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The Louvre, plagued by overtourism, shuts its doors to visitors as workers strike
The Louvre, the world's most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday β not by war but by its own exhausted staff, who say the institution in Paris is crumbling from within.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:
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Salt Lake City Police believe man fatally shot at 'No Kings' protest was innocent bystander
A man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, striking both the rifleman and a bystander who later died at the hospital, authorities said Sunday.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Israel strikes Iranian state TV during live broadcast after wave of missiles from Iran
Israel struck Iran's state-run television station Monday during a live broadcast, forcing a reporter to run off camera following an explosion, after Iran fired a new wave of missiles at Israel that killed at least eight people.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Macron rejects Trump's plan for Greenland, proposal for Putin to mediate Israel-Iran crisis
The French leader was visiting Greenland β a self-governing part of Denmark with the right to declare independence that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to take over β ahead of a trip to Canada for the G7 leaders' summit.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Minnesota officials describe multi-pronged manhunt for shooting suspect
Minnesota officials on Sunday evening described a multifaceted manhunt for the suspect accused of killing a state lawmaker and her husband over the weekend, saying they believe the gunman is still alive. Authorities have issued state and federal warrants for Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old man accusing him of murder and attempted murder as well as...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Trump says US will keep supporting Israeli airstrikes
President Trump on Sunday said the United States will keep supporting Israel's airstrikes on Iran amid escalating conflict between the two countries. The president was asked as he left for the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada if the U.S. intended to continue to support Israelβs defenses and replied, βWe do.β He added that...
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Analysis: How Israel’s strikes on Iran could change security in the Middle East
Itβs too soon to tell how exactly the current wave of Israeli strikes could transform the region, but one thing is clear: Israelβs actions have fundamentally reshaped the security landscape of the Middle East.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Cotton on Trump ICE pause on select industries: 'I don't think we should pull back on any kind of enforcement'
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Sunday said he doesn't believe Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should "pull back on any kind of enforcement" after the Trump administration directed the agency to pause raids against workers in the agriculture, hotel and restaurant industries. Cotton told CBS News's Margaret Brennan on "Face The Nation" that "we need to have...
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, U.S. official tells AP
PresidentDonald Trumprejected a plan presented by Israel to the U.S. to kill Iranβs Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:G7 leaders gather in Canada for summit overshadowed by trade wars and Israel-Iran crisis
Leaders of some of the worldβs biggest economic powers are arriving in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday for a Group of Sevensummit, overshadowed byan escalating conflict between Israel and Iranand U.S. President Donald Trumpβs unresolved trade war with allies and rivals alike.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Minnesota Sen. Klobuchar reflects on legacy of slain state lawmaker
In Minnesota, the hunt continues for the 57-year-old man who allegedly killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. Police believe the gunman also shot and wounded state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. A family member said both are awake and recovering. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota joins John Yang to discuss.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Israel and Iran launch new round of strikes as deadly conflict rages into third day
Israel and Iran exchanged missile barrages for a third straight day Sunday. A human rights group says Israelβs strikes have killed at least 406 people in Iran, while the death toll in Israel rose overnight to 13. John Yang speaks with Josef Federman, the Associated Press news director for Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories, for the latest developments.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: World leaders arrive in Canada for G7 summit
In our news wrap Sunday, world leaders prepare to meet at the G7 summit in Canada which begins Monday, President Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces recaptured a village near the border with Russia, organizers say millions of demonstrators attended nationwide βNo Kingsβ protests, and Trumpβs military parade celebrating the Armyβs 250th birthday took place on Saturday.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:‘Panic industry’ surges as more Americans fortify their homes to prepare for the worst
Bomb shelters, secret passageways, gun rooms and flammable moats may sound like the stuff of Hollywood. But today across the country, theyβre part of plans people are making to protect themselves against the worst. Thatβs according to a recent report in The New York Times Magazine. Ali Rogin speaks with the publicationβs contributing photo editor Coralie Kraft for more.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:How teenage rising golf star Genesis Lewis got into the game
While most high schoolers spend their summer vacation hanging out with friends, Genesis Lewis is spending hers gearing up for an international golf competition. The North Carolina rising senior will be on a U.S. junior golf team selected to compete in an upcoming tournament in Australia. John Yang speaks with Lewis for more.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Paul 'not for censuring' Padilla: 'I think that's crazy'
Sen.Rand Paul(R-Ky.) saidhe would be against censuring Sen.Alex Padilla after the California Democrat tried to approach and question Homeland Security SecretaryKristi Noem during a press conference, which led to federal agents forcibly removing and handcuffing him. "No, no, no. I'm not for censuring him. I think that's crazy. I'm not for that at all," Paul...
