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THE HEAVENSAdmitting that He had barely even noticed the leader of the Catholic Church had died, God, our Lord and Heavenly Father, announced Tuesday that He was too obsessed with ants right now to focus on the next pope. While I want to commit to finding a successor to Pope Francis, Im currently in kind of an ant phase right now, and its taking up my whole life, said the Creator of All Things, explaining that ever since He discovered how cool the insects were, He let His duties overseeing the papal conclave fall by the wayside. Heres the thing. Ants look small, but they are actually super strong and canlift over 50 times their own body weight. Plus, they communicate with pheromones! I know the Catholic Church is in mourning and needs a strong, compassionate leader, blah, blah, blah, but seriouslydid you know that ants actually grow their own fungus? Theyre tiny little farmers. How cool is that? Later, after reportedly suffering an unexpected ant bite, God confirmed that the next pope would be selected on the basis of how effectively he could kill insects.The post God Too Obsessed With Ants Right Now To Focus On Next Pope appeared first on The Onion.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks on the South Lawn of the White House before President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday, April 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2025-04-22T15:28:22Z WASHINGTON (AP) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pulled the airstrike information he posted into Signal chats with his wife, brother and dozens of others from a secure communications channel used by U.S. Central Command, raising new questions as to whether the embattled Pentagon head leaked classified information over an open, unsecured network.NBC News first reported that the launch times and bomb drop times of U.S. warplanes that were about to strike Houthi targets in Yemen details that multiple officials have said is highly classified were taken from secure U.S. Central Command communications. A person familiar with the second chat confirmed that to The Associated Press. The information posted in the second chat was identical to the sensitive operations details shared in the first chat, which included members of President Donald Trumps National Security Council, the person said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity of out fear of reprisal for speaking to the press. Its the second chat involving Hegseth to be called into questionThis is the second chat group where Hegseth posted the Yemen airstrike information. The first leaked Signal chat accidentally included the editor of The Atlantic and has caused an inspector general investigation in the Defense Department.Hegseth has not directly acknowledged that he set up the second chat, which had more than a dozen people on it, including his wife, his lawyer and his brother Phil Hegseth, who was hired as a senior liaison to the Pentagon for the Department of Homeland Security. Instead, the secretary blamed the disclosure of the second Signal chat on leaks from disgruntled former staff. Hegseth has aggressively denied that the information he posted was classified. Regardless of that, Signal is a commercially available app that is encrypted but is not a government network and not authorized to carry classified information.I said repeatedly, nobody is texting war plans, Hegseth told Fox News on Tuesday. I look at war plans every day. What was shared over Signal then and now, however you characterize it, was informal, unclassified coordinations, for media coordinations and other things. Thats what Ive said from the beginning. Former defense secretary calls it a serious breachBased on the specificity of the launch times, that information would have been classified, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told the AP in a phone interview. It is unheard of to have a Secretary of Defense committing these kind of serious security breaches, said Panetta, who served during the Obama administration, and who also was director of the Central Intelligence Agency during Obamas term. Developing attack plans for defensive reasons is without question the most classified information you can have. The news comes as Hegseth has shaken up much of his inner circle. He is said to have become increasingly isolated and suspicious about whom he can trust, and is relying on an increasingly smaller and smaller circle of people. In the last week he has fired or transferred six of his inner support circle, including Hegseth aide Dan Caldwell; the chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, Colin Carroll; and Hegseths deputy chief of staff, Darin Selnick. Those three were escorted out of the Pentagon as the department hunts down leaks of inside information, and in his Fox and Friends interview Tuesday, an agitated Hegseth accused those staff whom he had worked with and known for years of attempting to leak and sabotage the administration. Hegseth confirmed Tuesday that chief of staff Joe Kasper would be transitioning to a new position. Former Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell is also temporarily shifting to a more direct support role for Hegseth, and former Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot announced he was resigning last week, unrelated to the leaks. The Pentagon said, however, that Ullyot was asked to resign. TARA COPP Copp covers the Pentagon and national security for the Associated Press. She has reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, throughout the Middle East, Europe and Asia. twitter mailto

