Opening statements set to begin in Meta’s federal trial over child safety
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Opening statements are set to kick off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for…
US and Canada hold last-minute talks to stop Trump’s 50% tariffs
By PAUL WISEMAN and ROB GILLIES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Canada are negotiating in an effort to reach a truce on tariffs before a 12:01 a.m. Wednesday deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump. If no…
South Korea hopes for talks between US and North Korea after Trump downsizes military drills
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Monday expressed hopes for resumption of diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea to ease animosities on the Korean Peninsula, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to…
Hayden Panettiere, who starred in the television series ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press Hayden Panettiere, star of popular television series including “Heroes” and “Nashville,” died Sunday at an apartment complex in South Carolina where she was found unresponsive, police said. She was 36. Panettiere’s father, Skip, announced the…
Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting matter-of-factly that he trailed the executive…
Suspect arrested in World War II Memorial vandalism in Washington
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A person has been arrested in connection with vandalism at The World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced…
3 states are set to hold executions on the same day, a first in the US since 2010
By KIM CHANDLER, TRAVIS LOLLER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates Thursday in what would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are put to…
Trump says Secret Service and the military wanted him off Air Force One in Turkey due to threat
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he slipped away from Air Force One after a trip last month in Turkey because the Secret Service and military wanted him on a “different plane”…
What to watch Tuesday: Primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota showcase Democratic divide
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and TOM BEAUMONT Associated Press The latest battle over the Democratic ideological divide this year shifts to the upper Midwest on Tuesday as nominating contests for governor in Wisconsin and U.S. senator in Minnesota pit left-wing candidates…
Trump scoffs at Iran’s demand for war reparations and other Mideast developments
By The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday scoffed at Iran’s demand for reparations for devastation caused to the country by the U.S. and Israeli bombardment over the past five months — a demand he said Tehran’s negotiators…