WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Sam Neill, the smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose prolific career moved from art films to blockbusters as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” and played Holly Hunter’s husband in “The Piano,” has died. He was 78.

News Minute - Video of Major World Affairs – July 13

BANGKOK (AP) – Most of the people who were killed in a huge fire in a Bangkok music bar were found trapped in windowless bathrooms where they may have sought to escape the flames that claimed at least 27 lives, authorities said Monday as investigations began.

Today in History. Today is Monday, July 13, the 194th day of 2026. There are 171 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 13, 1985, the “Live Aid” benefit rock concerts were held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia, raising millions for famine relief in Ethiopia.

WASHINGTON (AP) – American consumers – and the Federal Reserve – are being hit with another high-cost headache. The gusher of investment in data centers – likely topping $700 billion this year – to power artificial intelligence has made memory chips, computer processors and other equipment, as well as electricity, more expensive.

20 days on, Venezuelans still trying to recover bodies of their relatives killed in earthquakes

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The U.S. military said Monday it ended its latest wave of strikes targeting Iran, insisting that Tehran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military’s Central Command said in a statement that it hit air defense systems, radar sites, missile and drone equipment and small boats.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, has died after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said. He was 71.