A high-ranking Italian official has canceled his plans to attend a Miami conference promoting business between Italy and the United States, citing “serious and offensive” statements from President Donald Trump about the country’s prime minister.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani was scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State ...Read more

Iran sought to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz by saying that ships need its permission and mandatory insurance in order to cross, even as the U.S. said that 20 ships had quietly sailed through overnight via a route along Oman’s coast.

The conflicting signals come as the shipping industry tries to assess whether it’s safe to ...Read more

A clear majority of Keir Starmer’s Cabinet believe it’s now inevitable Andy Burnham’s will take over as prime minister, according to people familiar with the thinking of more than 15 Cabinet ministers, who spoke to Bloomberg on condition of anonymity on Friday.

However, as of late in the afternoon, most remained unwilling to do anything ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Mexican citizen handed over to the U.S. to face cartel-related charges died in federal custody three months later, after he was found hanging in his cell at the notorious MDC Brooklyn jail, the Daily News has learned — raising questions about how a man with a cellmate was hanging in his cell with nobody seeming to notice until ...Read more

Colombia’s presidential campaigns are both flagging the risk of fraud in Sunday’s election, and taking steps to prevent it.

Conservative frontrunner Abelardo de la Espriella is working with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Her movement built a sophisticated election-monitoring organization, battle-hardened by decades of ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Fences installed to prevent homeless encampments along a busy Minneapolis highway underpass have reignited frustrations from some residents who say the barriers are blocking pedestrian access ― sparking debate over whether the move to improve public safety is actually a hindrance to livability.

This spring, the Minnesota ...Read more

CHICAGO — The first detected presence of West Nile virus has been reported in Wilmette this year, after a mosquito sample pool tested positive on June 16, officials say.

West Nile positive mosquitos were also discovered in two sample pools collected from nearby Evanston and Northbrook.

The samples are the first to test positive of the 217 ...Read more

MIAMI — This spring, a company helping run Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention camp was the top donor to incumbents in Miami-Dade County government, according to a Miami Herald analysis.

CDR, a Miami company that specializes in emergency management and has won Miami-Dade contracts in the past, gave a combined $105,000 to four ...Read more

Soon after Philadelphia hosted America’s bicentennial celebrations in late July 1976, more than 200 attendees of the American Legion Convention at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia fell ill with pneumonia symptoms, including fever, cough and trouble breathing.

Thirty-four of them died.

One of us was a newly minted...Read more

Keir Starmer’s refusal to cede power after Andy Burnham’s election to parliament leaves the Labour Party in a stand-off and the Cabinet considering if they should tell the prime minister his time is up.

A clear majority of the Cabinet think it is now inevitable Burnham will take over from Starmer as premier, according to people familiar ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran delayed the start of negotiations over a permanent peace deal and Tehran’s nuclear program after fighting intensified in southern Lebanon, a potential setback to efforts to end the war.

The talks, which were meant to take place in Switzerland on Friday, were delayed because of those clashes between Israel and Iran-backed ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The B-52 bomber is considered a marvel not only of the U.S. military but of all aviation history.

The massive plane remains a workhorse for the Air Force seven decades after it debuted in the 1950s, and military officials believe the fleet can continue through the century mark with regular modifications and modernization.

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Iran delayed the start of negotiations over a permanent peace deal with the U.S. after fighting intensified in southern Lebanon, a potential setback to Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war and curb Tehran’s nuclear program.

The talks, which were meant to take place in Switzerland on Friday, were delayed because of those clashes between ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s four controversial Confederate monuments, which were removed in the dead of night nearly nine years ago by former Mayor Catherine Pugh, have reentered Charm City as quietly as they left.

But no one is saying exactly where they are being held or what the plan for them is going forward.

“The Confederate monuments ...Read more

DENVER — Three Denver-area venues canceled an event over the weekend that would have featured a popular — albeit controversial — internet personality alongside two Colorado Democratic primary candidates for the U.S. House and Senate.

The venue cancellations, at least two of them said to be based on security concerns with hosting the event...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Wilber Urbina Garcia had an ambitious list of errands to run the day after his high school graduation, before his summer really began.

The shy boy was the first in his family to walk the graduation stage, and he was determined to get a head start on his future. He had a diploma to pick up, a high school textbook to return and ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Black drivers stopped for low-level traffic violations in San Diego were more than four times as likely as white drivers to be frisked and more than three times as likely to be subjected to force, according to an analysis presented by the city’s police oversight commission, which is recommending broad restrictions on so-called ...Read more