Here's an uncomfortable truth about rising prices: for most goods, what goes up rarely comes back down. 

Events like wars, oil shocks, tariffs, and drought can send costs soaring. But even when those pressures fade, prices don't always fall back. 

"Waiting to make a big purchase frequently is not the best strategy because there's absolutely no guarantee," said Katie Klingensmith, chief investment strategist with Edelman Financial Engines. "History would suggest that items don't come down." 

Inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022. Last month, it was 4.2%, and in April 2025, it got as low as 2.3%. 

But look at the price of milk during that same period. In June 2022, milk averaged $4.15 per gallon. Last month, it averaged $4.22. Inflation may have cooled, but consumers are still paying more. 

"We may see inflation slow down so that prices don't go up as quickly as before, but they rarely go down on average," Klingensmith explained.  

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There are times when prices do go down. Eggs are nearly half what they cost one year ago. Gas prices, which spiked at the start of the war with Iran, are slowly falling. 

Tech is another example. 

"Technology is constantly evolving, and we had to pay a lot more for a much less advanced iPhone 10 years ago," Klingensmith said. "Would you rather have not had an iPhone for 10 years because you could anticipate that in a year's time you'd have a better one for potentially less money?" 

It might sound counterintuitive, but keeping prices from falling is actually part of the Federal Reserve's job. The Fed sets policy to keep the economy stable. If too many people wait for prices to drop, companies see lower profits, make cuts, and that can lead to layoffs. 

"The Federal Reserve and other governments don't like to see prices go down because then people actually do wait to buy things and they don't buy as much. And that's not good for the economy overall," Klingensmith said. 

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Experts say the answer isn't draining your savings and spending wildly it's about knowing how to plan, budget, save, and invest. 

"To be able to retire or save for college or save for that second home in spite of all sorts of adversity, such as rising prices," Klingensmith said. 

Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are searching for a suspect wanted in a string of shootings Tuesday night that left one person dead and four others injured.

Police say they are searching for 22-year-old Oscar Sanchez-Munoz. Sanchez-Munoz is wanted in connection with the string of shootings on Tuesday night.

Kansas City police said early on Wednesday they were investigating a string of shootings between 6 and 6:30 p.m., believed to be connected to a single suspect.

The first shooting was reported near Interstate 670 and Wyoming, with the suspect moving east across the city, as additional shootings were reported near Interstate 70 and Paseo, and Interstate 70 and Prospect, Truman and Hardesty, and finally Truman and Bennington at 6:30 p.m.

The person who was shot at Truman and Bennington crashed into a light pole after they were shot. Police say that the victim died from injuries sustained in the shooting.

Four other victims were located from the other four scenes - three adults and one juvenile teenager. One of the adults who was shot suffered life-threatening injuries. The other three victims were reported as being in a stable condition.

It was not clear which victims were associated with which shooting location.

Police say Sanchez-Munoz eventually traveled to a residence in Independence, where he barricaded himself inside in a standoff with police that lasted overnight.

By late Wednesday morning, police say a fire had broken out at the home, causing significant damage to the home and leaving five dogs deceased.

Police, members of the Kansas City Fire Department and the Missouri State Fire Marshal used K-9s to search the house. As of 6 p.m. Sanchez-Munoz had not been located.

Police say the vehicle they believe Sanchez-Munoz used in Tuesday night's shooting was located and is in police custody.

Sanchez-Munoz has a warrant out of Wyandotte County for aggravated assault.

The Federal Trade Commission along with four states on Wednesday sued a leading transgender health organization, arguing the group misled parents and used unproven science to promote pediatric medical transition services.

The FTC along with Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas filed a suit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, saying the group made misleading recommendations about the medical necessity, safety and effectiveness of treatments like puberty blockers, hormones, and sex change surgeries.

Children, but especially their parents, must have complete and truthful information when making decisions to purchase medical services," said Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson in a statement.

Joe Simonson, Director of Public Affairs at the Federal Trade Commission, said in a media call on Wednesday that "WPATH made these deceptive claims and deemed nearly all medical transition services as medically necessary specifically to benefit and profit its members."

Simonson said the WPATHs guidance has led most major insurance companies to pay for pediatric medical transition services.

In a statement to Scripps News, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health defended itself from the FTCs latest move, saying The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is not a medical provider and has no place interfering with the process of individualized medical decision-making and. The FTC also does not have any jurisdiction over WPATH and its noncommercial speech. The state claims have similar factual and legal flaws.

The group later adds For more than 50 years, WPATH has been committed to developing guidelines informed by established scientific standards, expert consensus, and patient centered values. WPATH supports individualized patient care, not a 'one size fits all approach. Transgender and gender-diverse patients deserve the highest level of care from their medical professionals and the Standards of Care are designed to promote this through open dialogue and clear communication.

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The lawsuit by the FTC is the latest move by the Trump administration to curb access to gender-affirming care for minors and target organizations involved in the practice. Earlier this year the FTC began investigating WPATH over its statements on gender-affirming care for children. WPATH sued to block the probe claiming the regulator was violating its First Amendment rights. A federal judge in May ruled in favor of WPATH to temporarily block the probe from continuing.

The FTC has launched investigations into the Endocrine Society the American Academy of Pediatrics as well.

WPATH has established widely-accepted medical standards for gender-affirming care for more than 50 years, the organizations website notes, based on established scientific standards, expert consensus and patient-centered values.

The group goes on to say that In previously ruling against the FTC, a federal district court has already found WPATH is in a strong position to prove that the FTC is acting out of pure retaliation as part of the federal government's relentless and targeted campaign to undermine gender-affirming care by attacking the First Amendment rights and the independence of professional medical organizations. We expect the same result when we oppose this latest attack on WPATH and its mission to promote evidence-informed care and guidance for doctors and their patients.

In a city famous for its architectural landmarks, the Obama Presidential Center's museum rises on Chicago's south side.

"I love it," said Deandre Coleman, who grew up in this historic neighborhood and lived here until joining the military. "Bringing this to Chicago is amazing. We don't really get too many opportunities like this, and when you see something like this, it's inspirational for everybody."

"We have multiple people who have come here and made Chicago what it is, Michael Jordan being one of them. We got Obama who changed what we thought was possible. We didn't see a Black president before him," Coleman said.

The presidential center is not just a building. It's a 19-acre campus with a public library, an indoor basketball court, public places and gardens.

Paul Schulhof, one of the key architects, describes the 225-foot museum structure as much inspirational as intentional.

"This is also a building that tells the story of the Obama presidency, the first Black president of the United States, and there is a time where things should stand out as well. And that was the idea of this museum. It is a tower. It is meant to be seen," Schulhof said.

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So are the words embedded at the top of two sides of the museum, from President Obama's speech on the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches.

"The first line of the portion of the speech that's inscribed on the screen of this building is 'You are America,' and that is an inherent part of what that speech is about and it is also about what this building is about," said Schulhof.

It's that experience that John Robertson says the Obama Foundations wanted to capture: Four floors that walk visitors through "yes we can," and more.

"I think that our museum presentation tells a phenomenal story of what the Obama presidency was all about, but more importantly, I want people to walk away seeing themselves in the presentation," Robertson said. "It's not just about a collection of artifacts."

The center came with a steep price tag of more than double original estimates, but it was 100% funded with private donations.

"The price tag of $850 million is what it took to put forth this tremendous presentation, and I don't think that there is anyone who will come to this presidential center and leave disappointed," Robertson said.

The center opens to the public on the Friday of Juneteenth, or June 19th. Tickets to the museum are sold out through the next four months.

When Americans picture the year 1776, they usually imagine Philadelphia, New York, or Boston.

They think of the Declaration of Independence, powdered wigs, and the birth of a new nation. But while the Founding Fathers debated liberty, the place we now know as Tampa Bay, Florida, was a world apart.

There was no Tampa. No St. Petersburg. No Clearwater. Instead, the region was a remote frontier of mangrove islands, sprawling estuaries, and scattered settlements along one of the world's great natural harbors.

"Tampa Bay specifically in 1776 was very, very different than today, said Rodney Kite-Powell, director of the Touchton Map Library at the Tampa Bay History Center

A place of mangroves, marshes, and extraordinary abundance

Dutch explorer Bernard Romans left behind one of the most detailed firsthand accounts of the Tampa Bay region during the Revolutionary era. In his 1776 book,

, he referred to the body of water we now call Tampa Bay as "the Bay of Tampe, or harbour of Spirito Santo."

Romans also praised Florida's climate. He wrote that "from the end of September to the end of June, there is perhaps not anywhere a more delightful climate to be found. But, he acknowledged that July, August and most of September were "excessively hot."

Another account from the era, penned by British physician and naturalist William Stork, described "low sandy islands and marshes, covered with mangrove bushes," along with "plenty of deer, and some wild cattle."

Stork marveled at "the greatest quantity of fish...I ever saw," and he noted that enough could be caught "to load a ship."

Kite-Powell says those descriptions weren't exaggerations.

"Just the amount of game that was here. Deer and turkeys and all kinds of other things. The amount of fish," he said. "The oysters that used to be in Tampa Bay apparently rivaled oysters anywhere else in the country."

The landscape, he says, was "a very bucolic setting" that attracted both seasonal and Indigenous settlement.

A frontier, but not an empty one

It's easy to imagine 18th-century Tampa Bay as empty wilderness.

Kite-Powell cautions against that.

"I don't want to say it was unpopulated," he said. "There certainly were likely people here, and actually, it was an interesting mix of people."

Indigenous communities lived throughout the region. Spanish and Cuban fishermen operated seasonal fishing ranchos along the Gulf Coast. During the Revolutionary era, formerly enslaved people also escaped into parts of Florida seeking freedom.

Still, development was minimal.

"Florida was very much a frontier during the Revolutionary era," Kite-Powell said. "We were so far in the frontier, there really wasn't a whole lot going on here.

In many places beyond St. Augustine and Pensacola, settlements amounted to little more than large land grants with a small village nearby.

"It was just wild nature," he said.

Why Florida's Revolutionary story is so different

Florida's role in the American Revolution often surprises people because it doesn't fit the familiar narrative.

"Tampa and Florida were British colonies at that time, and that is one thing that I think is often forgotten," Kite-Powell said.

After more than two centuries under Spanish rule, Florida became British in 1763 following the Seven Years' War. The British divided the territory into East Florida, which covered the peninsula, and West Florida, which stretched from the Panhandle west to the Mississippi River.

While the original 13 colonies rebelled against Britain, Florida did not. Instead, it remained loyal to the Crown.

"Florida's story during the revolution is really one of being a safe haven for loyalists," Kite-Powell said.