New York University students and pro-Israeli supporters rally across the street from where pro-Palestinian students and supporters rally outside the NYU Stern School of Business building, April 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)2025-04-22T10:04:41Z NEW YORK (AP) The Anti-Defamation League says the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record high last year and notes that 58% of the 9,354 incidents related to Israel, notably chants, speeches and signs at rallies protesting Israeli policies.In a report released Tuesday, the ADL, which has produced annual tallies for 46 years, said its the first time Israel-related incidents 5,422 of them in 2024 comprised more than half the total. A key reason is the widespread opposition to Israels military response in Gaza after the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.The ADLs findings add grist to an intense, divisive debate among American Jews and others over the extent to which vehement criticism of Israeli policies and of Zionism should be considered antisemitic. Political backdropThe debate has broadened as President Donald Trumps administration makes punitive moves against universities it considers too lax in combating antisemitism and seeks to deport some pro-Palestinian campus activists.The upshot, for numerous Jewish leaders, is a balancing act: Decrying flagrant acts of antisemitism as well as what they consider to be the administrations exploitation of the issue to target individuals and institutions it dislikes.The fears of antisemitism are legitimate and real and we dont want to see those real fears exploited to undermine democracy, said Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. I feel that a majority of American Jews can believe that two things are true at the same time. The ADL said in its new report it is careful to not conflate general criticism of Israel or anti-Israel activism with antisemitism. But there are gray areas. For example, the ADL contends that vilification of Zionism the movement to establish and protect a Jewish state in Israel is a form of antisemitism, yet some Jews are among the critics of Zionism and of the ADL itself.Incidents at anti-Israel rallies that counted as antisemitism in the new ADL tally include justification or glorification of antisemitic violence, promotion of classic antisemitic tropes ... and signage equating Judaism or Zionism with Nazism. Also counted were celebrations of the Hamas attack on Israel and unapologetic support for terrorism.In 2024, hatred toward Israel was a driving force behind antisemitism across the U.S., said Oren Segal, who leads the ADLs efforts to combat extremism and terrorism.Keeping Jewish students safeThe report depicted university campuses as common venues for antisemitic incidents, saying many Jewish students face hostility, exclusion and sometimes physical danger because of their identity or their beliefs.The experience of those students was evoked by Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism an umbrella group for more than 800 Reform congregations in North America as he discussed the complexities arising from current antisemitism-related developments.We have an obligation to our students on campus, Jacobs said. Can they go to Seder? Can they feel safe wearing a yarmulke?At the same time, this current administration has weaponized the fight against antisemitism by weakening core democratic institutions, Jacobs added.He referred to the detention and threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a 30-year-old graduate student who served as a negotiator and spokesperson for pro-Palestinian activists at Columbia University. Khalil has been detained since March 8 despite facing no criminal charges.There has to be a legal case not just you dont like what he says, Jacobs said. What has kept Jewish people safe is the rule of law, due process. If it is undermined for Palestinians, it will be undermined for all of us.Criticism of ADLThe ADL dismayed some progressive Jewish leaders by welcoming Columbias acquiescence in March to Trump administration demands and by initially commending the campaign targeting pro-Palestinian activists such as Khalil.Recent critics of the ADL include Michael Roth, the first Jewish president of Wesleyan University; political commentator Peter Beinart; and Columbia professor James Schamus, who has been urging his fellow Jews on the faculty to oppose the universitys compliance with administration demands.Washington Post columnist Matt Bai wrote a scathing column about the ADL on April 1.You cant call yourself a civil rights organization in the United States right now let alone a civil rights organization for a minority that has been brutally evicted all over the world and not loudly oppose the cruel and unlawful removal of foreigners whose views happen to be out of fashion, Bai wrote.Two days later, the ADLs CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, wrote an opinion piece for eJewishPhilanthropy seeking to distance the ADL from aspects of the Trump administrations crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists.As an organization that has fought for a minority community for more than 