A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children between the ages of 1 and 14 in domestic-related shootings at two different homes in the nation’s deadliest mass shooting in more than two years. Police in Shreveport said a total of 10 people were shot Sunday.
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices climbed following the latest rise of U.S.-Iran tensions. U.S. stocks meanwhile gave back a bit of their record-breaking rally Monday. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%. The Dow Jones slipped less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.3%. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil topped $95 again.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The FBI and Justice Department are scrambling to rebuild a depleted workforce after a wave of departures over the past year, with leaders easing hiring requirements and accelerating recruitment in ways that some current and former officials see as a lowering of long-accepted standards.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – The United States and the Philippines kicked off one of their largest combat exercises Monday in an annual display of allied military might aimed at deterring aggression in Asia, despite Washington’s preoccupation with the war in the Middle East.
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” and “Project Hail Mary” dominated the North American box office again this weekend, leaving “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” in third place for its debut. The Mario sequel has spent all of its first three weekends in the first place spot, this time adding $35 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
LUANDA, Angola (AP) – And in Africa, the lion roared. There is a case to be made that Pope Leo XIV, the careful, reserved, Midwestern Augustinian, found his voice on his epic trip through Africa, blasting the “handful of tyrants” and “chains of corruption” that have held parts of the continent hostage for centuries.
BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. (AP) – About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader.
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
LOS ANGELES (AP) – In the wide-open race for California governor, billionaire Tom Steyer is on a spending binge. The hedge fund manager-turned-liberal activist is using his personal fortune to saturate TV screens and mobile phones with advertising, while his competitors accuse him of trying to use his vast wealth to buy the state’s most powerful job.
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