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NEW YORK — (AP) — Reacting to a surprising and growing monkeypox outbreak, U.S. health officials on Tuesday expanded the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus. They also said they are providing more monkeypox vaccine, working to expand testing, and taking other steps to try to get ahead of the outbreak. Most were men who have sex with men, but health officials stress that anyone can get monkeypox. But they are taking steps to assure people that medical measures are in place to deal with the growing problem. A two-dose vaccine, Jynneos, is approved for monkeypox in the U.S. And it is that vaccine that officials have been trying to use as a primary weapon against the outbreak.

U.S. health officials are expanding the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus.

Russia’s atrocities against Ukraine have been pushed off the front pages, but the Russians are determined to continue their campaign of murder and destruction.

Nissan announced they will be recalling about 323,000 Pathfinder SUVs in the United States after reports that some of the hoods open unexpectedly. >> Read more trending newsAccording to the Associated Press, Nissan is recalling Pathfinder models from 2013 to 2016. The problem Nissan stated Tuesday is that dust and dirt can collect on the secondary hood hatch, which can cause it to malfunction or remain unlatched while the hood is closed. Nissan is working on a way to fix the problem but until then, owners of Pathfinders from 2013 to 2016 should expect a letter starting on July 18 of the recall. According to the AP, they will be notified once Nissan figures out how to fix the problem so they can get it repaired.

“This is a horror that surpasses anything we’ve experienced before,” said San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg. Families were reaching out to the Mexican Consulate in San Antonio throughout the morning looking for their loved ones, an employee there said. San Antonio has been a recurring scene of tragedy and desperation in recent years involving migrants in semitrailers. Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck parked at a San Antonio Walmart. “These drivers, they take money from the cartels,” said state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat from San Antonio.

The truth commission, appointed as part of the 2016 peace deal between the government and rebel groups, recommended authorities stop focusing on prohibiting illicit drugs and instead make the country a global leader in “strict legal regulation.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky increased calls on Tuesday for Washington to designate Moscow a state sponsor of terrorism.

A tragic reminder came this week when 50 people died after being abandoned in the back of a tractor-trailer in sweltering San Antonio, Texas. The tragedy in San Antonio seemed more likely to lead to another round of political finger pointing than any change in policy. San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said those who died “were likely trying to find a better life.”“This is nothing short of a horrific human tragedy,” Nirenberg said. Under Trump and Biden, Border Patrol agents have been stretched extremely thin because they spend long stretches of time processing cases for immigration court. It’s unclear whether any of the migrants who died in San Antonio had previously been expelled.

Some Afghans who helped the U.S. say they've been trapped for months at an isolated U.S. military base with no end in sight.

They say U.S. authorities have handed over a suspect in the shooting of a Cuban coast guard officer. The ministry said its coast guard units had intercepted 13 speedboats from the U.S. entering Cuban waters this year, with 23 crew members. “Recently situations of greater violence and aggression have occurred, with the use of firearms” against Cuban coast guard units, the ministry said. It said Cuban officials notified the U.S. Coast Guard, asking for help to detain the attackers. The U.S. Coast Guard said last week that so far this fiscal year it has intercepted 2,464 Cuban migrants at sea.

Cuban authorities say they have intercepted more than a dozen speedboats arriving from the United States this year — clashing with at least two of them and making some arrests

Cuban authorities say they have intercepted more than a dozen speedboats arriving from the United States this year — including two shooting incidents and at least one death. The Interior Ministry statement read over state television Monday night comes amid a sharp increase in migration from Cuba to the United States, both by sea and via Mexico, at a time of economic hardships aggravated by the pandemic and by tightened U.S. sanctions. The ministry said its coast guard units had intercepted 13 speedboats from the U.S. entering Cuban waters this year, with 23 crew members.

Health Secretary Becerra directed federal health agencies to ensure victims of rape and incest have ready access to abortion.