Loyalist refugees from colonies like South Carolina and Georgia fled to places like St. Augustine.

"A lot of people who signed the Declaration and who are part of this patriotic movement in the 13 colonies were actually burned in effigy in St. Augustine," Kite-Powell noted.

Florida's path to statehood would not be straightforward, either. Spain regained the territory after the Revolution under the 1783 Treaty of Paris, and the United States would not acquire Florida until 1821.

Florida's quiet but important role in the war

Although Florida never joined the Patriot cause, it still played an understated role in the conflict.

Spanish forces under Bernardo de Glvez captured Mobile and Pensacola (both part of West Florida at the time) in campaigns that forced Britain to defend another front late in the war.

"Florida played a pretty important role in the end game of the American Revolution," Kite-Powell said.

A story that defies easy labels

For Kite-Powell, the history of Revolutionary-era Florida resists simple narratives.

"Florida is kind of a tricky story," he said. "History isn't always black and white. History isn't always just this clean thing."

The region that would one day become Tampa Bay was already a crossroads of cultures, languages, and loyalties.

"Florida has always reflected a broader sense of what the United States was or could be," he said. "Always a mix of people, and it's how those people get along or don't get along that really shows that American spirit."

Want to learn more?

The Tampa Bay History Center is marking America's 250th anniversary with "Mapping the 14th Colony," a special exhibition exploring British Florida during the Revolutionary era through original maps, charts, and historical documents. The exhibit opens July 3.

Or, for an immersive look at colonial life, consider a trip to St. Augustine's Colonial Quarter, a living history museum where visitors can explore recreated buildings, demonstrations, and exhibits that bring British Florida to life and offer a glimpse of what the colony looked like 250 years ago.

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The U.S. military on Wednesday identified the eight people killed when a B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Those killed include:

"Our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies are with their families, loved ones and fellow Airmen, Air Force civilians and mission partners affected by this tragedy," said Col. Thomas Tauer.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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A record share of American families now have both parents working full time.

According to a new Pew Research Center study, 52% of two-parent households with children under the age of 18 are full-time dual-income earners an increase of 21 points since 1975.

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Meanwhile, the share of families where the father works full time and the mother isn't employed has dropped from 42% in 1975 to 23% last year, according to the survey. More than 8 in 10 parents cite finances as a reason for why both parents work full time, but less than half say it's had a positive impact on their children's well-being, and 22% say the effect has been negative.

It comes as the days of households earning $100,000 per year being considered upper-middle class appear to be coming to an end in some parts of the country.

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According to a recent report by MoneyLion, a household income of $100,000 would put families in 12 states into the lower-middle class defined as households making anywhere from two-thirds to twice the annual median income.

The report found that residents of Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Hawaii, California, New Hampshire, Washington, Colorado, Utah, Connecticut, Alaska and Virginia all need household incomes of more than $100,000 to avoid being considered lower-middle class. Massachusetts had the highest threshold, with the top income for a lower-middle-class household at $116,476.

Georgias Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday rejected Gov. Brian Kemps call to redraw congressional and legislative districts during a special session, citing concerns about moving too quickly after a U.S. Supreme Court decision weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters.

House Speaker Jon Burns sent Kemp a letter hours before a special session was set to begin Wednesday, and he announced the decision as demonstrators filled the Georgia Capitol with chants of Black voters matter!

The decision marked a setback for both Kemp and President Donald Trump, who has urged Republican-led states to redraw congressional districts to their advantage. Ten states already have enacted new congressional districts ahead of the November midterm elections. Georgia would have been the first to change districts for the 2028 elections.

Burns said lawmakers want to take their time after the courts decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which struck down Louisianas congressional map as an illegal racial gerrymander and laid the groundwork for other Southern states to redraw their congressional districts. Burns said it was more important for lawmakers to focus on economic matters rather than partisan games. He also cited pending litigation over existing Georgia districts and the need for the state to understand the full ramifications for how race can or cannot be used in redistricting.

Republican legislative leaders did not rule out revisiting redistricting later this year.

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Minority voting rights are especially salient in Georgia, where the Capitol complex includes a statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and sits blocks from where the slain civil rights icon lived, preached and led the movement that yielded the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

Conservative justices gave the green light

Before Callais, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was understood to require maps for Congress, state legislatures and local legislative bodies that gave historically marginalized minorities a reasonable chance to select candidates of their choice. Nationally and in Georgia, those so-called opportunity districts have disproportionately elected Black and other nonwhite representatives.

For example, about a third of Georgia's 180 state representatives are Black. Latino, Asian and other minorities bring the total nonwhite share to about 40% roughly reflecting the state's overall population. Georgia's U.S. House delegation has five districts out of 14 total where the electorate is majority or plurality nonwhite. All elected Black Democrats in 2024.

With the Callais ruling, issued in April, a conservative majority of justices concluded that jurisdictions drawn with racial makeup in mind are discriminatory and violate the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause. The justices declared that apportionment should be race neutral.

Their stated reasoning did not hinge on party interests, and federal courts have said partisan gerrymandering is constitutionally permissible. But in Southern states, especially, party loyalty dovetails considerably with race and ethnicity. So the decision has allowed Republicans a party dominated by white people to redraw maps to goose likely GOP districts by redistributing nonwhite voters who tend to support Democrats.

That, many civil rights activists and experts argue, makes it impossible for Southern legislatures to be genuinely race neutral when drawing boundaries.

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Emory University professor Carol Anderson compared Callais and the resulting redistricting push to poll taxes and literacy tests imposed by white Southern conservatives and blessed by the Supreme Court during the Jim Crow era.

They used racially neutral language for policies that were clearly racially targeted, said Anderson, who is also a board member of Fair Fight Action, a group organizing against the Georgia redistricting.

There were risks for Kemp and Republicans

It's not guaranteed that Georgia Republicans can get what they want from new maps.

Partisan gerrymandering involves redistributing voters packing certain citizens into fewer districts or dividing them across more districts. Around metro Atlanta, spreading nonwhite, Democratic-leaning voters across more districts could make more seats seem to lean Republican. The risk, however, is that more battleground districts emerge because white metropolitan voters are trending less conservative, which could give Democratic candidates of any race or ethnicity more chances to win.

That's perhaps not a major factor in the Georgia state Senate, which already is considered gerrymandered for Republicans. But it could be a consideration when drawing state House and U.S. House maps.

Kemp was effectively asking Republicans, especially in metro Atlanta, to redraw their own boundaries and take on new, unfamiliar territory.

Trump started the fight before the Supreme Court decision

Nationally, a partisan redistricting battle started last year when Trump urged Republican-controlled states to redraw congressional boundaries to shore up the GOP's narrow House majority in Washington this November. Texas answered the call first.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in Sacramento answered with their own gerrymander that voters later approved. A succession of states followed. The outcome would have been close to even had the Virginia Supreme Court, controlled by conservatives, not struck down new Democratic-drawn maps approved by the states voters. All told, Republicans think they could gain as many as 16 seats from their redistricting efforts while Democrats think they could gain six seats from new districts in California and Utah.

That still may not be enough for the GOP to hold a congressional majority, given Trump's lagging approval ratings. But it could mitigate Democratic gains and set Republicans up well for 2028 and beyond.

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged Wednesday but signaled they may support an increase in rates later in 2026, if needed to combat persistent inflation.

The stance is a notable change from the Fed's last quarterly meeting, where none of the bank's policymakers signaled the need for rate increases. Now, at the halfway point of the year, nine members may call for a rate hike sometime in 2026 and six members suggest two or more may be needed.

The meeting was the first for Kevin Warsh, the newly appointed chair of the agency.

"We recognize that inflation has been running well ahead of the Fed's long-stated inflation goal of 2%. That's been going on for more than five years," Warsh said at Wednesday's press conference. "Persistently high prices are a burden for the American people. But the recent past need not be prologue. I am pleased to report that members of the FOMC are unambiguous and unanimous. This committee will deliver price stability."

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Warsh has said he wants the Fed to have a lower public profile so its officials are less pressured as they make decisions to steer the economy. As Wednesday's meeting concluded, he did not offer any forecast for policy changes for coming years.

Such forward guidance was "not well-suited to the current policy conjuncture," Warsh said.

Warsh announced he would begin task forces to review and update the Fed's approach to central responsibilities: Fed communications, the balance sheet, the "use and reliance on existing data streams," productivity and jobs, and inflation.

Each task force will "have a straightforward charge: Start with first principles. Ask hard questions. Examine current practice. Consider alternatives. And ultimately propose next steps for policymaker consideration."

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President Donald Trump, who appointed Warsh, has aggressively pushed the Fed to lower interest rates, and attacked Warsh's predecessor Jerome Powell for not making cuts deep enough to satisfy him. Powell remains on the board of governors for the Fed, where he can serve until January 2028.

Inflation has spiked since the beginning of the war in Iran in February. It now sits at 4.2%, thanks largely to the increased costs of oil and fuel.

The producer price index which captures inflation before it reaches consumers went up 1.1% in May, and is up 6.5% compared to May 2025. Thats the highest year-over-year change since November 2022.  

Meanwhile, the effects of any peace deal are likely to take more time to manifest in the market, and are not expected to influence the Fed's decisions on Wednesday.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that detainees have been moved out of a temporary detention site in Florida commonly referred to as "Alligator Alcatraz," citing hurricane preparedness and safety concerns as the state enters peak storm season.

In a statement provided to reporters, ICE said:

"As we enter into hurricane season, ICE and the state of Florida have moved illegal aliens from the soft-sided facility. For the safety of the illegal alien detainees, we transferred them to other facilities."

The agency did not immediately specify how many people were relocated or where they were transferred.

With Atlantic hurricane season underway, authorities said the decision was made to reduce risk to detainees in the event of severe weather impacts.

Florida's hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30, a period when the state frequently faces tropical storms and hurricanes capable of causing widespread flooding, wind damage, and power outages.

ICE did not say whether detainees would be returned to the facility after the storm season, or if operations at the site would continue in another capacity. State officials have also not publicly outlined any changes to long-term use of the detention site.

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The WNBA announced it will expand its regular-season schedule in 2027, increasing from 44 games to 50.

The league has lengthened its schedule several times in recent years. In 2025, the regular season grew by four games, from 40 to 44. In 2023, it expanded from 36 games to 40.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, teams played 34 games. When the league began in 1997, the schedule was 28 games.

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The move comes as the league continues to broaden its footprint. This year, the WNBA added its 15th franchise, the Toronto Tempo. Over the next four years, teams will debut in Detroit, Cleveland and Philadelphia.

The WNBA schedule still trails the NBAs, which features 82 games.

