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Bodycam video appears to show Florida officer aiming a gun at Black student during brutal arrest
A Florida police officer had his gun aimed at a Black college student shortly before the driver was pulled from his car and beaten in a recorded encounter that recently sparked widespread outrage, civil rights lawyers said Tuesday. The officer standing in front of William McNeil Jr.’s car appeared to...
Who wants to be a millionaire? 1 in 10 Americans already is but the status loses its luster
NEW YORK — As a child, Heidi Barley watched her family pay for groceries with food stamps. As a college student, she dropped out because she couldn’t afford tuition. In her twenties, already scraping by, she was forced to take a pay cut that shrunk her salary to just $34,000...
1st group of Syrian refugees returns home from Lebanon under new UN plan
JDEIDET YABOUS, Syria — The first group of Syrian refugees returned home from Lebanon on Tuesday under a new plan the United Nations developed with the Lebanese government following the downfall of Bashar Assad’s rule in December. Syria’s uprising-turned-conflict displaced half of the country’s pre-war population of 23 million over...
Over 60,000 Palestinians have died in the 21-month Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry says
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 21-month Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, said the death toll has climbed to to 60,034, with another 145,870 people wounded since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. It did...
Tea app takes messaging system offline after 2nd security issue reported
Tea, a dating discussion app that recently suffered a high-profile cybersecurity breach, announced late Monday that some direct messages were also accessed in the incident. The app — designed to let women safely discuss men they date — rocketed to the top of the U.S. Apple App Store last week...
Russia kills 27 civilians in Ukraine as the Kremlin remains defiant over Trump threats
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian glide bombs and ballistic missiles struck a Ukrainian prison and a medical facility overnight as Russia’s relentless strikes on civilian areas killed at least 27 people across the country, officials said Tuesday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to soon punish Russia with sanctions and tariffs...
Gunman who killed 4 in New York was trying to get to NFL offices and claimed to have CTE, officials say
NEW YORK — A gunman who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower blamed his mental health problems on the National Football League and intended to target the league’s headquarters there but took the wrong elevator, officials said Tuesday. Investigators said Shane Tamura, a Las Vegas casino worker, was...
2 kids killed at Miami sailing camp after barge collides with their boat, authorities say
MIAMI — Two kids were killed and two more are in critical condition after a barge struck and sunk their boat, sending them overboard Monday during a sailing camp in Miami, authorities said. All six people on the sailing boat were pulled from the water by responders, and four kids...
Police search for suspect who fatally attacked couple in Arkansas’ Devil’s Den State ParkVideo
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Police searched Monday for the killer of a married couple found dead in Arkansas’ remote Devil’s Den State Park but had still not identified a suspect in the weekend attack that happened while the family was hiking with two young children. The suspect may have fled...
Trump seeks quick Murdoch deposition in Wall Street Journal lawsuit over Epstein story
President Donald Trump is asking a federal court in Florida to force Rupert Murdoch to give a deposition for the president’s lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal within 15 days, citing the media mogul’s age and physical condition. Trump sued the Journal, owned by Murdoch, is U.S. District Court in...
Pilot arrested on child sex abuse material charges after landing at San Francisco airport
SAN FRANCISCO — A pilot was arrested aboard a Delta Air Lines flight and federal agents took him into custody from the cockpit after the plane landed at San Francisco International Airport. The pilot, whose identity wasn’t immediately released, was arrested on charges relating to child sexual abuse material, an...
Texas county votes to release Uvalde school shooting records, ending legal battle
HOUSTON — Leaders of the county where 19 students and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, voted Monday to release records related to the massacre, ending a yearslong legal battle over disclosure of the information. Uvalde County commissioners voted 2-1 to...
Ex-officer who mistook a Black man’s keys and phone for a gun gets 15 years to life for murderVideo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Ohio police officer convicted of murder in the shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when he was killed, was given a mandatory sentence Monday of 15 years to life. Former Columbus officer Adam Coy shot Hill four...
Trump says he ended friendship with Epstein because he ‘stole people that worked for me’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and threw the now-disgraced financier out of his private club in Florida after Epstein betrayed him more than once by hiring people who had worked for him. Trump did not say what his employees did...
Shooter opens fire at Reno casino, killing 3 and injuring several others
RENO, Nev. — A gunman opened fire Monday outside the largest casino in Reno, Nevada, killing three people and wounding three others before being taken into custody, officials said. Two victims were in critical condition, while the other had been released from the hospital, Sparks Police Chief Chris Crawforth said...
Judge blocks Trump administration’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
A federal judge on Monday says Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation’s largest abortion provider fights President Donald Trump’s administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation. The new order replaces a previous edict handed down by...
Attorneys: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees held without charges, barred from legal access
Civil rights lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys, are being held without any charges and that a federal immigration court has canceled bond hearings. The immigration attorneys argued Monday during...
Trump says he wants Netanyahu to ‘make sure they get the food’ in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday expressed concern over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza and urged Israel to get people food, seemingly recalibrating his stance on Gaza as images of emaciated children have sparked renewed worries about hunger in the war-torn territory. Trump, speaking in Scotland on Monday,...
2 Israeli rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza
TEL AVIV, Israel — Two prominent Israeli rights groups on Monday said their country is committing genocide in Gaza, the first time that local Jewish-led organizations have made such accusations against Israel during nearly 22 months of war. The claims by B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel add to an...
As Trump shows off his golf courses for Britain’s leader, crisis in Gaza looms
EDINBURGH, Scotland — President Donald Trump once suggested his golf course in Scotland “furthers” the U.S.-U.K. relationship. Now he’s getting the chance to prove it. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived Monday for a meeting with Trump at a golf course owned by the president’s family near Turnberry in southwestern...
Thailand and Cambodia agree to ‘unconditional’ ceasefire to end deadly border row, Malaysian PM says
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an “unconditional” ceasefire starting at midnight, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Monday, a significant breakthrough to resolve five days of deadly border clashes that have killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands of people. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and...
Small plane carrying 3 people crashes off California coast, search underway
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. — Authorities are searching for three people who were aboard a private twin-engine plane that crashed off the central California coast. Emergency officials responded Saturday night after receiving a lost radar alert and 911 calls from residents, KSBW-TV reported. Witnesses reported hearing an aircraft engine revving and...
Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97
LOS ANGELES — Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, has died. He was 97. Longtime friend David Herder said Lehrer died Saturday at his home...
Police search for suspect in deaths of couple attacked while walking with daughters at Arkansas park
WEST FORK, Ark. — Police in Arkansas were searching on Sunday for a suspect in the deaths of a couple who investigators said were attacked while on a wooded walking trail with their two young daughters. Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, were found dead Saturday at...
Passengers flee smoking jet on emergency slide after apparent landing gear problem at Denver airportVideo
Passengers slid down an emergency slide of a smoking jet at Denver International Airport because of a possible problem with the plane’s landing gear, authorities said. American Airlines Flight 3023 reported a “possible landing gear incident” during its departure from Denver on Saturday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The...
