Senate Finance Committee Democrats say JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank knew of suspicious Jeffrey Epstein transactions for years but largely failed to alert authorities until after his 2019 arrest. The report urges federal investigators to examine the banks’ conduct and tighten reporting requirements.
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A record-breaking heat wave across East Asia has killed at least 19 people in South Korea, strained earthquake recovery in Japan and led to suspected heatstroke deaths of three lionesses at a Tokyo zoo. South Korea’s president has declared the heat a national disaster and called for an overhaul of crisis systems.
Guatemala issued a nationwide orange alert after the Fuego volcano erupted, sending lava down its slopes and ash nearly four miles high. Officials began evacuating two nearby villages and warned the volcano was moving toward a more explosive phase.
A serviceman in Russian-held Crimea killed one soldier and three civilians in Khmelnytske, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol said. The gunman was detained, and officials said the motive remained under investigation.
President Trump privately raised concerns with Rep. Max Miller about his Ohio reelection bid as abuse allegations spur calls from Republicans for him to step aside. Miller denies the allegations and says he will seek an ethics investigation into himself.
Gaza City held a mass funeral for 112 members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia families whose remains were recovered from rubble after an Israeli strike in late 2023. The dead included dozens of women and children, and thousands more people remain unaccounted for across Gaza.
An 8,800-pound SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage is expected to hit the moon early Wednesday at about 5,400 mph. Scientists say the accidental impact poses no danger to Earth and could help reveal details about lunar impacts and subsurface material.
Authorities arrested Aaron F. Farinacci, 37, in connection with the Old Trails Fire, the largest of three major wildfires burning in the Spokane region. The fires have prompted evacuation notices for 67,000 people and destroyed an estimated 700 structures.