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FILE - A sign warns beachgoers about sharks at Lecount Hollow Beach May 22, 2019 in Wellfleet, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Shark attack on Alabama teen inspires the start of a national alert system

7:07 AM on Thursday, July 2

Lulu Gribbin survived a near-fatal shark attack in 2024

President Donald Trump leaves the stage after speaking at the Burning Hills Amphitheater during the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opening ceremony Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump and Republicans return to communist attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

6:49 AM on Thursday, July 2

President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans are reviving attacks on Democrats, labeling them communists

Britain's Kate, the Princess of Wales gestures during a visit on day four of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Matthews)

Kate, the Princess of Wales, visits Wimbledon tennis

6:37 AM on Thursday, July 2

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has visited Wimbledon in her latest public appearance since announcing her cancer was in remission

This frame grab of footage aired Wednesday, July 1, 2026, by Iranian state television shows a vessel that ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz. (Iranian state television via AP)

FACT FOCUS: Iran claims a foreign ship got stuck in Strait of Hormuz. But it is tied to Tehran

6:14 AM on Thursday, July 2

Iranian state television claimed this week that a foreign ship got stuck in the Strait of Hormuz after ignoring instructions to use a route laid out by the Islamic Republic’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard

A woman looks at an apartment building burning after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

Photos show aftermath of large-scale Russian attack overnight in Kyiv

5:36 AM on Thursday, July 2

Commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Iran warns oil tankers to use approved routes in Strait of Hormuz or face a 'forceful response'

4:42 AM on Thursday, July 2

Iran’s joint military command has warned that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response.”

FILE - The tanker Boracay that allegedly belongs to Russia's so-called shadow fleet, is seen Oct. 2, 2025, off Saint-Nazaire, France's Atlantic coast. (AP Photo/Mathieu Pattier, File)

Russia waged a drone campaign in Europe and likely launched drones from shadow ships, report says

4:32 AM on Thursday, July 2

Russia likely used shadow ships to launch drones over Europe that repeatedly disrupted civilian aviation, as it monitored military sites and tested the air defenses of NATO nations

This photograph released by the Phu Manorom temple shows a group of Thai Buddhist monk posing for a picture at Phu Manorom temple in Mukdahan province, Thailand, Thursday, July 2, 2026 (Phu Manorom temple via AP)

11-year-old boy driving pickup truck crashes into group of Thai monks, killing 8

3:41 AM on Thursday, July 2

Officials in Thailand say an 11-year-old boy has crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk, killing eight

Newly consecrated Bishops, from left, Marc Hanappier, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, Michael Goldade and Pascal Schreiber wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, stand at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Vatican declares ultraconservative society in schism, excommunicates bishops and warns faithful

3:32 AM on Thursday, July 2

The Vatican has responded aggressively to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent

A woman holds up her hands, painted red to symbolize blood with the words in Hebrew "we will not forget" during a protest marking 1,000 days since the Oct. 7 2003 Hamas-led attack on Israel, outside the prime minister residence in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Gaza faces uncertain future as Palestinians and Israelis mark 1,000 days of war

1:03 AM on Thursday, July 2

The conflict in Gaza has reached its 1,000th day since a Hamas-led attack on Israel

A currency trader watches monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

World shares are mixed, with South Korea's Kospi down nearly 8% on a sell-off of chip shares

12:54 AM on Thursday, July 2

World shares are mixed as benchmarks in Japan and South Korea slumped in the latest bout of heavy selling of computer chip stocks

FILE -President Donald Trump greets Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool, File)

Facing barbs and pressure from Trump, Europe's leaders close ranks

12:05 AM on Thursday, July 2

U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Italy’s premier have had an unintended consequence

A woman looks at an apartment building burning after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

A major Russian attack kills 17 in Kyiv as Ukrainian strikes batter Moscow's oil sector

9:30 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Russia has launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv, killing at least 17 civilians and injuring many more

FILE - A banner with notes from hundreds of well-wishers for Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, is displayed outside of KVOA Newsroom on March 6, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rebecca Noble, File)

Some ransom notes sent in Nancy Guthrie case still being investigated as legitimate, FBI says

8:46 PM on Wednesday, July 1

The FBI has discounted some of the ransom notes that surfaced after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as extortion attempts

FILE - Hiring sign for sales professionals is displayed at a store, in Vernon Hills, Ill., Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

Is hiring picking up in the US? Thursday's report will help illustrate trends

3:55 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Thursday’s report from the Labor Department on June job changes will provide some important clues on the health of the U.S. economy

A person is shown atop the spire of the Empire State Building, in New York, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Climber couple arrested after scaling Empire State Building antenna for apparent marriage proposal

12:46 PM on Wednesday, July 1

A daredevil couple has been arrested after scaling the Empire State Building’s antenna and unfurling a banner about “the power of love” and peace

Father Marc Hanappier, center, attends his consecration ceremony as bishop in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary, in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

What to know about the schism by traditionalist Catholics who defied Pope Leo XIV

12:06 AM on Wednesday, July 1

The Vatican has responded aggressively to the ultratraditionalist Society of St. Pius X after it defied Pope Leo XIV and consecrated four bishops without his consent

As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children

12:02 AM on Wednesday, July 1

The Feb. 28 attack on a primary school in southeastern Iran was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran

FILE.- This picture, released by the Iranian government's foreign media department and distributed by the AP without changes, shows graves being prepared for the victims, mostly children, of a strike Feb. 28 on a primary school in Minab, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Media Department via AP,File)

As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children

12:01 AM on Wednesday, July 1

The Feb. 28 attack on a primary school in southeastern Iran was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran

Today in History: July 2, Civil Rights Act signed into law

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