U.S., British militaries team up again to bomb sites in Yemen used by Iran-backed Houthis
WASHINGTON — The United States and British militaries bombed multiple sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Monday night, the second time the two allies have conducted coordinated retaliatory strikes on an array of the rebels’ missile-launching capabilities, several U.S. officials said. According to officials, the U.S. and...
7-year-old girl among 3 killed in central Pennsylvania house fireVideo
Cynthia Weatherholtz called 911 and made it outside the burning home in Lebanon County early Sunday. But the 60-year-old wouldn’t flee — not with two people still inside, according to emergency officials and neighbors. She went back inside the one-story home the first block of Patton Road in North Londonderry...
North Korean missiles face reality check on Putin’s battlefield
North Korea’s new arsenal of ballistic missiles are set for their first real-world test on the battlefield in Ukraine. But based on the success of U.S. interceptor systems in that conflict, Kim Jong Un may be worried. Burning through his stockpiles as the war in Ukraine nears the two-year mark,...
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina backs Donald Trump over Nikki Haley in the 2024 Republican primary
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Donald Trump has picked up another endorsement from Nikki Haley’s home state of South Carolina, with Rep. Nancy Mace backing the former president in this year’s GOP presidential primary. Mace had stayed out of the 2024 Republican primary as two fellow South Carolinians — former Gov. Haley...
Flash floods inundate homes and overturn cars in San Diego as heavy rain sweeps through much of U.S.
SAN DIEGO — Flash floods inundated homes and overturned cars in San Diego on Monday as torrential rain swept through a large swath of the U.S., toppling trees and overflowing streets across California. Early morning flooding hit the town of Guerneville, north of San Francisco, where a creek overflowed after...
Judge orders the unsealing of divorce case of Trump special prosecutor in Georgia accused of affair
MARIETTA, Ga. — A judge on Monday ordered court records to be made public in the divorce involving a special prosecutor hired in the election case against Donald Trump and others and accused of having an affair with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The judge ordered the unsealing of...
Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on U.S.-Mexico border
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border that is at the center of an escalating standoff between the Biden administration and the state over immigration enforcement. The 5-4...
Vice President Harris targets Trump as she rallies for abortion rights in Wisconsin
WAUKESHA, Wisc. — Vice President Kamala Harris blasted Republicans as extremists for trying to ban abortions as she rallied women in the key battleground state of Wisconsin on Monday, marking the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade by leading Democrats’ charge for restoring reproductive rights. She singled out Donald Trump,...
20 people rescued from ice floe in Lake Erie, Coast Guard says
PORT CLINTON, Ohio — Twenty people were rescued from an ice floe in Lake Erie, the Coast Guard said Monday. The Coast Guard’s Ninth District Great Lakes station said it received a report about 10:20 a.m. that the people were stuck on a mile-long floe about a half-mile off Catawba...
New York City plans to wipe out $2 billion in medical debt for 500,000 residents
NEW YORK — New York City intends to wipe out more than $2 billion in medical debt for up to 500,000 residents, tackling a top cause of personal bankruptcy, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. The city is working with RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit that buys medical debt in bulk...
Dexter Scott King, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62
ATLANTA — Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. He was 62. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman,...
California State University faculty launch weeklong strike across 23 campuses
SAN FRANCISCO — More than 30,000 professors, librarians, plumbers, electricians, and other workers at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., walked off the job Monday in a weeklong strike to demand higher wages. The stoppage across Cal State’s 23 campuses comes two weeks after CSU...
Federal officials recommend that airlines inspect door plugs on some older Boeing jets as well
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration recommends that airlines inspect the door plugs on certain Boeing 737s that are older than the Max 9 jetliner that suffered a blowout of a similar panel during a flight this month. The FAA said door plugs on one older version of the 737,...
Who is Nikki Haley? 5 things to know about the Republican presidential candidate
She used to work for Donald Trump. Now, Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, is running against Trump for president. A day before the New Hampshire primary election, Haley remains in the race while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has dropped out. How long she remains a presidential rival...
Elon Musk visits Auschwitz after uproar over antisemitic messages on X
KRAKOW, Poland — Elon Musk, who has been accused of allowing antisemitic messages on his social media platform, X, visited the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on Monday, saying afterwards that the tragedy of the Holocaust “hits you much more in the heart when you see it in person.”...
Possible Trump testimony in sex abuse defamation trial postponed due to juror illness
NEW YORK — With President Donald Trump soon to take the witness stand, a juror’s illness forced a last-minute delay Monday of a defamation trial over his comments about E. Jean Carroll, the writer who claims he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. It’s not yet clear when the trial...
Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat says it won’t recognize Israel without a path to a Palestinian state
JERUSALEM — Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat said the kingdom will not normalize relations with Israel or contribute to Gaza’s reconstruction without a credible path to a Palestinian state — a nonstarter for Israel’s government. Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s remarks in an interview with CNN broadcast late Sunday were some of...
In small-town Wisconsin, looking for the roots of the modern American conspiracy theory
APPLETON, Wis. — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the cramped little offices — or maybe the pre-hippie 1960s. It’s a place where army-style buzz cuts are still in fashion, communism remains the primary enemy and the decor is dominated by...
Abortion fight puts Vice President Harris at the center of the 2024 election campaign
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is taking center stage in the Democrats’ renewed push for abortion rights during this year’s election and she will mark the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling on Monday in Wisconsin. It will be the first in a series of events hosted...
In Pennsylvania’s Senate race, McCormick elevates the Israel-Hamas war in a bid for Jewish voters
HARRISBURG — A Republican running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is escalating criticism of Democrats over the Israel-Hamas war and has traveled to the Israel-Gaza border to make the case that the Biden administration hasn’t backed Israel strongly enough since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. The criticism by...
AI changes the game in college culture wars, experts say
Plagiarism detectors powered by artificial intelligence are emerging as a new and controversial weapon in the pitched campus culture wars between the political left and right. Some say the technology has the potential to unearth academic misconduct that previously might have gone unnoticed. Others warn it could unfairly upend careers,...
Details about salmonella outbreak on meats sold at Costco, Sam’s Club
The salmonella outbreak previously linked to charcuterie meats sold at Sam’s Club also has been connected to meats from the same company sold at Costco. And, the CDC says, the outbreak’s reached 22 states. Here’s some facts you might want to know. What’s the Costco-sold meat product now involved? Costco...
Military ends rescue search for Navy SEALs lost in maritime raid on ship with Iranian weapons
WASHINGTON — The 10-day search to rescue two Navy SEALs lost in the Arabian Sea during a mission to board a ship and confiscate Iranian-made weapons has been ended and the sailors are now considered deceased, the U.S. military said Sunday. In a statement, U.S. Central Command said the search...
3 dead, 3 injured in early morning fire in Pennsylvania home
PALMYRA — Three people died and three others were injured in an early morning fire at a home in east-central Pennsylvania on Sunday, authorities said. Officials in Lebanon County said crews were dispatched just after 1:30 a.m. to the home in North Londonderry Township near Palmyra. Three people were pronounced...
Carlisle Republican announces primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Scott Perry
Disenchanted with U.S. Rep. Scott Perry’s actions after the 2020 election, a Carlisle Republican is launching a primary bid to unseat the 10th Congressional District incumbent. John Henry Newman, 68, described himself to PennLive as an “Eisenhower Republican” who hopes to attract the support of other GOP voters dissatisfied with...
