Starmer challenger Andy Burnham sworn in as UK lawmaker

Burnham, 56, arrived in London on Monday and was sworn in as a member of Parliament after nearly a decade away, during which he was the popular mayor of Greater Manchester. Shortly after Starmer’s statement, Burnham said he would run for Labour leader.

Mexico's president seeks to restart oil shipments to Cuba as island's crises deepen

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that her country seeks to restart oil shipments to Cuba soon, a move that could provide much-needed relief as the island’s crises deepen given a lack of petroleum.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100

WASHINGTON (AP) – Alan Greenspan, the jazz-playing U.S. Federal Reserve chair who was celebrated for engineering a decade of prosperity but later shared the blame for a devastating financial crisis, died Monday. He was 100.

Japanese royal family visits Belgian royal family at the Castle of Laeken

Japanese royal family visits Belgian royal family at the Castle of Laeken

Clive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died at 94

NEW YORK (AP) – Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars as Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana and Alicia Keys, has died, his family confirmed. He was 94.

Top Justice Department officials can remain part of prosecution of press gala attack

WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge on Monday denied a request to disqualify top Justice Department officials from supervising the prosecution of the man charged with trying to kill President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

Former Wimbledon champion Vondrousova suspended for 4 years for refusing doping test

Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was suspended for four years on Monday for refusing an anti-doping test. The Czech cited “mental stress” and fear when the testing agent “rang my door late at night without properly identifying themselves.”

Why federal agents allowed a deadly drug to hit the streets

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Jim Mustian reported and co-wrote an Associated Press story that revealed the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to be distributed in New Mexico as part of an effort to build bigger federal prosecutions.

Kenya's health minister found in contempt of court over US-backed Ebola facility

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Kenya’s Health Minister Aden Duale was found in contempt of court on Monday for failing to halt the construction of an Ebola quarantine facility intended for Americans, despite existing court orders.