French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 more evacuations from Atlantic coast tourist sites as a major wildfire west of Bordeaux remained fragile before another rise in temperatures. Spain also faced major blazes, including its largest fire on record, as it entered a fourth summer heatwave.
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Authorities say Kristopher Karolkiewicz fatally shot his wife, Amanda, and their six children before setting their Michigan home on fire and killing himself. Investigators said the fire appeared to have been set intentionally in multiple places after the killings.
President Trump will deliver the eulogy for Sen. Lindsey Graham at Washington National Cathedral as two days of services begin in the capital and continue in South Carolina. Netanyahu and Zelenskyy are expected to attend the invitation-only cathedral service.
Trump and Netanyahu are set for their first White House meeting since the Iran war began, with disagreements over Iran, Lebanon and U.S. policy testing their alliance. The talks also are expected to cover the Abraham Accords, Gaza and a Lebanon framework agreement.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, triggering tsunami advisories for nearby coastal waters. Officials told residents to leave coastal areas, while the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Hawaii and American Samoa faced no tsunami threat.
Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens clashed over super PAC spending, Israel, campaign rhetoric and electability in the final televised debate before Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. The winner is expected to face Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in November.
Newly released recordings show Joe Biden referring to classified material while speaking with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir. The tapes were cited in special counsel Robert Hur’s 2024 report, which found Biden improperly retained records but did not recommend charges.
Sen. Rand Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Anthony Fauci’s pandemic-era diary entries ahead of a Senate hearing on COVID-19 origins. The notes show early uncertainty about the virus’s source and detail Fauci’s tensions with Paul and Donald Trump.