Kyiv comes under large-scale Russian drone and missile attack with explosions heard throughout city
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s capital has came under a large-scale combined drone and missile attack with explosions and machine gun fire heard throughout the city. Many residents of Kyiv are taking shelter in the underground subway stations. The debris of intercepted missiles and drones fell in at least four city districts, acting head of Kyiv military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote on Telegram. According to Tkachenko, six people required medical care after the attack, two fires sparked at Solomianskyi district of Kyiv. Prior to the attack, city mayor Vitalii Klitschko warned Kyiv residents of more than 20 Russian strike drones heading towards Kyiv.
See a penny, pick it up? In the future, probably not as often — and, some say, that matters
NEW YORK (AP) — Ask someone for their thoughts, could it now cost you a nickel? If you want to call somebody stingy, would you say they’re a quarter-pincher? And if they spend money unwisely, are they now dime wise but pound foolish? Ok, maybe those are some penny-ante concerns in the wake of the U.S. Treasury saying it will stop making shiny new penny coins after the current production run is complete. But it is the end of an era in the United States. While there will still be over a billion pennies in circulation, no new cents will be joining their ranks for the first time in more than two centuries.
Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% penalties on smart phones as his trade war intensifies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening a 50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well as a 25% tariff on smartphones unless the products are made in America. The threats were delivered over social media on Friday. They reflect Trump's ability to disrupt the global economy with a burst of typing, as well as the reality that his tariffs aren't producing the sufficient trade deals he’s seeking or the return of domestic manufacturing he's promised to voters.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration decision to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students. The temporary restraining order stops the government from pulling Harvard’s certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which allows the school to sponsor international students as they obtain visas to study in the U.S. Harvard filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts earlier Friday. In its lawsuit, Harvard said the government’s action violates the First Amendment and will have an “immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.” The ruling from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs puts the sanction against Harvard on hold, pending the lawsuit.
Music talent agent among dead after jet crashes into San Diego neighborhood
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The music agency Sound Talent Group says three of its employees died on the private plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood on Thursday. The music agency says the dead include Dave Shapiro, the agency’s co-founder. Shapiro is listed as the owner of the plane and has a pilot’s license. Sound Talent Group has represented artists including Hanson, Sum 41 and Vanessa Carlton. The agency didn’t share the names of the other two employees who were killed. The private jet crashed early Thursday into a neighborhood of U.S. Navy-owned housing in San Diego during foggy weather, igniting at least one home and numerous vehicles parked on the street.
Kim Kardashian's robbers found guilty in Paris but won't face prison time
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court has found the ringleader and seven other people guilty in the 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian. The court on Friday acquitted two of the 10 defendants. The chief judge said that the defendants’ ages — six are in their 60s and 70s — and their health issues weighed on the court’s decision to impose sentences that he said “aren’t very severe.” The 69-year-old ringleader Aomar Aït Khedache got the stiffest sentence. He was given eight years imprisonment but five of those are suspended. With time already served in pretrial detention, none of those found guilty will go to prison and all walked out free.
Harvard has long been the world's top college. Trump's sanction puts its allure at risk
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — For students around the world, an acceptance letter to Harvard University has represented the pinnacle of achievement. The letter offers a spot among the elite at a campus that produces Nobel Prize winners, captains of industry and global leaders. That prestige is now in jeopardy. In its intensifying fight with the White House, Harvard was dealt its heaviest blow yet on Thursday, when the government blocked the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students. The move threatens to undermine Harvard’s stature, its revenue and its appeal among top scholars around the world. Even more than the government’s $2.6 billion in research cuts, the administration’s action represents an existential threat for Harvard.
A stabbing at Hamburg's central train station causes multiple injuries. A woman is arrested
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a stabbing attack at the busy central station in the German city of Hamburg left multiple people injured, some of them in life-threatening condition. Police said a woman was arrested as the suspect on Friday and was believed to have acted alone. The attacker targeted people on a platform in the station at around 6 p.m., according to police. Police said there was no immediate indication of any political motive, and investigators were looking into whether the suspect may have been mentally ill.
Justice Department reaches deal to allow Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people. The Justice Department said in a court filing that it had reached an “agreement in principle” that will require the company to pay and invest more than $1.1 billion and, in return, the department will dismiss the criminal case against the aircraft manufacturer. The deal still needs to be finalized. Attorney Paul Cassell said the families of victims he represents will object to the deal and "hope to convince the court to reject it.”
Billy Joel cancels touring after being diagnosed with a brain disorder
NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel has canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his “hearing, vision and balance.” Joel revealed on Instagram that he has Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. It's “a brain disorder that can affect brain-related abilities, including thinking and concentrating, memory, movement and more,” the Cleveland Clinic says. Joel, 76, wrapped up his decadelong residency at Madison Square Garden in July 2024 and continued to tour. His planned summer stops included shows at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field in New York, and MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Tickets for all the shows will be refunded.