League officials say the increase responds to growing fan demand. WNBA attendance has nearly doubled over the past three years.

Demand for the WNBA has never been greater, and expanding to a 50-game regular season reflects the extraordinary momentum we are seeing across the league, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said. This move reflects our commitment to growing the game and creating more opportunities for fans to watch the best players in the world and experience the extraordinary talent and competition that define the WNBA.

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The additional games could benefit league markets, with each team gaining three more home games per year.

The league said further details on implementing the 50-game schedule will be released later.

A small jet carrying six people crashed on a highway in South Texas on Tuesday evening, killing one person as bystanders and emergency workers rushed to rescue people from the fiery wreckage, according to authorities and video from the scene.

The plane crashed on Laredos Loop 20 highway, shutting down traffic in both directions and strewing debris across multiple lanes. The five survivors were transported to a hospital for treatment, Laredo police spokesperson Jose Baeza told CNN.

The plane also hit a moving vehicle as it came down, Baeza said.

At least one person traveling in the vehicle was taken to the hospital in stable condition, Baeza said.

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Video shared by a witness from the scene showed emergency responders trying to crack open the planes windshield as authorities and bystanders helped several people out of the burning aircraft. Some were seen walking away after escaping.

Zayra Garza and her husband were driving on Loop 20 when they saw what they thought was a tractor-trailer accident.

We saw the flames. When we were getting closer, we saw the nose of the aircraft and were like, What? This is an aircraft?

I just couldnt believe there was a plane in the middle of the loop and it was (broken) in half, she said.

She said she and her husband were among the first to arrive at the scene, and her husband hopped over the median and raced to help the people trapped inside the plane.

They were banging on the windshield and trying to get out the door, she said, but it was too heavy.

Law enforcement and bystanders ran over and helped them push the door up, then hold it.

When they opened the door one of the first things the kids said was, Help me, help me! Garza said.

Three young people quickly jumped out of, Garza told CNN.

I was very proud of everybody in the community that helped out because it looked like everybody was not even thinking about themselves but thinking about getting those people out safe, she said.

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The plane, a NetJets-operated Cessna Citation Latitude business jet, tail number N523QS, departed San Jos del Cabo, Mexico, around 6:18 p.m. local time and was bound for Austin, Texas, before it was diverted toward Laredo, according to flight data from FlightRadar24.

NetJets said it is working with local law enforcement to confirm details and has deployed crisis response and family support teams to the site.

Our immediate concern is for the well-being of our Crewmembers, our passengers, and their families during this time, the company said in a statement.

Federal Aviation Administration records show the plane was built in 2016. The aircraft has a wingspan of 72 feet and can cruise faster than 500 miles per hour.

Authorities responded shortly before 10 p.m. after the plane reported mechanical issues to the local airport tower, Baeza told reporters. The plane lost contact with air traffic controllers before it crashed on the highway, he said.

FlightRadar24 data shows a steady, controlled descent toward Laredo International Airport until the signal cut out around 600 feet, roughly 2.5 miles short of the runway.

The aircraft experienced a mechanical failure before crashing, Laredo International Airport Director Gilberto Sanchez told CNN affiliate KGNS.

Police did not identify the six people on board or provide details on injuries.

Five officers were also transported to a local hospital for treatment of injuries sustained during the rescue, Laredo police spokesperson Jose Espinoza told CNN.

Federal agencies, including the National Transportation Security Board and the FAA, have been notified, Baeza said. Officers with the FBI responded to the scene to provide support and assistance, the agency said.

The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation, the agency said.

Investigators are expected to arrive at the crash site later this evening, according to a post on the agencys X account.

An NTSB investigation usually results in a preliminary report within 30 days, and a final report determining the probable cause of an accident in 1 - 2 years.

CNNs Aaron Cooper, Dianne Gallagher and Sara Smart contributed to this report.

Jeremy Clarkson has announced that he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.

The former Top Gear host revealed the diagnosis during an episode of Clarksons Farm, a series that follows his efforts to run a farm in England.

Ive got cancer, he told Charlie Ireland and Kaleb Cooper, his co-hosts on the show, which airs on Amazon Prime Video. Its aggressive but its really early.

Best known for presenting motoring shows Top Gear and The Grand Tour, Clarkson, 66, posted a video on his Instagram on Tuesday revealing that there would be some somber news in upcoming episodes of Clarksons Farm.

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Ordinarily we try to keep the show bucolic and charming and cheerful, but the final two episodes which drop in the middle of the night tonight are none of those things, he said.

Theyre a difficult watch. Theyre really, really difficult, he added.

In October 2024, Clarkson revealed that he had undergone a serious heart procedure after suffering a sudden deterioration in his health.

I was clammy and there was a tightness in my chest, he wrote in his Sunday Times column, before narrating a trip to the hospital, where he ended up having an operation to maintain the flow of blood to his heart.

Amazon Prime Video has not made any formal announcement about whether there will be a sixth series of Clarksons Farm.

Starting in July, families will have a new way to save money for their children's future through Trump Accounts a tax-advantaged IRA that begins with a $1,000 balance.

"This is a pro-family initiative that will help millions of Americans harness the strength of our economy to lift up the next generation and they'll really be getting a big jump on life," President Donald Trump said.

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David Perez, founder of Tax Maverick, broke down how the accounts work, who qualifies, and how families can maximize the financial benefit.

Who is eligible?

Any parent with a child under 18 can open a Trump Account. However, the $1,000 seed money is reserved for children born between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2026 a two-year window.

How do you open one?

Parents must apply at trumpaccounts.gov on behalf of their children and name a beneficiary. Applicants must also file Form 53A with their tax return to receive the $1,000 gift.

How does it compare to a 529 or Roth IRA?

Perez described Trump Accounts as a hybrid between a 529 plan and a traditional IRA.

"I would consider it not a Roth, but I would consider it a hybrid between a 529 and a traditional IRA because it is going to be taxed at some point," Perez said.

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Unlike a 529, the funds are not limited to educational expenses. The money can be used to buy a home, plan for retirement, or for other financial goals.

How much could it grow?

The White House projects that $1,000 left untouched could grow to nearly half a million dollars by retirement, based on roughly 7% annual compound interest. Parents can contribute up to $5,000 per year until the child turns 18, which Perez said could grow to approximately $3 million by retirement age.

What happens at 18?

Withdrawals are allowed at 18, but early withdrawal penalties and ordinary income taxes apply. Perez recommends converting the account to a Roth IRA at that point.

"The moment you turn it into a Roth, the interest and the taxes or the accumulation period becomes tax-free," Perez said.

Because most 18-year-olds are in a low tax bracket, the conversion tax could be minimal potentially zero.

After decades waiting for justice, relatives of women murdered by New Yorks Gilgo Beach serial killer laid into him Wednesday before he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his admitted crimes.

A million years isnt enough, Jasmine Robinson, a cousin of victim Jessica Taylor, said. Nothing will ever make this right.

Rex Heuermann clasped his hands on the defense table in an eastern Long Island courtroom, looking straight ahead and lightly tapping his fingers. The Long Island architect, who lived a secret life of violence for years before admitting he killed eight women, was arrested in 2023.

You fill me with so much repugnance, I cant stand it, Robinson said.

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Amanda Funderburg, victim Melissa Barthelemy's sister, urged Heuermann to look at her as she spoke.

He glanced in her direction, but his eyes were slightly downcast.

I hope you suffer, said Funderburg, who recounted getting a taunting phone call from him days after Barthelemy disappeared, when Funderburg was 15 years old.

The sentencing caps an extraordinary investigation that solved one of New York's most perplexing mysteries one that began as a series of seemingly unconnected and largely unmarked disappearances of young women, but became the focus of true-crime documentaries, books and podcasts after police began discovering the victims' skeletal remains in the sandy scrub along a coastal parkway.

Justice has been done, but it cant replace what has been taken, said JoAnn Mack, the mother of victim Valerie Mack. She had dreams, and you took them all away from her.

Heuermann, who has remained largely silent through multiple court appearances since his arrest, also had a chance to speak Wednesday. His ex-wife and two grown children weren't at the sentencing, having said through their lawyers that they'd stay away out of respect for the victims families.

Heuermann, 62, pleaded guilty in April to charges that he murdered seven women: Barthelemy, Mack, Taylor, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, and Sandra Costilla.

Heuermann also admitted in court to killing an eighth victim, Karen Vergata, though he was never charged in her death. He said he strangled his victims, many of them sex workers, and dismembered some of their bodies.

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Brainard-Barnes two children, who were 7 and 1 when she disappeared, underscored Wednesday how her absence shaped their lives and how she never got to know the adults they grew up to be. Her sister, Melissa Cann, said she lived with survivors guilt for decades, wondering whether she could have done something more to protect Brainard-Barnes.

It was a weight I carried everywhere, Cann said, sobbing deeply. But, she said, that guilt is not mine to carry. It is for Rex and Rex alone.

Liliana Waterman was 3 when her mother, Megan Waterman, vanished. The daughter said she didnt fully understand what had happened until she was about 9.

In an instant, my world was shattered, she said. Was she in pain? Was she scared?

Most of the women disappeared between 2000 and 2010, and most of their remains were found on a parkway not far from Long Islands Gilgo Beach, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Manhattan.

Costillas remains were found in 1993, more than 60 miles (100 kilometers) away in the Hamptons, while Vergatas remains were found in 1996 on Fire Island, more than 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Gilgo Beach.

The case spilled into view in 2010, when investigators started to find remains along Ocean Parkway while looking into the disappearance of another sex worker, Shannan Gilbert, whose death was ultimately ruled an accidental drowning.

The case went cold until 2022, when detectives linked Heuermann to a pickup truck that a witness reported seeing when one of the victims disappeared in 2010.

Eventually, they matched DNA from a pizza crust Heuermann discarded in a Manhattan trash can to genetic material extracted from highly degraded hair fragments found on the womens remains.

Investigators amassed other evidence, including cellphone and tracking data showing Heuermann arranged meetings with some victims shortly before their disappearances. After Heuermann's arrest, prosecutors recovered what they described as a blueprint for the killings from his computer files.

As part of his guilty plea, Heuermann agreed to cooperate with the FBIs behavioral analysis unit to help catch other serial killers.

Heuermann has spent the past three years alone in a segregated cell at the Suffolk County jail, reading crime novels, occasionally being visited by his lawyers or family, and striking up a brief correspondence with the infamous Happy Face Killer, according to Sheriff Errol Toulon.

Major League Baseball has warned players about writing on their uniforms after San Francisco starter Landen Roupp and two other pitchers added Bible verses to their Pride Night caps last week.

