NATO leaders came to Turkey to discuss security. Erdogan gave them each an engraved revolver

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Western leaders came to Turkey to discuss security in an increasingly perilous world. They each left with a revolver and six rounds. The unconventional gift from the host of this week’s NATO summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was meant to showcase his country’s growing defense industry.

Charles hosted Prince Harry as they try to repair a family rift

LONDON (AP) – King Charles III hosted Prince Harry and met with his family for the first time in years Friday as they try to repair a rift that has persisted since his youngest son and wife quit royal life and moved to America six years ago. Harry, Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, met with the king and Queen Camilla at Highgrove House, a country estate west of London, Buckingham Palace confirmed.

8 men indicted in planned attack on White House UFC cage-fighting show

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Eight men were indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges Thursday for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House in June. The indictment charges all eight in two separate conspiracies.

Crews drain the Lincoln Memorial Pool again as part of Trump's troubled revamp

WASHINGTON (AP) – Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark the nation’s 250th birthday.

New York construction scare highlights challenges of converting offices into housing

NEW YORK (AP) – When two steel columns buckled this week inside the former Pfizer headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the scare prompted evacuations and halted work on one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions.

Detainees tell their lawyer an ICE officer shot a Houston driver through a passenger window

HOUSTON (AP) – Three men inside a van who witnessed the fatal shooting of the driver by an immigration officer in Houston said the Mexican man was shot through a passenger window and that the officer was never threatened, a lawyer who has spoken with them said Friday.

Trump lets bipartisan housing bill become law without signing in protest

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump will let the bipartisan housing bill approved by Congress become law without his signature, saying Friday that he was refusing to put his name on it because of the little progress made in passing a strict voter ID bill that he has been pushing.

Today in History: July 10, the Battle of Britain begins in World War II

Today in History Today is Friday, July 10, the 191st day of 2026. There are 174 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain began as the German Luftwaffe launched attacks on southern England. (The Royal Air Force was ultimately victorious.)

Sales plunge as Volkswagenr lays out plan to slash number of brands

BERLIN (AP) – Volkswagen reported weak sales numbers on Friday, a day after the giant German automaker announced plans to slash the number of models by nearly half as sales plunged, particularly in China.