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Schiff: Seeing Padilla 'mistreated' amid LA protests 'just atrocious'
Sen. Adam Schiff on Sunday called the handcuffing of fellow California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla "atrocious" after Padilla was forcibly removed for interrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles. "To see him mistreated that way and tackled to the ground and shackled that way and in the midst of what we're seeing more broadly...
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Top Iranian intelligence officer killed by Israel, Netanyahu says
The intelligence chief for Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has reportedly been killed by Israel amid growing conflict between the two countries. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday afternoon that Israel targeted IRGC intelligence chief Mohammad Kazemi in a strike. "Moments ago, we also got the chief intelligence officer and his deputy...
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:I helped create Medicare Advantage. Hereβs why I believe it needs reform.
Medicare Advantage has become a system dominated by a handful of massive insurers who are gaming the rules for profit and exploiting a program meant to better serve seniors, and it's time to reform the system to restore its true promise as a competitive marketplace.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Immigration protests put Democrats in tricky territory
Nationwide protests against President Trumpβs crackdown on immigration are putting Democrats in tricky political territory ahead of the high-stakes midterms. After demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids roiled Los Angeles and prompted Trump to call in the National Guard despite Californiaβs objections, protests cropped up this week in cities big and small, thrusting...
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Trump: 'It's possible' US becomes involved in Israel-Iran conflict
President Trump said "it's possible" the United States becomes involved in the current conflict between Iran and Israel, ABC News reported Sunday. "We're not involved in it. It's possible we could get involved. But we are not at this moment involved," Trump told ABC News. ABC News also reported that Trump expressed interest in the...
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Klobuchar on slain Minnesota Democratic lawmaker: 'The most incredible person'
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday remembered former Minnesota state Speaker Melissa Hortman (D)as "the most incredible person," a day after Hortman and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot in what officials are calling a politically motivated shooting. "Melissa Hortman is the most incredible person, that I wish everyone in the nation knew her, went...
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:In its war against small farmers, Congress says the quiet part out loudΒ
Congressional agriculture committees are pushing for a budget reconciliation plan that would cut SNAP benefits to support large-scale industrial agriculture operations, while also introducing the Food Security and Farm Protection Act to override state and local regulations protecting small farmers and animals.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:'Never again' must also mean 'Not in my name'
Western governments are providing military, political, and economic support to Israel's current government, which is causing devastation in Gaza. Jewish communities in the West should be disturbed by this.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:One dead after shooting at 'No Kings' protest in Salt Lake City
Three people have been taken into custody, according to authorities.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Several injured after vehicle drives into crowd leaving soccer match: California officials
The crash, which officials declared a mass casualty incident, took place just as fans were leaving the CONCACAF Gold Cup match between Mexico and the Dominican Republic at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Fact-checking unsubstantiated claims linking Gov. Walz to Minnesota lawmakers’ shootings
In 2019, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz reappointed the suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of Minnesota state legislators to a workforce development board. Conservatives baselessly said that implicated Walz in the killing.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Here are the 4 candidates running for DNC vice chair
Four candidates are vying for two vice chair spots on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after a majority of members voted earlier this week to redo the election of David Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta. Oklahoma DNC committee member Kalyn Free, who lost a bid for vice chair, filed a challenge in February...
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Bridge collapse at tourist spot in western India leaves at least 2 dead, 32 injured
At least two people died and 32 others were injured afteran iron bridge over a river collapsedon Sunday at a popular tourist destination in Indiaβs western Maharashtra state, the state's top elected official said.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Witnesses say gunfire from Israeli forces killed 8, wounded dozens near aid sites in Gaza
At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded on Sunday in a shooting near Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution points in the Gaza Strip, according to health officials. Witnesses blamed the Israeli military, which did not immediately comment.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Remains of Air India crash victims handed over to relatives
Authorities have started handing over remains of the victims of one of India's worst aviation disasters, days after the Air India flight crashed and killed at least 270 people, officials said Sunday.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Minnesota officials give update on search for suspect in lawmaker shootings
Authorities searched a vehicle on a rural road outside Minneapolis on Sunday that they believe had been used by the man wanted in the shootings of two Democratic lawmakers, as a state on edge struggled to make sense of the brazen political violence that left one leader dead.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Hundreds reported dead as Israel and Iran trade strikes for third day
The Iranian Health Ministry said late Sunday that 224 people have been killed since Israelβs attack began Friday. Spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said on social media that 1,277 other people were hospitalized. He asserted that more than 90% of the casualties were civilians.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers is in custody after surrendering to police
The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender on Sunday after they located him in the woods near his home, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers still at large
A massive manhunt entered a second day on Sunday in Minnesota for the suspected gunman who killed a Democratic state lawmaker while posing as a police officer, a crime that Governor Tim Walz characterized as a "politically motivated assassination."
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source: