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Sen. Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Sunday he believes the U.S. is in a "much worse position" with Iran since the war started, and that he doesn't believe President Donald Trump has a plan to achieve his stated objectives. "We're in, in many respects, a much worse position," Reed told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "The regime in Tehran is probably more hostile and fanatical than the one that we replaced ... We have not yet resolved the issue of nuclear material in Iran. So this has been a tactical demonstration of prowess, but has not achieved the strategic goal that the president announced, and he seems not to have a plan to achieve those goals." The U.S. war with Iran has now spanned 10 weeks, and while a ceasefire is ongoing, the two countries have been at a stalemate after peace talks failed April 12. The critical Strait of Hormuz remains closed, sending oil prices skyrocketing globally.

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Sen. Reed on Trump’s Iran strategy: ‘I don’t believe the president has a plan’

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Ranking Senate Armed Services Committee Democrat Jack Reed said he believes the U.S. is in a “much worse position” with Iran since the war started.

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2 employees fatally shot in Kentucky bank robbery, person of interest is in custody l ABC News

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A person of interest is in custody Friday morning after a masked man shot and killed two employees during a bank robbery in central Kentucky Thursday afternoon.

The suspect entered the U.S. Bank in Berea around 2 p.m. before shooting two employees and fleeing.

The suspect was described as about 6 foot, 3 inches tall, wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt, dark gloves, gray pants and light-colored athletic shoes.

Pennington said authorities are not sharing if the suspect took anything with him from the bank and weren't sure if the suspect fled on foot or in a vehicle. Residents should remain vigilant, keep their doors locked and call police if they see anything suspicious.

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A person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shootings of two bank employees during a robbery, a Kentucky state trooper said Friday.

The person is “believed to be involved” in the bank robbery Thursday in Berea, about 36 miles south of Lexington, Trooper Justin Kearney posted online.

A man wearing a gray-white hoodie, gloves and a mask entered a branch of US Bank in Berea and shot a male and a female employee on Thursday, state police said.

Law enforcement officials went door to door in search of information and surveillance video, as well as using helicopters, drones and dogs. The Lexington Police Department and county sheriff’s offices took part in the search, along with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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A person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shootings of two bank employees during a robbery, a Kentucky state trooper said Friday.

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A person of interest is in custody Friday morning after a masked man shot and killed two employees during a bank robbery in central Kentucky Thursday afternoon, according to Kentucky State Police.

Police said Friday that the person of interest is "believed to be involved," but did not immediately release more information.

The suspect entered the U.S. Bank in Berea around 2 p.m. before shooting two employees and fleeing, state police Trooper Scottie Pennington told reporters Thursday.

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2 employees fatally shot in Kentucky bank robbery, person of interest in custody: Police

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A masked man shot and killed two employees during a bank robbery in central Kentucky on Thursday afternoon and the search for the suspect continues, authorities said.

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woman who drove a Land Rover into a tea party outside a London primary school celebrating the last day of classes in 2026, killing two 8-year-old girls and injuring several other people, was charged Friday with dangerous driving, authorities said.

Prosecutors said they decided to charge Claire, with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after the Metropolitan Police reopened its investigation and discovered new evidence.

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Driver who drove into a tea party outside a London school charged over death of 2 girls

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A woman who drove a Land Rover into a tea party at a London primary school, killing two 8-year-old girls, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving

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Oakland, Calif. —

Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the stand, accusing OpenAI and its executives of deceiving him into donating money to help found what is now one of the world’s biggest AI companies.

The lawsuit pits Musk against his former collaborators-turned-competitors, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, whom Musk alleges unjustly enriched themselves when they strayed from OpenAI’s founding mission as a nonprofit organization to become a for-profit company. Musk also named Microsoft as a co-defendant in the case, accusing the company of aiding and abetting OpenAI’s breach of charitable trust.

The big personalities and high stakes of the trial were on full display in court, as Musk regularly clashed with OpenAI’s attorney, accusing him of trying to “trick me.” The judge occasionally scolded the parties involved, at one point going so far as to tell Musk to actually answer the questions he’s being asked and warning them to stop talking about whether AI will cause human extinction.

