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NATIONAL
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6 found dead in a cargo train boxcar at a Union Pacific yard in Texas border town, police said
SUMMARY: Police report that six people were found dead inside a cargo train boxcar at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas. Police in Laredo say workers discovered the bodies on Sunday while inspecting the car. The deceased include five men and one woman. Autopsies are planned, but the cargo car's travel history is unknown. Laredo is a busy trade port on the U.S.-Mexico border. Last year, two men were sentenced to life in prison in connection with a deadly human smuggling attempt in 2022 during which a cargo car traveled from Mexico to Laredo and went on to San Antonio. A total of 53 migrants died.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCargoTrainCarDeathsndLdWritethru/fdf03f56b3496f6ac063fa6337ce5ccb/text___
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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Voter confusion and headaches for election officials follow hasty GOP push to redraw US House seats
SUMMARY: Republican state officials are confusing voters and creating logistical headaches for local election officials across the South by redistricting U.S. House seats as primary season is underway. It’s the latest fallout from an intensely partisan gerrymandering battle kicked off by President Donald Trump last year to protect the GOP’s slim House majority. Thousands of Louisiana residents have voted early for congressional candidates in what soon could be the wrong districts. With its primaries 10 days away, Alabama could postpone voting on U.S. House races. A new congressional map in Tennessee upended races underway for months. One voting rights attorney says chaos and mistakes permeating the administration of elections becomes a form of voter suppression.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSElectionRedistrictingVotingstLdWritethru/c12196b188922ae2c03319bcb9533431/text___
Older Americans say it’s a good time to find a job. Younger people aren’t buying it, new poll finds
SUMMARY: A new poll finds that younger Americans are more pessimistic than older ones about the state of the job market. This is a sudden reversal from just three years ago, when older Americans were more pessimistic. In the United States until 2023 and in many countries globally, young people tend to be more optimistic about the job market than older people. Gallup found that, typically, around the world, younger people are more likely by 10 percentage points than older ones to report their local job market is good. In the United States, younger people are 21 percentage points less likely to do so than older ones.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSPollingJobOptimismndLdWritethru/efa927fc1ddfb481294178becbbf3a1b/text___
Democrats vow to fight $1 billion Senate security proposal for White House ballroom
SUMMARY: Republicans returning to Washington on Monday are facing questions about a $1 billion Senate security proposal that could help pay for President Donald Trump’s ballroom. Democrats say they will try to defeat it. Senate Republicans added the money for White House security to a spending bill that would restore funding for immigration enforcement agencies that Democrats have blocked since February. The steep security proposal was put forward after a man was charged with trying to assassinate Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last month. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will try to strip the security proposal from the bill.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSCongressWhiteHouseBallroomstLdWritethru/4b9f101ea8c4861e81018ad5e6627626/text___
Man charged in White House correspondents' dinner attack pleads not guilty
SUMMARY: A California man accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner while armed with guns and knives has pleaded not guilty to charges he attempted to kill President Donald Trump and fired a shotgun at a Secret Service officer. Cole Tomas Allen was handcuffed and shackled and wearing an orange jail uniform when he appeared in federal court for his arraignment Monday. Allen didn’t speak during the brief hearing. One of his attorneys entered the plea on his behalf. Allen’s lawyers are asking a judge to disqualify at least two top Justice Department officials from direct involvement in prosecuting him because they could be considered victims or witnesses in the case.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpCorrespondentsthLdWritethru/d9a2d4ddab8c6a48d3e365f72eea9a86/text___
Iran war could make Trump's trip to China a bit chillier than his first-term visit
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump's trip to China may not come with the same fanfare that accompanied his first-term visit. In 2017, China went all out to welcome the new American president. For this week's get-together between Trump and China's Xi Jinping, the Iran war is raising the stakes for both sides. For one, China is the biggest buyer of Iran's oil. Trump, meanwhile, had hoped China would do more to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But Trump has predicted a warm welcome from Xi, even expecting to be offered a “big, fat hug.”
