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U.S. stocks surged Monday after President Trump called off massive strikes on Iran, renewing hopes for a diplomatic deal. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 600 points, or more than 1%, to start the week, a boom driven by falling oil prices. Mr. Trump said he decided to cancel a bombardment of Iran upon the request of friendly nations in the Gulf region. “I was asked to by Saudi Arabia, by UAE, by Qatar, and by Iran. We were all set to go,” Mr. Trump told reporters on Sunday. He pointed to signs of a possible agreement on the Strait…

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The 24-year-old suspect in a fatal weekend shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern Idaho died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said Sunday. Investigators are confident that the gunman, identified as Chad Williams, acted alone during the shooting Saturday in Twin Falls, Police Chief Matthew Hicks said at a news conference. In all, three people died and seven others were injured at the recently opened restaurant in the southern Idaho city of about 56,000 people. Authorities said Sunday that two of the injured were treated at a hospital and released, three were listed as…

About 5,000 homes have been evacuated and about 600 homes, businesses and other buildings have been destroyed by wildfires that remained uncontained Sunday in eastern Washington state, authorities said. The fires burned more than 8.2 square miles around Spokane, the second largest city in Washington, and were among dozens across the western U.S. – stretching the ability of federal, state and local agencies to fight them. No deaths have yet been reported from the fires in the Spokane area. While the high temperature Sunday in Spokane was forecast to remain below 80 degrees Fahrenheit, wind gusts from 35 mph to…

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas voters will decide Tuesday whether to elect state Supreme Court justices rather than have the governor appoint them, a push from conservatives who have chafed for years over court decisions they disagreed with on issues such as abortion, school funding and the death penalty. If the constitutional amendment passes, supporters hope to elect at least four conservative, anti-abortion justices to the seven-member court by 2033. Kansas is considering the change amid concerns that increasingly contentious and expensive judicial elections in other states are making their courts more partisan and less independent. Spending in a single state…

New York officials sued prediction market platform Kalshi for potentially billions of dollars on Friday, calling it an “illegal, unlicensed gambling operation” that includes sports wagering as the state seeks to halt its operations and force the company to forfeit its profits. New York joins a growing number of states filing lawsuits against Kalshi and other companies in a dispute with President Donald Trump’s administration over who regulates the fast-growing prediction market. Kalshi and other platforms argue they are federally licensed and regulated, and states have no authority to govern them. “It’s sad to see this type of political theater…

An F-35B fighter jet crashed Friday morning at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, according to local reports. The aircraft reportedly caught fire, sending large clouds of black smoke into the air and causing the pilot to eject. Local media in San Diego noticed the smoke in the late morning. The jet was part of a group of six aircraft returning from a mission in the Middle East when the crash occurred. It was assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Aircraft Group 11, according to Fox 5/KUSI. Footage from the scene shows local emergency response crews…

The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, is the latest in a flurry of suits filed against the social media giants that alleges their platforms are addictive and dangerous. The complaint was filed on behalf of four families from Texas, North Carolina, Minnesota and Tennessee whose children died over a 14-month period starting in July 2024 through September 2025. The Social Media…

WASHINGTON — The State Department is making permanent a pilot program under which citizens from 50 countries, mainly in Africa, are required to post bonds to apply for a U.S. visa, and it’s raising the cost as well, to as much as $20,000. A draft notice published Friday in the Federal Register says a nearly year-long review “provided sufficient data” to suggest the bond program effectively enforces compliance with visa conditions, and would be made permanent. The notice is to be formally released on Monday, the day the program becomes permanent, and additional countries may be added to the list,…

WASHINGTON — A man whose slain brother led one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty Friday in Washington to conspiring to traffic cocaine and methamphetamine into the U.S. Antonio Oseguera Cervantes worked for cartels with his brother Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the drug lord known as “El Mencho” who was killed by the Mexican army in February, according to federal prosecutors. El Mencho co-founded and led the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, known by its Spanish-language acronym CJNG. Last year, President Donald Trump’s administration designated the CJNG and other cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Antonio Oseguera…

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on Friday defended her decision to oust the city’s police chief as the “right decision at the right time,” but she declined to explain why. The leadership change came as police continue searching for people involved in a fatal, gang-related shootout at a food festival near the Space Needle last weekend. A 15-year-old was arrested at the scene and has been charged with assault, but charging documents say the gun he was seen firing wasn’t involved in the deaths of two bystanders. Wilson and then-Police Chief Shon Barnes faced criticism for being slow to…