WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators have sparred over a wide range of the Trump administration’s foreign policies: Ukraine and Russia, the Middle East, Latin America, the slashing of the U.S. foreign assistance budget, refugee admissions and more. At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Tuesday, Rubio defended the administration’s…… MORE
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel is pressing ahead with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting international criticism. The Israeli military launched airstrikes Tuesday that health officials said killed at least 85 Palestinians. Israeli officials said they also allowed in dozens more trucks carrying aid. It was not immediately clear whether the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program — a multilayered system that for the first time will put U.S. weapons in space. Speaking Tuesday in the Oval Office, Trump said the system would cost $175 billion. He expects it will be “fully…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers,” has died. He was 76. Wendt in later life crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in “Art,” “Hairspray” and “Elf.” Despite a long career of roles…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of Casandra “Cassie” Ventura says she paid Sean “Diddy” Combs $20,000 in 2011 when he demanded the money because he was mad that her daughter had started dating someone else. Regina Ventura testified Tuesday that she made the payment after reading an email from her daughter that said Combs…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy. Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, new studies, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. It’s a major shift in FDA’s approach to updating…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of President Donald Trump, says he’ll be spending less on political campaigns. He disclosed his decision via videoconference during a Bloomberg forum in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. It could be a setback for Republicans before next year’s midterm elections.…… MORE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Elon Musk promised hundreds of thousands of self-driving Teslas will be on the road requiring no human intervention by the end of next year. That vow came in a CNBC interview. The billionaire also committed to being CEO of Tesla in five years’ time at a video appearance earlier…… MORE
Google on Tuesday unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence technology to accelerate a year-old makeover of its search engine that is changing the way people get information and curtailing the flow of internet traffic to websites. The next phase outlined at Google’s annual developers conference includes releasing a new “AI mode” option in the United…… MORE
FORT WORTH, Texas WFAA – (WBAP/KLIF) — Fort Worth City Council voted Tuesday to name Robert Alldredge, currently the department’s executive assistant chief, as Interim Fort Worth Police Chief. As current chief Neil Noakes prepares to retire at the end of the month, Alldredge will step into the role while Fort Worth City Manager Jay…… MORE
