Nation

California

Woman arrested for arms trafficking

LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors say a 44-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested Saturday night at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan, which is in its fourth year of a bloody civil war.

First U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Sunday on social media that the woman will face charges that she brokered the sale of “drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds of ammunition” between Iran and the Sudanese Armed Forces.

Wisconsin

Authorities arrest 25 in protests

MADISON — Authorities say around 25 protesters were arrested as about 1,000 animal welfare activists tried to enter a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin.

The protest on Saturday was the second attempt in two months to take beagles from Ridglan Farms. Officers fired rubber bullets and pepper spray to disperse the crowd. The Dane County sheriff’s office reported a calmer protest on Sunday with around 200 people.

Utah

GOP candidate aims to regulate AI

RIVERTON — Doug Fiefia once worked at Google. Now he’s a Utah state representative running to be a state senator.

And like some other tech employees who’ve gone into politics, he’s made regulating the artificial intelligence industry a campaign centerpiece. That’s put him on a collision course with President Donald Trump’s administration.

World

Angola

Pope prays at epicenter of slave trade

MUXIMA — Pope Leo XIV has traveled to pray at a popular Catholic shrine in Angola that was an epicenter of the African slave trade. Leo prayed Sunday the Rosary prayer at the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima.

The church was originally built by Portuguese colonizers at the end of the 16th century. It was where enslaved Africans were gathered to be baptized by Portuguese priests before being forced to walk to the port of Luanda to be put on ships to the Americas. Leo’s own American ancestors include enslaved people and slave owners.

Ukraine

Russian attacks kill at least 2

KYIV — Officials say Russian strikes have killed at least two people in Ukraine. A 16-year-old boy died in a nighttime drone attack on Chernihiv that also injured four others.

On Sunday morning, Russian drones also attacked Kherson, killing one man and injuring another. Ukraine reported that Russia launched 236 drones overnight, with 203 shot down.

United Kingdom

Police investigating arson attacks

LONDON — British police say they are investigating whether a series of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London are the work of Iranian proxies.

The Metropolitan Police force says counterterror officers are probing the attacks. No one has been injured in the blazes, the latest of which caused minor damage to a north London synagogue on Saturday night.