Roupp started the 5-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Friday night with "Gen 9:12-16" written on his cap. A portion of the Bible verse overlapped the rainbow SF logo players wore for Pride Night. San Francisco relievers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker also added Bible verses to their caps.

Another Giants pitcher, left-hander Sam Hentges, wore the team's standard black cap with the orange logo instead of the Pride Night version.

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MLB issued a warning about future violations of the league's uniform policy.

"The writing on the cap violates our rules and consistent with normal practice we have warned the players about future violations," MLB said in its original statement.

The league issued another statement Tuesday to elaborate.

"To be clear, this routine verbal warning not to wear the hat in future games is not disciplinary and had absolutely nothing to do with the content of the message," MLB said.

"We respect players' right to free expression. However, writing of any kind, with any message, is prohibited per Major League Baseball's Uniform Regulations which provides in part that, '(a) Player may not write, attach, affix, embroider or otherwise display nicknames or messages on apparel or playing equipment'. We have given the same warning numerous times in the past to players for messages such as 'Dad', 'Happy Mother's Day, I Love Mom,' and names of family members."

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MLB teams sometimes host Pride Nights during the regular season to support their LGBTQ+ fans. The league has been a leader among the four major U.S. pro sports in hosting Pride Nights, in part because its regular season overlaps with Pride Month in June. Many adopt rainbow-colored uniforms patches or logos, set up special signage around ballparks and invite guests including community leaders and drag performers.

The portion of the Genesis verse cited by Roupp on his hat included God's promise to never again send a worldwide flood and the rainbow in the sky is the sign of that covenant.

"That's just kind of something I believe in, and I stand firm in that, and I'm thankful we live in a country where, you know, we have the freedom to believe what we want and express what we want," Roupp told reporters.

Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters nothing was discussed with the pitchers before the game. Vitello said it was "just kind of a general knowledge" that players "have the freedom to do what they think is best."

The National Hurricane Center said that the Atlantic basin's first named storm of the season has made landfall along the Gulf Coast.

Tropical Storm Arthur was named on Wednesday morning, as it became a minimal tropical storm. It made landfall on the Upper Texas coast with top sustained winds around 40 mph. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast.

Although not a strong storm, it is forecast to drop 5 to 10 inches of rain and cause flooding in low-lying areas of Louisiana and Texas. Numerous flood watches were also issued for the region. Although Arthur is no longer a tropical storm, it continued to cause significant rain along the Gulf Coas.

The National Hurricane Center said the risk of flash flooding would extend from the middle Texas coast through parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Florida panhandle.

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Forecasters expect the 2026 season to be below average, as a strengthening El Nio typically creates unfavorable conditions for hurricanes in the Atlantic basin.

This simple recipe works well for backyard Father's Day cookouts and summer family gatherings.

Scripps News food and wellness contributor Jess DeLuise puts a fresh spin on a classic: sausage and peppers, but served on skewers.

The colorful dish is designed for the grill and can be served on its own with marinara for a lower-carb option or tucked into a roll for a more traditional sandwich.

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Sausage and Pepper Skewers

Ingredients:

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Instructions:

New research suggests GLP-1 drugs best known as weight loss and diabetes medications may also reduce the risk of developing certain cancers.

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Multiple studies have found that people who take GLP-1 drugs may have a lower risk of developing cancer. Other studies suggest the drugs may also slow cancer progression, potentially reducing the risk of a patient reaching an advanced stage.

The findings span several cancer types, including breast, colon, pancreatic, and liver cancer.

Scripps News medical contributor Dr. Omer Awan said the results are promising, but come with an important caveat.

"These studies show that GLP-1 drugs are associated with reduced cancer risk, not necessarily that these drugs prevent cancer," Awan said.

Researchers believe the benefit may stem from two factors. Obesity is directly linked to at least 13 cancers, so weight loss alone could lower risk. But GLP-1 drugs also have anti-inflammatory properties, and inflammation can damage DNA in cells, potentially producing tumors.

Awan said more research is needed before drawing firm conclusions.

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"We need a lot more studies, a lot more data to be more definitive about what the association or the cause is," Awan said.

The current findings are based on observational studies, which can identify correlations but cannot prove cause and effect. Randomized controlled trials longer, more rigorous studies that isolate specific variables would be required to confirm whether GLP-1 drugs directly prevent cancer.

The research also adds to a broader shift in how the medical community views obesity. The World Health Organization now classifies it as a chronic medical condition, recognizing metabolic and genetic factors that can predispose individuals to the disease.

GLP-1 drugs, which began as diabetes treatments, have since shown benefits for heart disease, stroke, sleep apnea, and now potentially cancer.

Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge said Wednesday.

Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence.

If they succeed, Mangione could be sent to a psychiatric treatment facility instead of prison.

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Carros ruling came two weeks after he held a secret hearing on the matter at the request of the defense. He said he will unseal records pertaining to the hearing and the defense's move for a psychiatric defense.

The judge had been set to rule on the matter on Tuesday, but delayed it a day because prosecutors failed to inform Mangione's jail that the defendant was needed in court.

Mangione sat between his lawyers wearing a blue suit and a light-colored button down shirt. He is set to go to trial on Sept. 8.

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Mangione, 28, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges in the Dec. 4, 2024, killing. His federal trial, which involves stalking charges, is set to begin on Oct. 13. He could spend his life in prison if convicted in either case.

Thompson, 50, was killed as he walked to a Manhattan hotel for UnitedHealth Groups annual investor conference. Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind. Police say delay, deny and depose were written on the ammunition, mimicking a phrase used to describe how insurers avoid paying claims.

Mangione, an Ivy League graduate from a wealthy Maryland family, was arrested five days later at a McDonalds in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 230 miles (about 370 kilometers) west of Manhattan. At the May 18 hearing, Carro ruled that a gun and notebook that prosecutors say link Mangione to the killing can be used as evidence against him.

The gun, a 3D-printed pistol, matches the one used to kill Thompson, prosecutors said. The notebook describes wanting to wack a health insurance executive and rebelling against the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel.

A major severe weather outbreak is likely across the Midwest on Wednesday, with the Storm Prediction Center forecasting potentially damaging tornadoes.

The agency issued a tornado watch for parts of Missouri and Illinois on Wednesday, with strong storms also expected in Ohio and Indiana later in the day. Indianapolis is among the cities facing the highest risk.

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The storm system showed its power Tuesday, when wind gusts of more than 90 mph were reported in Iowa.

Flooding is also a concern in parts of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Flood watches were issued as rain began falling in the region.

Forecasters say the storms could arrive in multiple rounds Wednesday before moving toward the East Coast early Thursday. Some of the most dangerous storms could hit after dark.

The Storm Prediction Center said evening storms could form supercells, which are more likely to produce tornadoes.

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Most Americans believe civil liberties like the right to vote are under threat, according to a new AP-NORC poll, while also continuing to agree that the rights expressed in the nations founding documents are still core to American identity.

The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that most Americans across demographics believe the right to vote, the right to free speech and freedom of religion are integral to the country. But they were more divided on the importance of the right to bear arms, and few about one-third or less saw those rights as safe from threats.

The survey, which was conducted April 16-20 before the Supreme Courts recent ruling that winnowed a section of the Voting Rights Act highlights an enduring consensus among Americans that personal freedoms are vital to the country's national identity. But it also reveals deep anxieties about the nations trajectory on the cusp of a summer filled with celebrations of the country's semi-quincentennial birthday.

Our idea of rights has been very consistent in this country until the last few years, said Louise Rochon, 85, of Connecticut. Now, theyre all under threat. Every single last one of them.

Americans see rights as vital, but threatened

About 9 in 10 Americans say the right to vote is extremely or very important to the United States identity, the poll found. About the same proportion of Americans consider freedom of speech to be highly important to the countrys identity. Meanwhile, about 8 in 10 Americans consider freedom of religion to be core to the national identity, while about 6 in 10 Americans consider the right to keep or bear arms as highly important to the nations identity.

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But many in the country see those same principles as imperiled today. About two-thirds of Americans view the right to vote as under some threat, with about one-third saying voting rights are under major threat while about 3 in 10 said they faced a minor threat. Only about one-third of Americans said voting rights faced no threat at all.

Additionally, nearly half of Americans say freedom of speech is under major threat, followed by about 3 in 10 who said the same about gun rights and religious freedom.

The country is going down the drain, said Tracy Gonzales, an independent from San Antonio, Texas. Americans of all stripes, she said, have thrown religion to the side at the moment and allowed for other civil liberties to be eroded amid fierce debates over immigration and the economy.

Given everything going on with our president, you really dont have time to think of anything else, said Gonzales, 37, of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdowns. There are so many other crimes that are being committed and people that actually need help, and youre focused on the ones that are trying to get it together.

Vast majority of Black Americans see threat to voting rights

The poll's results also surfaced complicated opinions about democracy and identity among Black Americans. Those are likely rooted, at least in part, in the country's history of denying voting rights and full citizenship to people of African descent for centuries.

Black Americans are less likely than white Americans to say the right to vote is extremely or very important to American identity, with about three-quarters agreeing with the sentiment compared to about 9 in 10 white Americans.

But about 4 in 10 Black Americans say that the right to vote is facing a major threat in the country today, higher than any other racial group.

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You cannot feel like you are a total and full part of the American experiment unless you have the right to vote, said Antonio Williams, a school administrator in Dallas, Texas, who is Black. And African Americans didnt fully get to enjoy the right to vote until about 60 years ago, and I feel like its under threat right now."

Younger adults see the right to vote as less important

Independents and younger adults are less likely than Americans overall to say voting and freedom of speech are central to American identity.

My age group has grown up a lot more with social media as part of their existence in life and the microcosms that that creates in politics, said Julian Goodwin-Ferris, 28, a professional dancer from New Jersey.

I think we feel more like our voice doesnt matter as much because it feels like weve grown up with our rights sort of being more ignored, said Goodwin-Ferris.

Democrats and Republicans are divided on magnitude of threat

Americans at times diverged along partisan lines in their view of the threats to rights, with Democrats seeing a greater threat to freedom of speech, while Republicans were more worried about the right to keep and bear arms.

While Democrats and Republicans are similarly likely to say freedom of speech is at least very important" to the nation's identity, about 6 in 10 Democrats say freedom of speech is facing a major threat compared to about 4 in 10 independents and roughly one-third of Republicans.

Similarly, while most Americans believe the right to bear arms is at least very important to the nation's identity, about 8 in 10 Republicans agree with that sentiment, compared to only about 4 in 10 Democrats. About half of independents shared that view. And about 4 in 10 Republicans found that the right to bear firearms was under threat, an increase from October 2025 not reflected among either Democrats or independents.

