AP National News

By STEVE PEOPLES, MEG KINNARD and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For Ron DeSantis, it was supposed to be an important opportunity to help reset his stagnant Republican presidential campaign. But yet again, the moment was overshadowed by Donald Trump. The former president’s new legal challenges dominated much of the day

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A target letter sent to Donald Trump suggests that a sprawling Justice Department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election is zeroing in on him after more than a year of interviews with top aides to the former president and state officials from across the country.

By JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unsolved killing of rapper Tupac Shakur has taken a new twist. Authorities in Nevada confirmed Tuesday that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the rap star’s shooting death. The warrant comes nearly 30 years after Shakur was gunned down

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An ongoing eruption of a remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands produced an ash cloud so large Tuesday that warnings were sent to pilots about potentially dangerous conditions. An ash cloud with an initial height of around 5.5 miles (8.9 kilometers) was reported following the morning eruption of Shishaldin Volcano. But

By SETH BORENSTEIN and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A dangerous 19th straight day of scorching heat in Phoenix set a record for U.S. cities Tuesday, confined many residents to air-conditioned safety and turned the usually vibrant metropolis into a ghost town. The city’s record streak of 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) or

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG, TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea was silent about the highly unusual entry of an American soldier across the Koreas’ heavily fortified border although it test-fired short-range missiles Wednesday in its latest weapons display. Nearly a day after the soldier bolted

SEATTLE (AP) — Police say a Seattle officer shot a person suspected of stabbing a person downtown. Police Sgt. John O’Neil says officers responded around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday to reports of a person assaulting people. Police say officers found a person with a stab wound who was then taken to Harborview Medical Center. Police say

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump joked about his legal challenges while campaigning in eastern Iowa on Tuesday night, just hours after announcing he’d received a target letter in the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Headlining a Republican county

By RIO YAMAT, JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police confirmed Tuesday that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of Tupac Shakur, propelling the case back into the spotlight nearly 30 years after his death. Shakur, one of the most

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has received a letter informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, an indication he could soon be charged by U.S. prosecutors. New federal charges,

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican prosecutor has given his closing arguments in the Vatican’s big financial trial. Prosecutor Alessandro Diddi says his indictments of 10 people, including a cardinal, for alleged financial crimes held up under two years of testimony, scrutiny, criticism and defense motions. Diddi’s closing continues this

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Natural gas leaked from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety investigators said Tuesday as they continued to investigate the cause of the blast. One of two leaks at the R.M. Palmer Co.

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say an Alaska man inadvertently filmed his own drowning on a glacial lake with a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet. But officials who recovered the camera have not yet found his body. Alaska State Troopers say teams would continue to search a lake near

SAN SALVADOR A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the Gulf of Fonseca has shaken much of Central America from Nicaragua to Guatemala. Honduras, El Salvador and Honduras all share coastline around the gulf on the Pacific coast. The United States Geological Survey reported the epicenter was 27 miles (43 kilometers) south

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As a summer heat wave continues to bake most of Texas, family members of inmates are calling for all of the state’s prisons to be fully air conditioned. Only about 30% of Texas’ 100 prisons are fully air conditioned. During a rally Tuesday outside the

By MARGERY A. BECK and NICHOLAS INGRAM Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With the Powerball jackpot topping $1 billion for this week’s drawing, millions of people across the country will be lining up at convenience stores, grocery and gas station counters hoping to hit it big. HOW DOES THIS LATEST POWERBALL JACKPOT STACK UP?

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea early Wednesday in what appeared to be a statement of defiance as the United States deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in decades. The launches came

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The White House is criticizing Texas’ operation to stop migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico after a state trooper told a supervisor that the mission has become inhumane. Nicholas Wingate sent an email this month giving accounts of migrants that were left bloodied from razor-wire

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says it has finalized new policies on the treatment of transgender students. The guidance formalized Tuesday will direct local districts to roll back some current accommodations and increase parental notification requirements regarding discussions of gender identity in the classroom. The guidance