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Suspected gunman likely targeting Trump administration officials at White House press dinner, acting attorney general says – live
- Todd Blanche says 31-year-old suspect will be charged with assault of a federal officer, discharging a firearm and attempting to kill a federal officer From Donald Trump took to Trump Social on Sunday to repeat his statement from the night before in which he said the shooting at the White House correspondents' dinner was why a White House ballroom was necessary. "What happened last night is exactly the reason that ...

Source: theguardian.com
WORLD  
U.S.-Iran peace hopes fade as Trump scraps talks
- ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON — Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran faded on Sunday, as efforts to revive talks stalled and both Tehran and Washington showed little sign of softening their positions. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi flew back to the Middle East from mediation talks in Pakistan over the weekend, while U.S. President Donald Trump scrapped a planned visit to ...

Source: nbcnews.com
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Chicago police officer killed in hospital shooting identified, second officer in critical condition
- CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago officer who was fatally shot by a man receiving treatment at a hospital while in police custody has been identified as 38-year-old John Bartholomew, authorities said. Bartholomew, a 10-year veteran of the force, was pronounced dead just before 1 p.m. Saturday after being shot at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. A second officer ...

Source: apnews.com
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Sen. Thom Tillis drops blockade of Trump's Fed chair nominee, clearing path for Warsh's confirmation
- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., on Sunday said he'll vote to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh. The announcement comes after Tillis for weeks blocked Warsh's nomination from moving forward as he protested a Justice Department investigation into the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. "We worked a lot over the weekend to make sure that we were very clear that we have ...

Source: nbcnews.com
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Cole Tomas Allen's family warned police before WHCA dinner incident, Trump says
- WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of trying to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with guns and knives had written about targeting Trump administration officials, and his family raised concerns with law enforcement before the event, President Donald Trump said Sunday in an interview on Fox News Channel. The accused gunman's family had alerted police in Connecticut, Trump ...

Source: cleveland.com
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Palestinian authorities call local elections in a Gaza community and the West Bank a success
- – Palestinian authorities said Sunday that in a single community and the The Palestinian Authority, which administers semiautonomous areas of the West Bank but is left out of the for Gaza, has described Saturday's local election in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah as a largely symbolic pilot while the authority seeks to politically link the territories. It was the first election in part of Hamas-run Gaza in more ...

Source: news4jax.com
London Marathon: Kenya's Sawe is world's first man to run sub two-hour race
- Kenya's Sabastian Sawe has become the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, winning the London Marathon in 1:59:30. Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa defended her London Marathon crown on Sunday, breaking her own world record. However, it was Sawe who stole the limelight in a huge moment in sporting history as he broke the two-hour barrier, shattering the world record previously held by his late compatriot Kelvin ...

Source: aljazeera.com
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Trump calls for unity and bipartisan healing after another violent incident. But will it last?
- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was somberly contemplative and unusually conciliatory after confronting what he saw as a third attempt on his life in less than two years. He suggested that his personal politics had made him a repeated target, but he also called for unity and bipartisan healing in an increasingly violent world. "It's always shocking when something like this happens. Happened to me, a ...

Source: apnews.com
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Can Sam Altman be trusted? Elon Musk wants a jury to answer Big Tech's hottest question.
- "i am tremendously thankful for everything you've done to help—i dont think openai would have happened without you—and it really fucking hurts when you publicly attack openai," Altman said. is set to spill into a courtroom this week, where nine ordinary Californians will have the chance to render a verdict. The jury will be tasked with digging into Musk's grievances against Altman. Did Altman, as Musk ...

Source: insider.com
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Mali separatists confirm they joined Islamic militants in coordinated attacks
- DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Separatists in northern Mali said they joined Islamic militants in launching one of the biggest coordinated attacks on the Malian army in the capital and several other cities that left at least 16 wounded. It was the first time that a Tuareg-led separatist group, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), said it had operated alongside the al-Qaida-linked militant group JNIM, which also claimed ...

Source: apnews.com
Boston Red Sox fire manager Alex Cora and 5 coaches
- Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, was fired on Saturday with Boston again mired in last place in the AL East. Cora, who was an infielder on the Red Sox 2007 World Series championship team and managed them to a ...

Source: wbur.org
Roommate of slain USF student is charged with two counts of murder
- The roommate of a slain University of South Florida doctoral student was charged with murder on Saturday as the search continues for another missing student. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, was charged with two counts of murder in the first degree with a weapon in the death of USF students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Abugharbieh and Limon were roommates. Abugharbieh ...

Source: nbcnews.com