"We have the Bill of Rights for a reason," said Nuri Simmons, a warehouse worker in New York and a registered Democrat. Simmons, 31, said that threats to different rights bleed into each other and that while he was most concerned about threats to voting rights today, he understood that others may feel differently.

Like when people try to bring some gun control into it, I think some people look at that as an attack on their rights. I guess that all depends on your politics," he said.

President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have both signed a ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, the White House said Wednesday.

President Trump signed the deal while in Versailles, France. A White House official later confirmed that Pezeshkian had also signed the agreement.

Vice President JD Vance and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf signed the deal on Sunday, The White House said.

A ceremony was scheduled for Friday in Zurich, Switzerland, which representatives from both countries were expected to attend.

Meanwhile the stipulations of the agreement take "immediate effect," Pakistan's premier Shehbaz Sharif said.

"As a first step, Islamic Republic of Iran will instantly reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United States of America will immediately lift the naval blockade," Sharif said.

The agreement calls for at least $300 billion in reconstruction and economic development funding for Iran.

A draft of the agreement, which was obtained by Scripps News from senior Trump administration officials, also calls for sanctions relief for Iran. In return, Iran reiterates it will never build a nuclear weapon. The ceremony in Switzerland was expected to launch a 60-day window to finalize the agreement.

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Speaking about the agreement, Trump said it was a very strong deal. He added that market reaction has been positive, with stocks rising in recent days and oil prices falling. The strait, he added, is already partially reopened and expected to fully open within the next two days.

"So this is a memorandum of understanding, but it's a very strong one. This isn't just like a two-paragraph. This is a long, you know, pretty detailed memorandum that goes into a regular contract," he said.

Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon was one of the primary reasons the United States joined Israel in launching military operations against Iran.

Senior administration officials have said the deal is structured so Iran must uphold its end of the bargain before receiving any benefits, such as sanctions relief or the return of frozen Iranian assets. Trump also said repeatedly that the U.S. is not compensating Iran in any way and is not paying for reconstruction of the country a claim that contradicts what Iranian officials have reported.

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Copy of draft agreement obtained by Scripps News:

The world will be watching when new Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh announces the central bank's interest rate decision Wednesday afternoon. But financial experts say it will be less about what he says, and more about how he says it.

The goal of the Federal Reserve is two-fold: Maintain a healthy job market and keep inflation around 2%. With inflation rising recently, economists largely expect the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged after this meeting.

This is a difficult environment. We've had tariffs, we have rising inflation, we have a conflict that may be ending in the Middle East, but altogether there's a lot of headwinds for the economy, explained Stephen Kates, a financial analyst with Bankrate.

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The chairman is responsible for delivering that message, and experts will be watching Warshs demeanor.

If he can conduct himself and project calm confidence up there at the podium and answer questions succinctly and without appearing to dodge any answers, you know that's going to send a good message to the markets, Kates said. What questions will he answer? Which ones will he not answer? And how is he going to set the table for the rest of the year?

President Donald Trump has been publicly pushing the Fed to cut interest rates for months, and at the beginning of the year, rate cuts were expected. But with energy costs pushing inflation up, now rate cuts seem to be off the table, and we could see the Fed increase interest rates later this year.

Trying to slow the economy is one of the ways that the Fed can try to fight inflation, to make borrowing rates higher, to make lending tougher, that can slow down the economy, and that is one of the ways that we can fight inflation, Kates said.

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Stock markets are in positive territory and oil prices are starting to fall with news of a potential peace deal between the U.S. and Iran. But that agreement is unlikely to impact the Feds decision this week. The Fed relies on hard data and numbers, and any trackable impact from a possible peace deal is months away.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was delaying federal prosecutor Jay Claytons nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community in a bid to force Congress to act on a voter ID bill that currently lacks enough support for passage.

A key Republican senator, Tom Cotton, had vowed to push forward with a hearing anyway, but Trump eventually directed Clayton to not appear for his confirmation proceedings, forcing Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to announce that the hearing was postponed.

Its regrettable that the president has directed Jay Clayton not to appear at his confirmation hearing today, Cotton, of Arkansas, said in a statement. Mr. Clayton is a patriot and a highly qualified nominee, as the president has said repeatedly. While todays hearing is now unfortunately postponed, I look forward to proceeding with his confirmation in the near future.

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The delay forced by Trump has injected even more uncertainty over the long-term leadership of the 18-agency intelligence community and dashed hopes for a swift renewal of a crucial surveillance program that expired in Congress last week due to bipartisan anger over Trumps pick of Bill Pulte, a top U.S. housing official, as acting director of national intelligence.

The tumult began early Wednesday, when Trump, in a social media post just hours before Clayton's scheduled confirmation hearing, said that he would keep Pulte as acting DNI. Democratic and Republican lawmakers had opposed Trumps selection of Pulte, citing his lack of known experience in intelligence and his use of his current administration perch to target perceived adversaries of the president resistance that last week forced Trump to turn to Clayton.

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, called Trumps post an extraordinary display of dysfunction from a president who seems determined to turn Americas national security into a political bargaining chip.

The biggest obstacle to resolving these issues has not been Senate Democrats or Senate Republicans, Warner said. It has been the chaos and confusion coming from the White House itself.

How a key surveillance program could be affected

Hanging in the balance is not only the identity of the nominee but also Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permits spy agencies to collect without a warrant the communications of targeted foreigners located outside the United States.

National security officials across both major political parties have for years described Section 702 as vital for gathering intelligence that can disrupt terror attacks and espionage operations, though some lawmakers and civil liberties advocates have raised concerns over the government's use of information about Americans that is incidentally collected through the program.

Clayton had been set to appear on Wednesday afternoon for a Senate confirmation hearing that was fast-tracked because of the program's lapse. Democrats had said they would not renew the expired surveillance programs until Trump withdrew the selection of Pulte.

Trump's post suggested that debate to revive Section 702 could be indefinitely postponed. Lawmakers have sounded the alarm about the government operating without congressional authorization of the powerful spy tool.

A court order from last March certified that the program could continue for another 12 months, though it's possible that communications companies could challenge the government's authority to force them to cooperate and share data.

In his social media post, Trump accused Democrats of breaking a deal to renew the program after he nominated Clayton. Trump also said he does not want to remove Clayton from his current position as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York before his replacement, James McDonald, is approved. McDonald was named to the Justice Department post on Saturday.

And Trump added another condition by seeming to link his approval of the surveillance program to the passage of a bill requiring people to show ID to vote.

Therefore, to add a slight bit of intrigue but, for the Good of the Nation, and the People of our Country, I will not approve FISA without THE SAVE AMERICA ACT going along with it, Trump said, using the acronym for the surveillance program and his name for the voter ID bill.

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The Republican-controlled Congress has not acted on the voting bill because it does not have enough support in either chamber, particularly from Democrats.

Trump made the announcement in Evian-les-Bains, France, where he was participating in the final day of the Group of Seven summit of leading industrial economies.

The intelligence director position became available after Tulsi Gabbard, who had held the job, announced last month that she was resigning to spend time with her husband as he fights cancer.

Who is Clayton?

Clayton, a chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trumps first term, has spent the last 14 months as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, one of the Justice Departments premier posts.

His office during that time facilitated the unsealing of thousands of pages of court records from the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, documents that were made public as part of the Justice Departments release of records related to the late sex offender and his longtime confidant.

Clayton has also overseen the prosecution of former Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro and Maduros wife, Cilia Flores, on drug trafficking charges.

Epstein died by suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Maxwell was convicted of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein but insists she's innocent. Maduro and his wife have protested their capture and said they're not guilty.

Rep. Mike Collins on Tuesday defeated first-time candidate Derek Dooley for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Georgia, advancing to face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff for a seat that will help determine control of Capitol Hill for the final years of Donald Trumps second presidency.

The president, who endorsed Collins on Sunday, will be a key fault line in the general election matchup.

The second-term congressman has identified with the president since he first won his House seat in north Georgia in 2022. A trucking company owner and son of a congressman, Collins campaigns as a self-described MAGA warrior and echoes Trump's false claims that his 2020 election loss in Georgia and nationally was rigged. Dooley, a former football coach who had the support of outgoing Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, did not ratify Trump's lies about the 2020 election.

The other big race on the ballot on Tuesday the GOP nomination for governor was won by billionaire businessman Rick Jackson, whose campaign has spent more than $100 million, much of it from the first-time candidates personal fortune. He bested Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, the presidents pick.

Despite Collins' allegiance to Trump, the congressman notably did not mention the president's endorsement during his victory speech or include the president in a litany of thank yous to his family, staff and supporters who gathered in his hometown of Jackson. Instead, he pitched himself as a sound conservative who can achieved bipartisan progress by doing the right thing ... building coalitions and finding common ground. And he promised to campaign in every zip code and every community of this closely divided state.

Collins said hed talked to Dooley and Kemp and that Republicans stand united around one mission, which is defeating Ossoff in November. Dooley offered a similar message to his more subdued crowd in metro Atlanta.

We have a lot of disagreements but the one thing that hasnt changed is my opinion of Jon Ossoff, Dooley said. We need to work together to fire his (expletive) in November.

Ossoff, first elected in 2020, has blasted Trump as a national embarrassment who is using the presidency to enrich himself and his family. The 39-year-old is the lone Senate Democrat running in a state that Trump won in 2024. Democrats face tremendous pressure to hold his seat as they try to gain a net of four seats to claim a Senate majority.

Polls closed at 7 p.m.

Trump endorsed Jones 10 months ago. As a state lawmaker, Jones was part of Trumps attempt to overturn his 2020 defeat to former President Joe Biden. In that race, it was Kemp who made a late-hour endorsement, announcing his support for Jones on Sunday.

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Senate contest previews a titanic fall fight

Republicans have not won a U.S. Senate contest in Georgia since 2016, Trumps first election.

Despite his ties to Trump and the Republican base, Collins has argued that he can build a broad coalition, and he plans to use immigration as a contrast with Ossoff. In the House, Collins sponsored the Laken Riley Act, a 2025 law that requires immigrants accused of certain crimes to be detained. It is named for a Georgia nursing student killed in 2021 by a Venezuelan man who was in the U.S. illegally. Ossoff voted against a version of the legislation before backing the final proposal after Trumps return to power.

Collins won the nomination despite his Republican opponents highlighting a House ethics complaint that accuses him of abusing taxpayer funds by paying the girlfriend of his former top adviser for congressional job duties she allegedly did not fulfill. After an initial investigation, a federal panel forwarded the matter to the House Ethics Committee.