100 years, ADL is incredibly sensitive to the importance of allowing all views to be expressed even those that we or the majority of Americans disagree with, Greenblatt wrote. We should be holding people accountable for actual crimes, not Orwellian thoughtcrimes.We can protect the civil liberties of Jewish students even as we preserve the civil liberties of those who protest, harass or attack them because they are innocent until proven guilty, he added. If we sacrifice our constitutional freedoms in the pursuit of security, we undermine the very foundation of the diverse, pluralistic society we seek to defend.Beyond the Israel-related incidents, these were among the other findings in the new ADL report: The total number of antisemitic incidents in 2024 was up by 344% from five years ago. 196 incidents, targeting more than 250 people, were categorized as assault; none of these assaults were fatal. 2,606 incidents were categorized as vandalism. Swastikas were present in 37% of these cases. There were 647 bomb threats, most of them targeting synagogues. Antisemitic incidents occurred in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. More than 10% of the incidents occurred in New York City. There were 962 antisemitic propaganda incidents linked to white supremacist groups. Three groups Patriot Front, Goyim Defense League, and the White Lives Matter network were responsible for 94% of this activity.The ADL says its annual report tallies criminal and noncriminal acts of harassment, vandalism and assault against individuals and groups as reported to the ADL by victims, law enforcement, the media and partner organizations, and then evaluated by ADL experts. ___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the APs collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. DAVID CRARY Crary has headed APs 11-person Religion team since 2020. Among previous AP jobs, he was a foreign correspondent for 14 years, and has used that experience to bolster APs worldwide religion coverage. twitter mailto

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Boston Marathon winner John Korir, of Kenya, kisses the trophy while celebrating after the race, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)2025-04-22T21:03:46Z BOSTON (AP) John Korir arrived in Hopkinton hoping to join his brother as a Boston Marathon champion. He left Boylston Street with plans to train a future winner.Korir said he will donate the prize money from his Boston victory to the Transcend Talent Academy, which provides an education for aspiring runners who cant afford one. He has worked with the school in Kenya along with his brother, Wesley, who used the proceeds from his 2012 Boston win to build a hospital in their home region.It was in our dream to come here and win, and make history of two brothers winning Boston, Korir said Tuesday, a day after overcoming an early fall to become, with Wesley, the first members of the same family to win the worlds oldest and most prestigious annual marathon.One day, one time well have a child from Transend Academy win Boston, John Korir said. Thats now our next dream: to mentor, to bring up a champion who will come one day, come and win Boston. The reigning Chicago Marathon champion, who had top 10 finishes in both of his previous Boston attempts, Korir broke away from the pack heading into Heartbreak Hill on Monday and ran alone for much of the last 6 miles to win in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 45 seconds the second-fastest winning time in course history. Fellow Kenyan Sharon Lokedi also took advantage of near-perfect marathon weather to win in 2:17:22 more than 2 1/2 minutes faster than the previous course record. Korir said he, too, might have challenged for the course record if hed had another runner to push him. But because I was alone, had to try my best and see how fast I could run, he said.Korir ran more than 26.19 miles with a scraped up knee and hand after getting tripped in the crowded start on East Main Street in Hopkinton, sending him sprawling headfirst down the double yellow line in the middle of the road. His race bib was messed up even worse.Korir quickly popped back up and saw his bib was torn off his shirt in three of its four corners; he detached the last one, folded the bib and tucked it into his shorts as he rejoined the still bunched-up leaders at the rear.The absence of a bib the professionals have their names, not numbers like most of the 30,000 runners in the field was mostly a curiosity for onlookers. But it posed a potential problem for race organizers: On the back is a timing device that registers when the runner crosses a checkpoint.The system provide runners with their split times and also proves that someone ran the entire race something Boston officials didnt have in 1980, when Rosie Ruiz was initially declared the winner before they found she took a shortcut to the finish line.Ruiz, an unknown before she broke the tape, didnt show up on any pictures or video along the course. Korir who was running among the leaders, right behind the lead vehicle with the TV camera was literally front and center.It was kind of a nonissue because he was in the main (pack). I mean, the camera was focused on him, Boston Athletic Association President Jack Fleming said, holding up Korirs mangled bib. This is an identification and a timing and scoring device. So he was clearly identified; we knew who he