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SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes after ‘major anomaly’ but no injuries reported, company says

By Associated Press

The company said the Starship “experienced a major anomaly” at about 11 p.m. while on the test stand preparing for the tenth flight test at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas.

WATCH: Hegseth won’t say whether he allowed the military to arrest, detain, use lethal force on protesters

By Hannah Grabenstein

Hegseth ultimately said the military could "if necessary, in their own self-defense they could temporarily detain" protesters to hand over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

WATCH: Sen. King tells Hegseth restoring Confederate names to military bases is an ‘insult’

By Jackie Hai

Last week, President Donald Trump announced in remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, that the names of seven bases that had changed under the Biden administration would be returned to their former names.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma asks court to clear way for $7 billion settlement if states back it

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

The deal would be among the largest in a wave of opioid settlements. It calls for members of the Sackler family who own the company to give up ownership and to contribute up to $7 billion over time.

Judge says Trump administration can’t limit passport sex markers for many transgender, nonbinary people

By Michael Casey, Associated Press

Kobick first issued a preliminary injunction against the policy last month, but that ruling applied only to six people who joined with the American Civil Liberties Union in a lawsuit over the passport policy.

Nuclear waste can be temporarily stored in Texas and New Mexico, Supreme Court rules

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed a federal appeals court ruling that invalidated the license granted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to a private company for the facility in southwest Texas.

Baby delivered prematurely from brain-dead woman on life support in Georgia

By Associated Press

April Newkirk says her daughter would be taken off of life support Tuesday.

Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate, is arrested at immigration court

By Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press

Lander had spent the morning observing immigration court hearings and told an AP reporter that he was there to "accompany" some immigrants out of the building.

Fast-moving brush fire on Hawaii’s Maui island forces evacuation of about 50 people. No structures have burned

By Audrey McAvoy, Kathy McCormack, Mark Thiessen, Associated Press

Officials said the fire was 85% contained as of Monday morning.

Minnesota shooting suspect had a list of dozens of potential Democratic targets, prosecutors say

By Steve Karnowski, Alanna Durkin Richer, John Seewer, Associated Press

All of the politicians named in his writing were Democrats, including more than 45 state and federal officials in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said.