widen cooperation and jointly tackle the challenges they face. Lee hosted Xi at a...
Egypt opens colossal new antiquities museum after 2-decade wait
CAIRO — Prime ministers, presidents and royalty descended on Cairo on Saturday to attend the spectacle-laden inauguration of a sprawling new museum built near the Pyramids to house one of the world’s richest collections of antiquities. The inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum, or GEM, marks the end of a...
Russia denounces ‘excessive’ U.S. military force in Caribbean, backs Venezuela
Russia’s foreign ministry denounced on Saturday “excessive military force” by the United States in the Caribbean Sea deployed as part of a drive against drug trafficking and reaffirmed its support for Venezuela’s leaders. “We firmly denounce the use of excessive military force in carrying out actions in anti-drugs operations,” foreign...
2 more charged in connection with Louvre jewel heist
PARIS — A woman and a man were placed under formal investigation over the $102 million Louvre Museum jewel heist, the Paris prosecutor said on Saturday, bringing the total number charged in the case to four. The man, 37, known to police for previous thefts, was charged with organised theft...
A toy maker takes his case against Trump’s tariffs to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Within days of Donald Trump announcing his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs in April, Rick Woldenberg was looking for a law firm to help him sue the U.S. president. “I’m not willing to allow politicians to destroy what we have built up over generations,” said Woldenberg, CEO of educational...
In U.S. first, New Mexico launches free child care for all
TAOS, New Mexico — On Saturday, New Mexico became the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country. Under the program, families, regardless of income, can receive...
ACA premiums double, adding post Halloween fright for health insurance shoppers
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — Americans shopping for 2026 health insurance plans from the Affordable Care Act are facing a more than doubling of monthly premiums on average and are likely to postpone signing up in hopes of a last-minute reprieve, or walk away, health experts say. Covid-19 pandemic-era subsidies, due to...
As U.S. federal food aid lapses, most states unable to fill the void
WASHINGTON — For Roma Hammonds, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, food stamps have been a lifeline since taking custody of her grandchildren five years ago. Hammonds, 60, who cannot work because of a physical disability, has relied on her $563 in monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to feed her family...
2 dead, 10 injured in shooting on Greek island of Crete
ATHENS — A man and a woman were killed and at least 10 people injured in a shooting in a village on the Greek island of Crete on Saturday, in what a senior police official described as a family vendetta. Police gave no immediate information about the suspected shooter, who...
NASA administrator calls out Kim Kardashian for promoting moon landing conspiracy
The head of NASA has called out Kim Kardashian after the famous mogul and reality television star claimed that the iconic 1969 moon landing was faked. In the most recent episode of “The Kardashians,” a clip shows Kardashian, 45, telling actress Sarah Paulson that she believed the Apollo 11 lunar...
Agile and vicious Nanotyrannus was not just a teenage T. rex
WASHINGTON — At the twilight of the age of dinosaurs, an agile and vicious predator named Nanotyrannus prowled western North America, resembling a smaller version of Tyrannosaurus - about a tenth the body mass - but with several key anatomical differences. That is the finding of new research concluding that...
19 states are ready to ban the time change. Here’s what would need to happen first.
Clocks are set to “fall back” this weekend across the United States as daylight saving time is coming to an end. Daylight saving time always begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November. In 2025, that means it started on March 9 and...
Men shot by the hundreds, disappeared after Sudanese city falls to paramilitaries, witnesses say
Fighters riding camels rounded up a couple of hundred men near the Sudanese city of al-Fashir at the weekend and brought them to a reservoir, shouting racial slurs before starting to shoot, according to a man who said he was among them. One of the captors recognized him from his...
Ukraine hands over suspected Russian war criminal to Lithuania
KYIV/VILNIUS — Ukraine has handed over a captured Russian soldier accused of torture and illegal detention to Lithuania for trial, in what Kyiv said was the first case of its kind involving the justice system of a third country during Russia’s nearly four-year-old war. The soldier, described by Lithuania as...
U.S. expects more flight disruptions as government shutdown enters Day 31
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday delayed flights at airports in Austin, Newark and Nashville as air traffic control staffing problems continue to snarl flights and a government shutdown hits its 31st day. At least nine FAA facilities were facing staffing issues on Friday and the agency said...
Analysis: Trump’s big nuclear reactor push raises safety concerns
A huge nuclear deal announced by the Trump administration earlier this week provides a multi-billion-dollar incentive for the U.S. government to issue permits and approvals for new Westinghouse reactors - an unprecedented structure that critics say poses environmental and safety risks. Under the agreement with Westinghouse Electric’s owners, Canada-based Cameco...
Analysis: Nuclear curveball: Trump’s testing plan raises fears, confusion in Washington
WASHINGTON - If U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Richard Correll thought he was going to have an easy confirmation hearing on Thursday to become the commander of America’s nuclear forces, those hopes surely vanished at 9:04 p.m. the night before he was to testify. That was when President Donald Trump shocked...
U.S. pediatrician group recommends against routine use of drug for autism
CHICAGO — The American Academy of Pediatrics on Friday said it does not recommend the routine use of leucovorin — a form of vitamin B9 — in children with autism, citing a lack of evidence on the treatment’s benefits and risks to support widespread use in this population. The announcement...
