US-Iran Deadline Passes Without Deal or Official Statement From Either Side By Arshad Mehmood / The Media Line Staff A 60-day deadline for the United States and Iran to reach a final agreement to end their war expires Monday, with negotiations stalled and no publicly confirmed extension of the Pakis
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday it was probing the College of William & Mary, alleging the Virginia-based public research institution favored ethnic minorities in certain scholarships and student benefits, and marking the Trump administr
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Attorneys for Nick Reiner on Monday urged a judge to allow him to use his $1.5 million trust fund to pay for his defense against charges that he killed his parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer-photographer Michele Reiner. Nick Reiner, 3
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department finalized a rule Monday that will pave the way for people who’ve been barred from owning firearms because of criminal convictions to apply to have their gun rights reinstated. The process launched by newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is a victory
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it is temporarily pausing construction of a contentious border construction project in Texas’ Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits to do an “on-the-ground evaluation.” The project through the n
NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Luigi Mangione’s trial on New York state murder and weapons charges over the 2024 killing of a health insurance CEO was postponed on Monday, after the 28-year-old Ivy League graduate pleaded guilty last week to separate federal charges. In court on Friday, Mangione for t
The fatal shooting of a Microsoft design manager on a dark Florida road was a “targeted ambush” hatched by his ex-wife and her husband after years of post-marriage strife over religion and how to raise twin children, a prosecutor told jurors Monday. Jared Bridegan, 33, was killed in Jacksonville Bea
Aug 17 (Reuters) – U.S. kindergarten vaccination coverage fell 0.1% during the 2025-2026 school year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. Exemptions from one or more vaccines among kindergartners in the U.S. increased to 4.2% during the 2025-2026 school year from 3.6%
HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Lala left behind a muddy mess Monday caused by intense rainfall and flooding as it moved past Hawaii’s main islands. Lala weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday after lashing the state without making landfall. The storm was projected to continue moving we
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Monday announced a review of a controversial tactic in which federal law enforcement allowed fentanyl to hit the streets to build bigger cases against drug traffickers. The review will examine government policies and wiretap invest
By Nate Raymond Aug 17 (Reuters) – A Massachusetts jury heard evidence on Monday about how Lindsay Clancy conducted online searches concerning depression, suicidal ideation and “symptoms of postpartum psychosis” in the days before she killed her three young children in 2023 as prosecutors rested the
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy’s mother and sister took the stand Monday to recount how they saw her become increasingly anxious, paranoid and suicidal in the months before she killed her three children. Clancy’s mother, Paula Musgrove, sounding at times emotional, described her daughter as a
By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Canada is approaching an August 19 deadline for new 50% U.S. tariffs on a range of its exports and intensifying negotiations as Prime Minister Mark Carney and his trade team seek to avert the duties. U.S. President Donald Trump has said the tariffs are
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) — Thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding continued to threaten a swath of the U.S. from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic Monday, extending a deadly stretch of unsettled weather. The National Weather Service said repeated rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms would conti
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump’s push to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her. The Republican president’s lawyers had as
By Promit Mukherjee and Ed White OTTAWA, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Canada faces a new round of 50% U.S. tariffs this week that businesses said could cause job losses in some already struggling industries, while complicating broader negotiations over the future of North America’s free trade agreement. U.S.
By Bianca Flowers and Kat Stafford CHICAGO, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The NAACP announced on Monday it had joined the legal team representing the family of Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Black teen whose body was found on a Mississippi barrier island last month after a Fourth of July trip with three white fri
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual joint military exercises with South Korea as his war against Iran stretches the limits of U.S. aircraft carriers. Trump said South Korea wouldn’t help with his war against Iran and cited his good relationship with North Korea’s Kim
MILAN (AP) — An American tourist was killed by a lightning strike on Sicily’s Mount Etna while hiking in an area that was closed to visitors due to recent volcanic activity, Italian firefighters said Monday. The 29-year-man from Kansas was rescued by helicopter after being struck Sunday evening in a
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four months after Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress amid sexual assault allegations that torpedoed his campaign for California governor, his former Bay Area constituents will pick a replacement Tuesday to serve out the rest of his term. With two Democrats co
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Monday expressed hopes for resumption of diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea to ease animosities on the Korean Peninsula, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to cut military exercises with South Korea caused concerns it might hurt the allies’ readin
By Jack Queen NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) – A former street gang leader accused of masterminding the 1996 drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas faces opening statements on Monday in a murder trial tied to a long-unsolved crime that became a seminal moment in rap history. D
TAMARAC, Fla. (AP) — Sporting red-white-and-blue sneakers and a matching bedazzled manicure ahead of Florida’s primaries on Tuesday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz smiles and tells voters she is “running for reelection to Congress.” That’s true — with a caveat. Wasserman Schultz is seeking her 12th t
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur, kicking off weeks of testimony that will revisit what happened on a Las Vegas nearly 30 years ago. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, is charged with murder with a deadly w
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California. States are seeking extensive financial damages that could, in theory, total as much as $1.4 trillion, plus changes to how the company operates F
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hayden Panettiere, star of popular television series including “Heroes” and “Nashville,” has died. She was 36. Panettiere’s father, Skip, announced the actor’s death in a statement provided to ABC News on Sunday. “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back annual joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the ally declined to help with the war against Iran and citing his good relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Trump said in a social media post that t
The water level at Lake Powell, the United States’ second-largest reservoir, has fallen to a record low, heightening concerns about the ongoing crisis in the Colorado River system. The alarming milestone at Lake Powell, reached Saturday, comes about a week after the river’s other major reservoir, La
ETTRICK, Va. (AP) — Authorities were seeking additional people who fired weapons during a shooting at Virginia State University that left five people wounded, police said Sunday, as a 19-year-old suspect remained in custody and investigators sought to unravel what happened. Investigators were trying
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) – The leader of U.S. Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, wrote on Sunday that his recent visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln was “awe-inspiring” and hailed the crew’s “resilience” following reports of concerns about mental health and deteriorating conditions aboard the ai