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An Israeli military battalion that assaulted and detained a CNN team in the occupied West Bank has been redeployed after a one-month suspension, an Israeli security source told CNN.

The reserve unit, which functions under the ultra-Orthodox “Netzah Yehuda” battalion, underwent an education seminar and additional training, the source said. According to Israel’s Army Radio, the unit is expected to return to full operation activities in the coming days.

On March 30, soldiers from the battalion detained a CNN team covering settler violence in the village of Tayasir in the West Bank. One soldier placed photojournalist Cyril Theophilos in a chokehold, bringing him to the ground and damaging his camera. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir took disciplinary action that appeared to be unprecedented, suspending the unit within 48 hours.

A military official told CNN that the assault on Theophilos would be investigated by Israel’s military police. The IDF called the incident a “serious ethical and professional failure.” The IDF had said the military would undergo training “aimed at reinforcing its professional and ethical foundations” and that Israel’s Central Command, which governs military operations in the West Bank, would decide when they could return to duty.

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An Israeli military battalion that assaulted and detained a CNN team in the occupied West Bank has been redeployed after a one-month suspension, an Israeli security source told CNN.

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Iran has sent a fresh peace proposal to mediators, sources say. Peace talks: Iran sent its latest proposal for negotiations with the United States to Pakistani mediators, according to sources. US President Donald Trump has said no one knows the status of talks with Iran aside from himself and a handful of others. Pain at the pump: As the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, US gas prices are now at an average of $4.39 per gallon their highest level since July 2022 marking an increase of 33 cents just in the last week. War powers: Lawmakers and US officials disagree on whether a legal deadline for the use of military force without congressional authorization has passed, with the Trump administration insisting that the ceasefire “terminated” hostilities for the war powers deadline.

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Four students and a school security officer were injured in a reported stabbing at a high school in Washington state on Thursday, authorities said. The suspect, a student at the school in Tacoma, was also injured and is in custody, police said. The incident was reported shortly after 1:30 p.m. PT at Foss High School, police said. The four student victims were transported in critical condition and are now stable, the Tacoma Fire Department said. The security officer and suspect sustained minor injuries, it said. The scene is secure and the incident remains under investigation.

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5 injured in reported stabbing at high school in Washington state, suspect in custody: Police

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Four students and a school security officer were transported to area hospitals, according to the Tacoma Police Department. The suspect was also injured, police said.

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A US Navy warship lost power and propulsion for several hours in the Indo-Pacific on Tuesday, a US defense official said, after suffering what a Navy statement called an “engineering casualty” in its electrical system. Such a situation would leave the ship, the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins and its crew of about 300 “helpless” in the water. There were no injuries among those aboard, the Navy said. “Initial reports indicate an electrical malfunction, which may have produced sparking or smoke that ceased once power was removed,” Comer said. Power and propulsion have been restored aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Comer said. But a defense official told CNN the power and propulsion outage lasted “several hours.” That’s a significant amount of time for the ship to lose its ability to control its movements in the sea, with electrically operated radars and combat defenses inoperative, experts told CNN

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A US Navy warship lost power and propulsion for several hours in the Indo-Pacific on Tuesday, a US defense official said, after suffering what a Navy statement called an “engineering casualty” in its electrical system.

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5 dead in small plane crash south of Austin, county official says

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Five people were killed in a plane crash in Texas on Thursday night, investigators said.

Hayes County Judge Ruben Becerra said first responders received a call around 11:00 p.m. local time about a plane down in the area of Wimberley, which is roughly 30 miles southwest of Austin.

Fire and EMS crews found the downed Cessna 421C, along with the bodies of the five deceased passengers. Their identities were not immediately released.

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Five people were killed in a plane crash in Texas on Thursday night, investigators said. Hayes County Judge Ruben Becerra said first responders received a call around 11:00 p.m. local time about a plane down in the area of Wimberley, which is roughly 30 miles southwest of Austin. Fire and EMS crews found the downed Cessna 421C, along with the bodies of the five deceased passengers. Their identities were not immediately released. Although a cause of the crash was not immediately determined, investigators said preliminary information shows that there was no midair collision. Preliminary flight data obtained by ABC News found that the plane took off from Amarillo, Texas, which is about 420 miles northwest of the crash area, and was in the air for almost two hours before it crashed.

