Iranian missile barrage strikes Israel after deadline Trump announced for ceasefire passes
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites. But the status of a possible ceasefire remained tentative after an Iranian missile barrage struck Israel after a first deadline for the proposal. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue services says the Iranian barrages sent Israelis into bomb shelters as the sun rose, killing at least three people and injuring eight others.
As Trump floats regime change in Iran, past US attempts to remake the Middle East may offer warnings
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As President Donald Trump floats “regime change” in Tehran, previous U.S. attempts to remake the Middle East by force in recent decades can offer stark warnings about the possibility of a deepening involvement in the Iran-Israeli conflict. Trump posted over the weekend: “If the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???” The White House insists Trump, who spent years railing against “forever wars," isn't doing an about-face and that Iranian citizens could revolt against its government. But that’s a delicate, perilous path that other U.S. administrations have been down before. And it’s a long way from Trump’s dismissal of “stupid, endless wars."
Europe scrambles to revive diplomacy after the US strikes Iran's nuclear sites
LONDON (AP) — European nations worked Monday to keep alive diplomatic efforts to curb the Israel-Iran war as the two countries traded strikes following the United States’ weekend attack on Iran’s nuclear program. Calls for Tehran to enter talks with Washington appeared to fall on deaf ears. Tehran reached out to ally Russia for support instead. At a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, diplomats expressed concern about the potential for Iranian retaliation to spark a wider war and global economic instability. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy urged Iran to meet European officials and to open talks with the U.S. But Iran has rejected negotiations with Washington and a European official said no more talks with Iran are currently planned.
Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US
NEW YORK (AP) — An intense and nearly historic weather pattern is cooking much of America in a dangerous heat dome this week with triple-digit heat that hasn’t been seen in some places in more than a decade. This heat wave is especially threatening because it’s hitting cities like Boston, New York and Philadelphia with near-record temperatures and doing so early in the summer when people haven’t gotten their bodies adapted to the broiling conditions. Coming originally from the Pacific, a dome of high pressure is parking over the Eastern United States with hot air from the Southwest that already made an uncomfortable rest stop in the Midwest.
Last body found after boat capsizes on Lake Tahoe in sudden storm, bringing death toll to 8
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — The body of the last person missing from a boat that capsized on Lake Tahoe in California during a sudden and powerful weekend thunderstorm has been found, bringing the death toll to eight. The Coast Guard says swells of more than 8 feet were recorded around the time the 27-foot gold Chris-Craft vessel flipped over Saturday afternoon. Two people were rescued immediately and taken to a hospital in unknown condition. Six bodies were recovered later Saturday and a seventh was found Sunday evening. Divers searched a section of Lake Tahoe and found the last body Monday afternoon. Meteorologists say the intensity of the thunderstorm surprised even forecasters.
Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants away from their home countries
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge says a deportation fight originally bound for South Sudan won't be completing the trip right away even after a divided Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to start swiftly deporting immigrants to countries they aren't from. Judge Brian Murphy found Monday that an order remains in force for those immigrants because the Supreme Court only halted his previous, broader order. The Department of Homeland Security, though, suggested other deportations to third countries could begin again soon. The Supreme Court's conservative majority halted a decision from Murphy that requires immigrants get a chance to challenge any deportations to third countries where they might be in serious danger.
Jury sees more sex videos as prosecutors wind down case against Sean 'Diddy' Combs
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has now watched nearly 45 minutes of recordings of marathon sex events considered important evidence in the sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The over 20 minutes of recordings shown to jurors Monday by prosecutors and defense lawyers more than doubled the time the jury has spent viewing the explicit footage of two of Combs' former girlfriends sexually involved with male sex workers while he filmed the encounters. Combs has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. Prosecutors plan to rest Tuesday. After a defense presentation, closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday.
The number of abortions kept rising in 2024 because of telehealth prescriptions, report finds
A new report finds that the number of abortions in the U.S. grew in 2024 as more women obtained pills through telehealth. The latest WeCount project for the Society of Family Planning finds that 1 in 4 abortions uses medications prescribed by a provider who does not see the patient in person. That is up from 1 in 20 in the months before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The number may explain why another recent study found that fewer women crossed state lines for abortion in 2024 than the year before.
Stocks rally and oil tumbles as Wall Street hopes for a limited retaliation after US strikes on Iran
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied, and oil prices tumbled on hopes that Iran will not disrupt the global flow of crude, even with the United States’ entry into its war with Israel. A barrel of benchmark U.S. oil dropped more than 7% to $68.51 on Monday after briefly topping $78 Sunday night. The S&P 500 rose 1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 374 points and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.9%. Iran has the ability to block access to much of the world’s oil, but it would also hurt its own economy by doing so. Treasury yields fell in the bond market.
Mick Ralphs, founding member of Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, dies at 81
Mick Ralphs, the singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding member of the classic British rock bands Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, has died. A statement posted to the band’s official website Monday announced Ralphs’ death at age 81. Ralphs had a stroke days after his final performance with Bad Company in 2016, and had been bedridden ever since. Ralphs is set to become a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Bad Company in November. He wrote Bad Company's classic hit “Can't Get Enough” and co-wrote “Feel Like Makin' Love” with singer Paul Rodgers.
