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FILE - A sandal lies on the ground in Niger's desert region of the south central Sahara, Sunday, June 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Truck breakdown in Niger strands passengers and leaves at least 49 dead in the Sahara Desert

The Associated Press 2 minute read Friday, Jun. 5, 2026

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — At least 49 people died of thirst after a truck broke down and they were stranded for days in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, authorities said.

The victims, all Nigeriens, were returning home from a religious festival in Mali when the truck stopped running more than 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of Assamaka, near the borders with Mali and Algeria, Niger's Agadez region governorate said in an online post late Thursday.

Two men survived after trekking more than 50 kilometers (31 miles) to a water source and then continuing to Assamaka, where they alerted authorities, the governorate said.

A delegation sent to the scene by the Agadez Region Governor Gen. Ibra Boulama Issa learned the truck had traveled for several days from the Malian town of Talhandek about 300 kilometers (187 miles) from the Nigerien border.

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Iran’s soccer team arrives in Mexico for training ahead of the World Cup

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Iran’s soccer team arrives in Mexico for training ahead of the World Cup

The Associated Press 1 minute read 9:17 AM CDT

TIJUANA, México (AP) — Iran’s soccer team arrived in Mexico on Sunday morning for training ahead of the World Cup, before three group matches in the United States later this month.

Ehsan Hajsafi was the first player to exit the plane with the markings www.usc.aero, which arrived at about 5:05 a.m. He led the team through a brief security check with Mexican officials and dogs before boarding a bus.

The bus stopped briefly at the entrance to the Tijuana airport, where around 20 or so Iran fans waved flags.

The team’s participation in the World Cup has been complicated by the Iran war. Problems with processing visas had earlier led Iran to move its training base from Tucson, Arizona, to Tijuana, Mexico, which is on the border with California.

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Army soldiers carry the coffin of Brig. Gen. Wissam Sabra, who was killed Saturday in south Lebanon along with a captain and a soldier in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral procession in Beirut, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israel strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs days after US-supported ceasefire deal

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Israel strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs days after US-supported ceasefire deal

Kareem Chehayeb, Hassan Ammar, Samy Magdy And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press 5 minute read Updated: 10:24 AM CDT

MREIJEH, Lebanon (AP) — Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs without warning on Sunday, days after a ceasefire agreement in Washington went into effect and despite a U.S. request not to attack Lebanon 's capital. Lebanon’s state-run national news agency said two people were killed and 11 wounded in a preliminary count.

Iran had warned that an attack on Beirut would renew full-scale war across the Mideast, even as Pakistan tries to restart talks between Tehran and Washington. Iran wants a deal to include ending the war in Lebanon.

There was no immediate White House comment. The strike hit a residential building, damaging four of its seven floors. An unexploded weapon was found in the rubble.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the strikes were in retaliation for the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group firing at northern Israel earlier, and that the attacks targeted “command centers” in the sprawling urban neighborhoods.

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Updated: 10:24 AM CDT

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An attendee at Denmark's Mullet Championship looks on in Copenhagen, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

A raucous Copenhagen crowd cheers Denmark’s 2026 Mullet Championship

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A raucous Copenhagen crowd cheers Denmark’s 2026 Mullet Championship

James Brooks, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: 7:42 AM CDT

COPENHAGEN (AP) — Business in the front, party in the back.

A packed Danish crowd celebrated on Saturday the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle, defined by very short hair at the front and longer hair at the back.

Denmark’s raucous 2026 Mullet Championship, presented on an outdoor stage in central Copenhagen, attracted 12 well-coiffed competitors and more than a thousand spectators to the evening’s “mane” event.

Organizer Steffen Stiw Weber, a 37-year-old electrician, said the championships, now in their fourth year, began after he had a hair transplant and chose to grow out a mullet.