was. We didnt actually need this to identify him as John Korir. And it just so happened that the timing tag was intact. Fleming said organizers noticed Korirs missing bib early on and went looking for video to find out what had happened. But they also saw that he was showing up at each checkpoint, as normal. No one knew how until he pulled the bib out of his shorts as he ran down Boylston Street to the finish.For him to have the presence of mind, with all of that adrenaline, to grab the bib and to hold on to it, tuck it away, ... its amazing, Fleming said.The timing devices have come a long way: Early models were plastic chips tied into the runners shoelaces, but now they are a thin metallic sticker on the back of the bib, surrounded by a sponge-like protective guard. The bib itself is a papery plastic similar to the material used to wrap building frames during construction. It is strong enough to withstand 26.2 miles of pounding in all kinds of weather, but it is not indestructible.Its the first thing thats stated on the back of the bid: Do not fold or bend this bib number, Fleming said, reading the warning printed on every bib. But it worked.___AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports JIMMY GOLEN Golen covers Boston sports for The Associated Press, with a little bit of sports law and Olympic beach volleyball and curling mixed in. twitter mailto

A woman reaches to a shark swimming in Mediterranean Sea in Hadera, Israel, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)2025-04-22T10:22:14Z HADERA, Israel (AP) Israeli police on Tuesday were scouring the coast for a swimmer they fear may have been attacked by a shark in an area that has long seen close encounters between marine predators and beachgoers who sometimes seek them out.A shiver of endangered dusky and sandbar sharks has been swimming close to the area for years, attracting onlookers who approach the sharks, drawing pleas from conservation groups for authorities to separate people from the wild animals. Nature groups say those warnings went unheeded. On Monday, police launched a search along the Mediterranean coast after reports that a shark attacked a swimmer on a beach near the city of Hadera.On Tuesday, the beach was closed off as search teams used boats and underwater equipment to look for the man. His identity was not immediately known, but Israeli media said he had gone to swim with the sharks. Israelis flocked in large numbers to the beach during a weeklong holiday, sharing the waters with a dozen or more sharks. Some tugged on the sharks fins, while others threw them fish to eat. Dusky sharks can stretch 4 meters (13 feet) long and weigh about 350 kilograms (750 pounds). Sandbar sharks are smaller, growing to about 2.5 meters (8 feet) and 100 kilograms (220 pounds). Yigael Ben-Ari, head of marine rangers at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, said it was not known how the man behaved around the sharks. But he said the public should know not to enter the water when sharks are present and not to touch or play with them. One video shared by Israeli media showed a shark swimming right up to bathers in thigh-deep water.What a huge shark! the man filming exclaims, as the shark approaches him. Whoa! Hes coming toward us!Dont move! he implores a boy standing nearby, who replies: Im leaving.The man then asks: What, are you afraid of the sharks?The behavior, some of which was witnessed by an Associated Press photographer two days before the attack, flew in the face of the advice of the parks authority.Like every wild animal, the sharks behavior may be unpredictable, the authority said in a statement.This would be just the third recorded shark attack in Israel, according to Ben-Ari. One person was killed in an attack in the 1940s.The area, where warm water released by a nearby power plant flows into the sea, has for years attracted dozens of sharks between October and May. Ben-Ari said swimming is prohibited in the area, but swimmers enter the water anyway.It would have been appropriate to take steps to preserve and regulate public safety, but over the years, chaos has developed in the area, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, an environmental group, said in a statement.It said fishermen, boats, divers, surfers and snorkelers intersected dangerously with a wild animal that is not accustomed to being around crowds of people.SPNI said further steps were needed to prevent similar incidents, like designating a safe zone from where people could view the sharks without swimming close to them.Israeli authorities on Monday closed the beach and others nearby.___Goldenberg reported from Jerusalem. TIA GOLDENBERG Goldenberg is an Associated Press reporter and producer covering Israel and the Palestinian territories. She previously reported on East and West Africa from Nairobi. twitter mailto