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTrumpChinardLdWritethru/75a27d595cfa5882b1e5bef917385309/text___
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INTERNATIONAL
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2 more passengers evacuated from cruise ship test positive for hantavirus
SUMMARY: A French woman and an American have tested positive for the hantavirus as nations around the world repatriated passengers from a cruise ship hit by an outbreak and quarantine or isolate them. French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said Monday that the woman was among five French passengers repatriated Sunday to Paris from the MV Hondius. U.S. health officials said Monday that one of the 18 passengers flown from the ship to the United States also tested positive for the hantavirus but is not showing any symptoms, while another had mild symptoms. The World Health Organization recommended close monitoring of the former passengers, and many countries quarantined them.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APHantavirusShipthLdWritethru/df0e7e1fb9c7fd3e4092be06e684f644/text___
Trump says ceasefire is on 'life support' as Iran standoff deepens and strait remains closed
SUMMARY: U.S. President Donald Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war. Officials said the proposal included some concessions on Iran’s disputed nuclear program, but on Monday Trump dismissed it as “garbage.” The stalled diplomacy and recent exchanges of fire could tip the Middle East back into open warfare and prolong the worldwide energy crisis sparked by the conflict. Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz and America’s blockade of Iranian ports are still in place. Trump said he would suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder higher fuel prices caused by the war.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranUSthLdWritethru/0e9067769efea20e9d45e3d43158ad8c/text___
Philippine vice president impeached by lawmakers over suspected wealth and threats
SUMMARY: The House of Representatives in the Philippines has voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte over alleged unexplained wealth and threats against the president. The vote was 257-25, with nine abstentions. The impeachment complaints will now move to the Senate for trial. Senate President Vicente Sotto III, who promised a swift trial, was ousted by 13 senators, including Duterte's supporters. It's unclear how this leadership change will affect the trial. Duterte denies wrongdoing and plans to defend herself. She has accused President Marcos of corruption and weak leadership, intensifying their political rift.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APASPhilippinesVicePresidentthLdWritethru/5d619c24ae6ef880d3c03bbcdccc1536/text___
Israel's military said a Palestinian family could bury their father. Then the settlers arrived
SUMMARY: A Palestinian family in the West Bank says Israeli settlers forced them to dig up their newly buried 80-year-old relative. The family had permission from the Israeli military to use the cemetery, but armed settlers claimed the land. Settlers threatened to dig up the grave, forcing the family to move the body. The incident highlights tensions over land in the occupied territory. Separately, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man near a school in Jerusalem on Monday. The shooting occurred outside a United Nations-run school, amid ongoing violence and settlement expansions in the West Bank.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLMideastWarsWestBankndLdWritethru/bc747d4ab40fa04678332e8824c91452/text___
Norwegian court to deliver verdict in rape trial of crown princess's son on June 15
SUMMARY: A Norwegian court says it will announce its verdict next month in the trial of the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess on charges including rape, following proceedings that cast a shadow over the royal family. The Oslo District Court said Monday that the verdict in the case of Marius Borg Høiby will be delivered on June 15. During six weeks of court proceedings that ended on March 19, prosecutors sought a prison sentence of seven years and seven months for Høiby, who denies the rape allegations. Høiby is the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit by a previous relationship and the stepson of Crown Prince Haakon, the heir to Norway’s throne.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEUNorwayRoyals/fd344dfc0323d95870352317e7961f29/text___
Russia and Ukraine trade blame for continued fighting as US-brokered ceasefire nears its end
SUMMARY: Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of disregarding U.S. President Donald Trump’s request to stop their attacks. Meanwhile, as the U.S.-brokered 72-hour ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine is due to expire Monday, American and European officials are considering how they might steer the warring countries into further talks. Ukraine authorities said Monday that Russian drones, bombs and artillery shelling killed at least two people and wounded seven others. Russia accused Ukraine of committing more than 1,000 ceasefire violations. Other ceasefires announced since Russia invaded its neighbor more than four years ago have also failed to stop the fighting,
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APEURussiaUkraineWarstLdWritethru/462cb4414a7222e27a7075e8ddbcf0d9/text___
One evacuated passenger tests positive for hantavirus and another develops symptoms on flight home
SUMMARY: Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship have started flying home aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands. Personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks had escorted the travelers from ship to shore Sunday in Tenerife, the largest island in the Spanish archipelago off West Africa. The effort flying out passengers from more than 20 countries was continuing Monday. The World Health Organization is recommending close monitoring of the former passengers, and many countries are quarantining them. U.S. officials say one American among the 17 being flown home tested positive but has no symptoms. One of the five French passengers taken to Paris developed symptoms on the flight.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APHantavirusShipthLdWritethru/1c43c66d2b0555cf946d9e57fc65f1d4/text___
Remains of US soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered
SUMMARY: The remains of a U.S. soldier missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered in the Atlantic Ocean. The army announced Sunday that 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a 27-year-old Air Defense Artillery officer, was found by a Moroccan military search team. Key was one of two soldiers who fell off a cliff during a recreational hike. The two were reported missing May 2 after participating in African Lion, an annual multinational military exercise. Search efforts continue for the second missing soldier, involving over 600 personnel from the U.S., Morocco, and other military partners.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APAFMoroccoUSSoldiersthLdWritethru/ab35255fa6bf01ba5f87ec897c1a6950/text___
NTSB gathering details on Frontier Airlines evacuation after plane hit and killed person in Denver
