REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Police have arrested seven people after they occupied an office at Microsoft’s headquarters in Washington state. The protest group No Azure for Apartheid says those arrested included current and former Microsoft employees, and that they occupied an office of company President Brad Smith. Azure is Microsoft’s primary cloud computing platform. Smith…… MORE
SpaceX has launched its latest test of the mega rocket Starship. It is the first-ever deployment of a test payload into space. Starship blasted off from SpaceX’s launch site in South Texas on Tuesday night. The mission involved eight dummy satellites and was the 10th test for the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket. It…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Low-value imports are losing their duty-free status in the U.S. this week as part of President Donald Trump’s agenda for making the nation less dependent on foreign goods. A widely used customs exemption for international shipments worth $800 or less is set to end starting on Friday. Trump already ended the…… MORE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It’s a love story and, baby, she said yes. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged. The superstar singer and football player revealed the news in a five-photo joint post on Instagram on Tuesday. It’s the fairytale culmination of a courtship that for two years has thrilled and fascinated millions…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) — WFAA News 8 – A DART bus crashed near a light rail station in northeast Dallas on Monday morning, officials said. Footage from the scene at the White Rock DART Rail Station showed the bus had crashed in the parking lot off Northwest Highway. The bus appeared to have crashed into a tree…… MORE
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli airstrikes have hit Yemen’s capital, days after the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels fired what the Israeli military described as the first cluster bomb they’ve launched since 2023. The Houthis said Sunday’s strikes hit multiple areas across Sanaa. The Houthi-run health ministry says four people were killed and 67 others wounded in a…… MORE
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Witnesses say Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinian aid-seekers traveling through a military zone south of Gaza City that is regularly used to reach a food distribution point. Gaza City is now officially in famine after 22 months of war, while Israel’s military moves ahead with a planned offensive…… MORE
Russia has accused Ukraine of drone strikes that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in the Kursk region Sunday as Ukraine marked its Independence Day. The fire was quickly extinguished with no injuries, though a transformer was damaged. Radiation levels remained normal. The U.N. nuclear watchdog called for protecting all nuclear facilities. Russia…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Jerry Adler has died at 96. Adler started his career behind the scenes in theater and worked on more than 50 Broadway productions. He later transitioned to acting in his 60s, gaining fame for roles on “The Sopranos” and “The Good Wife.” A New York funeral home confirmed he died…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms. That’s an escalation of his military deployment that makes good on a directive issued late last week by his defense secretary. A Defense Department official who was not authorized to speak publicly said…… MORE