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he participates in a ceremonial swearing in of Paul Atkins as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2025-04-22T21:57:01Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, just days after his statement that he would like to terminate the head of the U.S. central bank caused a stock market selloff.I have no intention of firing him, Trump told reporters.The U.S. president had previously insinuated otherwise as he said he could fire Powell if he wanted to, having been frustrated by the Fed putting a pause on cuts to short-term interest rates. Powell has said that Trumps tariffs are creating uncertainty about slower growth and higher inflationary pressures, while the president maintains that inflationary worries are essentially non-existent.The president maintains that energy and grocery prices are falling, so the Fed should cut its benchmark rates because inflation is no longer a threat to the U.S. economy, Trump said. His remarks indicated that he still plans to use the bully pulpit to pressure a U.S. central bank that is committed to resisting political pressure as part of its mandate to stabilize prices and maximize employment. Trumps frustration led him to post on social media last Thursday: Powells termination cannot come fast enough! The Fed chairs term ends in May 2026. On Tuesday, Trump continued to air his grievances about Powell, even though he said the Fed chair would stay on the job despite the presidents belief that inflation is no longer a problem. Its all coming down, Trump said. The only thing that hasnt come down, but hasnt gone up much, are interest rates. And we think the Fed should lower the rate. We think that its a perfect time to lower the rate. And wed like to see our chairman be early or on time, as opposed to late. Lates not good.Trump again attacked Powell on Monday on his Truth Social account, saying that there is virtually No Inflation. The comment built on a statement by Trump last week that said he believed he could fire Powell, a move that shook financial markets and frightened investors that interest rates might be subject to politics instead of economic fundamentals.If I want him out, hell be out of there real fast, believe me, Trump said in the Oval Office last Thursday. Im not happy with him.The Fed has held off on further reductions to its federal funds rate, which influences the money supply by setting the interest rate that banks can charge each other for overnight loans. That rate is effectively 4.33%, down a fully percentage point since last August as inflationary pressures appeared to ease.The Fed had initially raised that rate because of inflation spiking during Joe Bidens presidency, a byproduct of the global economy recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and higher energy and food prices after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.But Powell has also been willing to challenge the presidents trade policies. He said last week in a Chicago speech that Trumps tariff policies would hurt the U.S. economy, a direct warning to a White House trying to sell the import taxes as a long-term positive for the country.The level of tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated, and the same is likely to be true of the economic effects which will include higher inflation and slower growth, Powell said last week at the Economic Club of Chicago. JOSH BOAK Boak covers the White House and economic policy for The Associated Press. He joined the AP in 2013. twitter mailto

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Family members await the start of the sentencing for Patrick Crusius, the Walmart mass shooter, at the Enrique Moreno County Courthosue in El Paso, Texas, on April 21, 2025. (Omar Ornelas/Pool Photo via AP)2025-04-22T21:02:47Z Speaking to the gunman who killed her brother and 22 other people, Yolanda Tinajero didnt raise her voice or condemn him for his racist attack at a Walmart in 2019. Instead, she told him she forgave him, and wished she could give him a hug.The judge, in a surprising turn in an El Paso courtroom, allowed her to do just that.Their brief embrace while Patrick Crusius was still shackled was among many emotionally charged moments during two days of impact statements given by victims family members and survivors.Some described their pain and devastation while others assured him the community had met his hatred with love and unity. Later, another person also hugged the man who pleaded guilty in one of the deadliest mass shootings in the U.S.Crusius, a white community college dropout, had posted online a screed about a Hispanic invasion of Texas before opening fire with an AK-style rifle at the store near the U.S.-Mexico border on Aug. 3, 2019. Crusius didnt address the families and survivors at his plea hearing Monday. He will serve multiple life sentences after pleading guilty to capital murder and 22 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.We would have opened our doors to you to share a meal, breakfast lunch or dinner, Mexican-style, so then your ugly thoughts of us that have been instilled in you would have turned around, Tinajero told him. Hug you very tightTinajero said her brother, 60-year-old Arturo Benavides, was a kind, sweet-hearted person, whose wife of over 30 years is broken hearted over her loss. Now she lives alone in their home full of memories that she cant forget, she said.I feel in my heart, to hug you very tight so you could feel my forgiveness, especially my loss, but I know its not allowed, Tinajero said. I want you to see and feel all of us who have been impacted by your actions.Later, the judge asked her: Maam, would it truly bring you peace and comfort if you could hug him? Yes, she replied.Her daughter, Melissa Tinajero, told reporters: I dont know how she was able to do it. I could not do that. But she showed him something he could not show his victims.A survivor, not a victimStephanie Melendez