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Norway's King Harald V Dies at 89 — Son Becomes King Haakon VIII

Europe's oldest reigning monarch died peacefully at an Oslo hospital early Friday after a two-week fight with a blood disorder, closing a 35-year reign that modernized the Norwegian crown.

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'I Will Kill Them All': Haiti Police Can't Say What They're Doing to Free 50+ Hostages After Gang Massacre

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POLITICS · TALLAHASSEE

Grand Jury Finds DeSantis Team 'Misappropriated' $10M Meant for Kids' Health Care

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US · CYBERSECURITY

FBI Seizes Hacking Tools China Used on NASA, the Fed and the US Senate for 8 Straight Years

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US · MEMPHIS

Autopsy Contradicts Guard's Story: Memphis Man Shot in the Back, Not Facing Troops

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US · DRUG BUST

DOJ Charges 81 Alleged Gang Members in One of Puerto Rico's Biggest Drug Busts in Years

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WORLD · KOREAN PENINSULAYESTERDAY

US, Japan, South Korea Press Ahead With War Games Days After North Korea Vows 'Powerful' Response

Seoul, Washington and Tokyo confirmed a September naval drill near Jeju Island even as Pyongyang threatens retaliation over arms sales and a scrapped diplomatic overture collapses.

MIDDLE EAST

Iran Drafts Conditions to Reopen Hormuz — Trump Says the Blockade Isn't Budging

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MIDDLE EAST

Six Months, Zero Sightings: Fears Grow Iran's New Supreme Leader May Already Be Dead

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AMERICAS

Pentagon Blows Up Another 'Drug Boat' in the Caribbean — Four Dead, Body Count Now Tops 227

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The WeeklyObserver

Norway's King Harald V Dies at 89 — Son Becomes King Haakon VIII

'I Will Kill Them All': Haiti Police Can't Say What They're Doing to Free 50+ Hostages After Gang Massacre

Grand Jury Finds DeSantis Team 'Misappropriated' $10M Meant for Kids' Health Care

US News

FBI Seizes Hacking Tools China Used on NASA, the Fed and the US Senate for 8 Straight Years

Autopsy Contradicts Guard's Story: Memphis Man Shot in the Back, Not Facing Troops

DOJ Charges 81 Alleged Gang Members in One of Puerto Rico's Biggest Drug Busts in Years

World

US, Japan, South Korea Press Ahead With War Games Days After North Korea Vows 'Powerful' Response

Iran Drafts Conditions to Reopen Hormuz — Trump Says the Blockade Isn't Budging

Six Months, Zero Sightings: Fears Grow Iran's New Supreme Leader May Already Be Dead

Pentagon Blows Up Another 'Drug Boat' in the Caribbean — Four Dead, Body Count Now Tops 227

Celebrity & Entertainment

Garth Brooks' Daughter Slammed as 'Narcissistic' for Making Dolly Parton's Death About Her Dad

CBS Blacks Out 'Big Brother' Live Feeds for Three Days During Show's 1,000th Episode

Zara Larsson Shuts Down Push for a Grammy Category She Doesn't Even Want

Michael Strahan Is a Dad Again — 'GMA' Host Welcomes Fifth Child With Longtime Girlfriend

Social Security's Six-Year Countdown Nobody's Talking About on the Campaign Trail

Judge Rules Pentagon's Anthropic Blacklist Illegal, Calls Hegseth's Actions Unlawful Retaliation

Trump's 90-Day Beef Tariff Gamble: Cheaper Burgers by the Midterms — or Just a Quarter Off?

Fed's New Chair Just Floated a Rate Hike — And Set Up a Collision Course With Trump

Gap Stock Jumps as Old Navy Turns to a Target Turnaround Guru to Fix Its Slump

Nvidia Drops $12.9 Billion on Hugging Face in Biggest AI Land-Grab Yet

PayPal Craters 15% as Stripe, Advent Ditch $50 Billion Buyout Bid

Sports

Olympic Hero Hellebuyck Confirms He Asked the Jets to Trade Him Months Ago

Chris Sale Throws First Complete Game in 7 Years, Demands the Ball to Finish What He Started

Seahawks Lock Up Super Bowl Hero Leonard Williams With $90 Million Extension