The congressman begins his general election campaign at a financial disadvantage. Collins raised about $4.9 million through the end of May, and reported having less than $1.2 million remaining. Through late April, the last time Ossoff had to file before his primary, the incumbent had raised $60.4 million and had $32.5 million on hand.

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What voters in Georgia are saying

Conservative activists and Georgia voters Jenny Beth Martin and Debbie Dooley who has no relation to Derek Dooley were split over which Republican has the best chance of defeating Ossoff. Martin and Dooley were both early tea party organizers during Barack Obama's presidency.

Martin, who supported Collins, says energizing the conservative base is necessary to protect Republican majorities that arent populated with Republican anti-Trumpers or liberals like Jon Ossoff.

But Debbie Dooley voted for Derek Dooley. She said Collins has too much baggage and is too closely tied to the far-right to win.

He will drag down the whole Republican ticket in Georgia, she predicted. This is about actually winning. Its not about just following Donald Trump.

Gubernatorial primary is a unique challenge for Trump

This election cycle, the presidents preferred primary candidates have a strong record so far in 2026. But none have faced a self-funded rival with Jacksons spending power.

Jackson, a 71-year-old business owner, amassed a fortune from his company that provides contract healthcare personnel, and he's used it to blanket television and online platforms with ads. Appealing to hard core Trump supporters, hes pledged that immigrants in Georgia illegally will be deported or departed. He promises a slew of tax cuts. And previewing a potential general election argument, hes played up his biography as a product of the state foster care system and featured his grandchildren advising him on how to make friendlier ads.

Jones, 47, comes from a wealthy family but is running a more modest campaign. Framing himself as a proven leader, Jones proposes eliminating Georgias state income tax without detailing how hed make up the revenue. And he trumpets his presidential seal of approval and time as a University of Georgia football player in the 1990s. As lieutenant governor, Jones pushed legislation that ultimately did not pass but would have disqualified Jacksons company from receiving taxpayer-funded contracts.

Trump did not travel to Georgia to campaign with Jones but he's given the lieutenant governor a fresh round of support on social media and called in to a telephone rally during the early voting period.

Burt was strongly committed to my Campaign in 2016, 2020, and 2024, and worked tirelessly to help us WIN. He has been with us from the very beginning, Trump posted on Truth Social last week.

Runoffs for elections chief could shape 2028

Georgia's secretary of state race was open for the first time since Trumps attempts to subvert the 2020 election, famously pressuring outgoing Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find 11,800 votes to overtake Biden. Raffensberger refused.

For his potential successor, Republicans were left to choose between an outright election denier, Vernon Jones, and a state lawmaker, Tim Fleming, who avoids explicitly disputing the presidents 2020 election lies. They went with Fleming, who won the nomination on Tuesday.

Jones, a perennial candidate who was once a Democrat, embraced Trumps stop the steal movement and said he stood with those who believe there was election fraud. Fleming, who once served as deputy secretary of state, has said there were irregularities in 2020, a word choice that has become code for Republicans who want neither to ratify nor call out Trumps errant claims.

Democrats voted for Penny Brown Reynolds a former state judge in Fulton County who also served in the Biden administration as deputy assistant secretary for civil rights for the Department of Agriculture over Dana Barrett, a Fulton County commissioner.

A person is in custody in an investigation of a large cross set on fire in a well-known Chicago park, police said Tuesday.

The burning cross was discovered June 9 in Grant Park, where Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech when he was elected the nations first Black president in 2008.

A man identifying himself as a 21-year-old college student told WMAQ-TV that he was the shirtless person in an image distributed by police when they were looking for a suspect. But police did not immediately say Tuesday if he's the person in custody. The man said he was protesting President Donald Trump and not making a racist statement.

I did know about this historical relevance beforehand. But I didnt know the severity, how racially motivated it may seem from what I did, the man told the TV station. Cause my protest has nothing to do with race, nothing to do with gender.

Cross burnings in the U.S. have historically been seen as symbols of hate and intimidation against Black people and have often been connected to the Ku Klux Klan.

The Chicago Police Department's communications office confirmed that a person was in custody in connection with the case, but no other details were released. An email seeking comment from the prosecutor's office was sent Tuesday.

I cant speak to anyones motives. We can only speak to the impact. And the impact was devastating," Mayor Brandon Johnson, who is Black, said when asked about the cross and the mans remarks to WMAQ.

The man interviewed by the TV station said he was protesting the ruling class and Christian nationalists who support Trump. He said he put a red hat on the cross to signify a MAGA hat worn by the president's allies.

The man said he doesn't consider what he did a hate crime.

I understand why it was interpreted that way, and I apologize for that, but no, the intent was not there, he said.

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Gina Miranda Samuels, faculty director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago, said the man seemed sincere that he was not trying to send a hateful message to Black people.

Nonetheless, she added, it says a lot about how uninformed people can be about certain symbols, and that it would be acceptable to use a symbol of hatred and terror in this way.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, senior pastor with the local Catholic church The Faith Community of Saint Sabina, said he doesn't buy that the man went to the trouble of making the cross but didn't know it was a symbol of hate.

Your Lawyer Schooled you well, he said in a post on Facebook.

Officials from the church had posted on social media a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the cross burning.

U.S. President Donald Trump met with world leaders Tuesday during day two of the G7 summit. While the U.S.-Iran agreement is in the spotlight, leaders are also focused on the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is in attendance, is making it clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin is the obstacle to any proper negotiations to end the war.

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"Politically, Ukraine is ready for ending the war ceasefire," Zelenskyy said Tuesday. "Russia is not demonstrating any serious activity in any of those directions. Everyone else understands that everything else is just a game. It's important that at the G7 meeting everyone realizes that."

The remarks come just days after Trump held separate phone calls with both Zelenskyy and Putin. According to the Kremlin, Trump again called for an end to the war, but Putin said that if Zelenskyy wants a meeting, he must travel to Moscow an offer Zelenskyy has repeatedly rejected.

Zelenskyy said Tuesday that until proper negotiations can be held, his focus at the G7 summit will be on getting additional support for Ukraine and increasing pressure on Russia, which has ramped up strikes in recent days.

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"The priorities are clear: increasing the number of air defense missiles and providing licenses for their production, a winter support package, and strengthening pressure on Russia," Zelenskyy said. "It is important that the United States is ready to provide backstop support in these areas of work."

A woman who was exposed to hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise has been ordered by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stay in federal quarantine, despite being cleared to return home to Florida by a federal health expert.

Angela Perryman says that she feels like she is in prison and that the health system has used her as a prop and a political stunt.

Perryman is one of 18 cruise passengers from the US who were sent to the National Quarantine Unit at Nebraska Medical Center in early May for medical monitoring after being exposed to a rare strain of hantavirus on board the ship.

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Some passengers have been willing to stay voluntarily for the entire 42-day quarantine period, but most have left the facility to continue quarantine at home. Passengers who departed were allowed to go if their state health departments agreed to conduct daily symptom monitoring and continuous 24/7 oversight of each person through June 21, and 10 have left.

But Perryman who initially hoped to leave by June 1  has not been able to go. Her home state of Florida has not agreed to the federal governments monitoring requirements.

On Monday, Kennedy signed an order stating that the federal quarantine remains in effect for her.

At this point, its just a state-federal spat, and Im just a hostage, Perryman, 47, told CNN.

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The initial federal quarantine period for Perryman was set to end May 31, but it was later extended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through June 21.

Perryman requested a medical review of the extended quarantine order, which was led by Dr. Michael Bell, a quarantine medical reviewer with the CDC. Expert testimony was provided by Dr. Christopher Braden, acting director of the CDCs National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, and Dr. David Fitter, director of the agencys Division of Global Migration Health.

In a report last week, Bell concluded that the federal quarantine order should be rescinded so Perryman could return home for the remainder of the 42-day quarantine period, as long as the Florida Department of Health agrees to accept responsibility for her public health monitoring and has a plan in place for hospital care if the need arises.

Instead of the federal governments requirements for continuous monitoring, Florida proposed once-daily telehealth monitoring. And Bell said this would meet the intent of the quarantine order, which was to ensure that the public is not exposed to someone who may be infectious.

In my professional judgment, this less restrictive alternative is adequate to protect public health, Bell wrote.

The testimony at the medical hearing persuaded me that measures CDC is imposing on Ms. Perryman are not the least restrictive available and that CDC should allow Ms. Perryman to complete her monitoring period at home subject to alternative restrictions.

On Monday, Kennedy disagreed.

Having considered the medical reviewers findings and recommendation and the evidence in the administrative record, I find that the requirements for Federal quarantine continue to be met, Kennedy wrote in the order, and continuation of the order is necessary to protect public health.

Kennedys order did not respond to any of the detail outlined in Bells nine-page report.

Secretary Kennedy specifically considered the medical recommendation before deciding to continue the current order consistent with [Acting CDC Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya], HHS spokesperson Courtney Spencer said in a statement to CNN. In the absence of proper home monitoring by state authorities, the Administrations quarantine order is necessary to ensure both Ms. Perrymans and her communitys wellbeing.

Nebraska Medical said that any questions about quarantine orders should go to the CDC, and the Florida Department of Health has not responded to CNNs request for comment.

Perryman says she has completely lost trust in doctors, public health and the CDC because there have been too many rescinded promises.

If it had been from the beginning that this is the reason that we need to do this, and there is an actual scientific justification, then that would have been OK, she said. If there was a scientific reason for this, if I could see that, yes, this actually does further public health, I would have agreed.

Perryman says Dr. Michael Wadman, medical director of the quarantine unit at Nebraska Medical, promised her that she would be able to return home after a few weeks of voluntary quarantine.

He appealed to our citizenship, our desire to protect the community, our goodwill, basically, she said.

Perryman spent $4,000 to rent a house in Florida for a month so she would have a place to stay that was completely private and away from others while she finished the end of the quarantine period, she says.

Nebraska Medicine says the quarantine unit team shared the information that they believed was accurate based on the information they had at the time of the initial quarantine order.

But the federal agencies still needed to coordinate with the home states, so the logistics of those discussions would need to be confirmed through them, a media relations coordinator said in an email.

When Wadman came to deliver the news about Kennedys order on Monday, Perryman said, she asked him to slip the paper under her door. She didnt want to talk with him.

We are not patients. We are just detainees, which is a much lower level of responsibility, she said.

At the quarantine unit in Nebraska, staff stop by in full personal protective equipment to check their temperatures twice a day and deliver meals, she says. She gets about an hour of outside time each day.

I can check my temperature in a living room just as easily as I can check my temperature in whatever you call this room, Perryman said. Its like solitary confinement.