told Crusius on Tuesday that she didnt want to address him, but wanted to read a letter to her father, 63-year-old David Johnson, who was killed when he shielded his wife and 9-year-old granddaughter from the gunfire.Melendez thanked her father for making her study, giving her a curfew and telling her when she was 16 that she needed to get a job. You made me into the strong woman I am today, she said.Her daughter, Kaitlyn Melendez, now 14, told Crusius: I am a survivor, not a victim.Im going to walk out these doors and move forward with my life and not let you haunt me anymore. A disgrace to humanityDean Reckard, whose 63-year-old mother Margie Reckard was among those killed, expressed anger and forgiveness as he addressed Crusius on Tuesday. Youre a disgrace to humanity and to your family, Reckard said, adding that he hopes Crusius wakes up each morning wishing he were dead. But Reckard also said he forgave the gunman who will spend the rest of his life behind bars.In order to be forgiving, you have to forgive others, he said. Thats the only reason I forgive you. May God have mercy on your soul.Thousands of people attended Margie Reckards funeral after her partner of 22 years, Antonio Basco, invited the public to the service, saying he felt alone after her death.Left me sad, bitterLiliana Munoz of Ciudad Jurez, Mexico, said in court Monday that she was shopping for snacks when Crusius opened fire, forever changing her life physically, economically and emotionally. In her statement, she said she used to be a happy, dancing person, but now is afraid every morning when she awakes. Since she was shot, she has had to use a cane to walk and wears a leg brace to keep her left foot from dragging.It left me sad, bitter, said the 41-year-old mother.She also granted Crusius forgiveness.You brought us together Javier Rodriguez was 15 and starting his sophomore year in high school when he was shot and killed at a bank in Walmart.On Tuesday, his father Francisco Rodriguez shouted at Crusius: Look at me, Im talking to you.He told Crusius that he and his family have to go to the cemetery to celebrate his sons death.I wish I could just get five minutes with you me and you and get all of this, get it over with, he said.But Rodriguez also referred to comments made about Crusius impact on El Paso during his sentencing.Like the judge said yesterday, you came down to El Paso with the intention of tearing us apart, but all you did, you brought us together, he said.

Lori Vallow Daybell stands and listens as the jury's verdict is read at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho on Friday, May 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, File)2025-04-22T22:55:14Z PHOENIX (AP) An Arizona jury has found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of conspiring to murder her estranged husband, meaning the mother with doomsday religious beliefs faces another life sentence after she was already convicted in Idaho in the killings of her two youngest children and a romantic rival. Prosecutors said she conspired with her brother, Alex Cox, in the July 2019 shooting death of Charles Vallow at her home in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. She was trying to collect money from his life insurance policy and planned to marry her then-boyfriend Chad Daybell, an Idaho author who wrote several religious novels about prophecies and the end of the world, prosecutors said.Cox, who claimed he acted in self-defense when he fatally shot Vallow, died five months later from what medical examiners said was a blood clot in his lungs. Coxs account was later called into question. Jurors deliberated for a total of three hours over two days.Vallow Daybell, who isnt an attorney but chose to defend herself at trial, told jurors that during the encounter inside the house, Vallow chased her with a bat, and Alex shot Vallow in self-defense after she left the house. The trial marked the first of two criminal trials in Arizona for Vallow Daybell. Shes scheduled to go on trial again in early June on a charge of conspiring to murder Brandon Boudreaux, the ex-husband of Vallow Daybells niece, Melani Pawlowski. Boudreaux survived the attempt. She will be sentenced in Vallows death after her second trial. She faces a life sentence.Vallow Daybell is already serving three life sentences in the Idaho case.Last week at the Arizona trial, Adam Cox, another brother of Vallow Daybell, testified on behalf of the prosecution, telling jurors that he had no doubt that Vallow Daybell and his brother Alex were behind Vallows death.Adam Cox said Vallows killing occurred just before he and Vallow were planning an intervention to bring Vallow Daybell back into the mainstream of their shared faith in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He testified that before Vallows death, his sister had told people her husband was no longer living and that a zombie was living inside his body. Four months before he died, Vallow filed for divorce from Vallow Daybell, saying she had become infatuated with near-death experiences and had claimed to have lived numerous lives on other planets. He alleged she threatened to ruin him financially and kill him. He sought a voluntary mental health evaluation of his wife. JACQUES BILLEAUD Billeaud is an Associated Press reporter who covers courts and law enforcement in Arizona. He previously covered immigration and the Arizona Legislature.

