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Supreme Court allows Trump to remove 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who had been fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal judge. The justices acted on an emergency appeal from the Justice Department, which argued...
House Democrats launch bid to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files
WASHINGTON — House Democrats launched a bid Wednesday to subpoena President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, goading GOP lawmakers to defy Trump and Republican leadership to support the action. Democrats on a subcommittee of the powerful House Committee on Oversight made...
Judge rejects Trump administration effort to unseal Epstein grand jury records in Florida
A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar request for the work of a different grand jury is pending in New York. U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg in West Palm Beach said...
3 Haitian police officers and 2 civilians killed as gangs overrun a central region
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Three Haitian police officers and two civilians were killed in the country’s central region, where gang violence has surged, the government and a police union said Wednesday. The officers were members of a specialized unit known as UDMO, which is largely activated during protests and disturbances. A...
Doctor pleads guilty to selling Matthew Perry ketamine in the weeks before the actor’s death
LOS ANGELES — A doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday to giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the “Friends” star’s overdose death. Dr. Salvador Plasencia became the fourth of the five people charged in connection with Perry’s death to plead guilty. He stood next to his lawyer and...
Gaza has been at risk of famine for months, experts say. Here’s why it’s not been declaredVideo
For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of famine without formally declaring one. Even though Israel eased a 2½-month blockade on the territory in May, aid groups say only a trickle of assistance is getting into the...
UN’s top court decides what polluting countries must do about climate changeVideo
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The U.N.’s highest court is handing down a historic opinion on climate change Wednesday, a decision that could set a legal benchmark for action around the globe to the climate crisis. After years of lobbying by vulnerable island nations who fear they could disappear under rising...
Bryan Kohberger sentenced to life in prison for murdering 4 Idaho studentsVideo
BOISE, Idaho — Police released documents Wednesday detailing their investigation into the murders of four University of Idaho students. Police in Moscow, Idaho released dozens of pages of documents just hours after Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without parole in the years-long case. In one of the...
Zelenskyy faces backlash as Ukrainians protest new anti-corruption lawVideo
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian activists called for more protests Wednesday against a law they say weakens the country’s anti-corruption watchdogs, following the first major demonstration against the country’s government in more than three years of war. The legislation has also drawn rebukes from European Union officials and international rights groups....
Indian police arrest a suspected scammer running a fake embassy near New Delhi
NEW DELHI — Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a bogus embassy from a rented residential building near the capital, New Delhi, and recovered cars with fake diplomatic plates. The suspect impersonated an ambassador and allegedly duped people for money by promising overseas employment, said senior police...
Trump announces trade deal with Japan that lowers threatened tariff to 15%
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, placing a 15% tax on goods imported from that nation. “This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it,” Trump posted on Truth Social, adding that the United States...
German court acquits satirist over social media post following Trump assassination attempt
BERLIN — A German court on Wednesday acquitted a satirist who was charged with having approved of an assassination attempt against Donald Trump during last year’s U.S. election campaign in a social media post and disturbed the public peace. In a quickly deleted post under his alias “El Hotzo” on...
Flash floods kill 3 tourists and leave 15 missing in northern Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept away several vehicles carrying tourists in northern Pakistan, killing at least three people and leaving 15 others missing, officials said on Tuesday. Pakistani rescue officials say the above-normal monsoon rains since June 26 have killed at least 225 people...
House Republicans vote to rename Kennedy Center opera house after Melania Trump
Congressional Republicans are moving forward with a plan to rename the Kennedy Center opera house after Melania Trump. Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson added an amendment to the Interior-Environment spending bill that most of the center’s funding for the 2026 fiscal year would be contingent on changing the name to the...
Driver accused of ramming into crowd outside LA nightclub charged with 37 counts of attempted murder
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors announced felony charges Tuesday in connection with a car crash outside a nightclub over the weekend that injured at least 37 people and led to the driver being shot. Fernando Ramirez, 29, was charged with 37 counts of attempted murder and 37 counts of...
Erik Menendez seeking release from prison for serious medical condition, attorney says
LOS ANGELES — Erik Menendez is seeking to be released from prison as he receives treatment for a serious medical condition ahead of his parole hearing next month, his attorney said this week. Attorney Mark Geragos declined to share the specifics of the 54-year-old’s condition in an interview with TMZ....
U.S. Olympic, Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports it has an “obligation to comply” with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. The change, announced Monday with a...
San Francisco to ban homeless people from living in RVs with new parking limit
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco is set to ban homeless people from living in RVs by adopting strict new parking limits the mayor says are necessary to keep sidewalks clear and prevent trash buildup. The policy, up for final approval by San Francisco supervisors Tuesday, targets at least 400 recreational...
Suspect in ‘American Idol’ exec killing called 911 from victims’ home, but police didn’t find bodies for 4 days
LOS ANGELES — The man accused of killing “American Idol” music supervisor Robin Kaye and her rock musician husband, Tom DeLuca, in their home in Encino allegedly called 911 after the crime, the county’s top prosecutor said, yet it still took four more days to discover their bodies. Los Angeles...
Pam Bondi says judge-picked New Jersey prosecutor succeeding Alina Habba has been removedVideo
TRENTON, N.J. — Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday said the New Jersey federal prosecutor, who just hours earlier was named as the replacement for interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, has been removed. Desiree Leigh Grace was named by Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb as Habba’s successor under a statute...
Smoking or oxygen machine may have caused deadly fire at Massachusetts assisted-living home
FALL RIVER, Mass. — A fire that killed 10 people at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility was unintentionally caused by someone smoking or an electrical issue with an oxygen machine, investigators said Tuesday The state’s deadliest blaze in more than four decades has highlighted the lack of regulations governing assisted-living facilities...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman warns of AI voice fraud crisis in banking
WASHINGTON — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned the financial industry of a “significant impending fraud crisis” because of the ability of artificial intelligence tools to impersonate a person’s voice to bypass security checks and move money. Altman spoke at a Federal Reserve conference Tuesday in Washington. “A thing that terrifies...
Black man punched and pulled from his car by Florida deputies on video is set to speak to publicVideo
A Black man who was shown on video being punched and dragged from his car by Florida deputies during a traffic stop will speak to the public on Wednesday. William McNeil Jr., along with his family and attorneys, is set to host a news conference at 10 a.m. Wednesday at...
17 dead in head-on collision between minibus taxi and truck in Zimbabwe, police say
JOHANNESBURG — A head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a haulage truck killed 17 people in northeastern Zimbabwe on Tuesday police said. Police spokesman Paul Nyathi said all 17 victims, including some pedestrians, died at the scene of the crash, which happened near Chitungwiza, a densely populated town about...
What to know about Bryan Kohberger’s sentencing hearing for killing 4 Idaho students
BOISE, Idaho — For many University of Idaho students, a “shelter in place” text message from the school was the first indication that something had gone horribly wrong at the rental house near campus on Nov. 13, 2022. Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves and Ethan Chapin were found stabbed...