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Five people were killed when a Cessna 421C crashed 30 miles south of Austin, investigators said.

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Thousands in US to join ‘no school, no work, no shopping’ May Day protest in economic blackout

Walkouts, marches and other gatherings planned for ‘May Day Strong’ demonstrations across the country

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Thousands are set to join an economic blackout for International Workers’ Day on Friday, as part of 3,500 “May Day Strong” events across the country. Organizers are calling for “no school, no work, no shopping” with walkouts, marches, block parties and other gatherings planned into the evening.

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Thousands in US to join ‘no school, no work, no shopping’ May Day protest in economic blackout

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A popular seaside town in Russia has seen oil wash onto its beaches, dark drops of rain and oil soot land on homes, and plumes of thick acrid smoke billow above its red rooftops.

Residents of the usually picturesque Russian resort town of Tuapse were this week warned not to leave the homes or open windows as authorities tackled intense fires from a series of Ukrainian drone attacks on the town’s oil refinery.

The huge blaze was finally extinguished Thursday, the local governor said, though another drone attack hit the town’s sea terminal Friday, sparking a fire.

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Black Sea town faces environmental catastrophe as Ukrainian strikes rock Russia

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“You can smell it anywhere in the town,” one resident, Svetlana, told NBC News of the acrid stench that gets stronger the closer you get to Tuapse’s center.

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Prosecutors filed new evidence Thursday including video showing the moments before the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that President Donald Trump and administration officials attended at the Washington Hilton hotel in DC on Saturday night.

The video shows the alleged attacker, Cole Tomas Allen, walk through a doorway in the hall leading to the security check point.

One second later, an officer and his dog approach the door, which leads to a separate hallways with elevators.

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Thousands are set to join an economic blackout for International Workers’ Day on Friday, as part of 3,500 “May Day Strong” events across the country. Organizers are calling for “no school, no work, no shopping” with walkouts, marches, block parties and other gatherings planned into the evening.

On the east coast, protests were already under way by the early morning. In Manhattan, a group of Amazon workers, Teamsters and local politicians set off marching from the New York public library’s main branch to Amazon’s nearby corporate offices to demand the corporation cut its contracts with ICE and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In the nation’s capital, protesters with the organization Free DC shut down intersections across the city, holding handmade banners reading “WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES” and “HEALTHCARE NOT WARFARE”.

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Thousands in US to join ‘no school, no work, no shopping’ May Day protest in economic blackout

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Walkouts, marches and other gatherings planned for ‘May Day Strong’ demonstrations across the country

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Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the stand, accusing OpenAI and its executives of deceiving him into donating money to help found what is now one of the world’s biggest AI companies.

The lawsuit pits Musk against his former collaborators-turned-competitors, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, whom Musk alleges unjustly enriched themselves when they strayed from OpenAI’s founding mission as a nonprofit organization to become a for-profit company. Musk also named Microsoft as a co-defendant in the case, accusing the company of aiding and abetting OpenAI’s breach of charitable trust. The big personalities and high stakes of the trial were on full display in court, as Musk regularly clashed with OpenAI’s attorney, accusing him of trying to “trick me.” The judge occasionally scolded the parties involved, at one point going so far as to tell Musk to actually answer the questions he’s being asked and warning them to stop talking about whether AI will cause human extinction.

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Samantha Delouya and Hadas Gold and Ramishah Maruf

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Indian magnate Anant Ambani, son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has offered to take in at his wildlife sanctuary in India, 80 “cocaine hippos” currently living in Colombia, where the government is planning to cull them.

The hippos are descended from animals introduced to the country in the 1980s by Pablo Escobar, one of Colombia’s top drug lords, who sought to have one of the largest private zoos in Latin America with a wide variety of animals.

Since then, their population has exploded to around 160 individuals and their presence is now endangering native species. A few weeks ago, Colombia said it planned to cull 80 of these animals, sparking debate.

Ambani asked the Colombian government to reconsider the decision, proposing to house them at his rescue center.

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Indian magnate Anant Ambani, son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has offered to take in at his wildlife sanctuary in India, 80 “cocaine hippos” currently living in Colombia, where the government is planning to cull them.