DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s state television reported Tuesday that Israeli missiles targeted Syrian army positions south of the capital of Damascus, causing material damage but no casualties. , The TV quoted an unnamed military official as saying that Israeli warplanes fired several missiles while flying over Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights […]
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Singapore prime minister promotes likely successor to deputy
SINGAPORE — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has promoted his finance minister to his deputy as part of a succession plan, but the timing of the handover is unclear. His office said Tuesday that Lawrence Wong, 49, would become deputy prime minister on June 13 as part of a […]
VP Harris to headline dinner for South Carolina Democrats
Vice President Kamala Harris is returning to South Carolina this week to headline a fundraising dinner for Democrats in the state, which plays a key role in the presidential nominating process. State Democratic party officials announced Monday that Harris will be the keynote speaker at the Blue Palmetto Dinner, planned […]
$3M settlement reached in lawsuit over Black man’s death
A North Carolina sheriff’s office announced a $3 million settlement on Monday in a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed in his car by sheriff’s deputies more than a year ago. The family of Andrew Brown Jr. had filed a $30 […]
Apple offers glimpse at upcoming changes to iPhone software
Apple on Monday provided a peek at upcoming tweaks to the software that powers more than 1 billion iPhones and rolled out two laptops that will be the first available with the next generation of a company-designed microprocessor. As usual, Apple spent most of the opening day of its annual […]
New indictment of Proud Boys leader in alleged Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
The Justice Department on Monday announced a new indictment charging Enrique Tarrio, the chairman of the extremist far-right group the Proud Boys, and four other members with seditious conspiracy — marking the second such indictment alleging coordination leading up to the Jan. 6 riot by individuals allegedly pledging to use […]
Uvalde teacher wounded in shooting describes chilling 1st encounter with gunman
An elementary school teacher wounded in the second-most deadly school shooting in U.S. history in Uvalde, Texas, described the chilling moments he first encountered a gunman who would take the lives of 19 students and two teachers. Arnulfo Reyes was watching a movie with 11 of his students when he […]
Governor signs bill that bans semi-automatic rifles for those under 21
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed sweeping gun reform bills to ban anyone under the age of 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle and criminalizing those who make mass threats. The package, signed on Monday, was passed by the New York Assembly on June 2 after the May […]
US service member is ‘possible suspect’ in attack that wounded 4 troops in Syria
The military has identified a U.S. service member as a “possible suspect” in an April 7 attack in Syria that injured other American troops, an official said Monday. The Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) are conducing a joint investigation into the incident. […]
Biden waives solar panel tariffs, seeks to boost production
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden ordered emergency measures Monday to boost crucial supplies to U.S. solar manufacturers and declared a two-year tariff exemption on solar panels from Southeast Asia as he attempted to jumpstart progress toward his climate change-fighting goals. His invoking of the Defense Production Act and his other […]