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Updated: 7:42 AM CDT

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Vampires, literary monsters and a cake: The Tony Awards offer a number of intriguing, possible wins

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Vampires, literary monsters and a cake: The Tony Awards offer a number of intriguing, possible wins

Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press 4 minute read 6:27 AM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Flying vampires. A musical spoof of the megahit movie “Titanic.” Another spoof, this time of golden-age Broadway musicals. And a new “Death of Salesman,” one of America's most decorated and mournful plays. It's Tony Awards time.

Twenty-four Broadway shows will hope to nab at least one win Sunday across the 26 Tony categories, which can mean the difference between keeping the doors open and pulling down the curtain.

Grammy Award-winner Pink is the host of the show, which will be broadcast live on CBS and streaming for Paramount+ subscribers in the U.S. to both coasts on Sunday from 8-11 p.m. Eastern/5-8 p.m. Pacific.

Three generations of Pink's family

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People protest demanding government to rescue the school children that were recently kidnapped in various part of the country, on the street of Abuja, Nigeria. Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga)

The Nigerian army frees 360 abducted people in northeastern Borno state

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The Nigerian army frees 360 abducted people in northeastern Borno state

Dyepkazah Shibayan, The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: 9:38 AM CDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian army said Sunday it freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram in southern Borno, in the northeastern part of the country.

The operation, according to the army’s statement, was conducted in the Mandara mountains which form a part of the militant group’s stronghold. It resulted in the release of several people, including children, who had been abducted across different communities in Borno.

Two infants “succumbed to exhaustion" due to the challenging mountainous terrain and the hardship they endured during their prolonged captivity, an army spokesperson, Haruna Sani, said.

“The remaining rescued abductees were successfully evacuated to safe locations for medical care and humanitarian support, marking a major operational success and a significant setback for the terrorist group,” Sani said.

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Updated: 9:38 AM CDT

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Israeli security forces are deployed at the scene of a shooting attack carried out by a Palestinian citizen of Israel near Tzur Yitzhak in central Israel, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Arab attacker opens fire in central Israel, killing 1 and wounding 5

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Arab attacker opens fire in central Israel, killing 1 and wounding 5

Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press 5 minute read Updated: 9:27 AM CDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship went on a shooting rampage in several towns in central Israel on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five others, according to Israeli police. The attacker was killed by police.

The attack came at a time of heightened tensions following a spate of Israeli settler attacks, and the deadly shooting of a Palestinian baby over the weekend, in the nearby West Bank. Police identified the attacker as a resident of the Arab town of Taybeh in his 20s, but his precise motives were not immediately known.

The attack began with a shooting Sunday morning at a gas station near the town of Kokhav Yair, located on the Israeli side of the boundary with the occupied West Bank. Several other shootings were reported in two nearby Israeli towns and close to the Israeli settlement of Salit, inside the West Bank.

Police initially feared a series of coordinated attacks but eventually determined that a gunman and an accomplice who may have served as his driver were involved. The suspected accomplice was arrested later after he tried to stab police with a glass bottle.

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Police officers work at the scene of a shooting near a festival in Toledo, Ohio on Saturday, June 6, 2026. (WTVG via AP)

At least 12 people shot at an Ohio festival and a search for suspects is still ongoing, police say

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At least 12 people shot at an Ohio festival and a search for suspects is still ongoing, police say

Jaimie Ding And Thomas Peipert, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 9:41 PM CDT

Gunfire erupted Saturday near a busy street festival in Ohio, wounding at least 12 people and sending some eventgoers scrambling for cover while others rushed to help the victims.

No suspects were in custody hours afterward, Toledo Deputy Police Chief Joe Heffernan said, and officials urged people who were at the festival to come forward with any photos or videos on their phones for possible leads.

The shooting happened near the Old West End Festival, an annual gathering of live music and home tours.

Heffernan said it appeared that at least two people fired weapons and they were “probably shooting at each other.”