(AP Photo/Maria Verza, File) (Maria Verza)MEXICO CITY — (AP) — Abortion pills smuggled into the United States from Mexico inside teddy bears. Networks of Mexican feminist collectives working with counterparts in the United States are ramping up their efforts to help women in the U.S. who are losing access to abortion services to end their pregnancies. With the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the landmark decision that gave women the right to access abortion last week, these networks of activists are preparing to be busier than ever. Just there people have helped 1,500 women living in the United States this year with pills, information and accompaniment. “In such a litigious country (like the United States), the risks are taken seriously,” said Castro of the Chihuahua group.

Abortion pills smuggled into the United States from Mexico inside teddy bears

Abortion pills smuggled into the United States from Mexico inside teddy bears.

Buick, Dodge and Chevrolet topped the list while Volvo, Chrysler and Polestar landed in the bottom three.

President Joe Biden says the deaths of migrants who were in the back of a tractor-trailer in Texas are "horrifying and heartbreaking."

Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck parked at a Walmart in San Antonio. In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of San Antonio. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One that President Joe Biden was “closely monitoring the absolutely horrific and heartbreaking reports” from San Antonio. Among those were a 23-year-old woman in serious condition and an adolescent male in critical condition at University Hospital in San Antonio, Wolff said. Weather in the San Antonio area was mostly cloudy Monday, but temperatures approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).

The number of migrants dead in a suspected smuggling operation rose to 50 Tuesday, the Mexican consulate reported, a day after dozens of bodies were found lifeless in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio.

Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck parked at a Walmart in San Antonio. In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of San Antonio. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One that President Joe Biden was “closely monitoring the absolutely horrific and heartbreaking reports” from San Antonio. Migrants ride in vehicles through Border Patrol checkpoints to San Antonio, the closest major city, from which point they disperse across the United States. Weather in the San Antonio area was mostly cloudy Monday, but temperatures approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).

Sullivan said the move was one of multiple announcements that Biden and NATO allies would make to help bolster the alliance in the region. Biden is looking to use this week's NATO summit to shore up allies amid signs of fractures in the western alliance. Sullivan suggested that other moves Biden is set to announce “will involve additional forces on the eastern flank" of NATO “in a steady state." He declined to say if some U.S. forces that serve in NATO's eastern flank on a rotational basis would become permanent. Biden is set to meet with Turkish President Erdogan Wednesday, as it remains the most vocal holdout to Finland and Sweden joining NATO.

But like an increasing number of blacklisted Russian oligarchs, he has apparently taken the precaution of moving his $300 million superyacht to the safe haven of Dubai, in the U.S.-allied United Arab Emirates. The Emirati stance has stoked tensions with the United States, which has sought to pressure its Gulf Arab ally to help combat Russian sanctions evasion. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, one of the main U.S. coordinators on the Russian sanctions strategy, visited the UAE last week to voice American concerns about Russian financial flows and demand increased vigilance. As Moscow's war on Ukraine grinds on, Western economic sanctions have proliferated in an effort to pressure Putin to change course. Britain, Fiji, Italy, Spain and other countries have impounded oligarchs' yachts.

Senior Biden administration officials undertake latest bid to rebuild relations with the South American oil giant as the war in Ukraine drags on.

The man considered to be the wealthiest oligarch in Russia, who has been photographed playing ice hockey with President Vladimir Putin, has joined a growing list of those transferring — or, sailing — their prized assets to Dubai

The man considered to be the wealthiest oligarch in Russia, who has been photographed playing ice hockey with President Vladimir Putin, has joined a growing list of those transferring — or, sailing — their prized assets to Dubai.

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the 46 who died had “families who were likely trying to find a better life.”“This is nothing short of a horrific human tragedy,” Nirenberg said. Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck parked at a Walmart in San Antonio. In 2003, the bodies of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of San Antonio. Migrants ride in vehicles through Border Patrol checkpoints to San Antonio, the closest major city, from which point they disperse across the United States. Weather in the San Antonio area was mostly cloudy Monday, but temperatures approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius)Some advocates drew a link to the Biden administration’s border policies.

Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America are seeking word of their loved ones as authorities begin identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat.

Forty-six people have been found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in Texas.

He said Tuesday the prices are putting European economies in an “untenable” situation. ___German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is defending the decision by Group of Seven leaders to soften their commitments on ending public support for fossil fuel investments. Asked by reporters at the start of a Tuesday meeting at the Group of Seven summit what was being done to solve the problem, Johnson said officials were trying to find a solution. ___U.S. President Joe Biden is leaving the Group of Seven summit in Germany earlier than scheduled due to bad weather. From there, he would fly via Air Force One to Madrid for the NATO summit.

