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Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the United States
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot force […]
Britons get the chance to read Jason Arday’s story for themselves as memoir is published in the UK
LONDON | Britons who saw Professor Jason Arday’s life and death dissected by weeks of headlines covering allegations about his academic qualifications and personal accomplishments can now read his version of the story. Simon & Schuster will on Thursday publish Arday’s memoir “Great and Unfortunate Things,” which tells the story of how an autistic boy […]
Pakistani investigators visit hospital nursery where fire killed 14 newborns
ISLAMABAD | Investigators appointed by Pakistan’s prime minister were making a visit Thursday to the hospital nursery where a fast-moving fire killed 14 newborns, as grieving families and the public sought answers about the cause of the blaze and the safety measures at the major government facility. The fire early Wednesday was confined to the […]
Regional powers seek off-ramp from Iran war, and other Middle East developments
Qatar and other regional powers sought an off-ramp from the war with Iran on Thursday as another tanker attack was reported in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Iranian government dismissed the Trump administration’s latest sanctions. Elsewhere in the Middle East, Israel continued its attacks on Gaza and Lebanon even as the country’s strikes on […]
ICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting released in Texas after immediate extradition rejected
BROWNSVILLE, Texas | An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was released from a Texas jail Thursday, after a judge refused to order his return to Minnesota. Christian Castro was released at the break of dawn from a detention center in […]
Closing arguments underway in Lindsay Clancy’s trial in the killings of her 3 children
PLYMOUTH, Mass. | Lindsay Clancy was in a deep psychosis when she strangled her three children in their Massachusetts home, her lawyer said Thursday, telling jurors that she had been a loving mother before her mental health spiraled. “Because of the damned medicine and the lousy medical care that she got,” attorney Kevin Reddington said […]
Exclusive: US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say
WASHINGTON | The U.S. military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, a U.S. defense official in Europe and a NATO official told The Associated Press, raising concerns about vulnerabilities in NATO countries to a potential Russian attack. The U.S. defense […]
Exclusive: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that
NEW YORK | Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation last year that a 2019 visit to Samoa before a deadly measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines.”New documents obtained by The Associated Press and The Guardian refute that testimony. Kennedy, then a prominent anti-vaccine […]
Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ in the United States
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot force […]
After six months of Iran war, US goals have shifted. The Strait of Hormuz is now a top concern
WASHINGTON | When President Donald Trump launched the war with Iran in late February, he initially forecast it would last four to five weeks. Six months later, there’s still no off-ramp in sight despite Trump’s repeated assertions that the war has been won or a deal to resolve it was nearly complete. A June memorandum […]