Shooting at a Seattle food festival leaves 2 dead and wounds 5, fire official says
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle fire department official says two people died and five were wounded in a shooting during a food festival at an events complex near the Space Needle in Seattle. Police were investigating the shooting around 6 p.m. Sunday. Authorities did not immediately say if anyone was in custody. The gunfire erupted at the Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle festival. The fire official says five patients were transported to Harborview Medical Center including a 56-year-old woman in serious condition. A 2-year-old boy, a 23-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman are in stable condition, while a 40-year-old woman had minor injuries.
The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack is killed in a confrontation with police
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say the suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that killed one person and left 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation in a suburb of the city. Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed on Sunday evening following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin. Berlin prosecutors said the suspect had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group. The attack on Saturday night took place near the Brandenburg Gate, away from the main festival. Berlin’s Pride festival is one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations.
US and Iran pause their attacks after days of escalation
CAIRO (AP) — The United States has not attacked Iran for a second day, and Tehran says it has also halted attacks. This pause comes amid efforts to resume negotiations on an interim ceasefire deal. The U.S. previously targeted Iranian coastal areas after Iran fired at ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz. The Pentagon has not commented on the pause. Mediation efforts by countries like Pakistan and Qatar remain unclear. Concerns about shipping in the region persist, especially with threats from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Talks with Oman about safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz are ongoing, with some progress reported. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to travel to Washington and meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday,
Wildfires in France drive 250,000 people from their homes and creep toward wine city of Bordeaux
LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — A raging wildfire in southwest France has forced the evacuation of 55,000 more people overnight. This brings the total to 220,000 in one region alone, as flames have crept closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux. Authorities in the Gironde region issued evacuation orders on Sunday for five more localities southwest of the city. In Spain, authorities oversaw evacuations due to wildfires in the Valencia region. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated there and west of Madrid, the Spanish capital, this week. Gusting winds fed the flames overnight in France. Firefighters and soldiers are battling to slow the fire's progression toward Bordeaux.
Exclusive: In a Ukrainian bomb shelter, Laura Loomer explains shift on Russia’s war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Laura Loomer became infamous for spreading conspiracy theories online. Now, as she travels across Ukraine to see the damage inflicted by Russia in its yearslong war, she wants to admit that she fell for some falsehoods of her own. A close ally of President Donald Trump, Loomer has completely reversed her longtime criticism of Ukraine and is urging fellow conservatives to be wary of Moscow’s propaganda, which she blames for duping large swaths of the American right. She spoke with The Associated Press in Kyiv from an underground bomb shelter as the city faced another ballistic missile attack.
2 dead in Ukraine from Russian attacks, 4 more in Russian-held area hit by Ukrainian drones
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv early Sunday, igniting fires and wounding at least three civilians. Local officials reported that later attacks in other parts of Ukraine killed at least two people. These strikes follow Ukraine's successful drone attacks, which have stalled Russian advances and increased pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin. In Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian drone strike reportedly killed four civilians in Horlivka. Russia claimed to have downed 133 Ukrainian drones overnight. Finnish President Alexander Stubb emphasized Ukraine's strengthened position and the importance of continued support.
As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety practice
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been adopted around the world. This comes as President Donald Trump attempts to quadruple domestic production of nuclear energy. Facilities such as nuclear plants, hospitals or academic institutions that use radioactive materials must ensure that radiation exposure is kept as low as reasonably achievable. The NRC wants to use a so-called “graded approach” instead, with several actions facilities must take depending on the amount of radiation workers could be exposed to. Maximum radiation exposure limits aren’t changing.
2 mosques in the West Bank are set on fire during a deadly surge in settler violence
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Two mosques have been set on fire in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in an apparent Israeli settler attack following a spate of deadly violence that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers. Palestinians and the Israeli opposition accuse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of ignoring rising settler attacks. Israeli forces have increased their presence, closing roads and arresting over 70 Palestinians. The military on Sunday condemned the mosque arson overnight and said it was investigating. Netanyahu said troops are seizing weapons and making arrests. Pope Leo XIV called for peace, urging both sides to find a negotiated solution.
Former President Juan Orlando Hernández returns to Honduras after arrest warrant suspended
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has returned to his country to face corruption charges. Hernández had been extradited to the U.S. for drug trafficking and sentenced to 45 years. But he was released in December after a pardon from President Donald Trump. Hernández led Honduras from 2014 to 2022 and was once a U.S. ally in the drug war. He now faces charges in Honduras related to a corruption case involving public funds. Legal experts fear the weak justice system may ensure his impunity. Hernández claims innocence and plans to appear before a judge on Aug. 3 for his arraignment.
For some, so-called 'Skynet Day' came too close to sci-fi after a rogue agent hacked into a startup
In 1984, the Skynet of "The Terminator" films were science fiction. But it looks more and more realistic in 2026 after OpenAI agent broke out of a test corral, traveled the internet and hacked into Hugging Face, another company, to solve a problem. The company said the breach was "unprecedented," heightening fears of AI acting outside human control. Experts see it as a cautionary tale on the need for more AI defense engineering. But popular culture influences how people think. And people have been debating the ethics of AI for generations.
