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Pro-Trump candidate takes spotlight in Colombia's presidential race with vow of crime crackdown Pro-Trump candidate takes spotlight in Colombia's presidential race with vow of crime crackdown 06/01/2026 09:58pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) â Bombastic pro-Trump lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella pulled ahead in Colombiaâs presidential race in the first round of elections over the weekend, capitalizing on a growing appetite for crackdowns on criminal groups across Latin America. Second-place finisher, progressive 8 crested ibises released in Japanese town decades after extinction in Japan 8 crested ibises released in Japanese town decades after extinction in Japan 06/01/2026 09:58pm • TOKYO (AP) â Eight crested ibises were released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after the birds went extinct in the country. The endangered birds took off from each of their wooden cages at a ceremony Sunday in Hakui city in the Noto region, where they were last seen in Malaysia bans social media accounts for children under 16 but questions remain Malaysia bans social media accounts for children under 16 but questions remain 06/01/2026 09:54pm • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) â Malaysia on Monday began enforcing rules barring millions of children younger than 16 from having social media accounts, joining a growing global effort to tighten safety protections. Not all families approved, and critics raised concerns about data protection and pot Canada is failing the Jewish community and Jews are being targeted, Prime Minister Carney says 06/01/2026 09:49pm • TORONTO (AP) â Canada is failing Jewish Canadians and the community is being brutally targeted by hate, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday. Carney said across Canada, antisemitism has surged to levels not seen in the post-World War II era. He noted that last year over two-thirds of all religi Alcantara rebounds on the mound and the Marlins snap their 5-game skid with a 7-3 win over the Nats Alcantara rebounds on the mound and the Marlins snap their 5-game skid with a 7-3 win over the Nats 06/01/2026 09:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â Sandy Alcantara pitched seven steady innings and the Miami Marlins hit three home runs, snapping their five-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Monday night. After yielding 14 runs over his previous two starts, Alcantara (4-4) allowed three runs Teenage barrel racing competitor accused of stabbing horses at Las Vegas event 06/01/2026 09:22pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) â A teenage girl competing in a barrel racing event was arrested over the weekend after she stabbed three competition horses with a pocketknife at a barn in Las Vegas, according to police and event organizers. Police responded to a report of an injured horse early Saturday morning a DC mayor kicks off Pride Month with flag raising DC mayor kicks off Pride Month with flag raising 06/01/2026 09:22pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser hosted a festival Monday afternoon on the front steps of the John A. Wilson Building for the city's fourth annual flag raising to signify the first day of Pride Month. "We're celebrating Pride Month in the gayest city in the world," Mayor Bowser said in front of a crowd o South Carolina jury finds store owner not guilty of murder in killing of Black teen 06/01/2026 08:52pm • COLUMBIA, S.C (AP) â South Carolina jury finds store owner not guilty of murder in killing of Black teen. Rescuers dig for bodies after a mining explosives blast in Myanmar kills at least 43 Rescuers dig for bodies after a mining explosives blast in Myanmar kills at least 43 06/01/2026 08:51pm • BANGKOK (AP) â More than a dozen rescue and charity groups used excavation machinery to recover bodies Monday after a massive blast from stored mining explosives in northeastern Myanmar. The explosion occurred at midday Sunday in Kaungtup village, Namhkam township in Shan state near the Chinese bo The Mitch Marner Effect: How one decision put Vegas and Carolina on a Stanley Cup Final path The Mitch Marner Effect: How one decision put Vegas and Carolina on a Stanley Cup Final path 06/01/2026 08:49pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) â A few days in early March 2025 changed the course of the NHL. Mitch Marner was at the epicenter of it. Marner was nearing the end of his contract with Toronto, and all signs pointed to him not re-signing. Carolina had just acquired fellow pending free agent Mikko Rantanen from A US soldier and a British soldier die during training in Iraq 06/01/2026 08:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â One American soldier and one British soldier died during a training exercise in Iraq, U.S. and U.K. officials said Monday without releasing further details. The deaths occurred Sunday at an air base in Irbil in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where the U.S. h Hall of Famer Rick Adelman, who won more than 1,000 games and took 2 teams to NBA Finals, dies at 79 Hall of Famer Rick Adelman, who won more than 1,000 games and took 2 teams to NBA Finals, dies at 79 06/01/2026 08:43pm • Rick Adelman, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who played for seven NBA seasons before becoming one of the game's all-time winningest coaches, has died, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced Monday. Adelman, the father of Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman, was 79. The cause of his Editorial Roundup: United States 06/01/2026 08:26pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ May 31 The Wall Street Journal on an advancing civil nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia No U.S. President has done more to confront Iran âs nuclear program than Donald Trump, and one reason is to avert a nuclear arms race in the wor Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting 06/01/2026 08:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting after he talked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicated with the Lebanese militant group through mediators. Trump announced the development in a social medi Meteor as heavy as an elephant causes widespread speculation across New England Meteor as heavy as an elephant causes widespread speculation across New England 06/01/2026 08:21pm • When the double boom rang out in New England over the weekend, shaking homes and sending pets fleeing, questions started flooding social media. âœDid anyone else hear that boom?â âœAnyone feel that?â NASA let people know over the weekend that the cause of the commotion was a meteor, but on Mo
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