The Buzz | Cuba and Canada sign agreement to fight sex trafficking

Cuba and Canada have signed an agreement to reinforce cooperation on sex trafficking of minors and women, pledging to track and apprehend citizens from either country engaged in

‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin dies at 76

Aretha Franklin’s music quickly climbed the iTunes’ charts following her death last night . Her “30 Greatest Hits” album hit the No. 1 spot, replacing

US newsrooms to Trump: We’re not enemies of the people

The nation’s newsrooms are pushing back against President Donald Trump with a coordinated series of newspaper editorials condemning his attacks on “fake news” and suggestion that

Death toll hits 39 in Italy bridge collapse; blame begins

Italian emergency experts pulled two more bodies out of tons of broken concrete and twisted steel yesterday after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, raising the death

US | Priests molested 1,000 children in Pennsylvania, report says

A priest raped a 7-year-old girl while he was visiting her in the hospital after she’d had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having

Offbeat | The wild ascent of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star Henry Golding

Henry Golding was working as a travel show host in Singapore when news broke that “Crazy Rich Asians” was going to be a movie. The city, he remembers,

This Day in History | 1977 – Rock and roll ‘king’ Presley dies

Elvis Presley, whose singing and style revolutionized popular music in the 1950s, has died. Presley, 42, was discovered slumped in a bathroom at his mansion in

World briefs

JAPAN For his last time, Japan’s Emperor Akihito addressed a memorial service yesterday marking the end of World War II. Once again, he expressed “deep remorse” for the war.

UK police treat Parliament crash as terrorism, man arrested

DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS, LONDON (AP) — A car plowed into pedestrians and cyclists near the Houses of Parliament in London during the morning rush hour today (Tuesday), injuring three

Turkey | Central bank tries to contain crisis but currency keeps falling

Turkey’s central bank took action yesterday to free up cash for banks as the country grapples with a currency crisis sparked by concerns over President Recep Tayyip

Fox News’ Bill Shine is Trump’s new image man

For years he dutifully carried out Roger Ailes’ orders, earning himself the nickname “the Butler” at Fox News. Now, Bill Shine is serving the same

US | Security experts, Trump allies alarmed by Omarosa recordings

Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman is drawing fire from President Donald Trump’s allies and national security experts for secret recordings she made at the White House,

Offbeat | Jazz superstar, boxing champ added to Italian American mural

A jazz superstar and a boxing champion have been added to a mural in upstate New York. Grammy Award winner Chuck Mangione and ex-welterweight and middleweight world

This Day in History | 1980 – Shipyard Poles strike for their rights

Shipyard workers in Gdansk, Poland, have staged a successful strike in protest over the dismissal of militant crane driver Anna Walentinowicz. The strike at the Lenin

World briefs

KOREA The rival Koreas announced yesterday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in Pyongyang sometime in September, while

The Buzz | Norwegian minister quits after private trips to Iran, China

Norway’s fishery minister has stepped down after harsh criticism for not informing the government of his private trips abroad to Iran and China. Per Sandberg, 58, gave

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ spurs conversation over representation

From the time Ricky Yean first heard about “Crazy Rich Asians,” he’s been excited to see the movie — and not because he likes romantic comedies (although,

Obituary | V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85

V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as “A Bend in the River” and “A House for Mr. Biswas”

Airplane theft shows potential dangers from airline workers

The theft of an empty plane by an airline worker who performed dangerous loops before crashing into a remote island in Puget Sound illustrated what aviation experts

Offbeat | NASA probe takes off for closest-ever journey to the sun

NASA successfully launched a spacecraft toward the sun on Sunday, hoping to increase scientific understanding of how our star works. The Parker Solar Probe’s departure promises to

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