SUMMARY: The National Transportation Safety Board says it is gathering information about the evacuation of a Frontier Airlines plane after it hit a person on the runway at Denver International Airport during takeoff. The Frontier Airlines flight from Denver to Los Angeles reported the incident late Friday night. Frontier Airlines stated that smoke was reported in the cabin, leading pilots to abort takeoff. Passengers were evacuated via slides and taken to the terminal. An airport spokesperson said 12 passengers suffered minor injuries and five were taken to hospitals and some passengers described issues with the evacuation.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSDenverAirportIncidentthLdWritethru/799d66864cd651277c47e6c846a047a1/text___
Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is transferred to a Tehran hospital, her foundation says
SUMMARY: Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a Tehran hospital after collapsing in prison. Her foundation said on Sunday that this comes after days of pleading by her family and others. Mohammadi has been granted a prison sentence suspension on bail. She had been imprisoned since December in Zanjan prison. She lost consciousness twice and was transferred to a local hospital on May 1. Her foundation says the suspended sentence is not enough and that Mohammadi needs permanent, specialized care. The statement calls for her unconditional freedom and the dismissal of all charges.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMLIranNobelLaureateHospitalizedstLdWritethru/3acc802f1d73d20d22417ddaa4d2c3b0/text___
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RACE AND ETHNICITY
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Tulsa Race Massacre reparations is soul-redeeming work for the US, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer says
SUMMARY: Civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre during college. This revelation inspired him to lead a reparations campaign for survivors and descendants. His new book, “Redeem a Nation: The Century-Long Battle to Restore the Soul of America,” explores this fight for justice and aims to address historic racial injustices. The Tulsa massacre in 1921 destroyed the prosperous Black community of Greenwood, displacing thousands. Solomon-Simmons argues that America must address these past wrongs to move forward. Despite legal setbacks, he continues to push for reparations and acknowledgment. He believes justice involves both compensation and recognition of the harm done.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APUSTulsaMassacreReparationsBookndLdWritethru/47b043953f6da482e01f2a6a2ba3b1f1/text___
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BUSINESS
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Oil prices rise as the Iran war drags on, but US stocks inch toward more records
SUMMARY: Oil prices are rising as the war with Iran threatens to drag on for longer, but U.S. stocks are nevertheless inching toward more records. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil climbed 2.9% to top $104 Monday after President Donald Trump called Iran’s latest proposal to end their war totally unacceptable. The rejection keeps the two sides in an uneasy limbo, one that has already driven the price of Brent up from roughly $70 per barrel before the war. But the S&P 500 rose 0.3% from its record set Friday. The Dow added 7 points, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.3%.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APFinancialMarketsthLdWritethru/234022685a51477ea9f72cc5aa170829/text___
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HEALTH/SCIENCE
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Pediatrics group issues new guidance on recess for the first time in 13 years
SUMMARY: For the first time in more than a decade, a leading pediatricians group has put out new guidance about recess, saying it’s crucial for good health and good grades and should be part of the school day for students of all ages. The updated policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics comes after years of shrinking breaks between lessons and worsening children’s health. The group cites the latest research on why these breaks are essential for kids’ academic success and mental, physical, social and emotional growth. The guidance was published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APMEDRecessRecommendationsrdLdWritethru/0dd47c0392edb58f6c6086d72433560e/text___
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SPORTS
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Knicks bury 76ers 144-114 behind Game 4 3-point barrage, back in East finals for 2nd straight year
SUMMARY: Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and the New York Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals, tying the NBA postseason record with 25 3-pointers in front of a raucous crowd rooting for the road team and rolling past the Philadelphia 76ers 144-114 on Sunday to sweep the second-round series. Deuce McBride hit seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points. Brunson had 22 points and Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 17 in the Knicks’ latest lopsided playoff victory. The Knicks advanced to the East finals for the second straight season and will play the winner of the Cleveland-Detroit series.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APBKNKnicksersrdLdWritethru/2e9baad5e8200adad5d1ca494156804b/text___
Washington wins NBA draft lottery, chance to pick first on June 23
SUMMARY: The league’s worst team this season is getting the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. The Washington Wizards won the draft lottery on Sunday and are poised to pick first overall for the first time since choosing John Wall in that spot in 2010. Wall was the Wizards’ on-stage representative for the lottery. Washington had a 14% chance of winning No. 1, tied with Brooklyn and Indiana for the best odds. The Wizards had basically a 50-50 chance of getting either a top-four pick or the No. 5 spot. Utah will pick No. 2, Memphis will pick No. 3 and Chicago will pick No. 4.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APBKNNBADraftLotterythLdWritethru/9a53adf2f370c8d78623b1ca23d3d8bd/text___
Bobby Cox, manager of Braves' teams that ruled National League and won 1995 World Series, dies at 84
SUMMARY: Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox has died. Cox died Saturday in Marietta, Georgia, according to the Braves. Cox had a stroke in 2019. Cox managed the Braves to prominence during the 1990s and the team’s first championship in 1995. He took over a last-place team in June of 1990 and the next season led the Braves to a worst-to-first finish. Atlanta lost in the World Series to Minnesota in seven games. That was the start of a record 14 consecutive division titles. He managed the Braves for 25 years, retired after the 2010 season and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014. Bobby Cox was 84 years old.
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https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/APBBOObitBobbyCoxthLdWritethru/7e157b3ea0b711eda78c3c219cee77e8/text___
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