A judge ruled Tuesday that transgender people won't face criminal charges for using Idaho public restrooms that match their gender identities.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Amanda Brailsford puts on hold enforcement of key components of a law adopted in March and set to take effect July 1 that went further than laws in other states to restrict which bathrooms transgender people can use in public places, including privately owned places where restrooms are open to the public.

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"This ruling will allow transgender people throughout Idaho to find and use a public restroom," Lambda Legal lawyer Kell Olson said in a statement Tuesday, "without the fear of arrest looming over them, while we continue the longer fight to permanently defeat this discriminatory law in court."

At least 19 states, including Idaho, have laws that limit which bathrooms transgender people can use in schools, or sometimes other public buildings.

The Idaho law, signed by Republican Gov. Brad Little in March, went further.

It applies to restrooms even in private buildings, if they're open to the public. And it introduced criminal penalties, including up to a year in jail for a first offense and up to five years in prison for a second offense.

The law included exceptions allowing a person to use a single-use restroom designated for the "opposite sex" if it's the only "reasonably available" one and when the person is in "dire need" of using the restroom.

The Idaho Chiefs of Police Association was concerned about how police would determine if someone was in "dire need."

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Six transgender Idaho residents represented by Lambda and the American Civil Liberties Union sued, arguing that the law is unconstitutionally vague.

Brailsford, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, largely agreed with the plaintiffs.

Her order didn't entirely throw out the law.

Instead, the judge set some parameters, saying the law couldn't be enforced against someone using a single-stall restroom or when no single-user restroom is available and unoccupied on the same floor as a multi-user facility.

"No one should be forced to choose between the threat of arrest for being themselves in public or the threat of harassment and violence for acting the way the state wants them to be," ACLU lawyer Barbara Schwabauer said in a statement. "The preliminary injunction is a vital first step as we continue to challenge this gross violation of privacy and fundamental equality until the law is blocked for good."

Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador said he plans to appeal Tuesday's ruling.

He said that even with the ruling, it can take effect regarding changing rooms and some restrooms. It also applies to people who are not transgender.

"This is a results-driven decision that misapplies the law, confuses the issues, and misrepresents the position of the State," he said in a statement. "Biological sex is not vague, and neither is this law."

Two people died Sunday in a BASE jumping accident near Moab, Utah, including a wellknown stunt performer and outdoor adventure guide.

The Grand County Sheriffs Office said the men were jumping in the remote Mineral Bottom area. Both victims died from their injuries at the scene.

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One victim was identified as Andrew Andy Lewis. The sheriffs office confirmed he was the owner and operator of BASE Jump Moab and widely known in the extreme sports community as Sketchy Andy.

The other victim was later identified by his family as 68-year-old Danny Joe Kregle of Arizona.

According to Aerial Arts Moab, Kregle and Lewis had been performing a tandem jump a technique in which two people are harnessed together at the time of the accident.

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We hope he can be remembered for the life he lived and the people who loved him," a statement from Kregle's family read. Danny was a devoted father to two daughters and a proud papa to his granddaughter... Danny had a wonderful sense of humor and was always looking for ways to make people laugh. One of his greatest joys was performing magic tricks alongside his granddaughter. He was the light of her world, and she was the light of his."

More than 90 days after an Afghan war-time ally died in ICE custody, his family says they still have no answers about what happened.

Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, a 41-year-old father of 6 who fought alongside U.S. Army Special Forces for over a decade, was taken into ICE custody in Texas in March. Less than 24 hours later, he died at a hospital in Dallas.

The cause of death has not been released. The Department of Homeland Security says the investigation is ongoing.

His brother, Naseer Paktiawal, said the wait for answers has gone too long.

"When someone dies, there is supposed to be explanation. There's supposed to be accountability. My brother died in government custody in the goat health in less than 24 hours, and no one has told me or, his family why that this happened to him. After three months, we still don't have any answer," Naseer Paktiawal said during a Tuesday press briefing organized by AfghanEvac, an organization advocating for war-time allies.

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Advocates called the lack of answers a betrayal to those allies who fought alongside American soldiers and were promised safety in the U.S.

"He came here seeking the best. What he found was the worst in our nation, and the best way to show that we continue to uphold American values is to demand the facts," Senator Richard Blumenthal said.

Shawn VanDiver, founder of Afghan Allies, said the family's request is straightforward.

"We're asking for something basic. We're asking for facts. We're asking for transparency. We're asking for the same answers any American family would expect if their loved one died in custody," VanDiver said.

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Deaths in ICE custody have surged since President Trump returned to office last year. Meanwhile, oversight inspections of detention centers have dropped, and death reports have grown shorter with less information.

ICE says providing medical care is one of its "highest priorities." Paktiawal's family says that care never came for him.

U.S. Airlines lost close to a billion dollars in the first quarter of 2026, according to new federal data.

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows the 22 scheduled U.S. passenger airlines lost a combined $966 million after taxes last quarter. It's a steep decline year over year, from when the same market lost $209 million in 2025.

Jet fuel prices have more than doubled since the beginning of the war with Iran, and airlines are now passing those costs on to passengers at the ticket counter and baggage claim.

According to Kayak, the average cost of a domestic ticket was $293 in January. That same fare has now climbed to $383.

Airlines have also canceled or rerouted more flights. American Airlines, for example, said some flights will be removed from its schedule in August and September to help manage costs.

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The U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran and Iran's response has resulted in damaged oil infrastructure throughout the gulf and a sharp decline in the passage of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, which normally accounts for roughly 20% of global oil traffic.

Analysts warn that even if the situation in the Middle East ends tomorrow, it could be months or longer before ticket prices and fees come down for passengers.

President Donald Trumps administration is further dismantling the Education Department, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.

The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee special education. The Trump administration made the announcement on Tuesday.

The Department of Justice also will take over work protecting student privacy and will provide some training and advisory help to schools.

Trump, a Republican, campaigned on shutting down the Education Department, saying he would move education back to the states where it belongs. While only Congress can close the department, Trumps education secretary, Linda McMahon, a billionaire and former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, has formed agreements with other federal agencies to handle much of her departments work.

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McMahon said the agreements align federal responsibilities with the agencies best positioned to support them.

The Trump Administration has been clear: as we scale back federal micromanagement when it hinders success, we are equally committed to bolstering the efficacy of federal oversight where it is essential, McMahon said in a written statement.

The Education Department already has offloaded some of its programs through 10 earlier internal agreements, but the agencies involved in Tuesdays announcement -- the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the Office for Civil Rights -- were among the most closely watched.

The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services manages billions of dollars in grants and oversees state compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The Office for Civil Rights investigates complaints of discrimination at the nations schools and universities.

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The changes will undermine accountability and create uncertainty around services that families depend upon, said EdTrust, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that advocates for educational equity.

As is too often the case, traditionally underserved students including students with disabilities, Black and Latino students, multilingual learners, students from low-income backgrounds, and students in rural communities will bear the greatest burden created by this reckless decision, to which the disability and civil rights communities have already been vehemently opposed," the group said in a written statement.

Rachel Gittleman, president of the union that represents department employees, said the decision would create chaos for families, students and schools.

This will leave our most vulnerable students and families who have been shut out of our education system without the services they need and without protection when they face discrimination, Gittleman said in a written statement.

The Pontiac Transportation Museum in Pontiac, Michigan, opened just two years ago, but inside, visitors will find a history that stretches from the carriage era to the vehicles that helped move America.

Terry Connolly, board chair of the Pontiac Transportation Museum, said the city's legacy in transportation is unmatched.

"In the teens and 20s, Pontiac was arguably the Silicon Valley of the whole United States," Connolly said. "The manufacturing technology and the manufacturing progress that was happening here was unbelievable."

Connolly said Pontiac and nearby Flint together produced a quarter of all carriages built in the United States and when the internal combustion engine arrived, the transition to automobiles was a natural one.

"All of a sudden, the first cars looked a lot like carriages," Connolly said.

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Pontiac also played a significant role during World War II. While men were on the battlefield, many women some working their first jobs were building large military vehicles, including the truck on display at the museum known as the "Deuce and a Half."

"GMC built 526,000 of these for the U.S. Army, and General Patton actually called it the true hero of World War II because he had a reliable truck and really high volume," Connolly said. "Yeah, if you look at the pictures, women built these trucks."

The city's manufacturing reach extended well beyond military vehicles.

"They built about 80% of the transit buses in the whole United States for about 40 years," Connolly said.

That production included the famous Rosa Parks bus. The museum also features classic Muscle Cars, among them a legendary 1969 GTO Judge.

Ed Palazzo, who has owned dozens of Pontiac cars throughout his life, volunteers at the museum and said the experience of driving one is hard to describe.

"It's like an old friend," Palazzo said. "It fits like an old shoe. It's.. you just feel like you know it. It's fun because it's fast."

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GM's Pontiac brand received its name as a tribute to the cars being made at the Oakland Motor Car Company in Pontiac. The name also honors the city's legacy and 18th-century Odawa leader Chief Pontiac.

For Connolly, watching visitors connect with that history is what makes the museum meaningful.

"It's really rewarding as people come in here and say my grandfather worked the line in 1935, and here's what did associate with that car, and they're very proud of it, and we just see this pride re-instilled in Pontiac for all the wonderful stuff that they did," Connolly said.

This year marks 100 years since the Pontiac brand was introduced. Enthusiasts from around the world will gather at the museum later this month for the 54th Annual International Pontiac Car Convention.

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Investigators are searching for answers after a B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California on Monday, killing all eight people aboard.

Former Top Gun pilot Matthew "Whiz" Buckley said the circumstances of the crash raise significant questions because of the aircraft's design and capabilities.

The B-52 was built and operationally deployed in the mid-'50s, late-'50s, early-'60s," Buckley told Scripps News.

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Buckley noted that while the B-52 remains a cornerstone of the Air Force's bomber fleet, a small number of the aircraft are used as flying test platforms. He said Monday's aircraft was supporting a radar modernization program and likely carried extensive monitoring equipment.

"There are a ton of data that are downloaded during all these test flights," he said. "So, the Air Force most likely knows why, sadly, this aircraft was lost and will know pretty quick."

Buckley cautioned against drawing conclusions before investigators complete their work.

It was something clearly catastrophic on takeoff because they obviously didn't get airborne, Buckley said.

Once the school pick-up routine begins in the afternoon, it can feel like mental arithmetic getting everyone to the right place at the right time: One child has math tutoring from 2 to 4 p.m., and then its straight to soccer practice from 4:30 to 7. The other has dance class from 5 to 8 p.m., and then the whole family isnt home until after 9 p.m. And then somewhere in there, you were supposed to eat Taco Tuesday leftovers together as a family.