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This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)2025-04-23T02:11:47Z DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Yemens Houthi rebels launched a missile early Wednesday toward northern Israel, a rare target for the group as a monthlong intense U.S. airstrike campaign continues to target them. The Houthis separately claimed shooting down another MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen.Sirens sounded in Haifa, Krayot and other areas west of the Sea of Galilee, the Israeli military said. An interceptor was launched toward the missile, and the missile was most likely successfully intercepted, the Israeli military said. Those in the area could here booms in the predawn darkness. The Houthis did not immediately claim the attack, though it can take them hours or even days to acknowledge their assaults. American airstrikes, meanwhile, continued targeting the Houthis on Wednesday morning, part of a campaign that began on March 15. The Houthis reported strikes on Hodeida, Marib and Saada governorates. In Marib, the Houthis described a strike hitting telecommunication equipment, which has previously been a target of the Americans. Houthis claim downing another US droneThe Houthis in response have stepped up their targeting of American drones flying over the country. Late Tuesday, Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the rebels shot down an MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemens Hajjah governorate. The U.S. military acknowledged the report of the drone being downed, but said it could not comment further. Saree said the rebels targeted the drone with a locally manufactured missile. The Houthis have surface-to-air missiles such as the Iranian missile known as the 358 capable of downing aircraft. The Houthis claim they downed 26 MQ-9s over the last decade of the Yemen war. Iran denies arming the rebels, though Tehran-manufactured weaponry has been found on the battlefield and in sea shipments heading to Yemen for the Shiite Houthi rebels despite a United Nations arms embargo.General Atomics Reapers, which cost around $30 million apiece, can fly at altitudes over 40,000 feet (12,100 meters) and remain in the air for over 30 hours. They have been flown by both the U.S. military and the CIA for years over Afghanistan, Iraq and now Yemen. New US airstrike campaign began March 15The U.S. is targeting the Houthis because of the groups attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, a crucial global trade route, and on Israel. The Houthis are the last militant group in Irans self-described Axis of Resistance that is capable of regularly attacking Israel.The new U.S. operation against the Houthis under President Donald Trump is more extensive than attacks on the group were under President Joe Biden, an AP review found. The new campaign started after the rebels threatened to begin targeting Israeli ships again over Israel blocking aid from entering the Gaza Strip.From November 2023 until this January, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors. That has greatly reduced the flow of trade through the Red Sea corridor, which typically sees $1 trillion of goods move through it annually. The Houthis also launched attacks targeting American warships without success. Assessing the toll of the month-old U.S. airstrike campaign has been difficult because the military hasnt released information about the attacks, including what was targeted and how many people were killed. The Houthis, meanwhile, strictly control access to attacked areas and dont publish complete information on the strikes, many of which likely have targeted military and security sites.Last week, a strike on the Ras Isa fuel port killed at least 74 people and wounded 171 others in the deadliest-known attack of the American campaign. ___Associated Press writer Natalie Melzer in Nahariya, Israel, contributed to this report. JON GAMBRELL Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006. twitter instagram mailto

This undated photo provided by Murray Osorio PLLC shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (Murray Osorio PLLC via AP)2025-04-23T01:25:12Z A federal judge said Tuesday that the Trump administration is ignoring court orders, obstructing the legal process and acting in bad faith by refusing to provide information about the steps they have taken, if any, to free a mistakenly deported man from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. For weeks, Defendants have sought refuge behind vague and unsubstantiated assertions of privilege, using them as a shield to obstruct discovery and evade compliance with this Courts orders, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis wrote an the order Tuesday. Defendants have known, at least since last week, that this Court requires specific legal and factual showings to support any claim of privilege. Yet they have continued to rely on boilerplate assertions. That ends now. She gave the administration until 6 p.m. Wednesday to provide those details. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration nearly two weeks ago to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcias return to the U.S. from a notorious Salvadoran prison, rejecting the White Houses claim that it couldnt retrieve him after mistakenly deporting him. Trump administration officials have pushed back, arguing that it is up to El Salvador though the president of El Salvador has also said he lacks the power to return Abrego Garcia. The administration has also argued that information about any steps it has taken or could take to return Abrego Garcia is protected by attorney-client privilege laws, state secret laws, general government privilege or other secrecy rules. But Xinis said those claims, without any facts to back them up, reflected a willful and bad faith refusal to comply with discovery obligations. Its not the first time the Trump administration has faced a scathing order from a federal judge over its approach to deportation cases. A three-judge panel on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scolded the administration last week, saying its claim that it cant do anything to free Abrego Garcia should be shocking. That ruling came one day after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador in a different legal case. Democrats and legal scholars say President Donald Trump is provoking a constitutional crisis in part by ignoring court rulings, while the White House has said its the judges who are the problem. REBECCA BOONE Boone is a correspondent who covers breaking news, the courts, accountability issues and more for The Associated Press. She is based in Boise, Idaho. twitter mailto