The leaders say the war in Ukraine means time-limited support for new natural gas extraction projects may be necessary. His comments came at the start of a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. ___U.S. President Joe Biden is leaving the Group of Seven summit in Germany earlier than scheduled due to bad weather. From there, he would fly via Air Force One to Madrid for the NATO summit. Ahead of his early departure, Biden met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi and summit host Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

It's among the deadliest of tragedies that have claimed thousands of lives in recent decades as people attempt to cross the U.S. border from Mexico.

It's among the deadliest of tragedies that have claimed thousands of lives in recent decades as people attempt to cross the U.S. border from Mexico.

Migrant Deaths Body bags lie at the scene where a tractor trailer with multiple dead bodies was discovered, Monday, June 27, 2022, in San Antonio. San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the 46 who died had “families who were likely trying to find a better life.”“This is nothing short of a horrific human tragedy,” Nirenberg said. Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck that was parked at a Walmart in San Antonio. In 2003, 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of San Antonio. Weather in the San Antonio area was mostly cloudy Monday, but temperatures approached 100 degrees.

Iran and the United States appear poised to start indirect talks in Qatar aimed at finding a way to save Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is meeting in Madrid this week with an urgent need to reassert its original mission: preventing Russian aggression against Western democracies

Migrant Deaths Body bags lie at the scene where a tractor trailer with multiple dead bodies was discovered, Monday, June 27, 2022, in San Antonio. San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the 46 who died had “families who were likely trying to find a better life.”“This is nothing short of a horrific human tragedy,” Nirenberg said. Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck that was parked at a Walmart in San Antonio. In 2003, 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of San Antonio. Weather in the San Antonio area was mostly cloudy Monday, but temperatures approached 100 degrees.

Migrant Deaths Body bags lie at the scene where a tractor trailer with multiple dead bodies was discovered, Monday, June 27, 2022, in San Antonio. Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck that was parked at a Walmart in San Antonio. In 2003, 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of San Antonio. A city worker at the scene in on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio was alerted to the situation by a cry for help shortly before 6 p.m. Monday, Police Chief William McManus said. Weather in the San Antonio area was mostly cloudy Monday, but temperatures approached 100 degrees.

However, police were forced to block Orange Avenue, the city’s main road, as the block-long crowd turned and marched toward city hall. “It’s unimaginable.”Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 5 Abortion rally Pro-choice protesters at an abortion-related rally in Orlando, Florida. Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban is now before a circuit judge only four days before it’s set to take effect. On Monday, the judge heard arguments about the abortion restrictions state lawmakers passed this year. WATCH: Central Florida reacts to Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on abortion rightsVideo: Protesters rally for abortion rights at Orlando City Hall A group of protesters rallied for abortion rights Saturday in Orlando.

Migrant Deaths Body bags lie at the scene where a tractor trailer with multiple dead bodies was discovered, Monday, June 27, 2022, in San Antonio. Officers arrived to find a body on the ground outside the trailer and a partially opened gate to the trailer, he said. Those in the trailer were part of a presumed migrant smuggling attempt into the United States, and the investigation was being led by U.S. Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck that was parked at a Walmart in San Antonio. Weather in the San Antonio area was mostly cloudy Monday, but temperatures approached 100 degrees.

The U.S will send Ukraine an advanced missile-defense system that can hit 72 targets at once, says a Biden administration official.

CARACAS, Venezuela — (AP) — Senior U.S. government officials have quietly traveled to Caracas in the latest bid to bring home detained Americans and rebuild relations with the South American oil giant as the war in Ukraine drags on, forcing the U.S. to recalibrate other foreign policy objectives. President Nicolás Maduro confirmed the visit during televised remarks. It's unclear what else the officials are seeking to accomplish during the mission to the country against which the U.S. has imposed severe economic sanctions since 2019. The U.S. and other nations withdrew recognition of Maduro after that election, and instead, they consider Guaido Venezuela’s legitimate leader. "I would say to President (Emmanuel) Macron: President Macron, Venezuela is ready to receive all French companies that want to come and produce oil and gas for the European market.

