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Military conducts strike on Iran again

WASHINGTON — U.S. forces carried out out new defensive strikes on Wednesday on an Iran military facility after downing Iranian attack drones, according to U.S. officials. The officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said U.S. Central Command forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces also struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone, according to the officials. The strikes came after President Donald Trump ...

Residents told to leave Lebanon

BEIRUT — The Israeli military on Wednesday told residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it expands its operations there, saying in a statement that the military will “work with extreme force” against Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group. The warning — which fell on the Islamic ...

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Nation new york Newspaper publisher dies at 96 NEW YORK — Donald E. Newhouse has died at 96. He was president of one of the largest family-controlled publishing companies in the nation and a former board chairman of The Associated Press. His family says he died at his home in New ...

US will need years to replenish weapons

WASHINGTON — U.S. military contractors need at least three years to replenish stockpiles of three key weapons systems used heavily in the Iran war, according to an analysis released Wednesday, adding to concerns that American forces would have limited firepower in any future conflict with ...

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US stocks inch to more records U.S. stocks inched to more records after oil prices fell back to where they were in mid-April. The S&P 500 edged up by less than 0.1% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.1%. All three indexes set all-time highs. Bath & Body Works and Abercrombie & Fitch both rallied after becoming the latest companies to deliver stronger profit reports for the start of 2026 than analysts expected. That’s even though U.S. consumers have been getting discouraged about inflation. Median pay for CEOs rose nearly ...

PayPal’s online checkout empire is under siege

NEW YORK — PayPal helped invent online checkout. Nearly three decades later, it’s struggling to defend its turf. The iconic online payments company is facing its biggest challenge in nearly three decades of existence. Its core business of customers using the app to check out when ...