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Updated: Yesterday at 9:41 PM CDT

Entertainment

A bust of President John F. Kennedy is displayed in the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Judge tosses Kennedy Center suit against musician who canceled Christmas Eve show

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Judge tosses Kennedy Center suit against musician who canceled Christmas Eve show

Melissa Goldin, The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 2:20 PM CDT

Attorneys for musician Chuck Redd say a D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit filed against Redd after he canceled a Christmas Eve performance at the Kennedy Center in protest of President Donald Trump's influence over the venue.

The dismissal on Friday was granted under Washington's Anti-SLAPP laws, which are designed to prevent meritless lawsuits intended to silence opposing points of view on matters of public interest.

Redd, a drummer and vibraphone player who has toured with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Ray Brown, had presided over holiday “Jazz Jams” at the Kennedy Center since 2006. He called off last year’s performance shortly after Trump’s handpicked board at the Kennedy Center voted to add the president’s name to the facility.

“The Center sued Mr. Redd because he publicly and rightly objected to adding Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center, a living memorial to former President John F. Kennedy," Lisa J. Banks, one of Redd's lawyers, said in a statement. "The lawsuit against Mr. Redd was political retribution, pure and simple, by the Trump Kennedy Center, and the Court correctly saw it as such in dismissing the case with prejudice.”

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Updated: Yesterday at 2:20 PM CDT

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Bride Harriet Sperling and bride groom Peter Phillips, accompanied by bridesmaids after their wedding ceremony at All Saints Church in Kemble, Gloucestershire, England, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

Senior British royals gather as King Charles’ nephew marries nurse Harriet Sperling

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Senior British royals gather as King Charles’ nephew marries nurse Harriet Sperling

The Associated Press 1 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 11:33 AM CDT

King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla were among senior members of Britain's royal family who donned elegant hats, tailcoats and dresses to attend the wedding of Charles' nephew Peter Phillips on Saturday.

Phillips, the son of Charles' sister Princess Anne, wed Harriet Sperling, a nurse working for the National Health Service, in a church ceremony in the southwestern English village of Kemble.

They were joined by more than 100 guests including Prince William, Princess Catherine, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice and other royals.

The bride wore a high-neck lace gown designed by Emilia Wickstead.

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Updated: Yesterday at 11:33 AM CDT

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Crowds move between stages during the first day of the BottleRock Music Festival held at the Napa Valley Expo in Napa, Calif., Friday, May 22, 2026. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Accessorize with earplugs at this summer’s concerts so you can enjoy more music in the future

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Accessorize with earplugs at this summer’s concerts so you can enjoy more music in the future

Adithi Ramakrishnan, The Associated Press 5 minute read Yesterday at 7:08 AM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — When her favorite band took the stage, Kristin Shires was in the front row.

As the Misterwives started to play, the drums and saxophones blared from the trembling speakers. Shires soaked in the music — but on the way home, a different sound played in her ears.

“The half hour after the show my ears were like, ‘Are we okay?’” said Shires, a social media coordinator from Houston. “There was some ringing going on.”

Concerts offer that rare, visceral opportunity to hear your favorite song sung live — really really loud — and scream the lyrics alongside diehard fans. Quieting the music with a pair of earplugs might seem to undermine the whole point.

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Pope Leo XIV waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

What to know about Pope Leo’s trip to Spain, from political scandal to Barcelona’s architectural gem

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What to know about Pope Leo’s trip to Spain, from political scandal to Barcelona’s architectural gem

Nicole Winfield And Suman Naishadham, The Associated Press 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 3:14 PM CDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The weeklong visit to Spain by Pope Leo XIV has brought the pontiff to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice and, recently, a political crisis for the governing Socialist Party.

Leo is expected to double down on his messages of unity amid polarization, peace as war rages, welcome for migrants and hope for young Spaniards in the era of artificial intelligence.

Around a half-million people came out for an evening prayer vigil in Madrid after Leo arrived on Saturday, recalling the impressive turnout the last time that a pontiff visited Madrid, when Pope Benedict XVI came in 2011 for World Youth Day.