Oceans Conference Illegal Fishing FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on the White House campus, June 17, 2022, in Washington. The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China, ordering federal agencies to better coordinate among themselves as well as with foreign partners in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world's oceans. Nearly 11% of total U.S. seafood imports in 2019 worth $2.4 billion came from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission, a federal agency. While China isn't named in the lengthy policy framework, language in it left little doubt where it was aimed. It will also be followed in coming days by new rules from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expanding the definition of illegal fishing to include related labor abuses, a first step to the eventual blacklisting of flag states that fail to comply.

Senior Biden administration officials have quietly traveled to Caracas in the latest bid to rebuild relations with the South American oil giant as the war in Ukraine drags on, driving higher gas prices and forcing the U.S. to recalibrate other foreign policy objectives.

Senior U.S. government officials have quietly traveled to Caracas in the latest bid to bring home detained Americans and rebuild relations with the South American oil giant as the war in Ukraine drags on, forcing the U.S. to recalibrate other foreign policy objectives. A U.S. State Department spokesperson described the trip as a welfare visit focused on the safety of several U.S. citizens detained in Caracas, including a group of oil executives from Houston-based Citgo jailed more than four years ago. The delegation includes Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy on hostage affairs, as well as Ambassador James Story, who heads the U.S. government’s Venezuelan Affairs Unit out of neighboring Colombia.

A new study suggests that sanctions have hurt Russia's international trade, even with countries not directly affected by them. But Russia's economy still seems to be functioning.

White Americans who learned that non-Whites were disproportionately affected were found to express less concern about the virus.

A tropical storm is expected to form in the coming days.

Oceans Conference Illegal Fishing FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on the White House campus, June 17, 2022, in Washington. The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China, ordering federal agencies to better coordinate among themselves as well as with foreign partners in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world's oceans. Nearly 11% of total U.S. seafood imports in 2019 worth $2.4 billion came from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission, a federal agency. While China isn't named in the lengthy policy framework, language in it left little doubt where it was aimed. It will also be followed in coming days by new rules from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expanding the definition of illegal fishing to include related labor abuses, a first step to the eventual blacklisting of flag states that fail to comply.

The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China and ordering federal agencies to better coordinate amongst themselves in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world’s oceans

The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China and ordering federal agencies to better coordinate amongst themselves in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world’s oceans.

The $325 million yacht comes complete with a helipad, mosaic-tiled pool, lobster tank and pizza oven.

This Fourth of July, we want to hear from people who immigrated to the U.S. about what the day means to you. How do you celebrate? Did America live up to the promise it held when you moved here?

“The number of victims is impossible to imagine,” President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote.

California Superyacht Russia The super yacht Amadea passes San Diego as it comes into the San Diego Bay Monday, June 27, 2022, seen from Coronado, Calif. The $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch arrived in San Diego Bay on Monday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) (Gregory Bull)SAN DIEGO — (AP) — A $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch arrived in San Diego Bay on Monday. The 348-foot-long (106-meter-long) Amadea flew an American flag as it sailed past the retired aircraft carrier USS Midway and under the Coronado Bridge. The U.S. won a legal battle in Fiji to take the Cayman Islands-flagged superyacht earlier this month.

A $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch has arrived in San Diego Bay.

A $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch arrived in San Diego Bay on Monday. The 348-foot-long (106-meter-long) Amadea flew an American flag as it sailed past the retired aircraft carrier USS Midway and under the Coronado Bridge. “After a transpacific journey of over 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers), the Amadea has safely docked in a port within the United States, and will remain in the custody of the U.S. government, pending its anticipated forfeiture and sale,” the Department of Justice said in a statement.

Roe v. Wade was in place so long that almost no American woman of child-bearing age experienced life before it.

On Friday, the U.S. House approved a bipartisan resolution calling for Griner's release.

Transforming the quick-response force is just one way the alliance led by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A top South Korean official says North Korea is increasingly targeting the South with its nuclear arms program, and urged China and Russia to persuade the North not to conduct a widely expected nuclear test.

