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Jury hears dueling narratives at trial of Texas teen who killed another athlete at school track meet

AP News MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — The fatal stabbing of a high school athlete at a Texas track competition was “murder plain and simple,” a prosecutor declared Tuesday as a high-profile trial neared a conclusion, leaving jurors to decide whether a tragedy at a community sports event could lead to a life prison term for a teenager.

Karmelo Anthony, now 19, did not testify in his own defense over the killing of Austin Metcalf, whose death in April 2025 stunned Frisco, a booming Dallas suburb where the two students attended different schools.

The courtroom at the Collin County...
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Vance demands Justice Department probe of Minnesota officials as White House presses 'war on fraud'

AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance is pressing federal prosecutors to investigate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison over allegations they failed to stop widespread social services fraud, amplifying concerns the White House will use a new Justice Department division to target political rivals.

Vance, who has been tapped to lead the Trump administration's anti-fraud efforts as he seeks to raise his political profile as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, cited in a letter to the Justice Department a report from the Republican-led House...
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Ukraine is ready to share drone technology with Nordic and Baltic countries, Zelenskyy says

AP News TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Nordic and Baltic leaders who were in Estonia for a regional summit Tuesday, a visit that comes amid friction over Ukrainian drones straying into the region in recent months.

The drones have crashed into the chimney of a power plant in Estonia, hit empty fuel tanks in Latvia and been shot down by Romanian fighter jets stationed in Lithuania. Ukrainian officials apologized, saying the drones had been aimed at military targets in Russia but were sent off course by Russian electronic interference.
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EU orders Meta to restore WhatsApp access for rival AI chatbots

AP News LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Tuesday ordered Meta Platforms to restore access to WhatsApp for rival AI chatbot makers until an antitrust investigation is complete.

The bloc's executive Commission, which is the 27-nation EU's top antitrust and competition enforcer, said it was taking action to prevent harm to competition in the growing market for AI assistants before it's too late.

The commission said it was imposing “interim measures” while it continues its investigation into WhatsApp’s artificial intelligence policy over concerns the company is...
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Takeaways from Scott Pelley's emotional interview about his '60 Minutes' demise

AP News NEW YORK (AP) — When CBS News President Tom Cibrowski asked Scott Pelley if he could come by for a meeting last Tuesday, the longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent booked about an hour on his calendar, he says. He assumed he’d be having an extensive discussion about issues that led to his tense confrontation a day earlier with his new boss, Nick Bilton.

He didn’t know Bari Weiss, the news division’s editor in chief, would be there. But his initial reaction to seeing her was “This is terrific of her,” he told The New York Times in a wide-ranging podcast interview. He...
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