In a sign that the clergy sexual abuse crisis continues to overshadow papal trips, the Vatican confirmed late Friday that Leo would meet with survivors during his visit. The Spanish Catholic hierarchy is belatedly reckoning with decades of abuse and cover-ups in the once-staunchly Catholic country.

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FILE - Nancy Iskander, left, holding the hand of her husband, Karim, leaves Van Nuys Courthouse June 10, 2024, in Van Nuys, Calif., after attending the sentencing hearing in the murder trial of Rebecca Grossman, who is charged in the deaths of their two sons, Mark, 11, and Jacob, 8. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Jury awards $176M for wrongful deaths of young brothers struck by California socialite’s car

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Jury awards $176M for wrongful deaths of young brothers struck by California socialite’s car

The Associated Press 3 minute read Friday, Jun. 5, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury has awarded $176 million to the parents of two young brothers killed in a hit-and-run collision when a California socialite's car struck them in a crosswalk nearly six years ago.

The jury found both Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson, a former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, negligent in the deaths of 11-year-old Mark Iskander and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander.

The damages awarded Wednesday were for wrongful death and emotional distress. The trial judge will ultimately determine how much each defendant has to pay.

Court resumed Friday as jurors must still decide whether to award punitive damages to the boys' parents, Nancy and Karim Iskander.

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FILE - Jaqueline Benitez, who depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Judge halts Trump administration efforts to impose conditions on SNAP

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Judge halts Trump administration efforts to impose conditions on SNAP

Michael Casey, The Associated Press 2 minute read Friday, Jun. 5, 2026

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sided with 20 Democratic states and halted an effort by the Trump administration to force states to comply with a range of conditions to get billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

U.S. District Judge Myong Joun granted a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit challenging the conditions for getting SNAP funding. Among them are restrictions related to “gender ideology,” “immigration,” and “fair athletic opportunities” for women and girls.

The judge said he would issue a memorandum later explaining his decision.

In their lawsuit, the states argued the Agriculture Department has “thrown unconstitutional and unlawful roadblocks between the programs created by Congress and the States that rely on them, threatening critical nutrition support, vital agricultural research, and the safety of our national food chain and communities.”

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Bosnia’s World Cup pursuit begins at a home-away-from home in the American Midwest

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Bosnia’s World Cup pursuit begins at a home-away-from home in the American Midwest

Stephen Wade, The Associated Press 5 minute read Friday, Jun. 5, 2026

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Far from its European homeland, Bosnia and Herzegovina has zealous fans in the American Midwest as it prepares for its second World Cup.

An estimated 60,000-70,000 Bosnians live in St. Louis, with many arriving in the early 1990s during the Bosnian War and the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Bosnia faces Panama on Saturday in an international friendly at St. Louis' Energizer Park and plays World Cup group matches in Toronto (vs. Canada), Los Angeles ( vs. Switzerland) and Seattle (vs. Qatar).

“We should be able to create an atmosphere like a home match,” said Elvir Kafedžić, a Bosnia-born St. Louisan and an assistant coach for the city’s MLS team, St. Louis City SC.

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California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra speaks during an election night event Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Democrat Xavier Becerra advances to general election in race for California governor

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Democrat Xavier Becerra advances to general election in race for California governor

Sophie Austin, The Associated Press 2 minute read Friday, Jun. 5, 2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrat Xavier Becerra advanced Friday to the general election for California governor after pitching himself as an experienced choice to lead the nation’s most populous state and succeed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Becerra leaned on his more than 35 years in public office — including as state attorney general and U.S. health secretary — to argue that he was the most qualified candidate in a crowded field.

“I am ready to lead the fight to uphold California’s promise to make sure we have the governance worthy of our gifts,” he said on election night.

It was not yet clear who Becerra will face in the general election. His top rivals came down to Republican Steve Hilton, a former Fox News commentator backed by President Donald Trump, and Democrat Tom Steyer, a billionaire climate activist who poured $215 million of his own money into his campaign.

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