US inserts itself into Israel’s war with Iran, strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites
By SAM MEDNICK, AAMER MADHANI and DAVID RISING Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The United States struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel ‘s war aimed at destroying the country’s nuclear program in a…
Purdue Pharma’s $7B opioid settlement plan could get votes from victims and cities
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma ‘s $7 billion-plus plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids will go before a judge Friday, potentially setting up votes on whether to accept it for…
Federal Reserve leaves its key rate unchanged but sees two cuts this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials expect inflation to worsen in the coming months but they still foresee two interest rate cuts by the end of this year, the same as they projected in…
Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, US official tells AP
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vetoed a plan presented by Israel to the U.S. to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. The Israelis…
Authorities still searching for suspect in shooting of 2 Minnesota state lawmakers
By TIM SULLIVAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of law officers fanned out across a Minneapolis suburb Saturday in pursuit of a man who authorities say posed as a police officer and fatally…
US helps Israel shoot down barrage of Iranian missiles
By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — American air defense systems and Navy assets in the Middle East helped Israel shoot down incoming ballistic missiles Friday that Tehran launched in response to Israeli strikes on…
Oil prices leap 6% and stocks slip on worries about what will happen to the crude market
By STAN CHOE, DAVID McHUGH and JIANG JUNZHE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are leaping, and stocks are slipping Friday on worries that Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets could escalate further and damage the…
What’s targeted in Trump’s request for $9.4 billion in budget cuts from Congress
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is looking to cancel $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress. That’s just a sliver of the $1.7 trillion that lawmakers OK’d for the budget year ending Sept….
EPA set to roll back rules that limit greenhouse gases and mercury from US power plants
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to eliminate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, part of a wide-ranging rollback of environmental regulations that…
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most…