Judge releases Epstein note after suspected suicide try

NEW YORK (AP) – A note Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claimed he found after the millionaire sex offender’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was made public Wednesday, years after being sealed and locked in a courthouse vault as part of an unrelated legal dispute.

Trump's new counterterrorism strategy targets Western Hemisphere cartels

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has signed off on a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy that sets eliminating drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere as the administration’s highest priority, the White House announced Wednesday.

Top Asia Pacific Breaking News: Latest Updates

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military said Wednesday that it fired on an Iranian oil tanker as President Donald Trump sought to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal to end the war. An American fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it tried to breach the U.S. military’s blockade of Iran’s ports.

Editorials from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and others

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

Lower-income Americans hit hardest by gas price spike, widening inequalities, study finds

WASHINGTON (AP) – Lower-income Americans sharply reduced their gas consumption in the month following the Iran war, yet spiking prices still forced them to spend more at the pump, worsening the economy’s economic disparities, new research released Wednesday showed.

An outrageous owner and savvy businessman, Ted Turner reshaped the sports world

ATLANTA (AP) – Ted Turner was a sportsman of all types, a world champion in sailing and a World Series-winning owner in baseball.

Trump sows confusion as it tries to reopen Strait of Hormuz

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration’s approach to the Iran war over the past 24 hours has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding and military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic.

Brazil's Lula to discuss fighting organized crime, tariffs with Trump

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will discuss cooperation in the fight against organized crime and tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, Brazil’s finance minister Dario Durigan said Wednesday, one day ahead of the scheduled meeting between the presidents.

Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court is not political

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) – Supreme Court justices are not “political actors,” Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law.