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BEIJING (AP) — For three days in China, President Donald Trump was unusually quiet, not speaking to reporters much and even mostly staying off social media. Then he got on his plane home and unloaded. Trump’s trip was unexpectedly dominated by discussions about Taiwan and the notion that Washington and Beijing could adopt a new framework for managing their complicated relationship. Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off the whirlwind visit […]

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed legislation banning the sale and manufacture of certain semi-automatic firearms, prompting immediate lawsuits from gun-rights groups. The limits on “ assault firearms,” as they are described by the legislation, are among two dozen new restrictions and regulations on guns enacted by the Democratic governor in her first few months in office. That marks a sharp policy reversal from her Republican predecessor, who had vetoed […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s rape retrial ended in a mistrial Friday after the jury deadlocked. While the former Hollywood mogul has been convicted of other sex crimes on two U.S. coasts and remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo after three trials. A majority-male Manhattan jury had been weighing whether Weinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist and actor, in 2013. Weinstein’s […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for the man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum, prosecutors said in a court filing Friday. Elias Rodriguez faces federal hate crime and murder charges in the killings of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim as they left an event at the museum last May. Rodriguez shouted “Free Palestine” […]

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An investigation was underway Friday into what caused a small plane to crash into a house in northeast Ohio and explode into flames, killing both people aboard. The National Transportation Safety Board was leading the review in Akron, alongside the Federal Aviation Administration and Ohio State Highway Patrol, officials said. The white and blue Piper PA-28-180 took off from Akron Fulton Airport at around 2:45 p.m. […]

JERUSALEM, May 15 (Reuters) – Israel said it had targeted the head of Hamas’ armed wing with a strike in Gaza on Friday, describing him as an architect of the October 7, 2023, attacks that precipitated Israel’s two-year assault on the Palestinian territory. Hamas did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the fate of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who became the militant group’s military chief in the Gaza […]

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring reports of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and providing technical assistance to their governments, its acting director said on Friday. “CDC has extensive experience and expertise in responding to Ebola outbreaks, and we are working closely with the DRC Ministry of Health through our country office to support our response efforts,” […]

Minnesota Lynx rookie Emma Cechova will have an MRI on her right knee on Friday, The Athletic reported. The 21-year-old center was injured in a third-quarter collision with Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers in Minnesota’s 90-86 win Thursday night in Arlington, Texas. Medical staff rushed to check on Cechova, who grabbed her knee in pain before being helped to the locker room. The Czech Republic native finished the game with […]

By Nicole Jao and Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) – U.S. oil refiners are finally reaping profits from renewable fuels, which had squeezed margins for years, but now demand has surged thanks to recent government biofuel mandates and rising diesel prices driven by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. In late March, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandated that refiners blend record volumes of biofuels into gasoline and diesel […]