When families consistently share meals, experts say, they enjoy an abundance of benefits such as improved emotional satisfaction and healthier diets but finding the time to sit down together every night can sound like a tall order.

Even for those families that manage to make a shared meals a reality, the pervasive use of media like smartphones and TVs during mealtimes is yet another factor that hampers connection.

According to a new study that surveyed over 350 parents, more than 75% reported media use during their last family meal, with the most common type being smartphone use. Additionally, the parents reported that their children whose ages ranged from 4 to 10 were almost as likely to have used media, with nearly 70% of children also engaging in some form of media use. The findings were published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

Media use is finding its way into our lives more than we may realize, said Cecilia Sada Garibay, a co-author on the study and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Arizona. Sada Garibay hopes that with this in mind, parents will be more aware of how their devices may be affecting their most personal relationships: the ones they have with their children.

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If you have your device and youre constantly checking it at the table, it can affect a valuable moment parents have with their children in the day, and it can have some effect on the relationship they have with their children, said Sada Garibay, who is also a professor at the School of Communication in the Universidad Panamericana studying social media effects.

Researchers have established that when families consistently sit down together to eat, the whole family reaps experiences numerous benefits, including healthier eating, lower risk of substance use among teenagers and greater emotional satisfaction.

But according to Sada Garibay and other experts, the mealtime on its own is not the magic ingredient to these benefits.

What makes family dinner so beneficial?

Some benefits associated with family dinners are related to the food on the table, such as lower rates of obesity. But when it comes to the emotional benefits, its actually not whats at the meal at all that matters, said Dr. Margie Skeer, a public health and community medicine professor in the Tufts University School of Medicine who researches how family meals can protect adolescents from a slew of dangers.

Its that family meals can provide a built-in space for checking in, sharing feelings, emotions. Its consistent family connection, said Skeer, who was not involved with the new research. Plus, when parents make the time to connect with their children at distraction-free family dinners, the kids realize that theyre actually being prioritized, because we do live in a very busy world.

Sada Garibay recognizes that time can be in short supply for parents: I know; I have four children. But in her view, this means it is more important than ever to find the time for family dinners.

Dr. Anne Fishel, an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and director of Massachusetts General Hospitals Family and Couples Therapy Program, founded the Family Dinner Project in 2010 to educate parents on how they can gain the benefits of family dinners amid busy schedules.

According to Fishel, who was also not involved with the new research, mealtimes are the most reliable opportunity many families have for daily connection.

Also shared mealtimes are a ritual that creates an anchor, predictability, and a sense of identity, she said in an email. Rituals are as comforting and welcome to adults as they are to children.

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Different types of media use, different outcomes

The new study examined the rates of individual and paired media use for parents and children, as well as the types of media use that the subjects were engaging in.

No forms of media consumption are the same, Sada Garibay said. Large-screen media use is more likely to include parents and children watching the same thing together, which can offer chances for connection in ways that individual phone or tablet use does not, she said.

For example, watching Jeopardy! together during dinner could provide ample opportunities for families to bond, Sada Garibay said. But what she saw in the study did not suggest widespread family movie nights but rather widespread individual smartphone use.

What is changing is this fact that this shared experience, shared media use, is being substituted by individual media use, Sada Garibay said. Now each member in the table, they can be together, but each one is doing something absolutely different to the others.

When family dinners are interrupted by smartphone dings or kids glued to their tablets, Sada Garibay and other experts noted, some of the benefits of the family dinner can be diminished.

Not one-size-fits-all: How to adapt family mealtimes

The 2025 World Happiness Report found that from 2003 to 2023, the rates of dining alone in the United States have continued to grow across age groups, with about 25% of adults in 2023 eating all of their daily meals alone.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, when many families were spending more time at home together, Fishel saw a resurgence in the prevalence of family dinners.

Census data from 2022 shows that nearly 85% of parents were frequently sharing meals with their children, and Skeer says she still sees many families prioritizing the practice.

But with young people scheduled in demanding extracurricular activities, parents working multiple jobs and the constant presence of distracting devices like smartphones, it is important to remember that the practice does not have to be all or nothing, Skeer said.

A family meal can be as simple as a shared snack

Even just standing at the kitchen counter together, sharing a bag of chips and asking your child one on one how theyre doing, can be a chance to connect.

If youre a parent or guardian or caregiver, anyone whos raising a child, and you had five minutes every day where you literally were sitting or standing and looking at each other and talking to each other and having a daily check-in, that would give a lot of benefit, too, Skeer said.

Try one undistracted meal a week

Finding the time for just one dedicated family meal a week putting away the phone for 20 to 30 minutes during breakfast, lunch or dinner could be worth it when the nightly affair is simply not going to happen.

The frequency of shared mealtime seems to confer the nutritional benefits, but the quality of the time around the table is what fosters the emotional and psychological benefits, Fishel said in an email. So, even one delightful, positively anticipated family meal a week can bring well-being, a shared sense of belonging, and connection.

Take advantage of technology to facilitate connection

With media use seemingly inescapable in the home, some families might find that a mindset of if you cant beat them, join them could work best. For example, family movie nights during dinner can offer easy, conflict-free bonding time for families, Skeer said.

Anytime you can build in those moments to connect, its going to be better in the long run, Skeer said.

Singer Bonnie Tyler is no longer in a coma but remains very unwell in intensive care, an update on her official website says.

The gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated pop star, 75, was hospitalized last month on Faro, Portugal, where she lives, for emergency intestinal surgery. She was later placed in an induced coma.

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She is no longer in a coma and although her condition is improving it is a slow process. Her doctors remain confident that she will make a good recovery but it is going to take time, the statement posted Monday said.

Tyler shows scheduled through August were canceled or postponed, but we are still hopeful that our shows in the autumn will go ahead, the statement said.

Tyler is best known for the chart-topping 1980s power ballad Total Eclipse of the Heart, an irresistibly bombastic karaoke favorite that gains new fans every time there is a solar or lunar eclipse.

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The coal miners daughter from Wales had an earlier hit in 1978 with Its a Heartache before winning a place in pop history with Total Eclipse of the Heart, written by Meat Loaf's producer and songwriter, Jim Steinman.

In the middle of a South Miami industrial park, behind iron gates and on a large, nondescript campus, sits the Drug Enforcement Administration's Southeast Regional Drug Laboratory where science wages war against the illegal drug trade.

Here, lab-coated drug experts turn chemical clues into courtroom convictions.

"Last year we had about 152 testimonies in federal court," said Allen Catterton, the lab's director.

Catterton is a career-long chemist who has worked for the DEA for 28 years. The lab focuses on seized narcotics from the Southeast and the Caribbean. The DEAs Miami drug lab is the busiest DEA lab in the country.

"One of the things that makes us the busiest laboratory in the United States is the amount of work that we see in terms of size. We receive probably about close to 70% of all the weight of DEA evidence," Catterton said.

That's 70% of all drugs seized by the DEA nationwide. South Florida's location along the coast and its proximity to South America make it a top entry point for illegal drug smuggling on land and often by sea.

In South Florida, cocaine is king on the streets and under the microscope.

"Right here is a kilo of cocaine," DEA forensic chemist Jenna Hamilton shows us during a recent visit.

Hamilton and Alyssa Sanchez are among 20 chemists on site who spend most of their workday analyzing the makeup of drugs DEA agents have seized during investigations.

"Yes, this is the first step in analyzing cocaine, Hamilton shows us as she places a drop of a chemical solution in a tray of cocaine samples. If it doesn't turn blue, then we'll continue with additional testing to see what it is or if it is an unknown,' she explained.

Both chemists are still in their 20s and fresh out of college.

"Being in the forefront of everything of the war on drugs. It's fantastic," Hamilton said. When asked what her friends think of her job, Hamilton chuckles and said, They think it is so cool. I mean, who else can say, 'Oh yeah, you know, I tested cocaine today,'" she said.

It's also a job that's unpredictable. America's illegal drug supply is rapidly evolving, with more frightening and deadlier substances appearing for the first time and others making a return, including, as we recently reported, the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl and carfentanil, which is a large animal tranquilizer.

"This turned out to actually be about 16% fentanyl, and it also contains carfentanil, which is a multitude of times more potent than fentanyl, which is scary," Sanchez said.

When asked how many people that amount could kill, given that 2 milligrams of fentanyl can kill one person and the sample contained 1,000 grams, the answer was simple: a lot.

For drugs chemists have never seen before, the lab is equipped with more sophisticated equipment including a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance machine, or NMR. It functions like an MRI machine for unknown narcotics, breaking them down to the molecular level.

Catterton explained that NMR is more commonly used now given the infiltration of lesser-known controlled substances in Americas illegal drug scene.

What ends up in the DEA's Miami lab will likely land in its evidence vault, where about 50,000 pieces of evidence are currently stored, worth billions of dollars on the streets.

Most of it is cocaine.

Drugs seized remain in the vault until their corresponding court cases move through the legal system, a process that could take months or even decades. Eventually, everything stored there is destroyed in an incinerator, about 300,000 pounds last year, roughly 15 tons a month.

"The world is changing with drugs. They're consistently moving and shifting, designing new compounds to forego our controlled substance acts, and then we're constantly playing catch-up," Catterton said.

It's a part of America's war on drugs rarely seen by the public the science and scientists breaking down the chemical blueprint of a black market that continues to kill.

This story was originally published by Katie LaGrone with the Scripps News Group in West Palm Beach.

The National Hurricane Center has issued its first advisory of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, placing parts of the Gulf Coast under a tropical storm watch.

The watch covers the coastline from Sargent, Texas, to Morgan City, Louisiana. It means tropical storm conditions are possible within 24 to 36 hours.

Although Potential Tropical Cyclone No. 1 off the Texas coast has not yet developed into a tropical depression or tropical storm, forecasters say it could strengthen into the seasons first tropical storm by Wednesday. Because of its close proximity to land, it is unlikely to intensify into a hurricane before making landfall.

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The system could bring heavy rainfall to areas along the Gulf Coast that are prone to flooding. Its slow movement may drop several inches of rain.

Potentially life-threatening flash and urban flooding is possible across the Texas coast eastward into central Mississippi through Thursday, the center said in its advisory. Prolonged rainfall may extend the flood threat into the weekend. Widespread small stream and minor river flooding is expected along the Texas coast into southwest Louisiana, with isolated areas of significant river flooding possible across the Texas coast and Louisiana.

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Forecasters expect the 2026 season to be below average, as a strengthening El Nio typically creates unfavorable conditions for hurricanes in the Atlantic basin.