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What to know about ‘no tax on tips,’ Trump’s tax pledge that’s in the GOP budget bill

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

The proposal has widespread support from the public, but many critics say it would come with an enormous cost to the government while doing little to help the workers who need it most.

Judge allows Mahmoud Khalil to hold newborn son for first time despite Trump administration objections

By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press

Detained activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his son for the first time after a judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass divider.

Multiple people on private jet that crashed into San Diego neighborhood are dead, authorities say

By Julie Watson, Associated Press

The aircraft appeared to strike at least one home and smash through half a dozen vehicles.

FDA advisers debate COVID vaccine recipe amid questions about fall shots

By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

Government vaccine advisers are meeting to decide if the recipe for COVID-19 vaccines needs updating for this fall and winter.

U.S. Mint moves ahead with plans to kill the penny

By Fatima Hussein, Alan Suderman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says making cents doesn’t make sense anymore. The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed…

Fire that engulfed historic Black church in Memphis was intentional, investigators say

By Adrian Sainz, Associated Press

A fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 sanitation workers’ strike, which brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, was intentionally set, investigators said Wednesday.

Weather experts worry about a dangerous mix of more tornadoes and fewer meteorologists

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

The U.S. is on track to see more tornadoes this year than in 2024, which was the second-busiest tornado year on record.

Supreme Court 4-4 vote ends Oklahoma’s taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The outcome keeps in place an Oklahoma court decision that invalidated a vote by a state charter school board to approve the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would have been the nation’s first religious charter school. But…

NOAA predicts another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don't think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record.

These are the DC shooting victims who worked for the Israeli Embassy

By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

Israel identified the victims as Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky. They were leaving a young diplomats event at the Capital Jewish Museum that was meant to “foster unity and celebrate Jewish heritage” when they were killed on Wednesday.