In 1975, leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies gathered outside Paris to deal with an energy crisis sparked by a war and rampant inflation.

The United Nations says that the death toll of children in last week’s devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has risen to 155 as the scope of the deadliest quake to hit the impoverished country in two decades comes into focus.

Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf is getting a chilly reception in Oregon, its first stop in the United States.

Some Iranians say they're banned from travel to the United States due to military service they were forced to perform years ago as conscripts to a branch of Iran's military that the U.S. has branded terrorist.

One Group of Seven family photo didn’t seem to be enough for the leaders of leaders of the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.

United States swimmer Justin Ress has gone through all the emotions after winning his first individual gold medal on the last day of racing at the world swimming championships in Budapest.

Katie Ledecky has extended her record haul of medals from the world swimming championships to 22 with her latest 800-meter freestyle win.

Back-to-back world leader summits in Europe opening this weekend will focus on uniting Western nations behind Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion and overcoming Turkey’s opposition to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden.

Before it's Independence Day, find out how much your really know about the Fourth of July holiday.

The head of the United Nations has warned the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around the globe.

The U.S. envoy to Israel has moved into a new rental property in Jerusalem.

A heat wave that's already lasted more than a week keeps on baking the US, Asia and even the Arctic.

The United States says it is sending another $450 million in military aid to Ukraine, including some additional medium-range rocket systems, to help push back Russian progress in the war.

Every year, around 20 people die from lightning strikes in the United States and hundreds more are injured, most being fatally struck during the summer months.

Serena Williams’ competitive preparation for Wimbledon will amount to two doubles matches.

Andrea Fuentes prevented a tragedy at the swimming world championships with her quick reaction.

Players who have joined the new Saudi Arabia-funded league will still be allowed to compete at the British Open next month.

Two men have pleaded guilty in New Zealand to their involvement in running the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload.

Hungary’s Kristóf Milák has thrilled home fans by lowering his own world record in the men’s 200 butterfly at the swimming world championships.

Elite swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk doesn’t know if his father was able to see him winning a medal for Ukraine at the swimming world championships.

It’s one of the United States’ few enduring alliances in an often-turbulent Latin America, one built around a decades-long partnership combating the nation’s drug cartels.

President Joe Biden is celebrating that virtually all Americans can now get a COVID-19 shot after the authorization of vaccines for kids under 5 over the weekend.

U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to turn into the largest blaze in New Mexico's recorded history.

Two-time world champion Caeleb Dressel is not defending his title in the men’s 100 freestyle at the swimming world championships after withdrawing before the semifinals.

Indianapolis typically fills 17 pools each year, but with a national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, just five are open this summer.

Striking nurses and other health workers have brought Zimbabwe’s government hospitals to a near standstill, straining a once vibrant public health system now plagued by a lack of medicines and basic supplies such as gloves.

President Joe Biden’s administration says it's restricting the use of anti-personnel land mines by the U.S. military, aligning more closely with an international treaty banning the deadly explosives.

The United States will play Japan and Saudia Arabia in its last two World Cup warmups.

The trade association for U.S. nuclear plant operators says it hopes to nearly double their output over the next three decades.

Nuclear Russia's pillaging of non-nuclear Ukraine is rattling what's already a destabilizing moment in nuclear nonproliferation efforts.

The nation’s youngest children are getting their chance at vaccines for COVID-19.

Despite the heavy influx of weapons from the West, Ukrainian forces are outgunned by the Russians in the battle for the eastern Donbas region, where the fighting is largely being carried out by way of artillery exchanges.

The unsettled future of golf was in the surest of hands over the final four tantalizing hours of the U.S. Open.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected calls for him to publicly demand the United States drop its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange.

Torri Huske, Caeleb Dressel and Alex Walsh have all won golds for the United States on the second day of racing at the world swimming championships.

Katie Ledecky has started the United States’ medal collection at the world swimming championships with a gold by reclaiming her title in the women’s 400 meters.

President Joe Biden says he plans to talk to Chinese leader Xi Jinping soon as he considers whether to lift some Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods.

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Nicaragua’s state-owned gold mining company and the president of its board of directors partly over the Central American nation’s ties to Russia.