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US strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a pause of more than two months, the U.S. military announced Monday that it once again carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused of trafficking drugs. It brings the overall death toll to 223 people killed in 67 strikes during the nearly yearlong U.S. campaign of bombing alleged drug boats off Latin America’s Caribbean coast and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Southern Command says the campaign has resulted in the destruction of 64 speedboats, three “low-profile” ships and a semisubmersible craft. The ...

8-year-old Louisiana girl dies from a rare brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater

An 8-year-old girl in Louisiana has died after being infected by an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba that is found in warm freshwater, her family says. Lillian Smart died over the weekend after being diagnosed with an infection from Naegleria fowleri, according to Kyle Roberts, a spokesperson for her family. Health authorities describe it as a “brain-eating amoeba” that thrives in freshwater bodies around the U.S. and can shoot up the nose and cause an infection that almost always proves fatal. On average there are fewer than 10 cases annually in the U.S. “Last night Lillian ...

Darline Graham, Ralph Norman wrap up a whirlwind South Carolina Senate primary campaign

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman are wrapping up their compressed campaigns to win South Carolina’s Republican nomination in a special U.S. Senate primary to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on November ballots. Tuesday’s Senate runoff tests the heft of both a famous political last name and the endorsement of President Donald Trump, who is backing Darline Graham and campaigned in the state for her days ahead of the vote. The matchup pits the well-known Norman — fresh off an unsuccessful gubernatorial bid earlier this summer — against ...

Economists don’t expect reopening the US to Mexican cattle imports to reduce high beef prices

The U.S. reopened a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico on Monday as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce record-high beef prices, though economists doubt the move will mean much to grocery store shoppers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said concerns about the New World screwworm’s spread lessened enough to allow the movement of cattle from Mexico at a crossing in Douglas, Arizona, about 230 miles (370 kilometers) southeast of Phoenix. Over time, it hopes to reopen other crossings in New Mexico and Texas. “Today, the border in Sonora ...

The UK will help Ukraine make long-range missiles by sharing classified tech information

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that the U.K. will help Ukraine make its own long-range missiles by sharing classified technical information for British components. Burnham, who was in Kyiv alongside other international leaders for Ukraine’s Independence Day, said defense firm MBDA will release details on U.K.-made parts for the SCALP missile to Ukraine to help the country assemble the weapons. However, experts say that won’t result in operational missiles soon — or address Ukraine’s most pressing needs in its war against Russia’s full-scale ...