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Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)2025-04-23T03:09:15Z TOKYO (AP) Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, with markets showing relief after President Donald Trump indicated he wont dismiss the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve.Japans benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.7% in morning trading to 34,797.22. Australias S&P/ASX 200 surged 1.6% to 7,943.00. South Koreas Kospi gained 1.2% to 2,515.19. Hong Kongs Hang Seng added 1.7% to 21,927.92, while the Shanghai Composite was little changed, down less than 0.1% at 3,298.33. Trump had previously said he could fire Fed chair Jerome Powell after the Fed paused cuts to short-term interest rates. But Trump told reporters Tuesday, I have no intention of firing him.Investors were also cheered by comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a Tuesday speech. He said the ongoing tariffs showdown with China is unsustainable and he expects a de-escalation in the trade war. U.S. stocks jumped in a widespread rally Tuesday, and other U.S. investments steadied a day after falling sharply. The S&P 500 climbed 2.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1,016 points, or 2.7%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 2.7%. All three indexes more than made up their big losses from the start of the week. The only prediction many Wall Street strategists are willing to make is that financial markets will likely continue to veer up and down as hopes rise and fall that Trump may negotiate deals with other countries to lower his tariffs. If no such deals come quickly enough, many investors expect the economy to fall into a recession. The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slashed its forecast for global economic growth this year to 2.8%, down from 3.3%. A suite of better-than-expected profit reports from big U.S. companies, meanwhile, helped drive U.S. stocks higher. Also helping market sentiment was the announcement from Elon Musk that he will spend less time in Washington and more time running Tesla after his electric vehicle company reported a big drop in profits. Its results have been hurt by vandalism, widespread protests and calls for a consumer boycott amid a backlash to Musks oversight of cost-cutting efforts for the U.S. government. Tesla reported earnings after U.S. trading closed. Teslas quarterly profits fell from $1.39 billion to $409 million, far below analyst estimates.Losers on Wall Street were the exceptions, however, as 99% of the stocks in the S&P 500 index rose. All told, the S&P 500 climbed 129.56 points to 5,287.76. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1,106.57 to 39,186.98, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 429.52 to 16,300.42.In the bond market, longer-term yields eased following an unsettling run higher the day before. The yield on the 10-year Treasury pulled back to 4.39% from 4.42% late Monday.In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude added $1.23 to $64.31 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard added 44 cents to $67.88 a barrel. In currency trading, the U.S. dollar declined to 141.85 Japanese yen from 142.37 yen. The euro cost $1.1397, up from $1.1379. ___AP Business Writer Stan Choe contributed. YURI KAGEYAMA Kageyama covers Japan news for The Associated Press. Her topics include social issues, the environment, businesses, entertainment and technology. twitter instagram facebook mailto

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Smoke rises from a wildfire early Wednesday, April 23, 2025, near Barnegat Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)2025-04-23T01:25:49Z BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey on Tuesday forced thousands of people to evacuate and closed a stretch of a major highway.The Garden State Parkway, one of New Jerseys busiest highways, was closed between Barnegat and Lacey townships, according to the New Jersey Fire Service.More than 1,300 structures were threatened and about 3,000 residents were evacuated, the fire service said. Shelters were open at two high schools, according to the Barnegat Police Department. The Jersey Central Power and Light Company cut power to about 25,000 customers at the request of the Forest Fire Service and the wildfires command post Tuesday evening, including thousands in Barnegat Township. The company said on X that it doesnt expect to restore the power before Wednesday. This is for the safety of crews battling the fire, the company said. The fire in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area burned more than 13.2 square miles (34.2 square kilometers) of land, fire officials said. The blaze, burning in Ocean and Lacey Townships in Ocean County, was only about 10% contained Tuesday night, the New Jersey Fire Service said. The cause of the fire was under investigation. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Debi Schaffer was caught in gridlocked traffic after evacuating with her two dogs while her husband agreed to stay with their 22 chickens, The Press of Atlantic City reported. I wanted to take them in the car with me; can you imagine 22 chickens in a car? she told the newspaper. Around her Waretown house it was like a war zone, she said, describing smoke, sirens and the buzz of helicopters. The site of the fire is near an alpaca farm. The farm said in a Facebook post that the property wasnt threatened and all of the animals were safe.The blaze is the second major forest fire in the region in less than a week.